Sunday 1 August 2010

Outrageously dangerous driving should cost Schumacher his licence

I've posted here before about my disappointment when the desperation to win means that the boundaries of sporting endeavour are transgressed, but never before have I seen it done with such blatant disregard for an opponent's safety, and potentially his life, as was demonstrated by Michael Schumacher in Hungary this afternoon. To have it, yet again, compounded by treating the watching public with utter contempt by both Schumacher and his team defending his actions, merely adds one last shiny turd on an already enormous shit cake.

Evidently his 'plan' was to move to the right early to 'show Rubens he planned to defend the right hand side'. You've got to wonder then why he moved to the right when Barrichello was already alongside him. Spare us the defence, for Christ's sake. We know what we're watching. Schumacher has, yet again, crossed the line between a will to win and such desperate, obsessive need to win, by so far that he's apparently prepared to put the life of an experienced, should-be-respected opponent in jeopardy.

He's been demoted by ten places on the grid for the next GP. Barrichello's instant reaction in the car was that he should be black flagged. Well, yes. But not just for the ongoing race. If he can't handle the reality of the place his career is in, and the reality of the qualities of the car he's in, then he should be removed from F1 before he causes a serious accident or worse.

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