Author: Audrey Nolan

Three years after announcing his retirement, Michael Schumacher decided to comeback to do what he loves the best: race. He signed a deal with the Mercedes GP squad for the 2010 season to be the number 1 driver in this promissory team. Some media writers speculate that the German driver signed with Mercedes a contracted valued in €10 million for just one year. Mercedes GP and Schumacher himself have stated that they want continuation on the process they are going to start for next season, so the deal may extend to a three years. Mercedes GP has also signed some other top drivers like Nico Rosberg, since the Britt Jenson button left the team to join McLaren for the next season. The deal with Schumacher has already guaranteed Mercedes to have a top team for next season. Schumacher accepted the deal because it will make him work again with his long time friend (and now Mercedes team principal) Ross Brawn. They had worked in Ferrari and he was an important part of the titles Shumi has won in the past. "It was the only combination that would have triggered it (my return) - there was no other combination that I would have liked to have worked for and with," Schumacher told the BBC. "Ross is a long-term friend and he knows me in detail. We've won races together we shouldn't have won, we've had tough times, good times but we managed to finish on a positive attitude”. Brawn has also stated that he admires Schumacher very much. He approached the German driver when the negotiations with Jenson Button were getting a little hard and when they finally lost him and Ruben Barrichello. This deal will give Schumacher’s career a full circle since his early starts he drove for the Mercedes team before leaving to Formula One with Jordan in 1991. Schumacher has also expressed that he felt very grateful with Mercedes through all of these years. He wants to give something good back to the team that gave him an opportunity at the beginning of his career. And he probably will. Schumacher has been planning a comeback since early this year with Ferrari, his old team. When Felipe Massa had an accident on a major competition this year, he was called to replace the Brazilian but at the end he couldn’t get back in the tracks due to physical problems. He has been working as a consultant with Ferrari since he retired 3 years ago but did not receive a long term proposition to come back and race until he was contacted by Mercedes. Schumacher has competed in 249 races since he started in 1991 until his 2006 retirement. He raced for Jordan, Benetton and Ferrari. He won two titles with Benetton and five with Ferrari .Now he is looking to do the same with Mercedes. Mercedes took over the Brawn GP team that won the drivers and constructors championships in its first season in 2009. About the Author:

Audrey Nolan has been a prominent writer on Formula One races, sports news and the sports betting industry for many exceptional sports web sites. You may reprint this article in its full content, please note no modifications to it are accepted.

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