Comments on: Senna VS Schumacher

By: laze

laze — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:53:14 +0000

senna was fair play something that schumacher never was

By: laze

laze — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:50:59 +0000

senna the best

By: rothin

rothin — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:45:42 +0000

Schumi was a fierce racer and as per Senna quote “a driver races to win and not to come 2nd or 3rd..” in interview with Jackie Stewart.. that itself says it all.. schumi was a distinct racer who had the passion and exhuberence to win.. Senna may have been a better human being off the field - but on the race track (battelefield) ther are no friends & foes.. its the zest to win which matters.. Senna showed a good gesture while helping his colleague on the track while Schumi purely did justice to his job by winning the race… So to sum it up.. Schumi went on to prove himself as the all time great in the history of F1 thrashing all the records and collecting the utmost silverware.. Senna: May you sould rest in peace..

By: Christiaan W. Lustig

Christiaan W. Lustig — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:01 +0000

I’m writing an interesting what-if story on the Senna vs. Schumacher rivalry. Ayrton Senna survives his San Marino accident and returns behind the wheel of the Williams-Renault at the Monaco Grand Prix. He takes on Schumacher for the World Championship in the remaining 13 GPs across all continents. The title battle comes down to a thrilling climax in Adelaide, Australia, in ‘The Encounter Down Under: an alternate version of the 1994 Formula One season’. See http://www.encounterdownunder.com

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:50:08 +0000

I love this article where BBC expose the weakness and strenghts from both drivers.
“Schumacher has done more than enough to establish himself as one of the greatest racing drivers of all time. But the assessment, subjective though it might be, suggests that Senna was even better. ”

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/1429869.stm

By: Jerrold

Jerrold — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:10:35 +0000

Michael Schumacher all the way. Senna was one heck of driver and had an absolutely stunning qualifying ability, but Schumacher was slightly better simply b/c he always won driving an inferior car until 2001 which was his 10th season. Senna didn’t have that kind of performance until he joined Mclaren during their glorious days. While Schumacher went to mediocre teams to build them up into winners, Senna always looked around for the better car, and he didn’t help his team much during those down years. So overall, Schumacher is a better driver although just a little bit.

By: Bahjat Tabbara

Bahjat Tabbara — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:38:13 +0000

Senna started in 1984, Schumacher in 1991. The age difference, technology difference & other factors make a direct comparison impossible. Furthermore, Senna was still at his peak+prime, Schumacher was a rising star who impressed, even in first stint with Jordan-Ford, still lacked the experience, driving character & so on that Senna was already proficient at.

Although (on paper) Senna had the better car (even though it was arguably the hardest to handle) Senna proved he could coax more from the FW16 than D.Hill could & did actually get three poles out of three races. Benetton’s own cheating (in the pit-lanes) etc helped them overcome the Senna/Williams combination.

On the basis of this observation, had FIA excluded or penalised Benetton, then naturally Williams-Renault would have won both the driver’s & constructors titles had it been to that or fair-game. Yet in the end, everybody knows that Benetton was competitive, just not competitive enough in fair conditions. Looking at the drivers, I would say Senna still boasted considerable superiority over Schumacher in 1994.

On the other hand, it is hard to imagine (even Senna) matching Ferrari’s pace in 1998-onward seasons. If he returned to what became McLaren-Mercedes (I’d love to have seen Senna in the McLaren-Mercedes colours) he would probably have fought for 1998 & 1999, but the 2000-season onwards was a commanding performance by Schumacher/Ferrari. It’s probable that Senna would have retired & gone on to Indy CART or something after his late 30s with 4-5 titles under his belt, & possibly a return to McLaren-Mercedes. Schumacher would have impressed regardless.

By: himey

himey — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:25:15 +0000

In equal cars, after examinig evidense I’d suggest; Senna wins. In similar cars… Senna won. 1991 no contest; schumacher made his debut senna was in best car, 1992 = honda v12 mclaren was a TERRIBLE car… take a look at senna’s DNF in tokyo… he didn’t even look upset the car was so bad he just half expected it to fail - the engine was poor and the car was unreliable -many mishaps. In 1993 Schumacher driving factor Ford V8 had current Ford engine, senna’s mclaren was customer car and had the older engine with less power. Albeit Schumachers power advantag this was the closet they came to having similar ranked cars. Championship Standings… Prost, Senna, Hill, Schumacher. 1994, with the driver aids taken out the williams-renault was well known to be highly skittish and hard to handle… Senna poled every race he was alive for. First race, Brazil, he was overtaken in pits - Benetton later proven to be using illegal refueling making for quicker stops, NO PENALTY. 2nd Race senna shunted off after poor start, Third race, crash & killed. However was in lead at time - many say michael was managing to keep up to the Brazillian hense just as good - however, senna was carrying far more fuel as he intended to stop less times that the German and hense had a heavier car. Many, including Senna, believed that the way schuey’s benetton behaved through certain corners in Brazil and during 1994, looked blatantly like traction control was in use. Later, after thorough examination, the Bennetton was found to have a ’secret’ computer menu that had both launch and traction control - Benetton claimed - ONLY after it was discovered, that the technology was just used for testing… I think Schumacher is a brilliant driver - I also think that, passion aside, looking at the facts, senna would come out on top. either way, no one will ever know - such is life.

By: gold

gold — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:34:38 +0000

View this youtube video of former world champion Jackie Stewart interviewing Senna.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko94oniszuA

Analyse this clip. Understand the nature of the question that is being asked. See how the question is formulated in a very elaborate, nuanced and loaded manner. Loaded with critisism aimed at character. And what a profound and deeply hurtful allegation it is against a world champion.

You must answer, in front of camera’s, being taped, put on the spot to defend your character.

A variety of men would have reflected in their posture or their voice a response to this insult. Be it irritation or uneasiness. The meeker would have begun their answer by joking about the matter.

But look at the content the depth and the structure of the answer given, it’s profoundness.

Poise and grace of character, and delivered completely devoid of ego.

By: joefootball

joefootball — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 07:45:39 +0000

its hard to say really … shumi has all the records in the book

senna still has so much to prove .. very hard

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