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Why F1 did not see Michael Schumacher's stunning Spa debut coming

You’ll be aware of the story by now. That almost exactly a quarter of a century ago F1 experienced a watershed. No exaggeration. You’ll know that Michael Schumacher then made his celebrated debut in the beautiful Jordan 191 at the about as beautiful Spa circuit. That within a day he’d beaten the time of his established, experienced and not least fast (albeit wild on occasion) team mate Andrea de Cesaris by near enough a second. That he started the race from seventh, some four places and seven tenths better off than the guy across the garage mentioned. He lasted but a few seconds in the race due to a clutch failure but no matter, just about everyone had made their minds up...
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