Former champions Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso saw red on Sunday after the safety car wrecked their hopes of European Grand Prix success. Schumacher, nine races into a comeback with Mercedes at the age of 41 and after three seasons out, finished 15th after being forced to wait at the pit lane exit for a red light to change to green while the safety car was deployed.
Michael Schumacher is close to signing a deal with Mercedes to come out of retirement and compete in Formula One next year, Germany's Bild newspaper reported on Saturday. Mercedes have signed Germany's Nico Rosberg for 2010 but have yet to name his team-mate with media speculation swirling around the retired 40-year-old German.
A Michael Schumacher comeback would be good for Formula One, Mercedes Grand Prix chief executive Nick Fry said on Thursday. Mercedes, who have taken over the title-winning Brawn team, have been linked in media reports with the retired German great now that Britain's world champion Jenson Button has moved from Brawn to McLaren.
Seven-times world champion, Michael Schumacher, struggling to make an impact in his Formula One comeback with Mercedes at the age of 41 and three years after he retired, recognised that he had failed to meet some people's expectations.
If the jury is still out on Michael Schumacher's Formula One comeback with Mercedes, then the next two weekends of racing in Spain and Monaco may make a verdict easier to reach.
Mercedes will switch Michael Schumacher's car for next week's Spanish Grand Prix to try and get the seven times Formula One champion back up to speed, team principal Ross Brawn said Monday.
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has said that he is ready to silence his critics after failing to set the 2010-11 Formula One season alight on his return to the sport with Mercedes.
Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg chalked up his seventh win in a row at the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday with team mate Lewis Hamilton fighting back from 10th on the grid to seal a Mercedes one-two finish.
Michael Schumacher was just a spectator on the pit wall as Nico Rosberg secured a first podium for the new Mercedes team at Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has accused rivals Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso of coming in his way during various stages of qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix.
The return of Michael Schumacher, after three years away and at the age of 41, was always going to take top billing in a blockbuster of a Formula One season.
Set to rub shoulders with the likes of Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton, Karun Chandhok said it feels surreal to have finally become India's second Formula One driver.
Michael Schumacher said his Mercedes team were not up to speed after the seven-times Formula One world champion again put in an unspectacular testing session on Friday.
2021 has a lot to offer for sports lovers with the Tokyo Olympics topping the list.
Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher described his decision to call off his return to Formula One as "one of the toughest moments" of his career. The German, still suffering from pain after a motorcycle accident earlier this year, refused to discuss returning to the sport in the future and said that danger is part of his personality.
Italian Luca Badoer is up to the challenge after being handed a race drive by Ferrari when Michael Schumacher cancelled plans for a temporary return to Formula One, he said on Tuesday. Seven-times world champion Schumacher was due to replace the injured Felipe Massa but had to pull out with a neck problem, handing a golden opportunity to the team's experienced test driver.
Michael Schumacher will test Ferrari's 2007 race car again this week in preparation for his return to Formula One as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa. The seven-times world champion, who had a day of testing in the F2007 at the circuit near Florence 10 days ago, cannot try out the F60 car before the European Grand Prix in Valencia on August 23 because track testing is banned during the season.
Nick Heidfeld joined the Mercedes Formula One team as test and reserve driver on Thursday, completing a trio of Germans in a line-up led by Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg.
Red Bull and Williams are opposed to Ferrari's request to let Michael Schumacher test in Felipe Massa's F60 car as the seven-times world champion prepares to return to Formula One in place of the injured Brazilian. In a statement, Williams chief Frank Williams said the FIA would be setting a precedent if Schumacher is allowed to test.
Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher, once brothers in arms but now Formula One rivals, returned to the racetrack on a day of comebacks on Monday. Both the Brazilian and the German had moments when they thought their eyes were deceiving them but the lap times in Valencia were real enough.
Excited as a little boy with a new toy, seven times world champion Michael Schumacher rolled back the years in his first Formula One test with Mercedes on Monday. On a day of comebacks, Brazilian Felipe Massa returned to set the pace for Ferrari six months after he suffered life-threatening head injuries in Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying.
Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said on Thursday it would be an "honour and a privilege" to race against Michael Schumacher following the German's shock return to the sport. Schumacher, now 40, retired from Formula One at the end of 2006 but is expected to make his comeback for Ferrari in Valencia, Spain next month in place of Felipe Massa.
Michael Schumacher could find it hard going when he makes a Formula One comeback with Mercedes next year at the age of 41, former rival Damon Hill warned on Thursday.
Formula One has moved on since Michael Schumacher retired in 2006, even if the German will be eager to roll back the years when he makes his comeback with Mercedes next season. Despite turning 41 next month, the seven times world champion can be expected to show the same passion for racing, the same hunger for winning and the same ruthless determination.
Michael Schumacher targeted an unprecedented eighth Formula One title after Mercedes announced on Wednesday he was coming out of retirement to race for them at the age of 41. 'Our aim can only be to fight for the championship,' the German told reporters in a conference call after signing a contract on Tuesday.
Seven-times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has agreed a one-year deal to come out of retirement and drive for Mercedes in 2010, Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday. The newspaper said the 40-year-old German, who won his titles with Benetton and Ferrari and retired at the end of 2006, signed the deal at the team's offices in Brackley, England, after a month of talks.
German driver Timo Glock is convinced compatriot Michael Schumacher will make a Formula One comeback with Mercedes next season and is looking forward to racing against him.
Ferrari will not stand in Michael Schumacher's way if the seven-times Formula One world champion decides to come out of retirement and race for Mercedes, president Luca di Montezemolo said on Monday.
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher's family has said that they are "speechless" at the love and support that the grievously injured racer has received from fans worldwide.
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher joins FIA president Max Mosley on an elite panel that would distribute $ 60 million of the $ 100 million fine to be paid by McLaren-Mercedes following the 'spy-gate' scandal that rocked motorsports last year.
Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher could come out of retirement to drive for Ferrari next year if the FIA (International Automobile Federation) governing body allows the team to run a third car. The 40-year-old Schumacher, who retired in 2006, cancelled plans for a temporary return to the sport earlier this month because of fitness concerns.
McLaren's Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton can go on to match or even surpass Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles, according to new team principal Martin Whitmarsh. Whitmarsh said Hamilton, who won the title by a single point despite winning fewer races than Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa, is determined to win the title again to show that he is a worthy champion.
Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher's return to Ferrari will be an education for some Formula One rivals, Bernie Ecclestone said Tuesday.
Renault's Fernando Alonso needs one more point to become only the sixth driver to score 500 points in Formula One whereas Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen (currently on 491) needs to win in Monaco.
Retired seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher was in 'critical' condition with head injuries after an off-piste skiing accident in the French Alps resort of Meribel, his agent said on Sunday.
Lewis Hamilton can become only the third driver to win 50 grands prix when Formula One returns from its month-long August break and gets back to business at Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix.
Ralf Schumacher will race for Mercedes in this season's German Touring Car (DTM) championship after leaving Formula One last year, the carmaker said on Monday.
While Aishwarya Rai enjoys a small part in "Asterix at the Olympics", what has us really excited is the charioteer and patron combination of Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt.
Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton could go head to head in a charity 'Race of Champions' at London's Wembley Stadium in December, event organisers said on Wednesday.
Lewis Hamilton pulverised the track record to claim pole position on Saturday ahead of a US Grand Prix that could secure the Mercedes driver's fourth Formula One world championship.
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