Michael Schumacher’s predicament in 2011 reminds Niki Lauda of the end of his own formula one comeback.<\/p>\n
The great Austrian retired as a double world champion in 1979, only to return three years later to face the young Alain Prost at McLaren.<\/p>\n
Schumacher, the ultra-successful seven time world champion, also took a three-year retirement after 2006 and has struggled on his return with Mercedes.<\/p>\n
“Now is the time when Michael must go as fast as Nico (Rosberg) in the same car, no doubt about it,” insisted Lauda.<\/p>\n
“If he can’t do it, he needs to think about it.\u00a0 Just as I had to think about it in those days when the little Alain Prost came, I was able to win the title by just half a point because of my experience.<\/p>\n
“The next year he drove me into the ground in the same car.\u00a0 Then I had the question: Am I still, as one from the generation before, still able to have the right performance?” he told the German broadcaster RTL.<\/p>\n
“I realised that I could not.\u00a0 At some point Michael will have to realise the same,” added Lauda.<\/p>\n
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