{"id":16287,"date":"2012-07-04T18:32:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T22:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=16287"},"modified":"2012-07-04T18:32:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T22:32:05","slug":"f1-winner-ickx-tips-schumacher-to-stay-in-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/f1-winner-ickx-tips-schumacher-to-stay-in-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 winner Ickx tips Schumacher to stay in 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former grand prix winner Jacky Ickx has tipped Michael Schumacher to keep racing beyond 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The seven time world champion&#8217;s future is the subject of intense speculation, as his three-year comeback contract with Mercedes runs to its end.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite his age he maintains the passion of a young one,&#8221; Belgian Ickx, who won 8 grands prix in the 60s and 70s, said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He clearly still enjoys driving and with a little more luck he would be on the podium more often this year,&#8221; the 67-year-old added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can see Schumacher playing a good role in the coming season,&#8221; Ickx, the championship runner-up in 1969 and 1970, is quoted by SID news agency.<\/p>\n<p>If Schumacher does not stay in 2013, Force India driver Paul di Resta is expected to secure the seat.<\/p>\n<p>Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn said this week a decision can be expected within six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>German Schumacher&#8217;s manager Sabine Kehm said on Wednesday: &#8220;We won&#8217;t participate in a public discussion about time periods, background or preferences,&#8221; she told DPA news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can only repeat that we will communicate the decision along with the team when it comes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former grand prix winner Jacky Ickx has tipped Michael Schumacher to keep racing beyond 2012. The seven time world champion&#8217;s future is the subject of intense speculation, as his three-year comeback contract with Mercedes runs to its end. &#8220;Despite his age he maintains the passion of a young one,&#8221; Belgian Ickx, who won 8 grands &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[5262,5340,447,34,92,250],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16288,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16287\/revisions\/16288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}