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December 14, 2009, Monday
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SEVEN-TIME Formula One champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to drive for Mercedes next year, German daily Bild said on Saturday.
The newspaper said on its Website that the two parties have agreed to a one-year contract and will announce the deal this week.
"The contract is ready to be signed," the newspaper wrote.
Schumacher refused to comment about the report when asked by a German news channel while attending a junior cart race in his hometown of Kerpen.
Schumacher's spokeswoman, Sabine Kehm, also declined to comment.
Mercedes said that "there is always speculation as long as one seat in our team is not taken."
The 41-year-old Schumacher retired in 2006 after winning a record number of F1 titles. He abandoned plans for a temporary comeback with Ferrari this year due to a neck injury in a motorcycle crash.
Bild quoted former champion Damon Hill as saying: "I won a race with Jordan when I was 37 years old. Michael can definitely win a race at age 41."
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg told Bild that a comeback from Schumacher "would be an interesting challenge."
Meanwhile, the new Malaysian-backed Lotus has dashed Takuma Sato's hopes of a F1 comeback with the team next year, the Japanese driver's management said yesterday.
"We know Taku has not got Lotus - we found out yesterday," his commercial manager Matthew Winter said. "He has now come off the list."
Lotus F1, run by AirAsia airline entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, is due to announce its driver lineup in Kuala Lumpur today with Italian Jarno Trulli on pole position for one of the two race seats.
Finland's Heikki Kovalainen, replaced by world champion Jenson Button at McLaren, could be the other.
Sato, who ranks as Japan's most successful Formula One racer, had been mentioned among those on a shortlist along with Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy who is expected to be test and reserve driver.
The newspaper said on its Website that the two parties have agreed to a one-year contract and will announce the deal this week.
"The contract is ready to be signed," the newspaper wrote.
Schumacher refused to comment about the report when asked by a German news channel while attending a junior cart race in his hometown of Kerpen.
Schumacher's spokeswoman, Sabine Kehm, also declined to comment.
Mercedes said that "there is always speculation as long as one seat in our team is not taken."
The 41-year-old Schumacher retired in 2006 after winning a record number of F1 titles. He abandoned plans for a temporary comeback with Ferrari this year due to a neck injury in a motorcycle crash.
Bild quoted former champion Damon Hill as saying: "I won a race with Jordan when I was 37 years old. Michael can definitely win a race at age 41."
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg told Bild that a comeback from Schumacher "would be an interesting challenge."
Meanwhile, the new Malaysian-backed Lotus has dashed Takuma Sato's hopes of a F1 comeback with the team next year, the Japanese driver's management said yesterday.
"We know Taku has not got Lotus - we found out yesterday," his commercial manager Matthew Winter said. "He has now come off the list."
Lotus F1, run by AirAsia airline entrepreneur Tony Fernandes, is due to announce its driver lineup in Kuala Lumpur today with Italian Jarno Trulli on pole position for one of the two race seats.
Finland's Heikki Kovalainen, replaced by world champion Jenson Button at McLaren, could be the other.
Sato, who ranks as Japan's most successful Formula One racer, had been mentioned among those on a shortlist along with Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy who is expected to be test and reserve driver.
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