Schumacher to announce his retirement at Monza
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Bild Newspaper said:
F1: BILD - SCHUMACHER TO ANNOUNCE RETIREMENT ON SUNDAY
(AGI) - Berlin, 6 Sept - Michael Schumacher is to make the announcement of his retirement from competition at the end of the season when his contract with Ferrari expires, following the Italian Gran Prix on Sunday, reports German newspaper 'Bild' today. Schumacher, 37, seven times world champion, is to race in Shanghai, Suzuka and San Paolo before retiring from racing. His manager, Willi Weber, did not want to make any comment on the news reported by the newspaper. "I would ask everyone to try to understand that I don't want to discuss this matter before Sunday"
Might explain Raikonnen's position and the confirmation of Kovalainen along with Massa's confidence.
How reliable is Bild[i/] though??? Is it just a story to sell more copies?
Thing is, 2007 is going to be Ferrari's year. McLaren don't have a good enough car for Alonso, and Renault will have a rookie and a driver who is actually competitive about four times a year. That's without taking into account the single tyre supplier. He's almost handing the 2007 WDC to Raikkonen.
Thing is, 2007 is going to be Ferrari's year. McLaren don't have a good enough car for Alonso, and Renault will have a rookie and a driver who is actually competitive about four times a year. That's without taking into account the single tyre supplier. He's almost handing the 2007 WDC to Raikkonen.
GarrettMacD said:
How reliable is Bild[i/] though??? Is it just a story to sell more copies?
Possibly although it's a tiny story, not a front page/back page headline, there are rumblings elsewhere too. I myself really can't see Schumacher and Raikonnen driving together in the same team.
GarrettMacD said:
How reliable is Bild though??? Is it just a story to sell more copies?
Thing is, 2007 is going to be Ferrari's year. McLaren don't have a good enough car for Alonso, and Renault will have a rookie and a driver who is actually competitive about four times a year. That's without taking into account the single tyre supplier. He's almost handing the 2007 WDC to Raikkonen.
Thing is, 2007 is going to be Ferrari's year. McLaren don't have a good enough car for Alonso, and Renault will have a rookie and a driver who is actually competitive about four times a year. That's without taking into account the single tyre supplier. He's almost handing the 2007 WDC to Raikkonen.
How do you know this for fact? What if McLaren or Renault come up with a car that is far superior to the rest of the grid and gives either Alonso or Heikki a shot at the Drivers title? Don't forget, Ferrari have built some shitters in their time and the dream team is breaking up now. I reckon with Brawn not on the pit-wall Schumacher will be wondering whether he'll have a decent chance.
Saying that, Brawn has stated that its just a year off... Schuey to 'do a Prost' and take a years Sabatical before coming back and putting the youngsters in their place??? Wonder what the odds are on that one??
racefan_uk said:
How do you know this for fact?
I don't, I am basing this on the fact that this year's Renault has been either a consistent race winner, or a top-six finisher, depending on the man at the wheel. This year's McLaren has yet to win a race, and probably won't.
racefan_uk said:
Don't forget, Ferrari have built some shitters in their time
As have McLaren and Renault
racefan_uk said:
and the dream team is breaking up now.
Not quite. Todt has re-signed, hasn't he? I agree that without Brawn on the wall there might be a slight disadvantage, but not enough to cover Ferrari's long-time advantage with the Bridgestone's. I also think that if Schumacher stay's for 2007, Brawn will also. And that both will go after the 2007 season
GarrettMacD said:
racefan_uk said:
How do you know this for fact?
I don't, I am basing this on the fact that this year's Renault has been either a consistent race winner, or a top-six finisher, depending on the man at the wheel. This year's McLaren has yet to win a race, and probably won't.
Good job McLaren won't be using this years car in 2007 then, eh?
It must be hard for a multiple world champion to see his run of success evaporate and not be able to do much about it....I thought he would have raked in a few more large paycheques trundling round before calling it quits...We`ll see...It`s been a glittering career and I enjoyed his early days immensly he really did match Senna and the boys when he arrived and was a hot young talent....I still have lots of respect for the guy......
SamHH said:
Good job McLaren won't be using this years car in 2007 then, eh?
2007 will be the first year of a McLaren without any Adrian Newey influences, although I suspect that, like many cars, it will be an evolution of the 2006 car rather than a scrap-that-one-and-let's-see-what-we-can-build-from-scratch effort.
It will take a while for McLaren to recover from losing Newey. Just ask the good people at Williams...
What's with this modern trend to announce announcements in advance? I keep hearing that political reports about to be published are *going to* tell us things, what's the deal with that? The cynic in me says that if there's any adverse comment it lets you weasel out by saying 'we haven't actually announced it yet'. and by the time you actually make the announcement it's old news.
F.M said:
It must be hard for a multiple world champion to see his run of success evaporate and not be able to do much about it....I thought he would have raked in a few more large paycheques trundling round before calling it quits...We`ll see...It`s been a glittering career and I enjoyed his early days immensly he really did match Senna and the boys when he arrived and was a hot young talent....I still have lots of respect for the guy......
Funny, I seem to remember Senna scoring 5 wins to Schuey's 1 with the same engine in a less technologically-advanced car...
kevin ritson said:
Funny, I seem to remember Senna scoring 5 wins to Schuey's 1 with the same engine in a less technologically-advanced car...
IIRC, the McLaren's were about 30bhp down on the Benetton's at the start of the 1993 season. Benetton were the 'works' team and got the latest evolution engines.
That didn't stop Senna from making everyone else look like a bunch of monkeys at Donington...
Little bit more
Michael Schumacher's manager Willi Weber has told the German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur that a decision has been made about Schumacher's future. Inevitably, Weber will not talk about the decision and Michael Schumacher is refusing to even talk about the subject.
"We will make a statement at some stage in Monza and this statement will be Sunday," said Michael. "That means that if you will please understand, there is no point to task any questions or get into it, because it will be made clear then and unfortunately not before for you."
Weber said that the decision that was made was "difficult" and said that the decision was made only a week ago.
It is expected that Ferrari will announce that Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa will be its drivers next season. It remains to be seen whether Michael will try his hand at some other role at Ferrari.
Schumacher to take over Brawns role at Ferrari then Brawn comes back to replace Todt who everyone knows wants to retire soon.
GP.com said:
Michael Schumacher's manager Willi Weber has told the German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur that a decision has been made about Schumacher's future. Inevitably, Weber will not talk about the decision and Michael Schumacher is refusing to even talk about the subject.
"We will make a statement at some stage in Monza and this statement will be Sunday," said Michael. "That means that if you will please understand, there is no point to task any questions or get into it, because it will be made clear then and unfortunately not before for you."
Weber said that the decision that was made was "difficult" and said that the decision was made only a week ago.
It is expected that Ferrari will announce that Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa will be its drivers next season. It remains to be seen whether Michael will try his hand at some other role at Ferrari.
Schumacher to take over Brawns role at Ferrari then Brawn comes back to replace Todt who everyone knows wants to retire soon.Gassing Station | General Motorsport | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff