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In terms of championship wins, races won and points accumulated, no one can argue that Schumacher was the greatest... However, there is just something about the guy that I don't like, and why I chose Senna over him. Senna oozed class, was a master in the wet, and was actually better at qualifying than Schumacher (Schumi needed 75 more races to pass Senna's 65 career pole positions).
The tragedy of Senna's career being cut short while very much in his prime will forever lead to questions about how good Senna could have been. While he may not have gone on to record as many victories as Schumacher now has, how many would Michael have had taken away from him in the 5 or 6 years Senna had left in him?
Schumacher's antics in the '94 season when he ran Hill off the road in the championship-deciding race will always stay in my memory. That, added to all of the other controversies surrounding his career, including the '97 season decider when he tried to bump Villeneuve off the road but was caught in the act, all adds the disliking I have for the fellow.
I'm not arguing the fact that Schumacher was a great driver - I just prefer everything that Senna stood for, especially the way he raced, all the while considering the uncertainty surrounding the issue that we'll never know quite how great Ayrton could have been.
Who knows? In a couple of decades, maybe we'll be classing Lewis Hamilton amongst these heroes...
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