Once a racing driver, always a racing driver. Michael Schumacher knows that better than anyone else – after all, he is the man who, despite having broken almost every Formula 1 world record and with seven world titles under his belt, couldn’t keep away from an F1 car cockpit.
Now, there are rumors that Schumacher, who for the better part of the season has been outperformed by his teammate, Nico Rosberg, is once again contemplating retirement – this time for good.
These rumors were fuelled by Rosberg’s new multi-year contract with Mercedes GP: Schumacher has not yet negotiated with the team, since he wants to assess its performance.
“I need a little bit more time to see about myself and how we are heading, and some input to see if that is what I want or not”, Schumacher reportedly told British racing magazine Autosport.
Schumacher, who still hasn’t climbed on the podium since returning to F1 in 2010, has already confirmed that he will race in 2013. However, he does not think that the team, which in 2009 won the world championship under the guise of Brawn GP before been taken over by Mercedes, is progressing as it should.
“You have to asses where you are and what needs to be done, and then to transform it. You would rather do this early than late, but we have to understand that we were later than we hoped to be”, said the German pilot.
“The important thing is, are we on the right track? Did we take the right measures? I think yes, but it has to be proven in the future,” Schumacher added.
As former rival, David Coulthard put it when he commented on Mika Hakkinen’s return to racing, a true racer “never loses the speed, only the need to race”…
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