The Daily Hilario: Schumacher ‘94
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Michael Schumacher of Germany drives the #5 Mild Seven Benetton Ford Benetton B194 Ford Zetec-R V8 during practice for the Formula One Grand Prix of Monaco on 14th May 1994 on the streets of the Principality of Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. (Photo by Pascal Rondeau/Allsport/Getty Images) | Getty Images Watched the new Schumacher ‘94 documentary on Netflix. Underwhelmed. And also, a bit surprisingly, a bit whelmed bothered.Was never a big fan of Schumi, plus Benetton were massive cheats. They got caught a couple times; they got away with a lot more I’m sure. Hated Schumacher’s later dominance with Ferrari, too. (Nothing personal, obviously, and the skiing accident a few years after his second retirement was and remains quite tragic.)I thought I had gotten over caring about a lot of that in the decades since, but this “documentary” brought back a few negative feelings. And 1994 was such a traumatic year in F1. Senna was, is, and forever will be my absolute favorite.More so than most such documentaries, this one feels overwhelming sycophantic and apologetic about Schumacher’s dirty deeds that season (and by extension, in later seasons), and they play the victim angle a lot. There ar...