Michael Schumacher will, of course, attract more media attention in the build-up to Sunday’s race than anyone else, but that will be the way he wants it. The king is back to regain his throne and he will want the whole world to be watching.

When Schumacher said back in January that he had returned to Formula One with the Mercedes GP team to win more world titles, it would have been more of a surprise if he hadn’t.

The seven-times world champion may have nothing left to prove to the world, but his comeback gives him an opportunity to finish with Formula One on his own terms.
                           

When he walked away at the end of the season in 2006, Schumaker was unhappy that Kimi Raikkonen had been forced on him as a teammate at Ferrari for the following year and concerned for the future of his then teammate Felipe Massa.

He did so despite still being extremely fast – often at least half-a-second quicker than Massa in his final season in qualifying. To put that into context, the Brazilian has since proved to be one of the fastest drivers over a single lap on the grid but, despite that, he could not get anywhere near Schumacher in their one season together.

Between 1991 and 2006 the name Schumacher was synonymous with victory as he dominated the sport like no driver had before him.

Schumacher Holds the fastest lap record on this track that he set in 2004

Seven championships, 91 race triumphs, 68 pole positions and 154 podiums; all records and indicative of just how much Schumacher reigned during his first spell in the sport.

Now, after three years out of the series he is back at the age of 41 and his presence on the grid for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix has made what already promised to be a captivating campaign even more intriguing.

So, hang on for for all the action of the champ burning rubber this weekend

Let me know your thoughts..

Lee.

Never forget how big Michael's heart is either....  The day he equalled Ayrton Senna's number of victories in 2000, really hit him hard. Ayrton Senna had tragically crashed and died in a race years earlier. He was someone Michael had always looked up to!       Let's pray & wish all the drivers a safe season 2010.  

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Posted on March 11th, 2010 by leekeenan