#F1 Victims of Circumstance: Singapore 2013

Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald. A race which Darren Heath, one of the premier photographers to F1, describes as his favourite race of the year for the added effects it has on the photography was, in truth, slightly disappointing.  Whilst it provided a decent few laps of racing … Read more

Schumacher’s Legacy: Legend? or just a cheat like Armstrong?

After no news yesterday, it appears one of the big stories of today has been penned by a photographer. Some say all publicity is good publicity and Darren Heath, F1 Photographer – and now part time mud slinging journo biographer – certainly gets a tick for making waves. Darren writes off the career of Michael Schumacher who many consider F1’s greatest driver in a few paragraphs as just a cheat.

Let me say first up – everyone is entitled to their opinion and for that Darren Heath cannot be criticised. What we can critique is a writer’s presentation of the facts, deductive reasoning and I for one feel that a writer should be very careful about which analogies they use for comparative purposes.

The link is at the bottom to Darren’s article and one more matter for the record, I was no Schumacher fan during his career proper. Further, the absolute dominance of the Ferrari years meant my previous F1 obsession during was at times reduced to a passing interest, so I have no vested interest in defending the 7 times world champion.

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