Washed up ex F1 driver who never acheived his potential says Schumacher is too old
http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/7389778/Frentzen-Age-caught-up-with-Schumi
Mr Frentzen says the fact that Schumacher acheived his potential whilst he blew it and the fact his ex grilfriend left him to marry Schumi has nothing to do with him slagging him off at all.
Rest of the world says "Bitter much!"
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If you actually go back
Peter Sauber said he thought Schumacher was faster than Wendlinger. Frentzen was faster than Schumacher in his sportscar days
Schumacher only verbally said he may drive for Sauber in 1993 but he actually had a binding contract with Benetton after escaping Jordan after 1 race
Frentzen came into F1 was quick and showed loyalty to Sauber and rejected the Williams offer out of loyalty
Difference is the ruthlessness of Schumacher saw that with Benetton and having seen BRawn and Walkinshaw from Jaguar sportscar team knew they would be a strong team which he could not with Jordan
It was alleged that Schumacher committed himself to the Ferrari deal in 1996 once he knew Frentzen supposedly did not sign for Williams or Benetton - I say alleged
Problem was when people were asking find a driver to beat Schumacher - top of the list was supposedly Frentzen
So when Hill was sacked and Frentzen signed everyone hyped and expected HHF to really challenge and beat MSC.
The testing did not go well as Newey left , JV was quick in testing but HHF was struggling with the brakes. Then first race JV crashed after a scorching pole 1.7 seconds faster than HHF. HHF leads and fails to capitalise and blows his brakes 2 laps from the end ... 2 more DNFs and the flack from everyone was immense..all wondering how can he be better than Hill to able to beat Schumacher ?
A win in Imola and followed by pole at Monaco so his luck turned until the rain came and his race was poor and the rest of the season was filled with accidents, retirements and flashes of his speed where he was nowhere for 2/3 of the race then suddenly was seriously quick when the race was over
Trouble with HHF was he was too moody as Johnny Herbert said compared to the much more methodical Schumacher.
Also he did not deal with the weight of expectation well
Then again he had to make his own luck in F1 and did not