Dieter Zetsche has admitted it is possible Michael Schumacher will still be a Mercedes driver in 2013.<\/p>\n
At the end of his initial three-year F1 comeback contract, the 43-year-old’s existing deal runs out this season.<\/p>\n
There has been speculation Mercedes has offered him a new two-year contract for 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n
“There is no contract at the moment,” team boss Ross Brawn was quoted on Sunday by the Daily Star, “but we are open minded.”<\/p>\n
Zetsche, the chairman of German marque Mercedes’ parent Daimler, agrees: “He is still the icon of motor racing.<\/p>\n
“If his performance and his interest is still there, then a continuation would be an absolutely attractive possibility,” he told this week’s Sport Bild, to be published on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Schumacher has said there is no timetable for any talks, but Zetsche revealed: “We will get together during the season and see what the interest is on both sides.”<\/p>\n
1980 world champion Alan Jones told GMM last week that, if he was running the Mercedes team, there are also purely financial reasons to re-sign Schumacher.<\/p>\n
“If you pay him ten million then most likely he would bring in 20 million,” said the Australian, “because of who he is and what he has done in his career.”<\/p>\n
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