
Seven-Times world champion Michael Schumacher will come out of retirement to test Ferrari’s title-winning 2007 Formula One car in Barcelona next week, the team said on Tuesday. “It’s half for pleasure, half for technical reasons,” said a spokesman.
Schumacher, 38, retired from Formula One at the end of the 2006 season after winning 91 Grands Prix in the most successful career of any driver.
The German has stayed out of the limelight since, although he attended several races this year as a Ferrari technical adviser. “Michael has a big experience in driving cars with no traction control and no electronic aids, so it makes sense for him to give his input,” said Schumacher’s spokeswoman.
Although Schumacher said in May he had no desire to step back into a Formula One car, team boss Jean Todt has made clear that the offer was always there.




