Gone are the days when F1 was a one man show with the German maestro who with this dexterous hands drove the red-machine to victory every other time. The driver, who had fans almost equal to Michael Jackson, made people frantic about this racy sport at least for a decade. Ferrari was its career best when schumi was its driver along with Barrichello. Both these men made sure that victory was the only result for the Ferrari, whatever circuit may it be, Silverstone, Magny Cours or Sepang. It was akin to the wave of the magician's wand when Schumi waves to the crowd atop the podium.
But then, every good run must come to a halt and so did Schumi. Fortunately, not for Ferrari. The Massa-Raikkonen duo seem to be doing a better job in retaining the name that the red-machine had during the tenure of Schumi. On the other side, the podium seem to enjoy this season with winners changing from circuit to circuit and this variety in the race results have also made F1 fans happy. The dominance of Schumi also yielded a boring sensation from other F1 patrons who felt that the sport had become one sided. But now, each race brings in different adventures, neck to neck podium finishes ( which was a rare phenomenon during Schumi's period when the German lead the race by more than a minute). In all, though the retirement of the flying German made F1 fans heavy hearted, it has also sparked a new phenomena of variety and surprising minutes in the world of F1 sport.
