Thank You Massa!!!!!

[gerhard]

Damo Hill was extremely unlucky the same time The Schue was lucky in 94...You get that when a cheating German drives into you, but his luck changed in 97 when he tried to do it to Villeneuve and ended up taking himself out...Lucky Patrick Head strengthend the suspension for those later encounters!!

Back in those days it was normal to crash and bash. Senna was the worst around that time.

Today's drivers are pussies in comparison.

Cheating German???? I guess for every winner on earth there are thousands of clueless people who "know" they are "cheats".

You should give credit where it's due - and Shumi was the best, his tally of pole positions, wins, titles, podiums - denying it just shows prejudice.

[Arctra]

I'm a Schumi fan, and am very happy to see him make a return to fill Massa's shoes. But lets not kid ourselves. Than man's been out of the sport for a few years, and the reason he was as formidable as he was before retirement had a lot to do with the fact that he was in peak physical condition.

He may still be fit and all, but he can never be in the match-fit state that the other drivers are, and because of that I think we should not expect much more than a great qualifying session, and a good start to the race. After that I reckon the lack of track time, less than ideal car, and improved performance of the Red Bulls and Brawns of this world will get the better of him. I'll be impressed if he manages to podium more than once or twice if he drives teh rest of the season.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see. I'll say one thing though... his return will create an awesome amount of media buzz around the next GP!

[team_v]

It will be good to see what he can do since he has been away from it for so long.

However at the Race of Champions this year he didn't do too well so i assume he will provide a mediocre performance for the races he is in.

[TopBloke]

I'm not saying MS isn't a great driver, I'm with most of you, he is one of or the best driver in F1 but alot has changed and he isn't "match fit". There might be glimpse's of his incredible skills behind the wheel but highly unlikely it will make any difference to the season, which i believe has been the best one for a long time

[STV4SYT]

I think we should not expect much more than a great qualifying session, and a good start to the race.

And that is what is required to win an F1 race, all the overtaking is done in the pits anyway, so as long as his strategy is no worse than anyone else then he has a fair chance.

[Rocket36]

all the overtaking is done in the pits anyway, so as long as his strategy is no worse than anyone else then he has a fair chance.

Spoken by someone who clearly hasn't watched any F1 this year at all!

[static1800]

Spoken by someone who clearly hasn't watched any F1 this year at all!

I have watched every race this season and tend to agree with him. While they have gone some way to promote more overtaking it's not quite at the level it was years ago but that is the nature of current aerodynamics. It is still often a case of who leads at the first corner wins the race.

Will be interesting to see him come back, I don't rate him higher than Senna or Fangio though

[gareth_oau]

i respect Schuey, i'm not a fan and he did some seriously dodgy things in his time, but he has my absolute respect. it will be great to see him back in the sport again, even if it is for only a short time.

I cant see how you can compare a "fangio" with "schuey" as they are from different eras, with different cars, different rules, different budgets and different opponents. the only real comparision is with your own current team mate, and even then you might be the first vs second driver, with different backing and even different strategies on the day, and certainly (unwritten) team orders

[static1800]

Not trying to judge Michael and Fangio together, merely who i have more respect for as a driver and as a person, same goes for Senna.

We have a month almost to wait until he races so will have to wait to see how he goes.

[Blitzen]

Back in those days it was normal to crash and bash. Senna was the worst around that time.

Today's drivers are pussies in comparison.

Cheating German???? I guess for every winner on earth there are thousands of clueless people who "know" they are "cheats".

You should give credit where it's due - and Shumi was the best, his tally of pole positions, wins, titles, podiums - denying it just shows prejudice.

Hahahaha...I know he was a great driver, but I don't believe he was the greatest...There is only one driver that is, and that is Andrea De Cesaris!!
But maybe I am just prejudice...
To me, MS is like Anthony Mundine, he is great, but you don't want to admit it., and you can't wait to see him fall on his face!!