{"id":16048,"date":"2012-05-24T03:25:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T07:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=16048"},"modified":"2012-05-24T03:25:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T07:25:04","slug":"schumachers-future-a-hot-topic-in-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/schumachers-future-a-hot-topic-in-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumacher’s future a hot topic in Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Schumacher’s future is a hot topic in the Monte Carlo paddock.<\/p>\n

\"Michael-Schumacher-1\"A multiple winner in the Principality, the seven time world champion’s comeback career has been far less glitzy, with some – even his boss Nick Fry – predicting he might return to retirement at the end of his 2012 contract.<\/p>\n

Key ally, friend and former Ferrari colleague – and Mercedes team boss – Ross Brawn, however, backed Schumacher in the wake of Fry’s remarks, insisting it is the Brackley based team that has “let him down”.<\/p>\n

And not everyone thinks Schumacher’s time is up.<\/p>\n

“Michael is in top shape physically and mentally, there’s no reason for him to stop,” former teammate and now British television pundit Johnny Herbert told Sport Bild.<\/p>\n

“He’s better now than in the first two years of his comeback.”<\/p>\n

German Schumacher, meanwhile, batted away the speculation about 2013 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“So far we’re not focusing on (that).\u00a0 It’s more about what happens right now, so there’s no news for you yet,” said the 43-year-old in Monaco.<\/p>\n

“Let’s leave it at that.”<\/p>\n

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