1,000 Greatest Drivers: Michael Schumacher

The only driver I gave six #1 seasons.

Since I had nobody officially scheduled for March 25 and March 26, I’ve decided to do the two seven-time World Champions back-to-back. I originally had Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton scheduled for their birthdays on January 3 and January 7, but I’m trying to catch up with all the drivers I had scheduled but missed in chronological order on the days I have blanks. I already did Hans-Joachim Stuck (my January 1 driver) a while ago but I skipped Robby Gordon on January 2 because honestly I’m increasingly doubting that I should have made him a lock in the first place, and I’ve decided to skip all the other drivers I had scheduled between January 4 and January 8 because they were all Dakar Rally drivers and I don’t think I’m knowledgeable to write about rally drivers yet. I’m going to skip all the rally drivers and South American touring car drivers for the time being (except for perhaps the recent Stock Car Brasil drivers from the 21st century who I can find more information about online). That means I’m probably also going to skip Bernard Darniche who I originally had for March 28 and plug Mark Martin (my January 9 driver) in there. So this is going to be a big week overall as far as this goes. I will say my 500-word limit can be rough for somebody who did as many things as Schumacher, but I think I hit the highlights. I had to cut my mention of him winning the Race of Champions Nations Cup 6 straight years with Vettel from 2007-2012, but if you’re wondering why I rated him for 2007-2009 even though he wasn’t active in F1, that’s why.

I got official word today that my mom will not be released back home unless she has 24/7 care from a nurse or nurse’s aide at home and the people at the nursing home told me that even though the code enforcement officer was allowing her to come home that they wouldn’t necessarily and essentially the code enforcement officer has no influence on what they choose to do. She’s really devastated and so am I, but that’s all I have to say about that.