The excitement around the European Grand Prix seems to have just faded with Michael Schumacher cancelling his much hyped Formula One comeback.
The legendary German F1 driver was supposed to step in for the injured Felipe Massa for Ferrari. But he is compelled to call off his participation in the European Grand Prix to due health reasons. Schumacher had a freak motorcycle accident earlier this year in February and had injured his neck.
The seven-time world champion has informed the Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo and team Principal Stefano Domenicali regarding his unavailability for the race. It was only last week when he took a one-day test in an F2007 to evaluate his fitness levels and to prepare for the race.
He covered 67 laps of Ferrari’s Mugello circuit in Italy. The neck pain poured forth once again and all consequent treatment has failed to ease his distress and the injury will not be able to withstand the extreme stress levels of the Formula One racing.
The 40 year-old former world champion was disheartened to the core and especially for the team and his fans who were anticipating his return.
The legendary German F1 driver was supposed to step in for the injured Felipe Massa for Ferrari. But he is compelled to call off his participation in the European Grand Prix to due health reasons. Schumacher had a freak motorcycle accident earlier this year in February and had injured his neck.
The seven-time world champion has informed the Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo and team Principal Stefano Domenicali regarding his unavailability for the race. It was only last week when he took a one-day test in an F2007 to evaluate his fitness levels and to prepare for the race.
He covered 67 laps of Ferrari’s Mugello circuit in Italy. The neck pain poured forth once again and all consequent treatment has failed to ease his distress and the injury will not be able to withstand the extreme stress levels of the Formula One racing.
The 40 year-old former world champion was disheartened to the core and especially for the team and his fans who were anticipating his return.
The whole Formula One thing is falling apart. It started with Honda quitting followed by BMW, Felipe Massa getting injured, uncertainty of Mercedes Benz and now the ultimate blow Michael Schumacher not participating.
Where is all these leading us to? A full stop to F1?
It is really unbelievable. i was really hoping for him to come back. The whole excitement about F1 has come down because of the withdrawal from the league by one team after the other and this has just added on to the agony