The German intends to come back stronger than ever in front of his home fans in Nuerburgring this weekend.
Ralf Schumacher and Giancarlo Fisichella will be among seven drivers testing for Force India.
Michael Schumacher took issue with his Formula One critics on Thursday with a confident prediction of sunnier times ahead and a return to the podium before the year is out.
Formula One ex-champion Michael Schumacher, who sustained severe head injuries in a ski accident in late 2013, is out of a coma and was transferred on Monday from a French to a Swiss hospital to continue rehabilitation, officials said.
'I'm quite satisfied, especially because Raikkonen was only third and picked up just one point as a result not a lot happened,' said the German world champion.
The 39-year-old German will test Ferrari's 2008 car in Spain next week along with reigning F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen.
Seven-times World champion Lewis Hamilton, Formula One's most successful driver of all time, will race for Ferrari from 2025.
A stony-faced Michael Schumacher was brought crashing back down to earth on Saturday when his Mercedes failed to break into the third qualifying session at the Australian Grand Prix.
Jaguar's Mark Webber believes F1's rule changes will lessen the champions's dominance.
Michael Schumacher has ruled out any chance of winning when he takes part in his first competitive motorbike race in Italy.
Rising Indian driver Jaden R Pariat has been invited to the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) selection trials.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
Michael Schumacher has brushed off criticism of his performance since he came out of retirement, saying he is still in the Formula One title race. The seven-times world champion said on Thursday he has no reason to be disappointed with his first three outings with Mercedes and, if anything, he is making better progress than he expected.
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher is reportedly being woken up from his medically-induced coma gradually and is 'positively' responding to medical treatment, although there is still no official word from his management team.
More than 100,000 viewers voted in the contest, which was broadcast on ZDF television.
A French doctor treating former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher said on Thursday that the German driver was making progress, but will need years to recover.
The Ferrari ace breathed a sigh of considerable relief as he celebrated one of the sport's great comebacks.
The German has yet to score a point or finish higher than 12th in his two appearances at the Chinese Grand Prix.
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.
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.
Although the programmes of both Liuzzi and Ralf were interrupted by several lengthy red flag periods, the duo managed to gather some significant data on the team's 2008 control systems.
The German, who failed to finish in Melbourne last year after colliding with the Williams of compatriot Nick Heidfeld, has won four of the last six Australian Grands Prix.
The seven times world champion lost control on the slippery surface, spun and clattered into the tyre barrier at the S-curve.
Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher gave his seal of approval to Ferrari's new F2004 challenger on Friday after giving it an impressive track debut.
The renamed team, formerly Spyker, said on Wednesday that the two would each have a full day of testing in Jerez from December 4-7, joining fellow-hopefuls Christian Klien of Austria, Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi and France's Franck Montagny.
The retired Formula One champion drove a cab to the airport himself after a trip out to the village of Gehuelz, near Coburg in southern Germany, left the family short of time to make their flight home, the Muenchner Abendzeitung newspaper reported.
The FIA has clamped down on team-to-car radio as well as the two-way telemetry systems that enable engineers to tweak a car's settings while it is racing.
"I just love fighting on the circuit and it's natural to me and as long as I am competitive and the love is there," said the 35-year-old German.
"We knew that from the beginning and we've sort of had confirmation by now and it will be a tough fight to the end," said the German driver.
'I think you can assume that (the new contract will be signed),' the German said.
The Formula One world champion sees McLaren as a potential threat to Ferrari's domination this season after David Coulthard's impressive times in recent testing.
The F2002 ran in 15 races last year and was beaten only once -- by McLaren's David Coulthard in Monaco -- as Ferrari powered to 15 wins in 17 races.
The world champ gave Ferrari's new F1 car a record-breaking track debut on Tuesday.
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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.
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