F1: Schumi Camp Quiet Amid Comeback Reports

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F1: Schumi Camp Quiet Amid Comeback Reports

Michael Schumacher, his spokeswoman and his doctor refused to comment Sunday on the most recent comeback reports...

SPEED Staff / GMM | Posted December 13, 2009 GMM Newswire

Reports connecting seven time world champion Michael Schumacher with a return to Formula One with Mercedes have been circulating for weeks. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Michael Schumacher, his spokeswoman and his doctor refused to comment Sunday on intense speculation the 40-year-old is set to return to the Formula One grid in 2010.

German reports including in Bild and Express newspapers and the news magazine Focus say the seven time world champion has agreed a one-year deal to drive alongside Nico Rosberg at Mercedes next season.

But his spokeswoman Sabine Kehm is currently refusing to comment, as is Johannes Peil, Schumacher's doctor who earlier this year called off the temporary Ferrari return due to a lingering neck injury.

Peil told Bild am Sonntag: "At the moment there's no comment about that from me."

Schumacher, meanwhile - who would be 41 when he lines up on the Bahrain grid next March - participated in a kart race in his hometown Kerpen this weekend.

"I'm sorry, I don't want to say anything,” he said. “I'm here for the karts and just want to have fun."

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