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F1: No Future Plans Yet, Says Schumacher
Ready to retire at the end of 2012, Michael Schumacher hasn't decided what his next move will be...
Michael Schumacher is still figuring out his plans for the future. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Michael Schumacher says he had options to stay in F1 before he decided upon retirement – and adds that he has no firm plans for what he is going to do when he stops racing after the Brazilian GP.
“As I said, I have been thinking since quite awhile,” said the Mercedes driver. “Obviously we had a three-year agreement, and already it was hard for me to keep the motivation and keep the energy and always go forward. With all that I have achieved, it’s natural that you think about this a little bit more than maybe being young. In a way how things have developed, I’m actually very pleased.
“I’ve always been informed by the team, so I knew what was going on, and quite happy that things have developed in this direction, and I’m now free to join back my freedom that I had before.
“There is, if anything, relief. If I wanted to stay I had options to stay [in F1], but I didn’t really feel about it, quite honestly.”
Regarding his future, Schumacher said: “It was very clear what comes next, six races to go, and whatever comes afterwards we’ll see. There’s no point and need to find any decisions right now, and I do it exactly as I did the first time, although at that time I didn’t think there was a second time, but here we are, and it is just to finish and focus 200 percent on what I do, and then I’ll think about what I’m going to do next after that.
“There’s no more to say about this. I have options, obviously, and you know some of the options, but whatever that will be, we’ll decide when the time is there.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
“As I said, I have been thinking since quite awhile,” said the Mercedes driver. “Obviously we had a three-year agreement, and already it was hard for me to keep the motivation and keep the energy and always go forward. With all that I have achieved, it’s natural that you think about this a little bit more than maybe being young. In a way how things have developed, I’m actually very pleased.
“I’ve always been informed by the team, so I knew what was going on, and quite happy that things have developed in this direction, and I’m now free to join back my freedom that I had before.
“There is, if anything, relief. If I wanted to stay I had options to stay [in F1], but I didn’t really feel about it, quite honestly.”
Regarding his future, Schumacher said: “It was very clear what comes next, six races to go, and whatever comes afterwards we’ll see. There’s no point and need to find any decisions right now, and I do it exactly as I did the first time, although at that time I didn’t think there was a second time, but here we are, and it is just to finish and focus 200 percent on what I do, and then I’ll think about what I’m going to do next after that.
“There’s no more to say about this. I have options, obviously, and you know some of the options, but whatever that will be, we’ll decide when the time is there.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
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