Michael Schumacher retires from the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix
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- čas přidán 28. 09. 2021
- Some footage before and after the retirement, where Michael lost his 8th title to the first Ferrari engine failure in half a decade.
Sorry for the aspect ratio but because the source footage had variable aspect ratio, I couldn't make it work correctly when I made the video so it's a little "boxed" - Auta a dopravní prostředky
I was 4 years old and I still remember to this day watching Michael from my tv walking out of the car while my father next to me was trying to explain to me that Shumi lost at that moment the championship to Alonso. It is one of my oldest memories.
we share that memory, I was almost 3, thats my oldest memory to f1 i have
I was older I was 6, but also my earliest F1 memory, my Dad was a big Scumacher fan at the time
You do better than me. I was 17.5 years old and absolutely devastated that morning
I was 12 years old and still remember this scene too, it was my big brother who explained everything to me.
Alonso was lucky here, but he was unlucky in Hungary and Italy
schumacher was leading in italy when alonso went out and in hungary he finished 8th; so those weren't as dramatic and didn't have the same impact on the title race at the end of the season.
@@Flaerenhe lost a win in Hungary
Alonso lost a win in Hungary wym
This is where the championship went, yet in the last race in interlagos he drove like and absolute world champion who would have deserved the 2006 title. Had he stayed, he could have easily had 2007 and 2008
or 2015-2021
exactly!!!!
he retired but he did not want to. due to asshole montezemolo
@@mysticnomad89man had he stayed during after 2013 things might be different overall now..
@@JohanJ2000 absolutely Prime Rafa killed his body to win Slams he fought laws of physics to chase down points as if his life depended on it. 2014 was the last year Rafa was a force on hard courts. 2017-2019 were
Great years but the competition was sub par. 2015-2023 novak racked up 18 slams when the competition was its lowest. Between 2007-2014 Novak only had 7 slams.
Alonso had his bad luck in Hungary, Monza, and Shanghai, while Schumi had his here and Brazil
This was the moment that decided the Championship at the penultimate round of the 2006 season.
Before this; Schumacher had crashed out in Australia and had a mechanical retirement in Hungary. Alonso crashed out in Hungary and had a mechanical retirement in Italy. Japan 06 brought the unwanted DNF count to 3-2 in Schumacher’s favour.
Coming into this race Alonso and Schumacher were tied on points (116-116), with the German leading the title race on the countback ruling (more wins in the season (7-6)).
Schumacher finished 8th at Hungary. Not sure where that retirement myth comes from.
@@barbarooza8408 Schumacher didn't finish that race. He retired but was classified P8.
Not the full picture, Alonso had a DNF in Hungary because his wheel nut detached, he didn't crash. So Alonso had 2 DNFs from mechanical failures where Schumacher had 1 DNF from a crash, 1 DNF from a racing incident, and 1 DNF from a mechanical issue.
6:00 The moment ITV came back from an advert and ripped my heart out
Its 2024 and this engine failure still hurts me
Interesting to see a native 16:9 footage from 2006
Schumacher is out of the Japanese Grand Prix
PAIN 😢
Looks like Alonsos luck is in when he sees Schumacher car smoking out of the back and he gets a win giving him the championship lead back again
I never cried so much and unstoppable like this day
I remember while watching an F1 race as a little kid (probably between 2004 & 2006), I decided to make a little michael schumacher poster, then a couple minutes later I saw a Ferrari broken down on grass. I'm pretty sure it was Schumacher, I then felt disappointed & binned the poster, as I've never seen that poster again 😄. Since around that time (03 - 06) I've been a fan. This era was fantastic.
What could’ve been😢!!! He would’ve won this race to extend a lead from a tie before the race, then absolutely fought for a last to first in Brazil, or wouldn’t even need to cause no engine blowup so Felipe would’ve stopped Fernando and schumi probably would’ve won without nando winning back
Pain
Schumi already overboost the car in the previous race Chinese GP in order to grab full 10 points from starting at P6.
Alonso was lucky concerning Michael's DNF, but also in regards to the other Ferrari. Massa was forced to pit early for his first stop because of a slow puncture, allowing Fernando to jump him for 2nd at that stage, without incidents the race would’ve finished MSC, MAS, ALO in that order, and Schumacher takes a 4 point lead to Brazil. I'm not complaining that Alonso has two titles still!
I was 9 at the time
1:48 Lmao, wonder how that turned out
I still think that was some kind of sabotage or big mistake on pit. He retired right after that...
Nah I doubt that, could be anything but an engine blow ain’t because of the pit stop for me.
@@matthewwalker6397 maybe due to the fuel idk
engine failures after pit stops are not unusual. they tend to overheat without wind.
Would love to know what is being said at 5:40. Another unlucky moment for ITV and their ad breaks
Alonso had more bad luck that season I should remember you. Wasn't that an unlucky moment for ITV too??
:(
Ferrari International Assistance didn't work!!!!!
Schumacher should have had 8 titles. Hamilton having the same number of titles doesnt sound right.
Hamilton could be a 10 time Champ like Schumi if it wasn't for his team in 2007 China, his engine in 2016, and Michael Masi in 2021
And Schumi was lucky enough in 2003a against poor Kimi and Montoya, and Alonso had more bad luck too in 2006, go watch Hungary, Italy, and Shanghai. While Schumi Melbourne crash was his fault, no he doesn't deserves these 2 Championships even
@@emilekaram6094 2008, 2021 and I would personally add 2017 weren't very deserved by Lewis. In 2008 due to singapore gate, 2021 was fully deserved by Max Verstappen (Lewis made him DNF in Silverstone while he won that race, and in that season Max made zero mistakes). 2017, Vettel was the driver of the season, but in the final part of the season Ferrari didn't had reliability. Anyway, if you want to call me "salty lewis hater"... well, I literally love Lewis person and some of his drives made me more and more appassionate of this sport, like I love Michael. But, in 2021 and in 2008, Lewis didn't deserve very well the wdc. It's my opinion, don't blame me pls
@@mattiaturrisi2632 2008 he was robbed the win in Spa, so don't whine to much about Singapore plz. Lewis got a 25 secs penalty that should have been 5 or 10 at most, and still it was a joke and lie of a penalty cause he gave back the place to Kimi when he cut the chicane. Alonso did something similar in 2005 in Japan and Charles Whiting gave him a penalty but then cancelled it because Alonso gave the position back to the other driver( I think it was Webber). So Hamilton must be the Spa winner, so he still wins the title by 1 or 2 pts if we cancel Singapore. And in 1998 despite Schumi doing some miracles with the Ferrari but the Mclaren wasn't that much quicker and Mika did less mistakes. For me Mika deserves 1998 more truly. And 2003 Kimi and 2006 stays to Alonso IMO.
@@emilekaram6094 1998 mclaren was really quick, especially on the straight. More than Ferrari I would say. 2008 I didn’t know before you explain me this shit of Spa. 2008 Massa was also su unlucky, engine blow up in the last laps of Hungary… if we are counting Lewis engine failure of Malaysia in 2016, we can count this DNF of felipe
Alonso the most overrated driver ever in F1, two times WDC only by luck
Look at Hungary and Italy 2006 and I will dare you to say the same thing.
@@Minion_Bazz look at 2005 championship. How many times Kimi retired while leading ?) Luck is part of game .
@@jokedok8044 wasn't I just saying that?
you're nuts man...I personally don't like him very much, but his performance in 2012 was the greatest performance I've ever seen in sport. Shame he didn't make it.
LOL