German driver to German team and back with Ross Brawn.

Michael Schumacher will reportedly no longer be a direct advisor to Ferrari's Formula 1 team next year either.

Would certainly make for an interesting 2010.























Ok, I can only dream

lol, I 'started' to sense this speculation, and lustigson said taht I just started that... and now here it is

Maybe because he renewed his deal with Ferrari until 2012? That looks like serious reason, don't you think so?

Since when were contracts at Ferrari relevent ;)

Lets look at it logicly:

1: Schumacher is willing to race again and there is still speculation about will he/won't he
2: He has all winter to recover from injury
3: He'll be able to test properly
4: Merc have secretely always wanted him
5: What a major coup for the 'new' Merc team
6: His experience paired with Ross Brawn would be incredible for a 'new' team
7: His contract must be far easier to get out of than a drivers (ala Kimi)
8: Todt/Bernie would surely love it and would apply gentle pressure to make it work
9: If Button did go to Mclaren then on paper we'd have the best driver line per top team for years
10: Fantastic for F1 in general

Welcome to my ignore list

well, prepare yourself for the worst. there is a possibility. and that list you would like to ignore so much is all true, except for merc secretly wanting MS. They openly wanted him for more than ten years. Haug would piss in his pants in joy. and if Fisichella may race elswhere besides being official reserve, MS may do so also, he is not even conected to the F1 team anymore. so maybe you will have some nightmares....

I think he wont. I mean Fry said that they did not want to spent millions on a driver. Look Jenson, likely to move to Mclaren cause they don't want to pay him what he wants.

Shumi seat will cost at least for 2 years like 50,000,000. In my opinion it just wont happen.

but i will like to see him back

You're not the only one dreaming this fosters35.
;)

It could be possible because he's no longer giving ferrari advice.

I have the feeling that Schumi will be moving from Maranello to Paris very soon.

He'll drive for peanuts if it's a winner.

The sponsorship he would generate for the team would easilly cover any wage demands he could make.

he never did before, why start now?


Brawn are an unproven team, with Merc on board they have taken a good step towards stability but i'd need to see a couple of competitive back to back seasons before i accept them as a top team. There's more top flight talent these days than at any point in MS's career and i just don't see schumacher wanting to take on the likes of Vettel, Kubica, Hamilton, Alonso etc in an unproven team.

Just from curiosity, what's your problem with his (foster35) list?

F1 Commissioner For Foul Play?

With a proper training and enough testing with the car IMHO he still could do very well. The biggest issue his neck, as it always had been a big factor in this sport, and I don't exactly know how fit it is now.

Yeah, Michael giving lectures on the importance of driving ethics would be comedy gold

whatever

Yeah who is to say a sponsor won't pay the wages to have Schumacher race and promote their products.

frans is getting nightmares again

We might have a bit fun for the rest of the week.
Willi Weber was asked today if the rumours are true that the new advisor contract between MS and Ferrari will be erased and if that has something to do with the new Mercedes team.
His answer: "No comment"

In this the silliest of silly seasons i wouldn't be surprised if happened

yeah, there are strong signs. together with Brawn again? that should be most appealing for him.

especially he wud luv to show all the drivers, how to effectively perform the chop (webber's on Kimi and Koba's on Kazuki)

Yeah sure, he is now careful, because last time he was so "definite" in his statements, next day he had eggs all over his face, having Michael testing car to replace Massa while he was sick.

Personally, I would like to wait and see. But 2011 Silly Season won't be anything like 2010.

So in probably the most paranoia fuelled environment in the world (F1) Schumacher would be allowed to be a consultant/advisor to Ferrari while at the same time be privy to the best kept secrets of the design of one of their 2 biggest rivals through driving for Merc ?

I hope you will be embarrassed about your post when you read it again

I would not be surprised if it happened. I'm being serious!

Actually i don't think it will happen

Brawn/Merc have apparently been working on the car for a while, they'll have to change all the aero to accomodate Michaels huge chin

Embarrassed?? get lost....

I am not saying it'll happen, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did. and he"s not advisor anymore, so maybe you are the one to catch up on your read.

I guess some people are so up themselves they can't take some posts with a pinch of salt

He is still as deep in terms of connection with Ferrari as you can get !

There is no way Mercedes would consider hiring him unless he severed all of his Ferrari ties as what would stop F1's greatest ever technical driver giving Merc Ferrari info or vice versa ?

Get real please

Look at this thread with dreamers!

"I see dreamers writting on this forum!"

who seriously believes Schumu will ever race F1 again? Come on...... he's totally done.

hello frans!

it took longer to lure you out than usual. megamansy took the bait sooner

Poor Frans

Anyway even though i am a Ferrari fan and consider MS to be the best driver and capable of making a comeback, it would surely make the season more interesting if he joined Mercedes GP and i would support such a move. However i would say it is highly unlikely since he is connected to Ferrari and i am sure Ferrari wouldn't want him to join another team.

Not gonna happen.

Man talk about the best thing that could happen to the sport. That would be something to watch. Not going to happen though.

nah, unfortunately not, very little chance. I would say the mistery driver at Brawn is Raikkonen. Brawn likes him, Haug likes him, it points that way.

I sure as hell would love to see him make comeback. Of course I would prefer if it were in a in a Ferrari as they are my favorite team, but I support drivers more so than teams anyway. Not very likely to happen though.

Only if Kimi comes too.

I thought Schumi signed a deal with Ferrari which sees him withdraw from his advisory role in Ferrari F1, and focus on Ferrari road cars.

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news...117002218.shtml

Hence, we won't see him at Brawn/Mercedes apart from a friendly 'hello'/visit.

Why not. it will be fun. I love to see it happens...

Because he can and because he has the bug having just missed out this year.

Brawn is not an unproven team it is the current World Champion. It also has Ross Brawn.

As expected, Schumacher's spokeswoman denied reports that he would return as a Mercedes GP driver.

Brawn doesn't need Schumy Choo to win WDC.

My bet is MercGP will hire Sutil to marketing they are a diversity friendly company.

That chin happens to be the single greatest component on any car it's placed in.

He always could though, he was worth over $100M before the end of the 90's so he could have easily driven for peanuts at any point but he didn't.

Right up to the end he pushed for every penny he could get, that's fair enough but i don't see why, after 16 years of behaving a certain way, he's going to suddenly change.

There is also a big question mark over brawn, this years car was designed with Honda investment, had a long gestation after they abandoned 08 early and benefited from a last minute engine improvement and DD advantage. None of that applies to next years car, so there is no guarantee of a continuation of form.
More worrying is that they started the year with the best car but ended struggling to get on the podium whilst McLaren took a dog of a car from the back end of the grid to the top step. I don't think they are as safe a bet as McLaren or Ferrari.

maybe he wants to race again?

Because Brawn and Schumacher would dominate F1 like the good old days of Ferrari.