Pierro Ferrari believes that Michael Schumacher has not betrayed the team that helped him won 5 world titles when he decided to return to Mercedes Formula 1 GP.
Michael Schumacher has confirmed just two days before Christmas that he will return to Formula 1 season in 2010, planning to compete for the new Mercedes GP team.
Schumacher’s move divided the Ferrari fans into two camps, as the German pilot saw the glory with the Scuderia through five consecutive world titles from 2000-2004. Some international publications labeled the German as a traitor, but Pierro Ferrari, one of the sons of the founder of the Rearing Horse said that the Maranello-located team could not provide a driver seat for Scumacher in the 2010 F1 season.
“We feel a little bad, because Michael was ours. I would have liked him to stay with us, but they are using the word ‘treason’ – in truth, he wanted to race
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Mercedes GP officially confirmed that Michael Schumacher will return in Formula 1 after he signed a three year contract with the German team, starting in 2010.
After several months of intense speculations in the international press, Michael Schumacher confirmed that he will make a sensational come back in Formula 1, four years after his retirement at the end of 2006 season.
The seven times world was champion confirmed on Wednesday as a driver of the new Mercedes GP team, which recently took over the majority stake of Brawn GP. In 2010, Schumacher will have as teammate his compatriot Nico Rosberg, Mercedes GP becoming with this occasion a 100% German team.
The German driver unveiled that he was contacted for the first time in November by its former boss, Ross Brawn, and that he accepted almost instantly to return in F1, saying that the last three years brought him back the energy to return in competition.
“Mercedes GP will be a
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Tuesday, Michael Schumacher signed a one year contract with Mercedes GP, according to some unofficial informations unveiled by the German press.
Michael Schumacher’s come back in Formula 1 is closer than ever, after the German newspaper Bild unveiled on Tuesday that the seven times world champion signed a contract with Mercedes GP for the 2010 Formula One season.
The quoted source say that the deal was made Tuesday on Mercedes GP F1 Team’s headquarters, in Brackley (Great Britain) and that the German will have a €7 million (about $10 million) wage.
Until now, none of the parties implicated confirmed the informations, but it is speculated that the unveiling the contract official is iminent.
The information brought Tuesday night by Bild comes only days after Luca di Montezemolo, the Ferrari President, unveiled that he was informed by Schumacher that he is “very very close” to a Formula 1 comeback with Mercedes GP.
The German press unveiled in December that Schumacher reached
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Fernando Alonso affirms that he is passing the best period of his career and that hopes to win a lot of Formula One titles for Ferrari starting 2010.
After the two world titles won with Renault in 2005 and 2006, Alonso had three less efficacious seasons with McLaren (2007) and, again, with the French team that brought the Spanish driver fame.
Anyway, Fernando decided to make a step towards the most famous team in the Formula 1 world, and signed a contract and will drive for Ferrari F1 for at least three years. Alonso thinks that the move came at the time he is at the top of his driving career.
“I’m really looking forward to the start of next year. I’m joining the best team in the world, Ferrari, and I’m arriving at the best moment of my career. Right now I feel like I’ve never felt before. I think I’m at my
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Michael Schumacher’s doctor reported that the German is fit and ready to race in Formula 1 in 2010, according to the informations provided by manager Willi Weber.
The German seems to be prepared to pass the FIA medical tests, after Johannes Peil, his personal sports doctor, unveiled that the F1 champion is physically ready to race in Formula One. “Michael is super-fit. Dr Peil said he has made giant progress,” Willi Weber declared, Schumacher’s manager, for the German newspaper Express.
The informations come only a few days after Schumacher informed Scuderia Ferrari that he is “very, very, close” to return in Formula 1, in 2010, with Mercedes GP.
On the other hand, Webber denied the speculations launched by the international press, speculations saying that Schumacher will no longer work with him after he will return in Formula 1, driving for Mercedes GP. “Rubbish. To say I will not be Michael’s manager any more is completely invented. Absolute nonsense,”
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