{"id":212588,"date":"2010-01-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/22\/schumacher-reportedly-says-his-neck-is-fully-recovered-f1-retur\/"},"modified":"2010-01-22T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T15:00:00","slug":"schumacher-reportedly-says-his-neck-is-fully-recovered-f1-return-a-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/212588","title":{"rendered":"Schumacher reportedly says his neck is fully recovered, F1 return a go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/motorsports\/\" rel=\"tag\">Motorsports<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/mercedes-benz\/\" rel=\"tag\">Mercedes-Benz<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/racing\/\" rel=\"tag\">Racing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/News\/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=246744\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/01\/schumacher-benz-test.jpg\"  alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At least now we know he&#8217;ll have no excuses: Michael Schumacher says his neck is completely healed after last year&#8217;s motorcycle incident, and he feels &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.michael-schumacher.de\/?page=news&amp;story_id=&amp;lang=uk\">extremely fresh and fit<\/a>.&#8221; The three-year sabbatical he&#8217;s had since retiring at the end of 2006 has recharged his batteries and his competitive fire.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, though, he says the last two years in the sport &#8211; the two years in a row he lost the title to Fernando Alonso &#8211; were even more demanding on him because of &#8220;living under constant observation,&#8221; and he was glad to get out. But the pressure is already all on him and the season is still six weeks away. He has stated <a href=\"http:\/\/f1.gpupdate.net\/en\/formula-1-news\/226355\/schumacher-targeting-both-titles\/\">he wants both Championships<\/a>, and team principal Ross Brawn said <a href=\"http:\/\/f1.gpupdate.net\/en\/formula-1-news\/226233\/brawn-schumacher-will-win-the-championship\/\">he&#8217;d put his money on Schumacher<\/a>. Apparently, however, he&#8217;ll need teammate <a href=\"http:\/\/f1.gpupdate.net\/en\/formula-1-news\/226378\/schumacher-requests-rosberg-car-number\/\">Nico Rosberg&#8217;s car number<\/a> in order to do that&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/News\/NewsArticle.aspx?AR=246744\">Autocar<\/a> | Image: Malcolm Griffiths\/GP2 Media]<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/22\/schumacher-reportedly-says-his-neck-is-fully-recovered-f1-retur\/\">Schumacher reportedly says his neck is fully recovered, F1 return a go<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:00:00 EST.  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