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Well I can say with much confidence, that Schumacher (in his prime) would not have finished 7th in a final race of the season when starting 3rd, and when a 4th place would have delivered the title.

As for being a disgrace, then....

Mark Weber is a disgrace for driving up the rear wheel of Kovalainen at Spain,

Hamilton is a disgrace for pushing too hard in the final laps at Monza and throwing away a podium,

Vettel is a disgrace for t-boning Button at Spa,

Alonso is a disgrace for... well, for finishing 7th in a race he should have been on the podium and been awarded a season championship.

I can add racers to this list, but if turn 1 mishaps were the bellwether of racer’s disgrace, most would then, in fact, be a disgrace.

Austrailia - Schumacher accuses Fernando of blocking during Quali, then admits he does not know the rules - "“I had a conversation with Charlie Whiting about this as well, because I need to know what is the reference, what are the guidelines here, what are the rules?” Then he can't keep the nose on the car in the race.

'Schumi' fails to qualify any higher than seventh or finish any higher than sixth in the opening four grands prix, while Rosberg began from the front row in Malaysia and ascended the podium both in Sepang and Shanghai, standing second in the drivers championship.

Monaco - Schumacher passes Alonso under the safety car, resulting in a 20 second penalty.

Canada - Schumacher puts Kubica into the grass. Then he contacts Sutil and almost wrecks Masa.

Hungary

Singapore - Schumacher brakes late and punts Heidfeld

Japan - Schumacher dices with his teamate while on cold tires, having just exited the pit.

Abu Dabi - Schumacher spins in an unforced error on lap one and almost loses his head.

There are other examples. Schumacher is consistently a hazard to himself, other drivers and anybody in range of the course because he believes he is owed. He is a disgrace.

>>Alonso is a disgrace for... well, for finishing 7th in a race he should have been on the podium and been awarded a season championship.

IMO that was a result of the team’s messed up pit stop scheduling. They were looking at the leaders and not the traffic (Petrov) who had already pitted and was good to go till the end of the race.

Kudos to Vettel for never wavering in his conviction that he could win the Championship AND pulled it off.

It seemed like Webber wilted under the pressure towards the end of the season.