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On a tangental note, I've definitely seen the "He only won because of the car" comments regarding Schumacher's success go out of fashion over the past few years!
Also, completely agree on the stats point. And especially with drivers starting earlier, longer seasons and more reliable cars. Think Bottas passed Prost's pole position record earlier this season.
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^THIS!
Sure I posted something similar a few years back. I was a big Schumacher fan, and used to rail and the injustice his legacy suffered at the hands of cult of personality of Senna. I may have been a bit "on the spectrum" as a younger man. Aren't we all? As an aside the Schumacher doc on Netflix is shit. Don't bother.
Latterly, I think I came to accept that sporting greatness goes beyond stats and really started to get the Senna thing a bit more. Even though he was definitely cunty when backed into a corner. Meh. I may have questioned Hamilton's credentials having greatness bestowed on him on these very pages, so I just wanted to mark that on top his undeniable statistical achievements and technical shiz, I've started to detect a bit of genuine humility and good intention in the purple helmet (fnar fnar).
Having the balls to push the BLM thing hard has gained him massive respect for me.