這篇算是我看過對今年大舒分析最清楚的文章
文章太長部分刪除

BBC的資深F1記者用深入分析的方式 結合數據 得到了些結論與建議
不得不說 Schumacher的賽道適應能力 解讀能力大不如前 競爭力也每況愈下 趨勢就是這樣 很難期待明年
如2010前半段賽事與Rosberg的排位平均差0.136 後半段賽事平均拉到0.359

這不是用Schumacher說的沒有front end grip就可以一語帶過的
對於一位有光榮戰績的車手而言 給予適度的關懷與尊重是一定要的
但是對於車隊而言 戰績才是最重要的
車手的反應力 適應力 對賽道的解讀能力持續下降 也許跟體能年紀有了關連
車隊為了戰績 keep him or not? 雖然Schumacher已有了3年約
而對於Schumacher而言 明年持續出賽當然是為了爭一口氣
但是他表現出的能力趨勢 真的很讓人擔心

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/9037790.stm
Why Michael Schumacher will never be back to his best
By Mark Hughes
BBC F1 commentary box producer in Singapore

In the races, Schumacher has only 38% of Rosberg's points haul.

Splitting the season into the first seven races and the second eight, Schumacher qualified an average of 0.136secs adrift of Rosberg in the first 'half', 0.359secs in the latter 'half'.

If this set of statistics belonged to a rookie driver, it is doubtful whether he would retain his drive into the following season.

There is no question of Schumacher being dismissed but there must surely be serious questions about why he would choose to continue

In his Ferrari years, to see his first lap out of the pits through a corner such as Spa's Pouhon was to witness awe-inspiring genius that left you barely comprehending how what you had just seen could be possible.

He would commit totally to the blind exit, flat-in-top downhill entry corner, a down-change just after turning in and the car would be shuddering on the edge of adhesion, visibly faster than anything else - and Schumacher would make not a single further input because to do so would have sent the car off.

Sure, the Mercedes is way less competitive than most of his Ferraris were but do not forget he produced regular displays of genius in the outclassed Ferraris of 1996 or 2005.

Watching him around the Singapore streets, he looked much as he has done all year.

He can carry a lot of commitment and momentum into the entry of a corner, just like he used to, but between the turn-in point and the apex he is wrestling with the car, rather than feeling and anticipating it the way he used to.

There are more frequent displays of his raw car control than before - precisely because he is not ahead of the car, not anticipating the way he used to but simply reacting to it.

To the untrained eye it looks impressive but actually it is a signal of lack of feel - in much the same way that Vitaly Petrov, say, tends to look more spectacular than the much faster Renault team-mate Robert Kubica. Very rarely were two consecutive Schumacher runs through a Singapore corner the same last weekend.

With a grippy front end, he would previously get the car pointed early at the apex using his delicate feel to transfer the weight under braking and cornering, pivoting the car around so it changed direction early, with the minimum of steering lock.

The less steering lock, the less speed-sapping front-tyre scrub, the earlier you can get the car pointed at the apex, the earlier you can get on the power. These tyres do not allow you to drive in that way.

But in the past Schumacher has adapted brilliantly to understeering cars. He used to adapt his style corner by corner, lap by lap, to whatever was appropriate.
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He was quite brilliant, for example, in how he could adopt a very aggressive style on his first lap out of the pits to get the tyres quickly up to temperature, then adopt a totally different style as the rubber came up to its correct working range.

Schumacher is keen to try the 2011 Pirelli control tyres, especially on next year's car.

Should that combination give him the front end he says he needs, would the magic return? It would surely improve his performance but why would it see him return to his previous level?

The driving style was a mere expression of a level of feel and balance - a miraculous combination of inner ear sensitivity to lateral accelerations and the co-ordination of that with his limbs - that was on a different level to anyone else's.

His 2010 performances have revealed that sensitivity is dulled now and that his adaptability is not what it was. If he cannot be what he once was, could he bring himself to continue regardless?

Mark Hughes has been an F1 journalist for 10 years and is an award-winning author of several books