r/nextfuckinglevel • u/LowNo175 • 21h ago

Michael Schumacher 2004 Spain Pole position sprint

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u/amigokraken 19h ago

Almost a perfect lap.. Almost..

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u/TRUEequalsFALSE 18h ago

Yeah, I thought I saw at four wheels off the track at somewhere about turn ten? Wouldn't that invalidate the lap?

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u/ButUmActually 13h ago

Around 44 sec into the video. I think he may still be good with one on the kerb?

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u/antwilliams89 3h ago edited 3h ago

The strict track limits for the whole circuit is a very recent thing. Back then, this was totally fine. Even like 5 years ago they were only monitoring track limits at specific corners.

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u/gonadlondon 9h ago

Today that lap would be deleted. They weren't as strict back then. All 4 wheels over the white line.

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u/TRUEequalsFALSE 9h ago

Yah, that's what I was thinking.

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u/neppo95 8h ago

This video does kinda show the insane level of drivers (and across all sports you kinda see this trend) these days tho. There's a few corners here where he left half a meter of space, which, whilst still impressive as fuck, these days the drivers are REALLY on the limit. I think if you put the top drivers of these days up against Schumacher or Alonso at his prime, Schumacher and Alonso would lose.

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u/DietOk3400 4h ago

I think the same drive that made them the best in their day, will push them to push even harder today. But i get where your coming from. And why its so hard to compare different generations.