January 13, 2010
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<Michael Schumacher is back>
After 3 year retirement, Schumacher recently announced his first come back, and rejoins the Formula 1 next season. He is simply a legend in F1
I recall Michael Jordan also came back to NBA some 1.5 years after his first retirement.
Can Schumacher be as successful as he was? Unluckily, I did not watch F1 at all. So can’t tell you anything (why wrote this entry then?)
F1 is a very energy-consuming sports, and increasingly, only young guys managed to have the energy to control the car with the appropriate skills.
Note that since his retirement, some world champions were under 30 when they earned the first title (e.g. Alonso was only 24, Hamilton 25). Even Schuacher himself earned the first champion when he was 25. But in older days, most repeated champions did not earn their first champions until 29 or 30.
In overall terms, out of the 59-year history of F1, out of the ten youngest drivers’ Champion, 3 came from the past 10 years (24, 25 and 28 year old)
Schumacher is now 40. Some drivers could still win champions at the age of 40+ (e.g. Fangio). Of course, some legends can play well above 40 (e.g. Prost).
Let’s wait and see.
