Michael Schumacher wants to join rodeo after retirement – Formula 1 news
Michael Schumacher who is currently driving for the Mercedes team has expressed his wish to join rodeo competitions after retiring at the end of 2012 Formula 1 season.
Schumacher has recently announced that he will be retiring at the end of current season. He has also admitted that he will not be continuing his career in Formula 1 anymore. Instead the driver has been looking for a career elsewhere.
“Formula One offers the maximum as far as emotion, speed and work completeness are concerned,” the German told Gazzetta dello Sport. “Another type of car wouldn't give me the same feelings so I'm stopping here completely. I think I'll do Western riding competitions.
My wife Corinna, who has done these sorts of competitions for years, has already chosen the right horse for me. I'll go for it.”
Schumacher is 43 years old currently and has dedicated almost two decades of his life to Formula 1. The driver has been successful in achieving seven world titles during his long career and according to the Formula 1 official website is statistically the
best driver in the history of this sport. The British magazine Autosport named him the second best driver in history of Formula 1, the first being Ayrton Senna. As of the current season, the driver is now the only one remaining who holds the honour of competing
against Ayrton Senna.
The driver had announced his retirement once before at the end of 2006 season. During his absence of that time, Schumacher had taken part in sports like biking. He then returned in 2010 to drive with Mercedes in a three year contract which will end now.
Since his comeback he has not been performing really well. He admitted that his stint with the Mercedes team has helped him understand the meaning of losing. The diver has no plans to return to the sport this time and says that he has no regrets regarding
his decision to retire. He is very pleased with what he has been able to achieve in his career.
The driver confessed that he does not want to be remembered as a legend but rather as a ‘fighter who never backed down’.
Schumacher is being replaced with Lewis Hamilton of McLaren and he is very happy with the team’s decision.
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