Schumacher to Schumacher: Time for a break, junior
Talk about airing your family's dirty laundry in public. Michael Schumacher has made a public statement to his kid brother Ralf, urging him to consider taking a sabbatical from F1.
The news comes hot on the heels of a less-than-spectacular test Ralf undertook for Force India, the team formerly known as Spyker, which has two of the remaining seats open on the F1 grid for next season. Team owner Vijay Mallya and Schumi Jr. formed close links when the Indian tycoon's Kingfisher Airlines was sponsoring Ralf's Toyota, and the German driver was strongly linked to a potential drive for the new team. Unfortunately for Ralf, the test didn't go so well, prompting him to admit that the session could very well be his last drive in F1.
His considerably more successful brother, meanwhile, urged him to consider taking a sabbatical from Formula One, pointing out that, following his own retirement, it wasn't hard for him to come back for the recent test sessions for Ferrari, in which he posted top lap times. Michael was quick to point out, however, that he himself had no intention of returning to the race seat.
[Source: Autosport]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tankd0g 10:20AM (12/10/2007)
With a 10 year freeze on engine developement, he can leave, have a couple kids, come back and it'll be like he never left.
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John R 10:29AM (12/10/2007)
You know, I was thinking the same thing.
NewJerseyBMW 10:31AM (12/10/2007)
Payton manning probably feels the same way.
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Pete 10:35AM (12/10/2007)
LOL!
Ralf you are embarrassing yourself and me.
Mike F. 11:09AM (12/10/2007)
Rumor has it that Ralf is currently the third fastest Schumacher... behind Michael and Ralf's wife...
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JD 11:31AM (12/10/2007)
Well, I was gonna go with 6th fastest. Mikey has a wife, and their 2 kids? Well, they've gotta have that skill inherited. I'm guessing his kids, currently aged 10 and 8, could race ralf and win in F1.
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why not the LS2/LS7? 11:45AM (12/10/2007)
Time to return to JGTC, Ralf.
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Hank 12:45PM (12/10/2007)
i named my dog Ralf hahaha
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Hank 1:00PM (12/10/2007)
maybe Ralf can follow Montoya and go do NASCAR as well, just to really spite Micheal lol
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Galley 8:36AM (12/11/2007)
Yeah, but can Michael hit a concrete barrier dead on at 198 mph and walk away? I doubt it.
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