Two Ferrari posts in one: F458 and Schumi's Return
First, the breaking news: Michael Schumacher will return to F1 for the remainder of the series. Apparently not satisfied with developing cars, winning Moto GP races, and other such 'retired' activities, the robot will return to a very very different F1 to the one that he left.
This is all sadly because of a piece of debris which struck Massa in the head and damaged his eye. Hopefully, he will make a recovery for next year as he is a very strong driver, but in the meantime a legend will fill his boots.
It is a tricky thing though coming out of retirement. Schumacher faces in many ways much more of a challenge than Lance Armstrong did: it would be as if they added 10lbs to the bike on top of 3 years retirement. Ferrari has yet to win a race and though it just secured its first 2nd place finish, it has a long way to go to catch up with Brawn GP or even Red Bull. What that means is Schumacher is coming into a F1 Ferrari team which is not the dominant powerhouse, but a struggling also-ran. A few poor races wont do much for Schumi's reputation. In the end though, I dont expect to see him struggling.
As for the other Ferrari news, it is the F458, the awkwardly named successor to the incredible F430. Basically, it is sexier, lighter, faster, more power, and now gets 17mpg supposedly (like that matters).
This is all sadly because of a piece of debris which struck Massa in the head and damaged his eye. Hopefully, he will make a recovery for next year as he is a very strong driver, but in the meantime a legend will fill his boots.
It is a tricky thing though coming out of retirement. Schumacher faces in many ways much more of a challenge than Lance Armstrong did: it would be as if they added 10lbs to the bike on top of 3 years retirement. Ferrari has yet to win a race and though it just secured its first 2nd place finish, it has a long way to go to catch up with Brawn GP or even Red Bull. What that means is Schumacher is coming into a F1 Ferrari team which is not the dominant powerhouse, but a struggling also-ran. A few poor races wont do much for Schumi's reputation. In the end though, I dont expect to see him struggling.
As for the other Ferrari news, it is the F458, the awkwardly named successor to the incredible F430. Basically, it is sexier, lighter, faster, more power, and now gets 17mpg supposedly (like that matters).
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