Michael never got beaten to a world title by a team mate in his prime... he also won 5 on the trot...
Lets also not get onto how many more race wins or world titles he'd have if his seasons were 22 races long....
Nico Rosberg was a far superior teammate than any teammate schmacher had. Lewis lost that title by a single dnf at malaysia and that was the season mercedes swapped around the mechanics from lewis and nicos team.
Lewis is the much cleaner driver of the pair and didnt resort to the "dark arts" as schmacher did.
Ferrari had special super sticky bridgestone tyres that no other team on the grid had and they were specifically developed for the sf70 during that period of domination.
"...Back in the Schumacher dominant days of the early 2000’s, it was well known that Ferrari’s Japanese tyre partner Bridgestone developed their tyres to work specifically with the Ferrari car resulting in a very one sided affair each weekend. The rule makers eventually hindered that partnership enough to break the Michael Schumacher show and allow the Michelin runners a chance to compete. The result being Fernando Alonso in a Renault two Championship wins..."
Less not forget there werent any limits on testing your car, so marinello ran 24/7, 365 doing all the testing and upgrading ferrari wanted.
To suggest Hamilton’s achievement is somehow unworthy seems to assume that Schumacher won 91 races from the midfield or a fundamental car disadvantage.
The history books show that lewis has won more races and more pole positions than schumacher. He might still exceed michael in the number of drivers titles he has.
If we are talking about how many titles might of been won, were it not for one of the greatest sporting farces in motorsport history in abu dhabi last year, the dnf at malaysia the year nico won the title, or leaving lewis out for too long on old tyres in china in his debut season, lewis would of had 10 world titles to his name by now.
Both are very dominate drivers, who won alot of races and pole positions. However to call michael the most domiant driver in f1, just simply isnt true. To say michael would have won more races if he raced now in a 22 race season could be said the same of senna, fangio, jackie stewart, prost etc.
Also michael, came back to f1 after grooved tyres were outlawed. Rosberg out performed him at mercedes.
"..In all three seasons, Rosberg finished ahead of Schumacher in the drivers’ championship and in 2010 and 2012, Rosberg came close to scoring double the number of points of his more decorated team-mate. Schumacher was just 13 points behind in 2010 but overall Rosberg held the advantage with 324 points to 197..."
"..Schumacher scored points in 72% of races that he completed, but Rosberg pips him there too with 76%.
It becomes bleaker reading for Schumacher when we turn out attention to qualifying. Discounting grid penalties, Rosberg ended qualifying with the faster lap time on 41 occasions to Schumacher’s 17 which equates to 71% of the time.."
Rosberg v Schumacher stats compared (highest respective tally in bold)
Qualifying
Faster qualifying time:
Rosberg 41 / Schumacher 17
Poles:
Rosberg 1 / Schumacher
0
Front rows:
Rosberg 2 / Schumacher 1
Races
Wins:
Rosberg 1 / Schumacher 0
Podiums:
Rosberg 5 / Schumacher 1
Points finishes:
Rosberg 39 / Schumacher 31
DNFs: Rosberg 7 /
Schumacher 15
Best race result (inc DNFs):
Rosberg 35 / Schumacher 22
Ahead in two-car finish:
Rosberg 22 / Schumacher 15
Championship
Overall points:
Rosberg 324 / Schumacher 197
Seasons finished higher in standings:
Rosberg 3 / Schumacher 0
Highest championship placing:
Rosberg 7th (2010, 2011) / Schumacher 8th (2011)
So the guy who beat lewis to the title by a single dnf, comprehesively beat schumacher over 3 seasons.
Says it all really.
