The dawn of an era

So after winning the Italian GP, in which his rival suffered yet another engine failure and therefore reducing the gap at the top to a mere 2 points, Micheal Schumacher announced what was expected of him for quite a while, retirement at the end of the season....and another rumour that has been circulating for quite a while also is that kimi raikonnen would be replacing schumacher at ferrari when he retires; that rumour is now confirmed - raikonnen will join ferrari on a 3-year contract from next year till 2009 with felipe massa as his teammate for the next 2 seasons at least after massa renewed his contract.....

The record-breaking career of one of the greatest F1 drivers is finally coming to an end....has it been perfect??certainly not....schumacher has definitely been involved in his fair share of controversies - most recently at the 2006 Monaco GP....but his commitment to the sport can't be denied....he will still be involved with F1 even beyond this year - at least that's the signal i'm getting from the ferrari camp -as the new structure at ferrari is set to be anounced at the end of the year......Jean Todt and Ross Brawn are rumoured to be stepping down at the end of the season too.....probably the reason for the management structure change to be annouced later this year....

Will he be able to end his career in a high by winning his 8th driver's title??well, we will know in approximately 6 weeks time, perhaps earlier, when the season ends....and how will raikonnen fair in the red car next year??will he get along well with massa??only time will tell....i am looking forward to the start of next year to see how the changes will affect the sport.....