Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher does not back the Italian team`s apparent opposition to the introduction next year of `energy-saving` KERS technology.Piero Ferrari, the famous marque`s Vice President, ten percent owner and the only living son of founder Enzo Ferrari, said on Wednesday that he disagrees with some of Formula One`s rule directions, including rev-limited and frozen engines, […]

A Hollywood film producer is reportedly interested in turning Michael Schumacher`s life story into a blockbuster - with the seven time world champion himself in the starring role.The most successful driver in Formula One history`s long-time manager, Willi Weber, confirmed to the German news weekly Bunte that the offer has been made, but said an […]

Michael Schumacher said on Thursday he believes Ferrari has an edge over its two rivals going into next weekend`s Spanish Grand Prix.The 39-year-old German tested the Italian team`s 2008 car, the F2008, at the Circuit de Catalunya on Wednesday.“I think there are three teams currently fighting at the front,” the former champion on Thursday told […]

Michael Schumacher has joined a number of leading drivers who are calling for a re-think on the ban on tyre warmers in 2009.
Schumacher tested the slicks for the first time with Ferrari at Barcelona on Wednesday, and added his voice to the growing chorus on the issue by saying that any decision on the matter […]

Q. How was the test with the slick tyres, was it like old times?
Michael Schumacher: It was obviously interesting because they have lots of grip and they are very different. It was fun. I quite like to drive these slicks. Although obviously one subject is the tyre blankets that I think they have to think […]

Michael Schumacher has backed the group of active F1 drivers who believe the FIA should reconsider plans to ban tyre warmers next year.At the Barcelona test this week, teams have been experimenting with the proposed 2009 regulations, including the reintroduction of fully slick tyres, a drastic reduction in downforce, and the absence of tyre-warming blankets.But […]

In overcast conditions today Ferrari embarked on its third day of testing at the Catalunya Circuit with Michael Schumacher getting back behind the wheel of a Formula One car.The day`s programme centred on trying various different types of Bridgestone tyre aimed at 2009, using an F2008 that had been modified to try and reproduce the […]

Michael Schumacher on Monday was unhurt in a 80kph fall as he continued his foray into the world of motorcycle racing.Bild newspaper claims that the fall, at the Lausitzring circuit in Germany, was one of three falls in total for the former champion since he began regularly sampling the thrills of two-wheeled action.On Monday, the […]

Ralf Schumacher finished 14th as he made his debut in the premier German touring car series (DTM) on Sunday.At Hockenheim, the venue for this year`s German Grand Prix in July, the former Grand Prix winner, was a lower-midfield competitor in his year-old Mercedes-Benz.The German newspaper Bild am Sonntag pointed out that the 32-year-old finished narrowly […]

Michael Schumacher is set to appear in a Swiss reality television show about football. The former champion, who lives in Switzerland and plays for a local football team, is among several celebrities who have this week begun training to star in `Der Match` (The Match). Beginning later this month, the show is about the selection […]

Reigning MotoGP champion Casey Stoner has played down suggestions that Michael Schumacher could already be quick enough to compete at the highest level of motorcycle racing. The seven time world champion has been dabbling on two wheels since hanging up his Formula One helmet, including recently stepping in at a Ducati test when the Italian […]

Occasional test driver Michael Schumacher will be back at the wheel of a Ferrari as testing resumes at the Circuit de Catalunya next week.According to reports in the Italian press, the 39-year-old German`s F2008 will be equipped with simulated 2009 levels of downforce and Bridgestone`s latest development slick tyre.Regular race drivers Felipe Massa and Kimi […]

Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher is confident that his former apprentice, Felipe Massa, will put the nightmare of Melbourne and Sepang behind him, possibly as early as this weekend in Bahrain, where he was race winner in 2007.
Having failed to score a point thus far this season, spinning out of an almost certain podium finish […]

While Mario Theissen has made it clear that his team`s main aim for this season is its maiden win, BMW`s highly successful start to its 2008 campaign has many speculating that in just its third season the Munich outfit is a serious challenger for the World Championship. Not so, says seven-time champ Michael Schumacher.
"BMW here […]

Ferrari`s Felipe Massa cannot afford to make any more mistakes if he wants to win the Formula One world title in 2008, that is the view of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.
“He (Massa) has zero points for the season, so it is not the best of starts … he has played his jokers so far, […]

BMW Sauber will not challenge Ferrari or McLaren`s for the constructors` championship in 2008 despite their strong start to the season says seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.
The German team have scored two second places in succession and find themselves second in the race for the constructors` crown after the opening two grands prix, splitting leaders […]

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Michael Schumacher believes Ferrari`s Felipe Massa can still win the drivers` championship despite his poor start to the Formula One season.

The former world champion says Massa, who has yet to score a point, can get back to winning ways this weekend in Bahrain, where he won last year.

He said: “It`s not the best of […]

Jarno Trulli has made it clear that he does not miss his former Toyota team0mate Ralf Schumacher.The Italian was partnered at the Japanese squad with Schumacher for three seasons until 2007. His current team-mate is German newcomer Timo Glock.“I think I am listened to a little bit more now,” Trulli is quoted as saying by […]

Michael Schumacher has hinted that Sunday could mark the end of his two-wheeled racing foray.History`s most successful Formula One driver, who hung up his helmet at the end of 2006, has been dabbling on motorcycles recently, including amateur races in Hungary and Spain.Media reports said Schumacher actually won a 14-lapper at the Circuit de Catalunya […]

Ferrari`s retired world champion Michael Schumacher will help distribute $60 million paid by McLaren as punishment for last year`s spying controversy, Formula One`s governing body said on Wednesday.
The seven times world champion, who quit in 2006, will form part of a five-man management committee for the worldwide Motor Sport Safety Development Fund.
The International Automobile Federation […]

Michael Schumacher`s manager has played down fears about the retired seven-time world champion`s new foray into the world of semi-professional motorcycle racing.It was reported recently that the German made his amateur debut at the Pannonia-Ring in Hungary.It has now emerged that Schumacher, 39, was again in action while the Formula One world focused on the […]

Former world champion Michael Schumacher is among the management committee members for the FIA’s newly-formed Motor Sport Safety Development Fund, the body which will distribute $60 million from McLaren’s ‘spy scandal’ fine, for the benefit of motorsport worldwide.
The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council announced Schumacher’s appointment on Wednesday, along with those of FIA President Max […]