Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Juan did it the old fashion way, with no assist from his team mate. Michael Shumacher, though not of his own decision won quite a few races when his team mate was leading and due to team orders, had to slow down to let him take the checkered flag. Shumacher might be the best F1 driver ever, but circumstance and team orders dictate quite a few a races that he won. - --- Roland Smith <roland@dnai.com> wrote: > Thanks for the news, as it is most appreciated. > Additional news is the > winning of the GTS class race which was part of the > American Le Mans Series > by a Corvette C5R. > > Roland Smith > Oakland, California > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SthRosner@aol.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Sunday, July 21, 2002 8:20 AM > Subject: [Leica] OT - Fifth F1 World Championship > > > > For those who care, Michael Schumacher, driving > for Ferrari, tied a world > > record that many race fans believed would endure > in perpetuity: Juan > Manuel > > Fangio's five world championships. In winning the > French Grand Prix at > > Magny-Cours this afternoon, Schumacher clinched > the championship, his > third > > in a row, with six races still to be run, the > earliest the championship > has > > ever been won. Fangio is the only other G.P. > driver to have won three > > consecutive championships. > > > > Schumacher has 61 Formula One wins in 173 race > starts; next most victories > is > > Alain Prost with 51. Prost also won four world > championships, Ayrton Senna > > three. > > > > Ferrari is closing on its fourth consecutive world > constructor's > > championship. Chapeaux to Michael and the entire > Ferrari Scuderia. > > > > Seth 365GTC > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html