Jon, I'd tend to agree on MS......he really is one of the greats. I think you can make a correlation to Moss with him in that respect although Schumacher's wins are greater obviously. Moss had some fine rides in many classes but I think what so many saw in him was his ability to take an inferior machine and get the last inch out of it.
As to F1......I always watch and this year is better by far. The problem is always the same though....You win with cubic dollars, not cubic inches. The idea that motorsports "advances" technology is a bit far fetched now since most of the innovations on F1 (and other series as well) are so far beyond what we will ever see on a passenger car, it's just ridiculous. I think a lot of series including F1 could take a lesson from NASCAR. Do the best you can to level the field. Money will always be important and those with more will do better, but the price of the cars is less, the R&D is less, the driver is a bigger part of the equation as is the Team, and to be frank, the competition is closer and better. Out of a 43 car field at a NASCAR race, well over half of the cars could win on any given day whereas in F1.......How many have any realistic chance of winning unless something catastrophic happens?
Lots of things to complain about with NASCAR.....maybe not enough technology and too many of the same racetrack (several of the new tracks are virtually identical), but gambling on a winner ain't a good idea!