With schumacher, having retired it is a great loss to F-1 because schumi was a true superstar and a crowd puller, people used to stand under hot sun and closely follow his moves. This year without him F-1 has taken backseat..... Ferrari should have kept him atleast for 2-3 yrs, so that they could have cashed schumacher's popularity and schumi would have also completed his 100 races win record. as for as the other drivers concerned... 1. raikonen...can only accelerate hard and no one knows where his car strikes. 2. mass...too mild just drives the car and never tries to extract something more from the car! 3. alonso...lucky one...it is coincidence that his former team renault is faring worst and must be happy for changing team! 4. ralf...showed promise but when after how long will he fulfill? soooooooooo...shumi will be missed! no wonder the stands are empty without those red flying colors! purna gurung