Which athlete do you consider to be the best in the world?

Go up to a first-grader and ask him who Schumacher is and who Rory Byrne is. What will the little one answer? Schumacher is good, and without Schumacher, it's bad! And McLaren's engines, although fast, burn and will continue to burn, which I am very happy about, because they will burn under Alonso! HAHAHAHAHA!
Schumacher is not just the Red Baron; he is a king.
Pele is the king of football.
Tretiak is the guru of hockey players, and so on.

Michael will return to us... He will be reincarnated in his son!

No, there are simply really great sportsmen, and there are hyped ones. And that's why I like people like Zidane, Ronaldo, and T. Doni – they come from very poor families and managed to achieve world recognition only through their own skill and hard work. And tennis is an aristocratic sport, where a child has their own coach from the age of 6, and this already means that here, not only skill but also the coach's work allows them to develop talent (and if there is no talent, to create it). I don't know much about Formula 1, but Schumacher really made a name for himself... BUT, we still need to give credit to those people who get into sports not because of their parents' connections, but only because of their own skill and perseverance.