Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Seth, Is this only his 4th if he did not take out Damon Hill on the last lap after he kissed the barrier? To all the fans who treasure sportsmanship, Fangio is still The Greatest! Joe L., Vancouver, BC - ----- 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