Sports Etcetera!!!

What else any F1 fan would have thought on hearing the 7 time world champion's return to the track. But all that seems like an egregious dream with Micheal Schumacher's confirmation that his recently fractured neck was unable to withstand the extreme pressures of F1 machines.


What began with an unfortunate accident at the Hungarian GP has ended in an equally unfortunate way. A suspension spring from Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn GP car hit Felipe Massa on the helmet at the Hungarian GP and probably put the Ferrari driver out of contention for the rest of the season. The unfortunate accident however made Ferrari look for a replacement for Massa. And who else other than the god of F1 could have answered their prayers? The 40 year old announced his return to competitive racing within no time on receiving Ferrari's request.


But the following weeks saw chaos and uncertainty resulting out of Schumacher's decision. The 1st of all set backs to Ferrari happened when the team Williams objected their request to test Schumacher behind the wheels of F60. With prohibition on in-season testing, Ferrari wrote to FIA and the other nine F1 teams to allow Schumacher to drive F60 on a test day before the August 23 Valencia Grand Prix. But Williams boss Frank Williams and both Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso disagreed that Schumacher be given special consideration. Toro Rosso was letting out it's steam in not letting Jaime Alguersuari test before the Hungarian Grand Prix.


Whatever the case was, Schumacher never tested on F60. But he used an older version of Ferrari, F1 Clienti, for the tests. After a day's training at Mugello, the Super Driver was quick to realize that his neck was not up to the mark of F1 speeding. Having suffered neck fractures in an accident in February this year, Schumacher was confident that his physique was fit enough for serious pressures. But his hopes were fluttered once the training proved to be too big a strain on his neck. He was left with no choice but to leave his eager fans in despair.


None the less, you gave us something to look forward to, Schumi...