Schumacher to MotoGP [Archive]

Marknz

6th January 2008, 08:11

fm mcnews.com.au

F1 legend Michael Schumacher is set to make his GP debut on two wheels... Apparently the German will race at Jerez, Sachsenring and Catalunya, three circuits he knows well from his F1 days. Schumacher will ride a Ducati and is currently training for his three wildcard MotoGP outings.

sAsLEX

6th January 2008, 08:24

crazefox

6th January 2008, 09:27

fm mcnews.com.au

F1 legend Michael Schumacher is set to make his GP debut on two wheels... Apparently the German will race at Jerez, Sachsenring and Catalunya, three circuits he knows well from his F1 days. Schumacher will ride a Ducati and is currently training for his three wildcard MotoGP outings.

What a legend

zadok

6th January 2008, 09:37

Good on him. Mike (the bike) Hailwood did the same thing successfully, from bikes to F1, then back again!

Bikernereid

6th January 2008, 09:45

If he puts in the times and qualifies good on him, will be interesting to see how he fares.

McJim

6th January 2008, 09:48

Do we really want that kind of person unleashed on 2 wheels with others on the track? Remember he will purposefully crash and take someone out of the race to win at all costs. 100% skill 0% sportsmanship.

Bikernereid

6th January 2008, 10:02

I think that he may get a shock when out there and he finds that he is not the best. One should always give someone the benefit of the doubt and once he has had his first crash he may realise just what he has got himself into and be more respectful on the track, possibly!

Do we really want that kind of person unleashed on 2 wheels with others on the track? Remember he will purposefully crash and take someone out of the race to win at all costs. 100% skill 0% sportsmanship.

xwhatsit

6th January 2008, 10:08

Do we really want that kind of person unleashed on 2 wheels with others on the track? Remember he will purposefully crash and take someone out of the race to win at all costs. 100% skill 0% sportsmanship.

Oh, you're not one of those people are you? I suppose you are from the UK, they always used to get upset about him :laugh: I have news -- it was all Damon Hill's fault :eek:

Schumacher was always brilliant in the wet or on crap tyres. Suggests he knows more about the basic science of rubber-on-tarmac and suspension physics than the average driver. Won't be so surprising then if he does OK. Can also recall him doing almost a full lap of Spa-Francorchamps on three wheels when one of the front ones went missing. Didn't hang around, either!

Very cool. Looking forward to see what he does.

Tony.OK

6th January 2008, 10:09

At least he has the balls to go out and do it,not like Alonso who said he could beat Rossi if he practiced(cock!),then pull out cause his contract says he's not allowed.
Will be great to watch Shuey out there though.:niceone:

McJim

6th January 2008, 10:14

lap of Spa-Francorchamps on three wheels when one of the front ones went missing. Didn't hang around, either!

Very cool. Looking forward to see what he does.

Oh great - he's going to do a ful motogp on one wheel then. this should be good! :Pokey:

R6_kid

6th January 2008, 11:44

he was riding a good pace a couple of months back, enough so to ride mid-field in motogp, at the time he was saying he was just having fun and wasnt going to get into it seriously. Best of luck to him, wish i had the chance!

ElCoyote

6th January 2008, 13:03

Do we really want that kind of person unleashed on 2 wheels with others on the track? Remember he will purposefully crash and take someone out of the race to win at all costs. 100% skill 0% sportsmanship.

+1 Couldn't agree more

Crasherfromwayback

6th January 2008, 14:08

Oh, you're not one of those people are you? I suppose you are from the UK, they always used to get upset about him :laugh: I have news -- it was all Damon Hill's fault :eek:

Mate...the fuckhead waited till Hill came around then he PURPOSELY drove into him!

He should've been stripped of all his points and sent to the arse bandit bin!

Without doubt...that was the worst bit of bad sportsmanship/dangerous fucked up crap I've ever seen.

Good as he is...he should've been banned as drug cheats are.

smoky

6th January 2008, 14:24

He is a good driver - no doubt about that.
I suspect he's a dick, and would always support his nearest rival
Until a bigger dick came along in the form of Alonso - he has an even worse sportsman attitude

I read in KR that he was only 5 seconds a lap off the top times - but add it up, first bike over the line after 1 lap then....
one thousand and one, one thousand and two, one thousand and three, one thousand and four, one thousand and five ... here he comes
fast but not realistic - multiply that across 21 laps or so - that's over a minute off the pace.
It's also a very different story riding in close quarters in a bike race on the track - than what he's been use to

I think the whole thing is a publicity stunt that will go nowhere; I won't believe it until I see him out there.
Remember how difficult it was for Rossi to pick up rally driving.

Marknz

6th January 2008, 14:38

Mate...the fuckhead waited till Hill came around then he PURPOSELY drove into him!

He should've been stripped of all his points and sent to the arse bandit bin!

Without doubt...that was the worst bit of bad sportsmanship/dangerous fucked up crap I've ever seen.

Good as he is...he should've been banned as drug cheats are.

Couldn't agree more.

I feel sorry for the lads who try their guts out year after year looking for this sort of opportunity... along comes joni cum fuckwit and he gets to guest ride in three GPs. Not on at all.

sAsLEX

6th January 2008, 14:53

Couldn't agree more.

I feel sorry for the lads who try their guts out year after year looking for this sort of opportunity... along comes joni cum fuckwit and he gets to guest ride in three GPs. Not on at all.

Bayliss wild card Valencia for the win!

Marknz

6th January 2008, 15:38

Bayliss wild card Valencia for the win!

Very last race of the season and he was contracted to that factory. Different scenario.

sAsLEX

6th January 2008, 15:41

Very last race of the season and he was contracted to that factory. Different scenario.

:girlfight:

Nah uh

gav

6th January 2008, 16:02

:Oops: www.mcnews.com.au should really do a bit of research before posting that thread up, its a hoax printed in a Spanish paper for a bit of a laugh! Aint going to happen, folks ..... :clap:

This story was originally posted on the Spanish website DailyMotos.com on December 28th, also known in Spain as "el Dia de los Santos Innocentes", the Day of the Innocent Saints. On this day, it is usual for Spaniards to play tricks on each other, and for the media to try and pass off fake stories as news, as a joke. In other words, this story looks like being the Spanish version of April Fools...

Drunken Monkey

6th January 2008, 16:12

Ah, Isee the detractors are at it again...

100% skill 0% sportsmanship.

Sportsmanship in professional sport is a romantic fallacy. Professional sportsmen are paid to win. Sportsmanship is for school yards and social leagues.

tri boy

6th January 2008, 16:17

Would like to see Heinz Harold Frentzen on a GP sickle. Damn that dude goes hard out.....then crashes:lol:

R6_kid

6th January 2008, 16:24

I read in KR that he was only 5 seconds a lap off the top times - but add it up, first bike over the line after 1 lap then....
one thousand and one, one thousand and two, one thousand and three, one thousand and four, one thousand and five ... here he comes
fast but not realistic - multiply that across 21 laps or so - that's over a minute off the pace.

He was using the 'wet' discs, not the carbon ones that they use in dry conditions so he wasnt getting full braking potential out of the bike. This would mean he could almost half that 5 second gap with the proper brake setup and a bit more practice - that would have him 2.5s off the LAP RECORD set by Dani Pedrosa which is what his time was reported as - that in my books is fast enough to beat a fair bit of the motoGP field from last year, he wouldnt be winning but he'd be in there earning points.

Teambwr47

6th January 2008, 18:03

What a load of total rubbish this thread is.....

There is no way on the planet that it would EVER happen....it was a wind up and i can't believe someone was daft enough to believe it and post it here in seriousness.................

Yes he rode the bike but these days 5 secs at a track like that in question is quite a margin.

Its an accepted fact that the German cheated his way to the F1 title the year he drove Hill off the track. Numerous programs have commented on it and the on board and trackside footage shows Schumacher look to the side, see Hill and then turn the steering sharply towards Hill's car causing the collision that ended Hills chances and gave Schumacher the title.

Bikernereid

6th January 2008, 19:54

Has his day and his come-upance (can't spell). At the end of the day if he qualifies then he should be allowed to ride, if not then no. The minute he knocks anothe rider off then it ia fair game and he will probably end up with a black eye!!

Let's give him a chance and then judge him, his riding and behaviour.

Couldn't agree more.

I feel sorry for the lads who try their guts out year after year looking for this sort of opportunity... along comes joni cum fuckwit and he gets to guest ride in three GPs. Not on at all.

gav

6th January 2008, 21:21

:Oops: www.mcnews.com.au should really do a bit of research before posting that thread up, its a hoax printed in a Spanish paper for a bit of a laugh! Aint going to happen, folks ..... :clap:

This story was originally posted on the Spanish website DailyMotos.com on December 28th, also known in Spain as "el Dia de los Santos Innocentes", the Day of the Innocent Saints. On this day, it is usual for Spaniards to play tricks on each other, and for the media to try and pass off fake stories as news, as a joke. In other words, this story looks like being the Spanish version of April Fools...

Oi!! Its a wind up in a Spanish paper, kinda like an April Fools story!!
Its a joke .........

gav

6th January 2008, 21:25

He was using the 'wet' discs, not the carbon ones that they use in dry conditions so he wasnt getting full braking potential out of the bike. This would mean he could almost half that 5 second gap with the proper brake setup and a bit more practice - that would have him 2.5s off the LAP RECORD set by Dani Pedrosa which is what his time was reported as - that in my books is fast enough to beat a fair bit of the motoGP field from last year, he wouldn't be winning but he'd be in there earning points.

Bollocks, he was 5 seconds (allegedly :rolleyes: ) off the pace, he wouldn't have been going fast enough to be able to generate enough heat in the carbon brakes, hence he would have been slower with the carbons, not 2.5 seconds faster!

xwhatsit

6th January 2008, 21:26

Well that's disappointing. Would've loved to have seen that.

Bet Damon Hill is behind it somehow :shifty:

NZsarge

6th January 2008, 21:31

Ah, Isee the detractors are at it again...

Reckon..:rolleyes:

Sportsmanship in professional sport is a romantic fallacy. Professional sportsmen are paid to win. Sportsmanship is for school yards and social leagues.

Well that's disappointing. Would've loved to have seen that.

Bet Damon Hill is behind it somehow :shifty:

:laugh: good one.:niceone:

Kickaha

7th January 2008, 05:44

Remember he will purposefully crash and take someone out of the race to win at all costs.

I think the fact he'd be on a bike and could hurt would stop that happening

100% skill 0% sportsmanship.

No different than Prost or Senna

onearmedbandit

7th January 2008, 07:53

No different than Prost or Senna

Ahhh, I remember when Aryton had his crash. The day after the reports and quotes came thick and fast, 'greatest driver ever', 'a true hero', 'a gentleman' etc etc etc. Yet the day before he was public enemy number one.

People suck.

vifferman

7th January 2008, 08:04

Remember how difficult it was for Rossi to pick up rally driving.
Actually, that's not true.
Rossi actually put in some credible performances in both rally cars and F1. I'd imagine it's harder to go from front of the field in cars to near the front in bikes, than vice-versa.

gav

7th January 2008, 18:36

Gosh, how strange... the item on www.mcnews.com.au seems to be missing? Wonder what could've happened? :innocent:

Lenzflair

7th January 2008, 22:22

Couldn't agree more.

I feel sorry for the lads who try their guts out year after year looking for this sort of opportunity... along comes joni cum fuckwit and he gets to guest ride in three GPs. Not on at all.

Couldn't agree more but it seems to be the way of the world. I photographed the WRC rally NZ when Rossi had a drive. He did get to grips with it as the rally went on. The thing that bemused me was that we had
these rally greats here to do battle and the mainstream media gave Rossi all the coverage. Same deal there are some great drivers out there trying their heart out to get a drive.