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Michael Schumacher drives to the rescue : By Mohammed Hasan

Posted on: 04-08-2009
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Michael Schu­macher dri­ves to the rescue 

After retir­ing in 2006 we all assumed that the seven-time world cham­pion would remain out of the dri­ving seat for­ever. Until recently when Mr Schu­macher informed us all, that he will be step­ping back into for­mula 1 to replace the for­mi­da­ble Felipe Massa who suf­fered an unfor­tu­nate acci­dent dur­ing a race.

Fer­rari has stated Michael will be present for as long as it takes for Massa to recover from the seri­ous head injuries he injured in the Hun­gar­ian Grand Prix. More inter­est­ingly Michael went on to say “For team loy­alty rea­sons I can’t ignore this unfor­tu­nate sit­u­a­tion,” said the for­mer Fer­rari driver”. 

Although the ques­tion remains will Michael be able to rise to the chal­lenge? Has he sim­ply bit­ten more than he can chew by agree­ing to this set­tle­ment? In Addi­tion the Ger­mans undy­ing loy­alty doesn’t change the fact that he hasn’t dri­ven an F1 car since April 2008 and com­peted in his last of his grand prix in Octo­ber 2006.

The SCHUMACHER TIME LINE 

Year Events
1991 Makes F1 debut for Jordan, switches to Benetton
1992 First Grand Prix win (Belgium), finishes third in the championship
1994 Wins first world title with Benetton, winning eight races
1995 Retains world title, winning nine races
1996 Joins Ferrari
1997 Finishes season second but is disqualified from championship
1999 Breaks leg at Silverstone when leading world championship
2000 Ends Ferrari’s 21-year wait for a world title, winning nine races
2001 Retains world title, again winning nine races
2002 Quickest ever world title win, with 11race wins
2003 Breaks Juan Manuel Fangio’s record of five world titles
2004 Wins seventh and final world title
2006 Retires at the end of the season
2009  Announces comeback to fill in for injured Felipe Massa

This whole issue raises a few questions:

Is it too risky for the seven time world champion to return as his reputation as a world class driver maybe tarnished?

Is it fair that we put such an immense amount on pressure on this man despite him having driven 249 Grand Prixs in his outstanding career?

Thank you for taking time to read this article by Mohammed Hasan 

Let me know your point of view by writing a comment below or you can email me at success4dummies@gmail.com

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Roger Federer Makes History! By Mohammed Hasan

Posted on: 10-06-2009
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Roger Federer Makes History

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Roger Federer Makes History!

 Today Roger Federer has been crowned as the greatest tennis player in history. After winning a mind blowing 15 grand slams and an impressive 6 victories at Wimbledon. The Swissman had kept his cool against the formidable Andy Roddick who fell slightly short of a victory after playing an exhausting 30 games in the 3rd set.

 But it wasn’t all fun and games for Roger as he had to dig deep against an aggressive Roddick, who had four points for a two-set lead and then battled back to force an epic fifth set as the match became the longest men’s singles final ever in terms of games played.

 Many successful people attended the match at centre court to witness Federer’s amazing achievement, the likes of Bjorn Borg, Sir Alex Fugerson, Pete Sampress (14 grand slams), Rod Laver and Sir Trevor Mc Donald all waited in unison anxious to see history made.

 Federer had the first chance at a break in the decider but again Roddick served his way out of trouble, and the Swiss had still not broken his opponent after nearly three hours.

 Both men appeared to be getting stronger and stronger and both seemed to be regaining their touch. Although it was Federer that had a little more belief and strength to edge ahead. The level of Federer’s shear determination and belief to attain 15 grand slams only became apparent after the reporter cleverly saw the number 15 engraved into his cardigan.

 A frustrated Andy Roddick, rightly so summed up his speech by saying “I just want to say congratulations to Roger, he deserves everything he gets”. The humble champion had clearly stated “It’s not one of those goals you set as a little boy but it’s been quite a career and quite a month” and showed his passion for the game by saying “This is not why I’m playing tennis, to break records, and this doesn’t mean I’m going to stop playing tennis. I hope to come back for many years.”

 Roger Federer is not only a man who has made history he is a man who has kept the very meaning of success fresh and alive with his calm, cool and collected nature. His professionalism is undoubtedly as good as his game.

 By Mohammed Hasan

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