Oh, I agree, Schumacher did many things worse. So did Senna. Doesn't excuse it, though. I guess I just miss the days when there was respect and class in the sport. Remember Lauda and Prost in Mclaren, 1984? All year long, they battled it fair and square for the championship, back and forth with no collisions or pathetic mind games. Last race of the year, Prost had to win, Lauda needed second to beat him by 1/2 a point. Prost said " all I can do is go fast and win the race", which he did. Lauda finished second and won the championship.
It didn't even come into his mind to pull these kind of stunts. That all started when Senna came on the scene with his win at any cost attitude, and as the cars and tracks got safer, Schumacher took it to the next level. Now this kind of behaviour is acceptable and even celebrated. It's not how I go about my racing, and I don't respect anybody that needs to stoop to these kind of tactics to win.
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