News Details

Manager confirms Schumacher turned Lotus down

Michael Schumacher turned Lotus down after they enquired as to whether he would be interested in coming out of retirement to replace Kimi Raikkonen for the final two races of the season. That's the claim of his manager, Sabine Kehm, who confirmed to the BBC that the Enstone outfit, who are desperately seeking an experienced driver to fill in for the injured Raikkonen, approached Schumacher. "It is true they were asking and I can understand why," she said. "Everyone can see Michael is still very fit. "I think it is fair to assume Michael would still be strong but he has happily settled in his new life." Had the 44-year-old taken up Lotus's offer, it would have...
Full Story »
11y ago from TheF1Times.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Schumacher turns down Lotus offer

Michael Schumacher, the retired seven-time Formula One champion, turned...
11y ago from SuperSport.com

F1 2013 – Lotus approached MICHAEL SCHUMACHER?

One crazy rumour out there (or not so crazy!) is that Lotus approached...
11y ago from F1.co.uk

Hulkenberg turned down Lotus offer to replace Raikkonen

Nico Hulkenberg will not replace Kimi Raikkonen at the Lotus F1 Team for...
11y ago from RichlandF1.com

Hulkenberg turns down option to finish season at Lotus

Getty Images Enlarge Nico Hulkenberg turned down an offer to stand in...
11y ago from espnF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Red Bull eyeing F1 drive for IndyCar champion Alex...

Red Bull is eyeing a move for IndyCar champion Alex Palou to join Max...

Honda awarded IndyCar manufacturers’ championship

Even though the 2025 IndyCar season is not yet complete, Honda has been...

Rasmussen’s aggressiveness praised by Ed Carpenter...

Christian Rasmussen won his first IndyCar race on Sunday, partly due to...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“Top-quality” star edging closer to Arsenal exit...

Arsenal defender Jakub Kiwior could be on his way out of North London this...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal poised to beat Tottenham to another signing as...

Arsenal have had a very busy summer transfer window so far, and it is now...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arsenal in advanced talks to make surprise...

We brought you the news yesterday that Arsenal were not done in the...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 655 – 25.08.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
4h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.