Who do you think has been the second best driver during the Shumacher era?
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Rubens Barrichello without a doubt. Its kind of sad that most his career he was overshadowed by Micheal. Barrichello was more than capable of being Schumacher's "1b". "Rubinho", as he is often known, has continued to be successful thanks to Ferrari's dominance of Formula One: he managed to finish second behind Schumacher in the 2002 championship, as Ferrari ran away from the rest of the field. Team orders allowed Barrichello to earn four victories, with Schumacher trailing him each time by less than a second. Similar team orders also forced the Brazilian to cede to Schumacher some potential victories, such as the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, where he pulled over at the last turn of the race. Such behaviour eventually led to team orders being banned in 2003.
In the 2004 season, Barrichello finished second behind teammate Michael Schumacher in seven of the first thirteen races, but he won both the Italian Grand Prix and the Chinese Grand Prix to clinch second place in the championship, finishing the year with an impressive 114 points and staggering 14 podiums — only one behind his teammate.
Raikkonen
raikkonen.the nearly man behind schumacher.then alonso.then montoya
Senna, would have given him a run for his money.
Raikkonen or Alonso.. but I fancy the pants off Ralph.lol!
Depends how you define best.
I would put Alonso first followed by Raikkonen. There is no room for a recurring cheat in sport.
Once, you might say, they made a mistake. Twice and you would start to question their integrity.
I have lost count of the number of indiscretions Schumacher has had.
Rossi (even if he is Moto GP). He would give Schumie a run for his money
Shumacher
alonso is a worthy contender for schumachers title run
Hakinnen and now Alonso, and I bet Massa will be one of the best drivers in the near future
schumacher
Kimi right now. Ayrton Senna would have mopped the track with him!
Michael Schumacher.
mikka hakkinen.
schumacher only got where his is through, team tactics, ie: others drivers having to let him win, and through his efforts to drive people off of the road, if they dared to challenge him. just ask hill, villeneuve, the list goes on.
schumacher is certainly not the best,he is arrogant and dangerous,no regard at all for the safety of other racers!!!
Besides Schumacher, Mika Hakkinen. I loved watching those two compete. I miss Hakkinen. Alonson will never be like those two. Raikkonen is close though. GO SCHUMI!
Alonso.
Schumacher was never the best. The best drivers in his era were definitely:
1992- Nigel Mansell
1993- Alain Prost
1991-1994- Ayrton Senna
1994-1996- Damon Hill
1998-2001- Mika Hakkinen
2000-2004- Rubens Barrichello
2003-2005- Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso.
All these drivers are/were way better than Lord MS the Cheaterific.
True enough, Michael Schumacher was the best driver for several years, but other years he was also second best (or lower) behind a list that includes:
Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, (even) Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Mika Hakkinen, none of whom had their season total of points taken away for antics such as those displayed by Schumacher v1.0 at Jerez in 1997.
Well people may laugh but second best drivers during Schumachers era are:
1991 Andrea de Cesaris/Nelson Piquet
1992 Martin Brundle
1993 Riccardo Patrese
1994 Jos Verstappen/J.J Lehto
1995 Johnny Herbert
1996 - 1999 Eddie Irvine
2000 - 2005 Rubens Barrichello
2006 - Felipe Massa
In other words, Schumachers team mates. Though would have been interesting to see Ayrton Senna & Michael in equal machinery, it wouldn't have happened even if Senna had lived as Senna was already thinking of retiring, testing Indycars with Penske, and even a GT car! Mansell only won championship cos he had the best "active" car and it kept his sizeable a**e off the floor to win it, Prost (in 93 - during Schumacher era) same reason (with the exception of the a**e bit), as did Hill & Villeneuve, although was glad Villeneuve managed it.
One thing I really would have liked to see would have been Schumacher & rest of the current grid racing the Turbo F1 cars when at their peak (1500bhp +, slicks & no driver aids), now that would have sorted the men from the boys.
Raikkonen!
The best driver was, without any doubt, Mika Hakkinen. He was the only one who can beat Schumacher in his game (before Alonso). Then goes Alonso.and then Montoya.and then Raikkonen.and then Button.
Shumacher
Judging by your words, you're making the uninformed assumption that Scumbagger was "the best". Below are the five best drivers of the past 10-12 years.
#1 - Mika Hakkinen. He won a title over Scumbagger when he had a slower car, and he beat Scumbagger easily when they had equal cars.
#2 - David Coulthard. He suffered the same fate at McLaren that Gilles Villeneuve suffered at Ferrari: a team that told him to wait his turn to be world champion and then screwed him. His driving at Red Bull for the last two years proves how great he is and could have been.
#3 - Jean Alesi. He was "the best driver never to be world champion" until Coulthard came along.
#4 - Jacques Villeneuve. In equal cars, he beat Scumbagger cleanly and outdrove him. Scumbagger had to cheat to win in 1997 and STILL got it wrong. Scumbagger has been caught cheating more times than he has "world championships", whether legit or phony.
#5 - Scumbagger. 2003 was the *only* legitimate title he won. Every other time, Scumbagger had *the* best car on the track. When Scumbagger had EQUALLY the best car (three times), he failed to win, and he NEVER won a title with a second rate car. Hakkinen, Prost and Senna all won a world championship with a second rate car.
Mika Hakkinen
The only driver to have caused Michael Schumacher any real difficulties since the death of Ayrton Senna was Mika Hakkinen. For the two world championships which the two fought right down to the wire - 1998 and 1999 - both drivers were almost evenly matched. You could hardly have put a cigarette paper between the McLaren of Hakkinen and the Ferrari of Schumacher for speed and reliability. It was exhilarating stuff. Importantly, both drivers respected each other. Schumacher knew that Hakkinen was a worthy adversary and refrained from the dirty tricks for which he has deservedly earned notoriety with other drivers.
It has been suggested that Fernando Alonso is the measure of Schumacher that Hakkinen was. I don't think so personally. For all of last season and in the early part of this season, Schumacher simply did not have the equipment with which to challenge Alonso. As things evened out after Hockenheim, there emerged an opportunity for the two to go head to head. We havent really had it yet - we may well do after Monza this weekend (which, sadly, is probably going to be a Ferrari one-two).
I think Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen both have the potential to be the second best driver ever after Schumacher but it is too early to say this yet.
Simple
Everyone else on track.
he only wins through cheeting and through others misfuntunes. if everyone was on the same tyers (like next year) there would be loads of people mopping the floor with him.
GO FISI !!!!!
Mika Hakkinen for sure!! No one has given Schumi as much fight as Hakkinen did back in the days.
BIG H. takes more than cheating to win 7 world titles! We'll see who does the mopping in 2007 before you start making comments like that!!
Mika Hakkinen they had some great battles shame he's gone hope he returns one day
Jaques Villenueve. Since he is a nice bloke with personality and invites me to his bar every year
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