I think that he cannot force himself to retire while performing so poorly, I think in his mind he believes he can go back to being the Schumacher that he once was, and then go out and be able to retire while in the spotlight and winnning races, like then gambling addict that believes that he will win in the next hand all his looses and then retire from the game, and keeps on loosing more and more.
But the more he races the worse it will be, the more obviuos it will be that he is no longer the same driver, and he is no better this year than last year, he cannot beat his own teammate and is already 3 places behind him in the championship.
I don't think he is in there for the money, and I sincerely don't think that he actually enjoying it right now, not like this. He is an alfa driver, uber competitive, and with one thing on his mind always, winning at all costs, thats how he got to be one of the greatest, and thats how all these drivers are. For someone like that to be struggling at the back of the pack, without even getting close to a 3rd podium finish, everybody expecting him to win and he not delivering, being even outshine by his younger teamate, etc is not fun, its toruture. If he is enduring it when he has no need (he has won everything already and has nothing to prove, he has money) its because he cannot be objective about himself and believes he can still miraculously bounce back in the next race, always the next race...
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