Seven-times Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher has come out of retirement and signed for Mercedes.
It is official: The 41 years German pilot Michael Schumacher was announced officialy as Mercedes’s pilot for Formula1 2010 season. The agreement was signed for one year according to Mercedes official site.
Schumacher will partner compatriot Nico Rosberg in the team that won the drivers’ and constructors’ titles in 2009.
Returning, Schumacher puts an end to a three years period far from races. For the pilot the rest was deserved for recovering energies but leave him more anxious to return again.
In an exclusive interview with the BBC he added: “I’m very motivated, thrilled and excited.
“I want to have fun out there and I feel as fresh as ever. I’ve recharged myself after a three-year break. “The challenge is what I look for – I want to know it.”
Schumacher tried to come back some months ago but a neck injury sustained in a motorcycle accident last February didnt let him to proceed.
Now, Schumacher has said that he intends to make a glorious comeback by challenging for the 2010 world championship.
“I have won the title seven times and the team won both titles last year, so what do you expect,” said Schumacher, who has broken almost every major record in the sport.
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