Schumacher: Comeback decision was 'not rational'
Reuters - Tue, 03 Nov 13:53:00 2009
Michael Schumacher's abortive decision to return to Formula One last season as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa was "emotional not rational", the seven-times world champion said.
Brazilian Massa sustained serious head injuries in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix in July and missed the rest of the season leaving a vacant seat in the Ferrari team.
Schumacher, who retired at the end of 2006, was ultimately unable to take up the drive because of a neck injury.
"It wasn't really a rational decision, it was an emotional decision, which, at the time, I thought 'why not, it's part-time, it could be funny,'" the 40-year-old said at the Bird's Nest stadium, where he was taking part in the Race of Champions tournament.
Schumacher said he had weighed up the pros and cons of making a comeback after a discussion with Ferrari boss Luca Di Montezemolo.
"Having the meeting with him (Di Montezemolo) I looked at all the points, in particular that it was Felipe, who is like a brother to me. Part of the reason I retired was to hand over the car to him because he deserved to stay in a team with a top car," said the German.
"So taking the fact that it was him, having the accident, having to suffer, it was very easy to convince myself, so I finally said 'yes, I will try'."
Despite abandoning the comeback, rumours persist that he could still return if Massa has not recovered from his injuries by the start of next season.
Asked whether he would return to the sport he dominated for so long, he said: "Right now, no."
Schumacher was out to defend the Race of Champions "Nations Cup" title with fellow German and 2009 Formula One runner up Sebastian Vettel.
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Ellie had you really worked out who the silly old count is?
Oh dear look I have mispelled count as well.
Surprised you don't recognise any of these IDs Count Johnny?
Oops I misspelled Count Johnny boy.
Count Louis Zborowski you are not the only one who can use Wiki, believe me. Even muppetroot can use it to a limted extent.
Now who mentioned a troll? I certainly didn't, so why did you? It is very interesting because that's what John Owen refers to himself as. I think I know all I need to know about you!
A new tool in Firefox muppetroot? Now let's see what you are claiming it can do.
It goes to Yahoo's database and finds a record based on a posters ID and then reads this database row and returns all of this data that Yahoo are contractually obliged not to reveal to the Firefox session. Firefox of course, has NO ACCESS to this databse by the way, only server-side scripts will be able to access the database tables.
Please explain muppetroot, if you can?
MasterB I suspect Toutou in his own rather lacking way, is trying to say that my posts have given away that I am aware of whom the Count is ( or rather who I think this mysterious Count is). I also suspect I now who Mungo is, and there are very few people who try and label others as JO. Which means I think I also know whom I think Mungo suspects the Count is.
There that should have cleared that up nicely
Doh! So is Michael Schumacher the new 'Mr Spock' on the block now ?
Don't worry Mr S you wasn't missed. Been more enjoyable not knowing who was going to win rather than who was gonna come second to you after your team mate helped you out. Have missed some of your crashes and stalls on track though.
touronroute, read the Drivers: Vettel Happy with 'fantastic race' ( Eurosport-Sunday 1 Nov 19:22:00 2009 ) comments 26 and 17
Bridgestone halt tyre supply ( Reuters - Mon, 2 Nov 7:12:00 2009 ) and read any posts that are my posts or posts written to me. See if anything stands out to you, I found these posts quite fascinating.
Regarding the poem, GOOD LUCK, but remember to list your sources and quote things in full, and declare any changes to any quotes that you make. I am looking forward to reading it..........I must log now I need to rest and I have a few things to do. Yeah the thumbs down I agree with you, what you say is true, but they don't like you telling them the truth about things, because they can't handle it. Personally I don't care what they say about me, and often they are describing themselves, but I don't hate them or dislike them, because I don't know them.
F1police
Thumbs down does not show that people have read your post.
Personally I thumb down everything I come across by potter, but I don't read it.
formula1police,Yahoo have allways told me is to thumb a post down is a vote you have hit the nail on the head, and some people dont like the truth, did you know a post can get 10 thumbs down but as yahoo have checked it can be open again threefold, so who is winning, they didn't like your correct post did they, how can a post be written with 100 accuarcy get a thumb down.
formula1police,hi ya, getting your message across you say, how can they honestly take a message in if it has to go through nine inches of sawdust first, been looking for one of you quotes to use in a poem, you mentioned blood up your nose, oh no its @#$%, l m a o, we never learnt English at Silverstone, only MOTOR RACING and putting pound notes in pockets.
MisterB,ACTUALLY MEANS? if you can actually Fu????G well use it, it will find even a mouse, even if i am illiterate, its never bothered me up and till now.
touronroute, How are you, have a quite day yesterday. Don't worry about the other posters, some of us may recieve about thirty odd thumbs down per post, but to me, the important thing is that they read them, and they acknowledge the post by voting on it. Just like advertising, it's about getting your message across. If they don't like it, that's their problem..........................
mungo.
Quite clearly you are a trouble maker, spectacularly stupid or both.
I have one account and this is it. I have changed my id as I was bored with the old one. And if you knew anything about the history of automobiles, you would get it.
WTF do you know about that troll anyway? You haven't been posting for long enough to know who he is, unless there is something that you are hiding.
So what we dont care about you anymore schumacher
Mr B, with an IQ of 85 what do you expect from him?
LIARonroute: please can you tell us WTF "Ellie told who was the count read back posts,USE new tool in firefox brilliant Bang Bang." ACTUALLY MEANS?
You really are an illiterate old fool that can't write a sentence. VERY, VERY poor vocabulary....VERY! To say child-like would be an insult to children.
What really makes me laugh is that POTTER (and his many alias's) post SEVERAL comments EVERY SINGLE DAY calling Lewis Hamilton "a forgotten man". He sure isn't "forgotten" in POTTER's sick little mind is he?
I swear POTTER is a twisted little stalker. I bet his bedroon is littered with cut out pictures of Lewis and his dad. He need help. Do you agree?
Mungo, Ellie told who was the count read back posts,USE new tool in firefox brilliant Bang Bang.
Sniff, sniff do I smell johnny boy about? Oh know it was last night at 10.39PM just before Ellie's post.
I think that Count Louis Zborowsk is also one of John Owen's IDs, it's the kind of stupid names he likes to choose.
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