It’s been a very special day for me…not just because it’s Diwali, but more because today Michael Schumacher said Goodbye to F1
And even more special because, Roger Federer won another title in ATP Masters Cup Series…
The Final Lap...
Schumi played his last race in Brazil- on the home track of his hero Irton Senna, whom he succeeded as a champion of the game in a real sense.
And he came fourth, one place ahead of his successor in Team Ferrari Next Year- Kimi Raikkonen…
Like many millions, I’m so used to see Schumacher coming out of the Ferrari in all Red colours with an innocent Reddish victorious face - I’ll always miss him. I know, on the track he wasn’t ‘innocent’ but surely he looked one…and off the Track, he sure was an innocent one. He never wanted too much of fame, off-the-game media attention or things like that -he rather maintains a safe distance from publicity. What he always wanted was a win, a victory for which he was always ready to do anything and everything.
The Race was won bye his Brazilian Teammate- Massa while his nemesis Alonso won the Driver’s Title and Constructure’s Trophy went to Renault.
Sad that Schumi couldn’t make it to the Podium in the last F1Race he played but he has certainly climbed to a Podium from where no one can kick him down.
The records may break, of course, they are meant to break one day. But certain sportsmen create a place in the hearts of people, which is unbreakable. They take the game to a new height and dominate it completely and the game is known by their name. It happens every generation.
You think of the Sport and you immediately think of the Sportsperson. F1 and Michael Schumacher are like Football and Pele, Boxing and Mohammed Ali, Cycling and Lance Armstrong or Chess and Garry Casparove, Cricket and from Don Bradman to Sachin Tendulkar,
Tennis too have got a lot of them- from Maurine Connolly, Rod Lever, Margaret Court to Borg- Mc-Enroe to Navratilova-Evert to Steffie Graf to Boris Becker, Sampras and Agassi And…. To Roger Federer..
Roger, Roger, Roger....
Roger yesterday defeated Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 to set some new records, which he always does.
Roger has now won three titles in a row- US Open, Japan Open and Madrid Masters.
Roger won for the first time in Madrid, Spain-the country his nemesis Nadal comes from
He captured his 4th Master’s Title this year and 12th overall.
He’s beaten Pete Sampras’s record and stands second behind Andre’ Agassi, who has won 17.
With this win, Roger became first person since Ivan Lendl (in 1982) to win 80 or more matches two years in a row.
And even more special because, Roger Federer won another title in ATP Masters Cup Series…
The Final Lap...
Schumi played his last race in Brazil- on the home track of his hero Irton Senna, whom he succeeded as a champion of the game in a real sense.
And he came fourth, one place ahead of his successor in Team Ferrari Next Year- Kimi Raikkonen…
Like many millions, I’m so used to see Schumacher coming out of the Ferrari in all Red colours with an innocent Reddish victorious face - I’ll always miss him. I know, on the track he wasn’t ‘innocent’ but surely he looked one…and off the Track, he sure was an innocent one. He never wanted too much of fame, off-the-game media attention or things like that -he rather maintains a safe distance from publicity. What he always wanted was a win, a victory for which he was always ready to do anything and everything.
The Race was won bye his Brazilian Teammate- Massa while his nemesis Alonso won the Driver’s Title and Constructure’s Trophy went to Renault.
Sad that Schumi couldn’t make it to the Podium in the last F1Race he played but he has certainly climbed to a Podium from where no one can kick him down.
The records may break, of course, they are meant to break one day. But certain sportsmen create a place in the hearts of people, which is unbreakable. They take the game to a new height and dominate it completely and the game is known by their name. It happens every generation.
You think of the Sport and you immediately think of the Sportsperson. F1 and Michael Schumacher are like Football and Pele, Boxing and Mohammed Ali, Cycling and Lance Armstrong or Chess and Garry Casparove, Cricket and from Don Bradman to Sachin Tendulkar,
Tennis too have got a lot of them- from Maurine Connolly, Rod Lever, Margaret Court to Borg- Mc-Enroe to Navratilova-Evert to Steffie Graf to Boris Becker, Sampras and Agassi And…. To Roger Federer..
Roger, Roger, Roger....
Roger yesterday defeated Fernando Gonzalez of Chile 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 to set some new records, which he always does.
Roger has now won three titles in a row- US Open, Japan Open and Madrid Masters.
Roger won for the first time in Madrid, Spain-the country his nemesis Nadal comes from
He captured his 4th Master’s Title this year and 12th overall.
He’s beaten Pete Sampras’s record and stands second behind Andre’ Agassi, who has won 17.
With this win, Roger became first person since Ivan Lendl (in 1982) to win 80 or more matches two years in a row.
…The records may break, of course, they are meant to break one day. But certain sportsmen create a place in the hearts of people, which is unbreakable. They take the game to a new height and dominate it completely and the game is known by their name….
That’s what Schumacher and Federer have for our generation…
Both are real icons.
One comes from Germany, the other speaks Swiss German …
One drives swift cars and the other hits the ball swiftly…
One takes dangerous turns and other makes incredible returns…
Both have Spaniards as a their nemesis…
However, both are not all that same…
While one is a not so nice guy on Track, the other is the nicest guy on Tennis Court! But I’ll like them two…
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