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    #46
    He also donated $20million to the Tsunami relief fund.

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      #47
      Originally posted by Sturmovik
      He also donated $20million to the Tsunami relief fund.
      To which some will say "pfft. so he should. he earns a $quillion", but you'll always get that sort of attitude.

      With a career as long and as successful as he has had you are bound to have some low points but the high points out weight them by far.

      It wont be the same without him for a little while but there is a new crop of superstars in the making that should make F1 interesting viewing.

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        #48
        Originally posted by Drifter
        It wont be the same without him for a little while but there is a new crop of superstars in the making that should make F1 interesting viewing.
        It’ll be an age before we see another Schumacher, though.

        I always compared him to the Terminator, sent back through time on a driving mission: he’s robotic, ruthless, unstoppable, and on level terms you simply can’t beat him.

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          #49
          i wonder what he will do with his time now?

          hes a driver, its not like hes going to want to sit on his ass for the rest of his life, hes going to want to drive something, somewhere, against someone else

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            #50
            Originally posted by AndyMac
            Arrogant, Unstoppable Winning desire....
            He is German after all....
            "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donahue Penske Porsche 917

            "In Japan we no give fark for Subaru" - Trust Japan Technical Director
            (TM - AVENGE)

            "You can never have enough power. I remember when we had Group B cars... THEN we had enough power!"
            Juha Kankkunen - Rally of Argentina '02

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              #51
              Originally posted by itsnotagsr
              Willi Weber's (MS's manager) insights:

              However as was noted in the race report, the most interesting and revealing post-race quote came from Willi Weber who admitted that Michael's main reason for retirement was not to spend more time with his children, it was down to him losing influence at Ferrari and not being able to exert his No.1 status from 2007. In effect he's retiring because he's not prepared to race Raikkonen on equal terms.
              Jean Todt’s response:

              "Some people have speculated that Michael made his decision because he did not want to compete with Kimi - they are simply stupid."

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                #52
                Originally posted by rolin7
                i wonder what he will do with his time now?

                hes a driver, its not like hes going to want to sit on his ass for the rest of his life, hes going to want to drive something, somewhere, against someone else
                He raced sports sedans or touring cars (DTM?) of some sort before F1, so perhaps he'll do a few invitational drives here and there?

                Perhaps he'll have a stab at Targa Tas in an enzo?
                2009 X5 SD

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                  #53
                  Scaife's co-driver?

                  My guess is he'll run Ferrari after Todt leaves. Then there'll be an argument and he'll run his own team (like Jackie Stewart).
                  "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donahue Penske Porsche 917

                  "In Japan we no give fark for Subaru" - Trust Japan Technical Director
                  (TM - AVENGE)

                  "You can never have enough power. I remember when we had Group B cars... THEN we had enough power!"
                  Juha Kankkunen - Rally of Argentina '02

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                    #54
                    Originally posted by SCH
                    He raced sports sedans or touring cars (DTM?) of some sort before F1, so perhaps he'll do a few invitational drives here and there?

                    Perhaps he'll have a stab at Targa Tas in an enzo?

                    He used to race sports cars/group-C, drove for Sauber-Mercedes.

                    I reckon itsnotagsr is on the money – he’ll be with the Scuderia in some sort of technical/strategic role.

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                      #55
                      Originally posted by tremolo
                      Jean Todt’s response:

                      "Some people have speculated that Michael made his decision because he did not want to compete with Kimi - they are simply stupid."
                      What did you expect him to say?
                      Originally posted by brasher
                      TJ is 99% African American.

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                        #56
                        Originally posted by Teejay
                        What did you expect him to say?
                        I kinda thought that as well...

                        I guess he can't say "Michael was unhappy with being relegated to No.2 so he is taking his bat and ball."

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                          #57
                          Originally posted by Teejay
                          What did you expect him to say?
                          Pretty much exactly that, but I thought it sounded funny because I was reading with a French accent.

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