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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sakuraguy" data-source="post: 1709515" data-attributes="member: 6441">Schumacher is noted for his ability to get the most out of his team and car, for his wet weather abilities, and for his ability to turn fast laps at key parts of the race (such as around pitstops).Schumacher is also known for his ability to unite the team around him. This ability often leads to increased success for Schumacher and the team, but can also alienate his team mates. Johnny Herbert (his team mate at Benetton in 1995) in particular complained publicly about what he saw as favouritism for Schumacher from the team. Schumacher's supporters claim there is nothing wrong with the team being centred around Schumacher, as Schumacher has invariably been faster than his team mates and thus more capable of bringing success to the team.On the track, Schumacher has a characteristic at-the-limit driving style. A documentary using telemetry more properly demonstrates this, as seen here.Schumacher's wet weather abilities are legendary. One example of this talent was the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix, where Schumacher took his first victory for Ferrari in dominant fashion, despite the fact that his car was notably inferior to the Williams cars. At one point, Schumacher was pulling away by several seconds per lap in the torrential downpour. Another notable win was the 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix, where Schumacher took intermediate tires while everybody else took full wet tires after a monsoon hit half the track. Within a handful of laps Schumacher had charged from 11th place to the lead, eventually taking a dominant win.Schumacher often uses his ability to produce fast laps at important times in a race to pass opponents during pit stops, an important talent in Formula 1, where overtaking is notoriously difficult. When Schumacher catches an opponent on the track, he will often wait behind him until the opponent has to make a pitstop to refuel. While the opponent is struggling to get up to speed in a car that is heavy with fuel, Schumacher will take advantage of the clear track in front of him and his car's lighter weight to turn a series of fast laps. Often these fast laps will create enough of a gap between Schumacher and the opponent so that Schumacher can make his own pitstop and come out in front of the opponent. Schumacher has used this tactic countless times, with the most famous example coming at the 2000 Japanese Grand Prix where Schumacher used the tactic to overtake Mika Häkkinen and clinch Ferrari's first World Drivers' Championship since 1979. Similar tactics used in a much different situation also brought him victory in the 1998 Hungarian Grand Prix, which Schumacher said at the time was one of his greatest victories.ControversySchumacher has attracted not only accolades, but also controversy during his long career. Some of his rivals have accused him of being excessively ruthless and unsportsmanlike on the track. These accusations have rarely been supported by the FIA. Some believe the claims of Schumacher's "poor sportsmanship" are little more than sour grapes in a sport that has become increasingly competitive.Since the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994, Schumacher has been widely regarded as the fastest driver in F1 and the dominant driver of recent times. However, much like Senna, his career has at times been controversial, with some questioning his sportsmanship and driving tactics and the apparent standing team orders which sometimes required team mates to play a subservient role.Championship-deciding collisionsTwo of the most noted and controversial incidents in which Schumacher was involved were the 1994 Australian Grand Prix crash with Damon Hill and the 1997 European Grand Prix crash with Jacques Villeneuve. Both of these incidents decided the World Championship, and Schumacher's critics allege that both incidents were intentional attempts by Schumacher to crash his rival out of the race.The 1994 Australian Grand Prix was the final round of the 1994 season, and Schumacher entered the race with a single point advantage over Damon Hill. Schumacher had been leading the race from the start, but he went off the track on a corner, bumping into a wall. Whether the car was damaged in the impact is unknown and still the subject of considerable debate. Schumacher managed to get his car back on track in front of Hill, but he had lost momentum. Hill took the opportunity to go for the overtaking manoeuvre and moved for the inside on the next corner. Schumacher turned in normally for the corner, Hill refused to back off, and the cars collided. Schumacher's car crashed into the outside wall, while Hill was forced to pull out due to suspension damage. The double-retirement meant that Schumacher won the 1994 World Championship. Schumacher's critics allege that, knowing his car was damaged, he intentionally drove his car into Hill's in order to take the Briton out of the race. Schumacher denies this allegation. The FIA apparently saw no foul play in Schumacher's actions, and no formal complaints were brought by Williams.During the 1997 European Grand Prix Schumacher was leading the race, followed by Villeneuve. Similar to the 1994 incident, a win for either driver would guarantee him the World Championship. Villeneuve attempted to overtake Schumacher approaching a right-handed corner. As the French Canadian tried passing, their cars collided. Villeneuve managed to keep control of his car, but Schumacher's car bounced off Villeneuve's and into the gravel trap, where it became stuck. Villeneuve went on to finish third, behind Mika Häkkinen (his first F1 win) and David Coulthard, which was sufficient to win the World Championship. Schumacher denied any wrongdoing, and the race stewards ruled the collision a racing incident. However, the FIA overruled this decision and found Schumacher guilty of intentionally driving into Villeneuve's car. As punishment, Schumacher was excluded from the season's final points standings, but was allowed to keep his race results from the season. Schumacher admitted his mistake, but claimed that the move was an instinctive judgement error, not a premeditated act. FIA President Max Mosley accepted this, saying "although the actions were deliberate they were not premeditated." [32][33] Schumacher's critics complained that the punishment was too light, as it included no fine or race ban. However, this was not the first incident of the sort in F1 history, and while Schumacher was judged to have been at fault, others have escaped punishment for similar situations. Ayrton Senna, for example, received essentially no punishment for deliberately crashing into Alain Prost at the 1990 Japanese Grand Prix to win the World Championship.SportsmanshipSchumacher's critics allege that Schumacher occasionally displays poor sportsmanship to gain an unfair advantage over his rivals.In qualifying for the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix after setting the fastest lap Schumacher drove round slowly on the racing line almost causing a collision with Gerhard Berger who was still on a fast lap. Berger had to spin his car to avoid a collision. Schumacher claimed afterwards that he believed that the session had finished and apologised to Berger. Berger was furious and referred the matter to the Stewards but they took no action.In 1998 season, Schumacher created controversy by winning the British GP in the pit lane. He was issued a 10s stop-and-go penalty for overtaking during the Safety Car laps. Knowing that a conventional in-stop-out penalty would lose him the race to championship contender Mika Häkkinen, the team delayed him going into the pit for the penalty the allowed number of laps (3) and only served the penalty after the end of the race, thus avoided the slow out lap from the pit that would have caused him to lose the race. However, because the stewards had incorrectly issued the penalty Schumacher escaped punishment as the stewards later rescinded the penalty. The penalty (for overtaking Alex Wurz under safety car on lap 43 of 60) should have been issued within 25 minutes but Ferrari were informed 6 minutes after the limit had expired. The handwritten notification was also unclear as to which penalty was actually being issued: a 10s stop/go, or 10 seconds added to Schumacher's race time (a penalty which could only be used to punish an infraction in the last 12 laps).[34] As a result the three stewards involved handed in their licences at an extraordinary meeting of the FIA World Council.[35]In 2003 European Grand Prix, Schumacher was helped back to the track by marshals when he ended up high-sided on the kerb after a spin. Many fans falsely believed that this was illegal, as drivers may not receive outside assistance to get back on the track. However, an exception is made if a car is in a dangerous position, and the FIA judged that this was indeed the case. Schumacher's critics complained of a double-standard, which they believe, again falsely, was substantiated by the marshals' refusal to aid Fernando Alonso in the 2004 Italian Grand Prix when he was in a similar situation. However, the rules for this situation had changed as the exception in the 2003 rules had been removed in the 2004 version. Schumacher also received a push from the marshals in the 2005 Australian Grand Prix, although he retired anyway due to suspension damage after driving back to the pits. However, Nick Heidfeld, who was involved in the same incident, received no help from the marshals and had to retire. However, receiving a push from marshals when a car is in a dangerous situation is hardly a unique or even rare thing. A notable example, for instance, is Riccardo Patrese, who won the 1982 Monaco Grand Prix having received a push from the marshals after a spin on the penultimate lap.In qualifying for the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix Schumacher set the fastest lap time. He then took the Rascasse corner wide, narrowly avoided contacting the wall, before his engine stalled. The subsequent yellow flag prevented other runners from completing their qualifying runs. His main championship opponent, Fernando Alonso was on a qualifying run at the time. Three-time world champion Jackie Stewart accused Schumacher of leaving his car there on purpose to ensure his competitors could not better his lap time. [36] As a result of an inquiry by stewards into the incident Schumacher was found guilty of stopping deliberately and stripped of all times set in the qualifying session. This forced him to start from back of the grid, whereas his arch-rival Fernando Alonso was promoted to pole position. Schumacher and Ferrari maintain that the incident was accidental. Even though Schumacher started at the back of the grid, he was able to move up 17 places to come out 5th helped by retirements in front of him.Team ordersSchumacher in the Paddock at the USGP in 2002During Schumacher's dominance in the first half of the 2000s, he created much controversy around not only him but also his team Ferrari and race director Jean Todt, because of the way they were manipulating the race results by swapping finishing positions with Rubens Barrichello, the other Ferrari driver at the time.The most infamous episode of usage of 'team orders' by Ferrari was at the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix where the team ordered Barrichello, who was leading the race, to move over for Schumacher to take the win. The move, embarrassing for F1 fans and media, was done after the very last corner of the last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix. This led to a public outcry by spectators in the grandstands; on the podium a visibly embarrassed and bewildered Schumacher ushered Barrichello onto the top step in an attempt calm the irate crowd. It also led to trouble for bookmakers and betting agencies. The result was a ban on team orders and a $1 million fine for Ferrari for disrupting the podium ceremony($500,000 to be paid immediately, with the remainder remitted subject to "good behaviour" during the next 12 months) [40]. Nevertheless, team orders are at times practiced by many teams and, despite bans by the FIA, can be executed discreetly.Team orders, whether tacit or overt, have been a major part of the general environment of Formula One for some time. Schumacher has not always been on the positive end of them. They proved vital for Schumacher's rivals, who used them repeatedly to prevent Schumacher from winning the world championships both in 1997 and in 1999.[41] And in 1998, after Schumacher had broken his leg and had little chance of winning the championship himself, he had to play the second-fiddle, subservient role of feeding points and race wins to his teammate Eddie Irvine, in hopes he would win the championship.In more recent years, however, Schumacher's success with Ferrari, moderation of his on-track tactics, and a more relaxed public persona have generally had an ameliorative effect on his image.</blockquote>

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