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Originally Posted by Capt. Fantastic
Perhaps I was not clear enough: I envision him as a test driver, proof of concept driver, whatever, but NOT a "line" driver. IOW he would not race in the races but rather demonstrate what the low tech cars can do.
From the BBC article:
"Ferrari want to tap into the 38-year-old's experience of F1 cars without electronic driver aids ahead of the ban on such systems for next year."
If the FIA is smart (whatever that means) then presently ALL cars will be low tech. Next year's ban is but the first step in this process.
I still maintain that Schumacher is at the pinnacle of his career-- it can only go down from here. And... that he is the only man alive who can "save" F1.
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Sure, he could be a test driver, but his reluctance to even test for Ferrari, although employed by them, makes me feel he would decline that offer.
You are correct in saying that F1 want to impose all sorts of rules regarding the removal of driver aids (ie traction control) The problem has been that until now, every year the cars gets faster even when they reduce the cc, and bring in other rules to slow the cars. The tracks in general cannot be safe with the speeds the cars are reaching. So they have to slow them down somehow.
As for Schumacher being the "only man alive who can save F1" I don't see that at all. But thats just my opinion, same as you have yours.