Martin Day

It seems hard for those that contributed to the documentary not to talk as though Michael Schumacher is no longer alive. Because of his situation there may be some hesitancy from some to delve more deeply into his dark "win at all costs" mentality. Hill in particular is very generous with this assessment of the incident that robbed Hill of a World title, whereas Jacques Villeneuve is shown predicting what might happen, but not asked to comment any further as to what did happen. Ironic also that the Villeneuve incident didn't affect the result but resulted in a disqualification, the Hill incident, that had a benefit was not punished. Schumacher return to F1 after retiring is presented as some sort of success, when in reality it only severed to tarnish an illustrious career. The documentary does succeed in revealing that Michael Schumacher had a private side and was kind to and loved by those he grew to trust. To many he will always be the greatest F1 driver of all time, but maybe his biggest achievement was together with his wife was to raise a family that many would admire. For sure, one day there will be another Schumacher documentary, with more candid and less guarded contributors, in the meantime this was good reminder of the man's achievements on and off the racetrack.