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Can Michael Schumacher win his 3rd title ?

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Michael Schumacher had a dream start to the season, by San Marino he had won 3 races in a row and his main title contender only had 6 points. The driver's title appeared to be within easy reach. It certainly appeared that Michael will finally be able to bring home the driver's title for Ferrari after being so close in the previous 3 attempts. More importantly, it will be Ferrari's first driver's title in 21 years.

At Silverstone, Michael finished 3rd after recovering from a poor start. He returned to winning form at the Nurburgring. Things started to go downhill at Monaco when he retired with a broken rear suspension, in Canada he won in the wet but was suffering from a problem that slowed him right down and thanks to Rubens who stayed behind. Schumacher then failed to finish, in France he suffered an engine failure and in the last 2 races he crashed out on the first corner. Some would say through no fault of his own, others would disagree. You can make your own judgement.

Ferrari don't appear to match the pace of the McLaren's but we know that Schumacher tries his best to make up for that. We have 6 races left and McLaren appear to be bullet proof. Mika Hakkinen appears in top form and David Coulthard wants to win. Ferrari must be worried.
What does Schumacher need in order to recover ? Has the pressure got to him ? Can Rubens Barrichello help him ? Can Michael Schumacher finally do it ? Or will it be next year yet again ? What do you think ?  (What others are saying)

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What others are saying:

I believe Michael has the skill and the ability to win, but suspect that he doesn't have the equipment. Conversely Mika and David have the equipment but lack the aggression and courage to  to use it especially in the rain. If the remainder of the season brings wet races and Ferrari does not have mechanical failures Michael will be the world champion for 2000!!! - Tony D - Qatar


On paper,Yes.  In practice, No.
In my opinion he simply misses the mental condition that is needed in this stage of the Championship.
He has proven not to be able to control when he must perform under pressure. In this stage of the championship the pressure is very high so you cannot expect to stay in first position with an advantage of 20 seconds or more during a race, which seems to be (besides wet track conditions) his favourite scenario.
I expect the 2000 F1-champion to be the best possible combination of driver skills, mentality and state of the art technology and that is, if the McLaren team does not make any big strategic mistakes like they made in the past, D.Coulthard - Robert van S. - The Netherlands


Whilst I believe that the German is in a class of his own, you cannot count out the likes of DC and Mika yet.  There is certainly going to be a fight to the end and as long as there are no team orders placed in the McLaren line up to disadvantage DC then I believe that it could well be David that takes the title this year.   He has shown that he has the pace and the slight advantage over Mika, whilst also being a "people's driver".  By this I mean he has a good personality.   However, nothing could take away the thrill of watching these people in their element and I wish them all good luck - Hazel - England


With a change of attitude and pace he might win. But I think that West (McLaren) pace and reliability will win at the end of the day - Serge - Luxembourg


The German is by no doubt the best driver currently in F1 Give him the car and he will do it, just had a bit of bad luck but he is really the driver to beat for this year - Jacques - South Africa


Michael Schumacher just needs good luck and now Rubens is back in form and can really help Schumacher and Ferrari. I believe that Schumacher will win the his 3rd title this year - Bilal - Pakistan


Opinions on Michael Schumacher winning the championship seem to revolve time and again on him winning because he deserves it. I believe it is unfair to say that none of the other runners who constantly put their hearts and souls into their craft also deserve success. In actual fact, fairness will have nothing to do with the title. Further stability and reliability from McLaren will probably make it impossible for Ferrari to win the driver's championship. But the circuits with high downforce are still Ferrari's domain so only a superb team effort can bring victory to Ron Dennis and co in Hungary if Schumacher finishes the race - Bruno A - Australia


If he has good solid drives like he did in the first 3 rounds and now Rubens is more of a title threat so he will back up Schumacher. Dont underestimate Ferrari there will be more 1-2s - Boomer - Australia


I think what Shuie needs is a lot of luck and a lot more help from Barrichello, Rubens doesn't seem to have the Irvine skills as a second driver but I consider its not all his fault. The team also has a big part in getting Rubens to that level to help Schumacher win his title - Bill C - Australia


I'm sure Michael will win this championship - Kristof S - Belgium


Unless Ferrari are able to find some additional pace (reliably) Schumacher will not win the championship.

His lead over the McLaren pair has been whittled down, and whilst you might say he has been unfortunate I think it is tough to argue that Coulthard has had better luck. The McLaren car looks to be considerably faster and even Schumacher's unquestionable ability is not enough to counter that.

One of the McLaren's look set to win, and from the pit stop episode when the pace car was out in Germany it is clear that Hakkinen is still their choice - Dunder - Hong Kong


Yes, he can because in my opinion he truly deserves it and it is not a matter of him being the best driver in the world because he took up the challenge since 1996 and he has stayed with the team ever since and I think, no , no , I know that he will win his third world title - Johann - South Africa


I am certain that he will win the championship, because first of all he deserves it by being the best pilot and proving that the second best car could win too - L M - Belgium


I doubt that Schumacher can win the championship. He appears to be cracking under pressure from McLaren. He was indeed hit from behind in the last 2 races but he had bad starts both times and when you have bad starts then you have to face the results. If he is to win the championship it will be because Coulthard and Hakkinen take away points from each other and the FIA was too harsh on Coulthard. He will also need Barrichello to hold up the McLarens. End result, title maybe won but not by driver skill - Steve W - Singapore


Without a doubt Schumacher will win the title this year. Even though this is his 4th try with Ferrari, the first two attempts he didn't really have the car, last year he broke his leg. Only this year he has a car that seems to be able to match McLaren. He doesn't need help from Barrichello. He just needs a bit of luck and the drivers behind him to be more careful. After all he is the best - Tony S - Hong Kong


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