oh ascari another 50 year old man, maybe that era of f1 had so many deaths because the drivers died of old age inside the car and then the car crashed, or maybe they dosed off for a moment
why exactly does schumacher need to hold the record for 50 years to equal fangio? the main thing is the number of championships not the length of time you hold the record for the number of championships, i suspect you only brought that up because its the only thing fangio has left, schumacher has surpassed fangio and no amount of spinning can turn that around
F1 was a primitive sport back then with fangio like a leading jockey getting his pick of the best cars each year and sometimes switching mid season, if thats not enough of an advantage then he also needed teammates to give him their cars including when one was in contention to win the title himself, so put an asterisk down for fangio