He is retiring at the end of the season, and will make a comeback in 2 to 3 years time with another team. Possibly with BMW-Sauber or Red Bull or even Germany-based Toyota. It appears that he is waiting for these teams to "mature" into championship-winning forces. With impending retirements of Jean Todt, Ross Brawn, he believes that Ferrari will struggle to be at the sharp end of F1 in the next few years, thus the "sabbatical" Have you heard this one? Me neither, I just made it up. Gotcha, didn't I? If he was a little younger, it may not be such a bad idea though..
2006-09-07 16:37:35 · 5 answers · asked by rockpool248 4 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
Well... besides the article in "Bild", there is also the statement made to the press by Schumacher's manager, Wili Weber. He said that they had only made a decision a week ago and the decision was ...DIFFICULT... to make.
MS finds it DIFFICULT to retire.
So that's the biggest hint us Schumacher haters had so far that the German is retiring.
And I don't think he'll be coming back. As a pilot. Maybe as race engineer or something else inside the Ferrari team.
2006-09-08 00:33:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only true part in this rumour is that Schumi is retiring. That was written in "Bild" newspaper and they are a source that can be trusted. There is a slight chance that he doesn't retire though - he hasn't announced it yet - he will do that after the next race and I am so hoping that he doesn't. He's been my favourite pilot even before he became a world champin for the first time...
2006-09-08 07:15:07 · answer #2 · answered by Elize 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually your rumor was partly out in the press a couple of months ago. The rumor was that michael will join BMW next year and guess for how much.....$100 million/year. After that Schumi will become a brand ambassador for BMW. But Mario Theissen denied it. Hope its a rumor, u never know. I would like to see him in the grid next year afterall he is still competitive.
2006-09-08 05:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by renga 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rumors have to get started somewhere! I wonder if there will be a single F1 driver over the age of 25 in a few years time?
2006-09-07 23:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
During my university days, to pay the bills, I had some horrible summer jobs; at one of them, the motto among the `foot soldiers' was: If you haven't heard a good rumour/rumor by 10:00 a.m., make one up. :-)
2006-09-08 02:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by Gregnir 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋