Its an interesting comment that you make about Schumacher being lucky too have raced against "so-so" drivers.
Take Schumacher out of the races, say 1998-2006. Think about how close each championship then would of been.
Senna, in MY opinion stamped his mark alongside Prost, Mansell, Berger, and friends.
Could we be talking about Barrichello, or Mikki in the same vein as Senna if Schumacher wasn't around, purely becuase the top drivers shared wins more often, then the complete domination that Schumacher showed.
"To beat Michael in equal equipment isn't possible. To do it in a better car is possible, And that's what Hakkinen's done, what Damon Hill has done and what Jacques Villeneuves's done.
Michael's the best by a mile. People still don't realize how good he is"
Quoted : Eddie Irvine from :
MS:Driven to Extremes (James Allen)