The pic above says it all... Yes you are right.. Thats Schumi up on top of the podium with the renault drivers flanking on either sides

It should have been Fernando Alonso’s race, but in the end Michael Schumacher’s 91st career victory earned him sufficient points to match the Spaniard’s score in the driver standings as they head for the penultimate round in Japan next weekend.

On a wet track Renault’s Alonso swept to a 25-second advantage over Schumacher in the Ferrari prior to the first set of pit stops. But then things began to go wrong for the champion. First Schumacher stayed on the same set of intermediate Bridgestones during his stop, whereas Alonso changed his Michelin front inters. The new ones did not give him anything like the performance of his originals. Then, to compound everything, a sticking right rear wheel nut in Alonso's second stop cost him at least seven seconds. By that stage, lap 35, Giancarlo Fisichella in the second Renault was leading but under attack from Schumacher. The Italian made his second stop on lap 41 and was still leading when he left the pits, but then he ran wide and Schumacher, who had stopped on lap 40, pounced. Alonso’s final set of dry tyres was back up to par, and he soon caught and passed his team mate and started to slash into Schumacher’s advantage. But that wheel-nut problem would prove decisive, and the German finished 3.1 seconds to the good, elated. Each now has 116 points, with two races left.

Thus the championship fight could not be better poised as we head to Suzuka. As he said goodbye to his legion of Chinese fans, Schumacher savoured his first decent race in Shanghai and said: “Today was a little present to myself."

And as I mentioned earlier "Even the GODs want Schumi to win"

After winning an incredible race at Monza in front of thousands and thousands of TIFOSI, Schumi announced that this race would be his last at Monza, he would leave F1 after the remaining three races. He started off by apologising to his fans about the delay. He described his career, thanked Ferrari, his race crew and engineers, his dad, his late mother, and most importantly, his family - his
wife and kids. He also spoke about being very happy about his replacement, but never mentioned his name. He also clarified that the announcement had to come now because Felipe Massa, whom Schumi described as a 'great guy and team-mate' had to decide his future, which he could not do without Schumi's decision.There were no tears, no exaggerated emotions, no melodrama. It was
Michael being totally forthright touching the chords of millions all around, his fans, and his detractors. It was in this very simple fashion that the curtain has fallen on the greatest Formula1 driver ever.
 
Yes, the greatest Formula1 driver ever. Yes, better than anyone in this era. Yes, better than anyone in any area. I can hardly stake claim to be a huge Schumacher fan, I started watching F1 when Schumi was already the champion twice. I, sadly, missed the time when he was a mere rookie, but had the greats of that time covered in fear - namely Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Damon Hill, and the likes. Starting out in 1991 in a pathetic Jordan, MSC stamped his authority right in that year qualifying 7th in his debut race at the Spa. In the next year, he finished 3rd in the championship in a far from perfect Benetton, no mean feat for a mere rookie. In 3 years after joining, in 1994, MSC won the first on his seven WDCs with Benetton. After that he won with Benetton in the succeding year, and then with Ferrari in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. His worst finish in all these years has been in 5th in 1999,
which was right before his run of 5 straight WDC's.
 
As a driver, MSC has always been characterised by a killer instinct, steely nerve, absolute focus and a will to stop at nothing to achieve what he must. This is reflected in the "infamous" incidents which are routinely quoted to undermine MSC - be it the Damon Hill incident of '94, the Villeneuve incident of '97, the team orders incident of '02 or the Monaco incident of '06. No, he isn't a cheat, it is just his evil genuis at play. Can u deny this, how can a cheat win 7 WDCs and win the admiration of countless fans across the globe? Imagine a man who had to tolerate "pundits" declaring him an also-ran because a new-kid-on-the-block with a better car was doing better than him. Imagine a man who holds more than half of all records in F1 having to listen to these people who couldn't even get an F1 car started, let alone race, let alone win. The cycle then repeats in 2006, all hail Alonso, MSC is just too old, he no longer has the fire to win. Suddenly, the genius awakens, and when he does, you can't speak, you can neither appreciate nor criticise, you can just stare in open-mouthed awe, thank God for giving you a chance to be looking at what unfolds in front of your eyes.
 
MSC is now 2 points adrift of FA, Ferrari now lead the constructors' championship by 3 points. Love him, hate him. There are still 3 races to go. Savour it while you still can. F1 will never be the same again...