Is it time for Schumacher to retire?

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Michael Schumacher?s move on Rubens Barrichello at the Hungarian Grand Prix received widespread condemnation from ex-drivers and journalists alike. However, none were quite as hard line as Daily Mail reporter Jonathan McEvoy, who insisted that Schumacher should retire ahead of Spa and hand over the Mercedes to reserve driver Nick Heidfeld.

?Michael Schumacher, mixing the ruthlessness of his youth with the desperation of his dotage, performed what we can only hope was the last - abominable - act of his Formula One career. The sentiment can be felt no more keenly than by Rubens Barrichello, his former Ferrari team-mate who was almost eradicated in the diminishing space between Schumacher's death-threat Mercedes and the concrete pit wall.

The Daily Telegraph's Tom Cary is also keen to see Schumacher hang up his helmet, but not because of the Barrichello move alone.

"Has the picture changed in the wake of Sunday?s grand prix? Yes, but not because he is a dangerous and controversial racer ? we knew that already. He should walk away because he?s no longer fast enough and his overbearing arrogance can no longer be excused as that of a ruthless winning machine."

Byron Young of The Mirror said it was Barrichello?s payback for all those years of servitude at Ferrari.

?There was some sweet revenge for Rubens Barrichello as he showed what might have been at Ferrari had they played fair when he was on their books alongside Michael Schumacher. In an inferior Williams he executed a gutsy dive past the Mercedes passing the pits to grab the final points place.?

Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/08/is_it_time_for_schumacher_to_r.php

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