I mean, minor technicalities aside, he was a backmarker. And no mid-field team even thought him good enough to give him a seat. A pay driver (well, technically no, he got his sat because of his ties with Toyota)
This is what Schumi said in 2000
https://web.archive.org/web/20001215132900/http://www.dailyf1.com/en/news/2000/september/05a.shtml
Not sure if he's d be proud or sad. Not sure if he would have (yes have, not 'of') let him get here in the first place.
^
OK, whatever.
IDGAF really about what happened 8 years ago
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Moving on.......
Mick's already targeting Lewis's record. Lad seems to have a nice calm head. Ambitious, not cocky.
https://formulascout.com/mick-schumacher-aiming-to-win-back-f1-win-record-from-lewis-hamilton/68579
I'm not sure if I want to consider a driver that has always and consistently been overshadowed by his teammates as decent.
But okay, best of the rest.
More suited to closed cockpit racing.
And then there's the minor extra detail that every single Japanese driver in Formula 1 in the last 15 years has been an absolute joke.
Seriously, go on, name me one remotely acceptable driver from Japan.