News Details

Manager warned Schumacher against F1 return

Jan.2 Michael Schumacher's former manager says he advised the seven time world champion against returning to F1 in 2010. Schumacher, who turns 50 this week, retired in 2006 but made a comeback with the then bourgeoning Mercedes works team three years later. But the great German was without his long-time manager Willi Weber for his 2010 return. Asked by Abendzeitung newspaper if he advised Schumacher to return, Weber said: "Not at all. I summoned him and said 'Please don't do it. You can only lose!' "He was a seven time world champion with nothing to prove. But he really wanted to drive. I thought it's fine that he drives, but it will be without me," Weber revealed. In the...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Five years since Michael Schumacher's accident

Five years ago today, seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael...
7y ago from F1i.com

You'll be able to see Ferrari's Michael Schumacher...

It was recently announced that Ferrari's Maranello museum will carry a...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Schumacher in F1's thoughts ahead of his 50th birthday

Michael Schumacher is in Formula 1’s thoughts as the seven times World...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Schumacher a 'founding father' of Mercedes, Hamilton...

Michael Schumacher has been hailed as one of the "founding...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott Dixon awarded prestigious New Zealand honor

To close out 2025, one of IndyCar’s most decorated drivers was awarded...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

A New Year's Day ramble

Good morning everyone, and welcome to 2026. Here's a quick New Year's Day...
53m ago from Arseblog.com

Was Verbruggen foul on Gyokeres worthy of a red card?

Bart Verbruggen was shown a yellow card for his challenge on Viktor...
23m ago from SkySports.com

How to watch Arsenal vs Aston Villa

Arsenal host Aston Villa at the Emirates in a huge Premier League clash at...
23m ago from SkySports.com

An INCREDIBLE shootout! All 15 superb pens from...

Every penalty from the quarter-final shootout between Arsenal and Crystal...
23m ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.