Schumi approached to drive for Mercedes Brawn

[warren_cox]

Early Christmas present for me, well up for this.

Just heard on Sky he's looking at signing a one year deal for £6m and is visiting the Brackley factory in Northants today.

 

[jamiebennett81]

All I really hope for is that his hype in returning shows in his performance within the field and season, with some strong results. Lets hope the car does not let him down.

I cant help think though, that his age will be against him. Sometimes no matter how hard you train, physically you could be fitter than the rest, but you cannot account for your reaction speed, and being pitted against younger drivers like Hamilton, may have the edge over schuery on this aspect

Now all we need is Murray Walker back! god, I think he would work himself into a Frenzy with Schuey returning

 

[Ruddmeister]

ESPN reporting 1 year signed for 7m Euro's

Will be an interesting season

 

[m0rk]

Cheap... but when you don't need any more money I guess it doesn't matter.

 

[ibizacupra]

All I really hope for is that his hype in returning shows in his performance within the field and season, with some strong results. Lets hope the car does not let him down.

I cant help think though, that his age will be against him. Sometimes no matter how hard you train, physically you could be fitter than the rest, but you cannot account for your reaction speed, and being pitted against younger drivers like Hamilton, may have the edge over schuery on this aspect

Now all we need is Murray Walker back! god, I think he would work himself into a Frenzy with Schuey returning

Shuey has been top 3 in the karting events he's very keen at.. racing his fellow current F1 drivers...

I dont think he will have a fitness issue so long as his neck has recovered from the bike accident

good luck to him.

 

[ZBOYD]

The man himself is due to be on the BBC News shortly, so they keep eluding to anyway. F1 presenter Jake has recently tweeted that he is at TV centre to interview a certain german F1 driver.

 

[ZBOYD]

Schumi live on BBC News channel and online here in the next few minutes - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/video_and_audio/news_channel_live/7459669.stm

 

[m0rk]

 

[ZBOYD]

Saw that yesterday...

 

[IainW]

Excellent. Now we'll see how good wonder boy Hamilton really is.

The battle of the two Merc teams should be interesting too, both British teams, but one with British drivers and one with Germans.

 

[NeilW]

Excellent. Now we'll see how good wonder boy Hamilton really is.

The battle of the two Merc teams should be interesting too, both British teams, but one with British drivers and one with Germans.

Germany win on penalties (penalties inflicted by the not entirely unbiased FIA!)

 

[jamiebennett81]

Excellent. Now we'll see how good wonder boy Hamilton really is.

The battle of the two Merc teams should be interesting too, both British teams, but one with British drivers and one with Germans.

sadly, this isn't the case. It is a larger element within F1 that the car decides who wins the championship and not the driver. As an example, Braun racing had the better car at the start of the season and were winning most races, but as soon as Mercedes started to catch up in terms of the handling of their car, LH started to get back into the game

call me synical......

 

[J0N]

Excellent. Now we'll see how good wonder boy Hamilton really is.

The battle of the two Merc teams should be interesting too, both British teams, but one with British drivers and one with Germans.

Mercedes GP is'nt British, is it?

sadly, this isn't the case. It is a larger element within F1 that the car decides who wins the championship and not the driver. As an example, Braun racing had the better car at the start of the season and were winning most races, but as soon as Mercedes started to catch up in terms of the handling of their car, LH started to get back into the game

call me synical......

And let's not forget what might have happened if Red Bull had the double decker diffuser at the start of the 2009 season. I reckon things might have been very different.

 

[mifune]

the last 2 seasons were rubbish ..massa was robbed at the last corner and mclarens car was made better by the FERRARIGATE SCANDAL and this year team brawn had a unfair advantage for the first 6 races was it ! and button never won since ...he was back to his usual fith , seventh or eight place or RET , F1 needs schumi back and they got their wish

 

[Craig Senior]

Mercedes GP is'nt British, is it?

German owned but UK based. My money is on them racing under a german licence next year so technically not British.

Red Bull are based in Milton Keynes but race under an Austrian licence, Renault are near Oxford but are French.............. I could go on.

 

[ibizacupra]

UK Motorsport is the hub of World motorsport
we should be proud to home such teams here..
its in our blood

 

[J0N]

And it's here that all the great engineers and aerodynamacists are from.

 

[WeeJase]

The FIA will still favour Ferrari.

 

[F2 Stu]

And let's not forget what might have happened if Red Bull had the double decker diffuser at the start of the 2009 season. I reckon things might have been very different.

Thats a red herring, it wasn't about teams having the double diffuser or not when the row errupted it was down to the whole car as a package, and BrawnGP got it bang on from the start.

 

[IainW]

Mercedes GP is'nt British, is it?

Well it's British-based, with many British employees. As is the engine plant which isn't too far away from Brackley either. But that's splidding hairs a bit.