There are a bunch of important characteristics that any successful race car driver must have. By far the most common of these necessary characteristics is "total egotistical self-delusion".

In fact I would go so far as to suggest that most people who are racing today, at all levels from autocross all the way up to Formula 1, are doing so because secretly they believe that they could drive faster than Michael Schumacher if they ever got a fast car and a fair shake.

And so that's why today is such a great day for racing drivers everywhere--- Michael is stepping aside and creating a vaccuum in the sport. In reality that vaccuum will be filled by world-class F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen, but in the minds of racers everywhere, the Ferrari Team has opened its arms--- for me!