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This is one of the many comeback stories that we have often heard in Carazoo.com. But unfortunately the story revolves around just one person, the legendary motorsport ace Michael Schumacher. The 7-time F1 world champion who had about 4-5 months back was eying the driver’s position of his erstwhile team Ferrari to replace Felipe Massa, who was down with grave head injury, had to back-down after the medics deemed him unfit to be Ferrari’s driver after he complained of sprain in the neck that he had suffered while karting.

Now, the retired and revered F1 driver has reportedly agreed to a 3.5 million euro deal to drive for Mercedes GP in the 2010 Formula 1 season, if reports from the German media are to be believed. A couple of German publications quoted an unnamed source close to Schumi who has revealed that a one-year verbal contract has been agreed between him and Mercedes. If the rumours are to be believed further which also says Schumi is also in talks with Ferrari to relieve him from his consultancy roles at Ferrari. Ferrari had announced earlier this year that they would only have Schumacher as a technical consultant for the development of its road cars and that his advisory role for their F1 team has ended.

There is no question of anybody braying for Schumi’s blood this time around on his fitness if he plans to get back to the race track. This is because though Schumacher is awaiting the final green signal from his doctors before the deal is signed, the source close to Schumi maintains that the signature is just a formality since Schumacher already feels fit and healthy. The latest medical tests that were conducted on him were entirely positive.

Mercedes had earlier brought stakes in the erstwhile Brawn GP team from Ross Brawn. Ross Brawn was a team principal of the Ferrari team when Michael Schumacher was a F1 driver with Ferrari. The dream team combo of Schumacher and Ross Brawn might prove as a blessing in disguise for Mercedes GP in return. Once the official procedures with Ferrari are over, Schumacher would not only drive for Mercedes, but is also expected to become a long-term brand ambassador for the German brand. This would prove to be a huge loss to Ferrari and an even bigger gain for Mercedes.

By the way, if we are going by these reports, Ferrari 458 Italia will be the last car to be ever fine-tuned by Michael Schumacher for Ferrari which would make the car gets a legendary tag.

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