Similar path ....different end?

I wonder how Valentino reacted to Schumacher’s misfortune last Sunday. For anybody not familiar with the F1 Championship, the Ferrari pilot only last July was able to turn around a trend that was making his ambitions to the world championship almost unrealistic. Then a series of successful results changed completely the situation so with 2 races to go to end he had still the possibility to win his 8th World Championship over Alonso. Well last Sunday when he was winning the race and mentally pressing his weakened competitor, his engine stopped working with only 17 laps to the end. At this point, Alonso with an 8th place, even with Schumacher winning the final race, would lock the Championship.
So many similarities for two totally different champions in two different sports: both of them in 2nd place in the world classifications with 2 races left and after a very difficult season that could bring the 8th World Championship to their careeres.
I am sure that Nicky Hayden knows about Schumacher’s debacle in F1 and somehow hopes in a little help from the goddes Fortuna in Estoril, Portugal, a race where Valentino has already won 4 times while the Kentucky Kid locked a meager 7th place last year.
5 days and few hours to go …. Don’t miss the next MotoGp showdown.