The Race's F1 Rewind podcast digs into Michael Schumacher's 2006 Ferrari exit, which ended the most dominant stretch in modern F1. Hosts Edd Straw and Mark Hughes unpack how the announcement went down and tackle the conspiracy theory that Ferrari forced Schumacher out rather than the German retiring by choice. The departure closed a chapter that delivered five straight drivers' championships, six constructors' titles, and 72 race wins — numbers that still define peak team-driver dominance. The episode also explores what-if territory: how would F1 have looked if Schumacher had stayed at Maranello beyond 2006? It's a legitimate question. His exit reshaped the driver market and the championship hierarchy for years, and Ferrari has spent the two decades since chasing another run like it.
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