....fortunately for him, it wasn't literal...but metaphorical...
he chose the press conference at the vodafone italian GP 2006 to announce his retirement from the peak of F1 after he won last night at monza...
after the concluding 3 remaining races of this season where he hopes to overhaul reigning world champion fernando alonso of renault, he will hang up his OMP racing gloves and move on to other greener pastures...someone speculated that he might move on to managing the scuderia ferrari marlboro team as ferrari team principal jean todt is also set to retire as well at the end of the season (toddy probably very occupied with girlfriend michelle yeoh
)...this might just be the plan indeed since luca di montezemolo (president of ferrari) aluded to an alternate but just as crucial role for schumi at ferrari...i bid thee therefore a fond adieu from competitive F1 driving, dear michael
...you were one of the best of all time and possibly one of the most focussed and ruthless competitors...and you deserve to retire at the peak of your career rather to degenerate in your later years to a has-been like david coulthard...between ross brawn, toddy and yourself, you three brought the big red machine out of the wilds of F1 into the limelight for the past 10 years and an era like this, where ferrari domininated like never before, might never be repeated again...but...and a big but indeed...when it comes to sheer driving talent, regretfully you still take the backseat to the sheer mind-boggling talent of ayrton senna...
the best and worst of Schumacher's career......
FIVE OF THE BEST
- 1991: Qualifies a stunning seventh for his grand prix debut with the unfancied Jordan team.
- 1994: Manages an heroic second place in Spain despite racing for 40 laps stuck in fifth gear.
- 1995: Reels in Jean Alesi in the closing stages at the Nurburgring, obliterating his 42-second lead in 27 laps before passing the Ferrari around the outside on the penultimate lap.
- 1996: Wins at a wet Barcelona by 45 seconds after annihilating his opposition despite dropping to sixth at the start.
- 1998: Produces a brilliant run of flying laps at Hungary to make an audacious three-stop strategy work.
- 2003: Responds to the death of his mother overnight by winning in Imola despite his grief.
FIVE OF THE WORST
- 1994: After hitting the Adelaide wall and terminally damaging his car, smashes into Damon Hill to secure his first world title.
- 1997: Cynically slams into Jacques Villeneuve in a failed bid to win the world championship. Is stripped of his second place in the championship by the FIA.
- 2002: Takes advantage of Ferrari team orders to pass team-mate Rubens Barrichello yards from the chequered flag in Austria for a victory greeted by boos from the crowd.
- 2002: Inexplicably attempted to engineer a dead heat at Indianapolis, only to lose out to Barrichello by 0.011 seconds.
- 2006: Parks his Ferrari across the track in Monaco in an attempt to disrupt qualifying and retain pole position. Sent to the back of the grid by stewards.
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