"How Michael drove that car, I'll never know, it really impressed me. He won three races, which is one of the greatest achievements in motor racing history. He had four pole positions with it and I stood there in awe of his performances that year." Eddie Irvine
Three years in a row, he overperformed the speed of his cars in 1996, 1997 and 1998. No other driver did this in history of F1. This is why he’s the GOAT. Not just because of his 7 titles. Keep fighting Michael.
Huge schumacher fan. I still think 95-98 were his best years in F1. He only won the title in 95 during that period, but that was peak michael. He made the rest look a little foolish.
Monaco 96 - the greatest pole lap ever. Barcelona 96 - the greatest wet-weather drive ever. To do what Schumacher did in 96, in that bathtub, is the epitome of miraculous. Before anyone responds, I started watching F1 in 1993 and Michael is the greatest driver I've ever seen. Max Verstappen, Alonso and Räikkönnen are the only drivers who can get close to Schumacher's level.
Say whatever you want, but he's the one of few drivers who decided to go to a way weaker team performance-wise and try to build it up, rather than seek a better team. He could easily go to Williams, if he wanted to, but chose Ferrari and stayed there for 11 years. Look at Senna. When McLaren lost its edge, Senna lost his interest and sought a stronger team. Prost - who personally I admire a lot - couldn't bear Ferrari politics, named things as they are and was fired. Schumacher meanwhile withstood everything, built his position within the team (which was strong from the very beginning) brought in his people from Benetton and it bore fruit in a few years. His 1996 season was when I became his fan, seeing him fight with dominant Williamses ans Benettons. And Spain 1996... gosh this was simply outstanding. This was where he showed the skill difference between the drivers. One more thing: I remember Ross Brawn recollecting Michael's race in Portugal either in 1994 or in 1995 when he was chasing Damon Hill. He said that for several laps Michael chose a different racing line when approaching the tightest Estoril's left-hand corner, and they all wondered why. It turned out that he was preparing ground for the attack on Hill, leaving rubber in that place to have a better grip when overtaking. This is what separates real masters from an average F1 driver.
How he had 4 poles, 3 wins, and finished 3rd in the championship in that crock of shit that only finished 9 times I will never understand. And not once did he throw the team under the bus.. Cough.. Cough.. Lewis....
And people say Alonso had the worst car in Ferrari and for that they rank him higher than schumi . Michael was Alonso's worst nightmare on the track and same could be said about kimi and Vettel
What an amazing year 1996 was. Michael's first season with Ferrari. He finishes 2nd in Imola, wins in Monza, in Ferrari's home GPs. He also wins his favourite circut Spa, and a breath-taking victory in spain in terrible wet conditons. Michael Jordan's amazing run witht the bulls 72-10. Amazing all star game in San Antonio, Kevin Garnett's first season, Magic Johnson returns to the game. Dream Team wins gold. Kobe, Iverson debut games. Colorado Avalanche joins the league and wins the stanley cup straight away. The olympic games in Atlanta, where hungarian swimmer Egerszegi wins 200 backstroke, after winning in 1988, and 1992 as well. She is the second youngest ever gold medalist female swimmer, was the first person to win 5 individual golds, and one of the 3 who were able to win the same event in 3 consecutive games. Germany wins the Euro Championship. Steffi Graf repeats her 3 out of 4 grand slam wins after 1995. Juventus wins the champions league and serie A. Just to name a few.
Fucking right. Actually, all the 96-00 period, going always with slower car than his main rivals(Williams/Mclarren), somethimes much more slower ( like 1996 and 1997).
yep 96-97 were his absolute peak years. he deserved all the success that came in 00-04 after the work and development he did in the early ferrari days.
@@TroystonB I would actually think that 1998 was also just as great. That Mclaren in 1998 was like the redbull of 2011. With only ferrari being able to give some sort of challenge half way through the season, a bit like mclaren were the only team in 2011 that could give red bull a run. MS drove like a man possesed to get those mclarens, almost won it too if it wasn't for the Belgium incident. Mclaren on the other hand in 2011 failed miserable to put a challenge by midway.
The GOAT of F1 is Ross Brawn... Look up how many teams he coached to the title! ALL of Michaels Titles! The Raikkonen one. The Button one. The first, I think 2 or 3 of Lewis... Or you can go with Newey. :) No driver is the GOAT. Its got to be one of these guys. :)
This proves he is the best F1 driver of all time. After two championships with Benetton he moved to a struggling team. This is like Hamilton moving to a Sauber after 2014 / 2015 and then making them into a five time championship team after four years (could have been within 2 years if 1998/1999 worked out differently). No other driver has accomplished this.
@@DEE-qu5mc Man are you here again😁👌? Actually I have a slight issue with the word "all round". OK, I know what you mean there. But some people use it to subtly imply that he is not that talented, he is mainly good at politics and hard working, etc. But in reality, his raw talent is out of this world, too. Wanna see something crazy? Just check his quali record in 1993 against Senna, which is 8-8. Now, some will say 93 mclaren was not good. well, it looked that way because Andretti just couldn't drive it. Hakkinen was as quick as Senna right away (Check the qualis of last 3 races after he replaced Andretti).
Great video, enjoyed it immensely👍 The only little thing that bothered me was after such a great appropriate track, the second track was terrible and un-appropriate, I just think it spoiled it a little otherwise I loved it!
Had the opposite feeling actually, it kept dragging onnnn and onnnnn. But a really solid creation nevertheless, pretty complete too! (Although I definitely missed Schumacher overtaking Villeneuve in Spa out of the pits, that was so incredibly dope)
@@clubpenguin13531 they ignore that fact. Second part of the 09 season, redbull and mclaren were the best cars but the points Talley was too much to chase down with brawn.
@@TroystonB Seriously bad Doesn't equal the worst of the bunch, especially After they fixed areodynamics problems and at that point It became difficult to catch up to Brawn. Sure, Hamilton won before problems were fixed, however Ferrari in 2007 was Faster, yet there wasn't that much of a difference between It and McLaren. It wasn't as Good but the difference was marginal. They were still in the Same "category" of strength so not like Mercedes domination either, whereas winning a Race in 96 with a Ferrari was like winning a Race with a Haas or Alpine, not the Same thing at all.
Never gonna happen. He just got beat by Georgie this year and failed to win the race unlike his teammate. There goes the winning record down the drain...
Agreed, in reality, williams should have won 90%+ of the races in 96/97 newey rocketships. They also had the best engine at the time, the renault v10. 1996 williams - usually on pole by 5-7 tenths (except when schu took pole) 1997 williams - on pole at first race by nearly 2 seconds. 98 was a newey rocketship too,with the new force after renault left (mercedes) 1998 mclarens lapped the field in opening race....
"How Michael drove that car, I'll never know, it really impressed me. He won three races, which is one of the greatest achievements in motor racing history. He had four pole positions with it and I stood there in awe of his performances that year." Eddie Irvine
Prost tried, Alonso tried, Vettel tried, only one succeded! And thats the true measure of greatness when it comes to Michael!
Three years in a row, he overperformed the speed of his cars in 1996, 1997 and 1998. No other driver did this in history of F1. This is why he’s the GOAT. Not just because of his 7 titles. Keep fighting Michael.
Huge schumacher fan. I still think 95-98 were his best years in F1. He only won the title in 95 during that period, but that was peak michael. He made the rest look a little foolish.
Monaco 96 - the greatest pole lap ever.
Barcelona 96 - the greatest wet-weather drive ever.
To do what Schumacher did in 96, in that bathtub, is the epitome of miraculous.
Before anyone responds, I started watching F1 in 1993 and Michael is the greatest driver I've ever seen. Max Verstappen, Alonso and Räikkönnen are the only drivers who can get close to Schumacher's level.
96 spain was good, 97 belgium was better. 10 seconds a lap quicker after passing alesi and jacques.
Say whatever you want, but he's the one of few drivers who decided to go to a way weaker team performance-wise and try to build it up, rather than seek a better team. He could easily go to Williams, if he wanted to, but chose Ferrari and stayed there for 11 years. Look at Senna. When McLaren lost its edge, Senna lost his interest and sought a stronger team. Prost - who personally I admire a lot - couldn't bear Ferrari politics, named things as they are and was fired. Schumacher meanwhile withstood everything, built his position within the team (which was strong from the very beginning) brought in his people from Benetton and it bore fruit in a few years. His 1996 season was when I became his fan, seeing him fight with dominant Williamses ans Benettons. And Spain 1996... gosh this was simply outstanding. This was where he showed the skill difference between the drivers. One more thing: I remember Ross Brawn recollecting Michael's race in Portugal either in 1994 or in 1995 when he was chasing Damon Hill. He said that for several laps Michael chose a different racing line when approaching the tightest Estoril's left-hand corner, and they all wondered why. It turned out that he was preparing ground for the attack on Hill, leaving rubber in that place to have a better grip when overtaking. This is what separates real masters from an average F1 driver.
Imola and Monaco pole laps were incredible
Some of Schumacher's best ever work was during the 1996 season.
How he had 4 poles, 3 wins, and finished 3rd in the championship in that crock of shit that only finished 9 times I will never understand. And not once did he throw the team under the bus.. Cough.. Cough.. Lewis....
He literally was in touching distance of Jacques in the championship with 7 DNFs
And people say Alonso had the worst car in Ferrari and for that they rank him higher than schumi . Michael was Alonso's worst nightmare on the track and same could be said about kimi and Vettel
Best driver of all time 🏁
What an amazing year 1996 was. Michael's first season with Ferrari. He finishes 2nd in Imola, wins in Monza, in Ferrari's home GPs. He also wins his favourite circut Spa, and a breath-taking victory in spain in terrible wet conditons. Michael Jordan's amazing run witht the bulls 72-10. Amazing all star game in San Antonio, Kevin Garnett's first season, Magic Johnson returns to the game. Dream Team wins gold. Kobe, Iverson debut games. Colorado Avalanche joins the league and wins the stanley cup straight away. The olympic games in Atlanta, where hungarian swimmer Egerszegi wins 200 backstroke, after winning in 1988, and 1992 as well. She is the second youngest ever gold medalist female swimmer, was the first person to win 5 individual golds, and one of the 3 who were able to win the same event in 3 consecutive games. Germany wins the Euro Championship. Steffi Graf repeats her 3 out of 4 grand slam wins after 1995. Juventus wins the champions league and serie A. Just to name a few.
That 1996 ferrari was dogshit but he managed to win races and get pole positions. Im not even a schumacher fan but thats just amazing
The GOAT. The season that will never be replicated. This and 1997 will always make him the greatest.
Fucking right. Actually, all the 96-00 period, going always with slower car than his main rivals(Williams/Mclarren), somethimes much more slower ( like 1996 and 1997).
yep 96-97 were his absolute peak years. he deserved all the success that came in 00-04 after the work and development he did in the early ferrari days.
@@TroystonB I would actually think that 1998 was also just as great. That Mclaren in 1998 was like the redbull of 2011. With only ferrari being able to give some sort of challenge half way through the season, a bit like mclaren were the only team in 2011 that could give red bull a run. MS drove like a man possesed to get those mclarens, almost won it too if it wasn't for the Belgium incident. Mclaren on the other hand in 2011 failed miserable to put a challenge by midway.
The GOAT of F1 is Ross Brawn... Look up how many teams he coached to the title!
ALL of Michaels Titles!
The Raikkonen one.
The Button one.
The first, I think 2 or 3 of Lewis...
Or you can go with Newey. :)
No driver is the GOAT. Its got to be one of these guys. :)
@@chrisbee9643 Don't talk rubbish, if they had MS in benetton in 96 they would have challenged for another championship.
Imo this is one of the best years in Ferrari history -- it's about the journey, not the destination. This was a dream being born in the moment.
Tellement merciiiiiiiii!!!
This proves he is the best F1 driver of all time. After two championships with Benetton he moved to a struggling team. This is like Hamilton moving to a Sauber after 2014 / 2015 and then making them into a five time championship team after four years (could have been within 2 years if 1998/1999 worked out differently).
No other driver has accomplished this.
Forget that snowflake Hamilton, there's no comparison, Schumacher was on another level, best all round driver in history.
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Man are you here again😁👌?
Actually I have a slight issue with the word "all round".
OK, I know what you mean there. But some people use it to subtly imply that he is not that talented, he is mainly good at politics and hard working, etc.
But in reality, his raw talent is out of this world, too.
Wanna see something crazy?
Just check his quali record in 1993 against Senna, which is 8-8.
Now, some will say 93 mclaren was not good.
well, it looked that way because Andretti just couldn't drive it.
Hakkinen was as quick as Senna right away (Check the qualis of last 3 races after he replaced Andretti).
Without Jean Todt, Rory Byrn, Ross Brawn etc Schumacher wouldn’t have done anything.
Also Ferrari was the 3rd best car in 1995. Sauber is like one of the worst cars.
@@ksfreestylers1146 from 3rd best in 95 to 4th best in 96.
The season Schumacher had to give the %375.9 to have that Ferrari doing something.
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Great video, enjoyed it immensely👍
The only little thing that bothered me was after such a great appropriate track, the second track was terrible and un-appropriate, I just think it spoiled it a little otherwise I loved it!
Had the opposite feeling actually, it kept dragging onnnn and onnnnn. But a really solid creation nevertheless, pretty complete too! (Although I definitely missed Schumacher overtaking Villeneuve in Spa out of the pits, that was so incredibly dope)
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I wanna see Lewis Hamilton win three races a season with a completely inferior and unrealiable car like the Ferarri in 1996.
he did manage wins in 2009 in a seriously bad mclaren.
@@TroystonB he won races once they fixed their aero problems, then it was a pretty good car
@@clubpenguin13531 they ignore that fact. Second part of the 09 season, redbull and mclaren were the best cars but the points Talley was too much to chase down with brawn.
@@TroystonB Seriously bad Doesn't equal the worst of the bunch, especially After they fixed areodynamics problems and at that point It became difficult to catch up to Brawn.
Sure, Hamilton won before problems were fixed, however
Ferrari in 2007 was Faster, yet there wasn't that much of a difference between It and McLaren.
It wasn't as Good but the difference was marginal.
They were still in the Same "category" of strength so not like Mercedes domination either, whereas winning a Race in 96 with a Ferrari was like winning a Race with a Haas or Alpine, not the Same thing at all.
Never gonna happen. He just got beat by Georgie this year and failed to win the race unlike his teammate. There goes the winning record down the drain...
1:49 i see Niki Lauda there
That 96 Ferrari was a piece of junk. How Schuey got 3 wins out of it is a mystery.
and managed to score 8 wins in that piece of junk f310 and it's 1997 upgraded version f310b.
Agreed, in reality, williams should have won 90%+ of the races in 96/97 newey rocketships. They also had the best engine at the time, the renault v10.
1996 williams - usually on pole by 5-7 tenths (except when schu took pole)
1997 williams - on pole at first race by nearly 2 seconds.
98 was a newey rocketship too,with the new force after renault left (mercedes)
1998 mclarens lapped the field in opening race....