Michael Schumacher has signed a contract to drive for Mercedes GP next season, in a one-year deal worth €7 million.
The much-anticipated move will reunite Schumacher, who turns 41 in January, with team principal Ross Brawn, with whom he has secured all seven of his world championships. He will be part of an all German team with 24-year-old Nico Rosberg, who agreed a deal with Mercedes last month.
German newspaper Bild reported that he signed the deal yesterday at the Mercedes GP headquarters in Brackley, although his spokeswoman Sabine Kehm has refused to comment. Mercedes motorsport boss Norbert Haug recently said that the identity of the team's second driver would not be announced until the new year, but the BBC says the deal will now be announced imminently.
Schumacher, who retired in 2006, was expected to return last year as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa. But his comeback was cancelled after a neck injury, sustained in a motorbike test in February, turned out to be more serious than previously thought. He has recently undergone extensive medical tests, and earlier this week his manager Willi Webber said he was "superfit".
Although initially for one year, the deal is thought to allow Schumacher a chance to renew, should his comeback be as successful as many expect. Mercedes is likely to be covering its bases with the big-name signing, until Sebastian Vettel is free from his Red Bull contract in 2012.
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at the same time. shame to not seem him in a ferrari where he really made his career, but still gonna be awesome to watch the best f1 driver ever get back into a car. cant wait for the season to start :hyper:
asian said that to me earlier
