is it just as a sub for massa for the rest of the season or is he back permanently?

It appears to be until Massa is back.

Will be interesting to see how he does when he's not in the best car anymore. F1 has changed a hell of a lot since he was gone.

F1 has had some freaky accidents lately. It would crazy if something happened to him on his return.

I'll be watching August 23rd all the same.

substitute for Massa until Alonso signs with ferrari.

i'd love alonso to take kimi's place, though

schumi \o/
(is what i would have said 10 years ago)

it should be kubica! (at least that's what f1 experts* here think)



* - every pole since like 2007

I hope he doesn't kick Kimi's ass.

Considering he won the WC 7 times I think its fair to say MS has already kicked everyone's ass.

No on will EVER do that again because the sport has changed to make it closer. And its fair to say IT HAS made the sport more interesting to spec. No specs = No sport.

nothing could touch ferrari in those days, was the best F1 car.

but he was a son of a bitch, i remember him once trying to push hakkinen out and crashing...

i think it was hakkinen (dunno if the K's and the N's are right)

If MS had at one point in his career the best car, it was late with ferrari and for a short period of time. He is or was just that good that he won with inferior cars.

im not saying hes not good, ffs its MS

Even Button wins with Ross Brawn, Barrichello as a team mate, and the best car.

Button.

LOL

I know. People just don't understand how important car is in f1.

What people? It's common knowledge.

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You're just ratty because you're anorexic.
I understand.

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Actually I'm jealous cos I'm a fatty :)

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No one will ever win that many in your life time or mine IMO.

f1 has changed.

Why is that hamilton nearly won in his first ever championship.
Then won the second.

Then does not stand a chance this year. Despite being 24 months more expereinced? It don't add up.

And why then has button not won a thing in years, and all of a sudden finds himself witin a whisker of winning?

They'll never allow f1 to go back to how it was because it nearly killed the sport. Its a lot harder to consistently win now.

And why then are ferrari and Mclaren all of asudden throwing their toys out of their pram and threating to leave F1.

Could it be that they've had the fastest cars for years?

I think so. Without dominant cars, its a great deal harder to win.
And I can't see many people being THAT MUCH better than schumacher or Senna.

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Don't bring up tennis in here, F1 is different, it's dependable on technology, where as tennis is nowhere near it.

so can we compare cycle racing and formula 1?

And no, I'm not talking about the bike technology...

It's even easier to do a comeback in F1.

Maybe this will sound abit like a Jonsey comment, but why dont they have cockpit type windscreen that would shield them from flying stuff... Maybe it would make getting out a little harder, but surely it would be more aerodynamic and i think it would be safer!

What a bunch of idiots, why didn't they think of that?

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My question is, why didnt Jonesey think of it first?!

jonesey thought of everything first

except how people would misspell his nick.


or did he?

I wonder how many spectators will it bring. I mean, I am quite sure that a lot of people who don't usually watch F1 will watch it to see his comeback.

indeed. i'd love to see him finish top3. :)

Massa getting his head busted turned out to be good for F1.
They will get a ratings boost with Schumacher back on the track even though it was his domination that made the sport go downhill in the first place.

I would lol if he won. It would silence so many people.

But having not raced from 2006 and recovering from a bike accident in Feb 2009, it will be interesting to watch.

I read up on it all this AM so I know my shit!
But my F1 knowledge stops....HERE!

Yeah I'll be watching for sure. Go schumi.

I'm not expecting any miracles to be honest.

He might been the former king, but he wont get any practice before the race, and if im not mistaken its on a new track that he hasnt been on before?

A timefraggers worse nightmare.

A new map! HALP!!!

I'm disappointed, I thought this was gonna be about Cooller.

hate him

Why?

Him, porsche, mercedes beer and porn are the only good exports germany have?

**EDIT**
And those gnarly Bratwursts too.

Porches lol

Fuck exports, we have to live with him.

good german porn? where?

Tyra Misoux!

JENS LEHMANN

der titan > lehmann

plz: clue, get one

<333

His penalty save vs. Cambiasso in the WC quarters was so brilliant.

True match winner!

Take that you faggot Riquelme!

with his note and all. acting like he has 'em all figured out. :D

warms my old dortmund heart

cos he is a dickhead who pushes people off the track, eg damon hill

whine moar.

amazing driver, bad human being.

assume moar.

I think he's going to do really well, I doubt he'll win or anything but still.

Even though he had one of the best cars for ages during his time at Ferrari he was still on another level frankly and I expect he'd have won in quite a few of the other cars he was racing against. He's a natural.

There is a great video of his career here.

Hope he puts up a good performance :)

I guess top10, but not higher then top5.

my guess is he will fail to deliver, like the majority of big names who came back from a pause.

Armstrong?

armstrong's comeback was monumental, moreso being 37.

one who did make it.

(credit goes to the team doc and science/ chemistry ;p)

I think Lance is a designer baby.
Of course the experiment failed because he suffered from cancer.
Maybe they improved him now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Designer_baby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_engineering ftw

Or most likely Lance was just a machine. I believe he did triathlons at the age of 16 afaik. The man has dedication.

Not sure taking steroids is gonna help Schumacher in the same way.

Please don't write bullshit if you're just jealous.

You must do a lot of swimming in Egypt.

Rocky Balboa ?

terminator ?

voldemort?

Britney Spears?

Star Wars?

i should stop with serious comments;p

Comebacks are always fun. [except if they fail: Andrew Golota ]

ahah

he always failed though.

He had the talent, but no discipline.

If ballpunching was a sport he would never be defeated.

Normally I don't like F1 at all (yes that weird for a man) , but can't wait for this. Let's see what he can do at his age.

Still - MotoGP --> any other race sport.

It's not like he had the best car when he drove for Benetton yet he still won.

When the car is good Kimi is the fastest, but when his car isn't as good as he wants he starts sleeping...

Last year Kimi had most of the fastest laps...But he didn't win cause he coudn't warm his tires fast enough with the F2008...But once tires were warm he was the fastest...

http://www.blogdocapelli.com.br/wp-content/up...31kimi.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/3492991943_1d307bec9e.jpg?v=0

f1 driver in blinking shocker

... not.

:(

lmao

sucks.

why not go to a doc beforehand? stupid.

not lika a doctor can really test for resistance to high g-forces.

a proper F1 doctor with years of experience?

yeah tons of 40 year olds with broken necks there ;)

I guess they can say "Ok, this will surely snap your neck again. But there is a certain uncertainty that depends on the "How does it feel" - factor.

yeah, got a point there.

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Too bad :(, it would have been nice to see him back.

FAIL

really a total fucking fail, why even make the hype if they are not sure he can do it anyway

my guess is because they had to make official requests for his possible participation and then the journalists jumped on it.

Yes, each of the official sources just stated 'might be'.

lulz

luca badoer....

oh, I thought it is a thread about Elvis

no he is not

the king is broken in the back

rofl at badoer being 3sec late

3 seconds slower than who?

2.8 seconds slower than Hamilton
2.6 seconds slower than Raikkonen
1.5 seconds slower than J. Alguersuari (who was 19th)

"2.6 seconds slower than Raikkonen"

lol not good.

Long live the king!

Long live the king!

Long live the king!