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Ford screwed the Falcon
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You may not like what occurred in 1994 but the guy is a human and has not done anything serious enough to not warrant your compassion.
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![]() So why comment? Hopefully a full recovery. Sending best wishes to him and his family.
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Press conference to be held at 11am Grenoble time
http://www.rushlane.com/michael-schu...-12100212.html
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BBC Live Reporting at the press conference, scroll down to 0959 for the start....
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/...24#TWEET998499 Edit: Silver Ghia beat me to it...
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Would be an odd way to go out from a guy who has been traveling at around 300km/h for some of his life.
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Pretty scarey brain injuries, depending on the type some you don't wanna come back from,
my old mum had an aquired brain injury 8 years ago, having been in the brain injury section myself at the hospital and rehab visiting many times and seeing some other patients with horrific head injuries , it is surprising to see what people can come back from and live a reasonable life, hopefully mr Schumacher can too. |
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I just hope theres no bleeding in the brain. There's not been any mention of this, which has a big bearing on his full recovery.
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Hope he makes it.
Senna drove people off the road too remember, and there is an international tear duct for him. Last edited by MethodX; 30-12-2013 at 11:27 PM. |
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I have mentioned that this man has won championships, but his sporting nature means he will never be considered by me as a champion.
That said, I am praying for him to be well asap.
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Your choice whether you like him or not but big call if you have not met him. This is not a thread about F1 Racing. Have some respect for human life. I find it terribly sad when any person is in this place and his wife and children will be distraught.
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I have said very little about this today and with my wife about to depart for Canada on a skiing holiday with her son i am a touch nervous !!!
Godspeed for Schumi i really hope this is just a speedbump and he recovers fully ..x.. |
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Pretty classless to not care about a human life because of that. And hell you can look at pretty much any sports star and you'll find something like that in their career. Doesn't diminish the fact he's a human being with a family. And say what you want about that accident but when Ferrari told Barrichello to let him win in 2002 he gave the spotlight to him and gave him a win later in the season.
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But, as much as I dislike the driver, I can only wish him a speedy recovery. No one deserves this. I feel for his family at the moment. Hope he pulls through.
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Schumacher brings out the anger in some people and do does Vettel, racing is racing, those guys aren't out there to lose. I watched pretty much every F1 race of Schumacher's right from the beggining and he was the best driver on the track year after year after year, I also saw all Ayrtons races and I think Schumacher was just as fast if not faster. Anyone with a family will have compassion for him during this time for the sake of his kids if no other reason. Everyone else needs to go and have a hard look at themselves in the mirror and see what's in there. Michael has done a lot of good things for a lot of people in his days, now its time to return the favour and wish him well.
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Reports this morning saying there is no improvement & he remains in an artificial coma.
Keep up the fight Michael...
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Some video of the conference.....
http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories..._FOR_LIFE_3112 Hang in there Michael......
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As a nurse, speaking from experience. Michael would have been better off being killed, in the accident. Serious brain injury that Michael suffered will leave him a incapacitated for life.
He will face years of rehab and will never get back to original self. Makes you wonder why bad things happen to good people.??
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wow this is the first ive heard of it as ive only just woke up
i never liked the guy as a driver, didnt like some tactics and thought he was arrogant but i certainly hope he manages to recover and get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle again, the bloke certainly could drive get well schue
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From what I've read they got to him pretty quick so that's a good thing. No point writing the bloke off yet, even the doctors don't know what will happen. He'll be right.
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Any more news or is it simply a waiting game.
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Hope you`re right. Two things on Michael`s side were that he got treated quickly and that even after the impact, he was still with it, just a little agitaded from what I read.
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trublu..spend a day in an ED , HDU, ICU and a Brain Rehab Unit and you will see where my comments come from..experience !!! http://www.traumaticbraininjury.com/...-tbi-symptoms/
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