Only last week Michael Schumacher stated that he would be returning to F1 to fill in for injured Massa Ferrari’s 2nd driver.
After undergoing intense testing Michael Schumacher will not be returning to F1 due to a neck injury that happened during a bike accident.
Luca Badoer is now the stand in for Massa and has vowed to do all he can to help Ferrari.
Massa’s injury was sustained after a lose spring broke free from a Brawn GP car only moments earlier on the same lap.
This morning Sir Bobby Robson lost his long battle with cancer.
A family statement released this morning said
“”It is with great sadness that it has been announced today that Sir Bobby Robson has lost his long and courageous battle with cancer.”
He sadly passed away peacefully this morning at his home in the north east.
Aged 76, bobby has been fighting cancer since 1991, he has managed some great football teams over his career including Porto, Barcelona and of course England, when he took them to the 1990 World Cup semi-final where they famously lost on penaties.
Michael Schumacher is set for a dramatic Formula 1 return to temporarily replace the injured Felipe Massa.
Massa was injured by a spring on the race track that had fallen from Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn GP car, only minutes earlier.
Earlier this week Schumacher’s agent said he was 200% sure that he wouldn’t be getting back into the Ferrari car to race in F1 again.
Schumacher is now 40 and will be the oldest driver on the track. He is set to undergo a special training program to prove that he is still fit enough to compete in Formula 1.
He will be set for a comeback for the GP of Europe at Valencia, it will be interesting to see how he copes with tracks that he hasn’t raced on before and the evening race in Singapore.