{"id":16856,"date":"2012-10-14T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T15:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=16856"},"modified":"2012-10-14T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T15:20:44","slug":"schumacher-ready-to-go-home-after-f1-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/schumacher-ready-to-go-home-after-f1-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumacher ready to go &#8216;home&#8217; after F1 retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Schumacher is in no hurry to decide what to do next, as he faces returning to retirement in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2012-rif-images\/f1-12-drivers\/Michael-Schumacher-car.jpg\" alt=\"Michael-Schumacher-car\" width=\"384\" height=\"268\" \/>The great German claims he turned down the offer of a two-year Mercedes contract extension in order to return &#8220;home&#8221; to his wife and children in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, there is nothing better than being at home.\u00a0 For me this means freedom, and I want to enjoy that again soon,&#8221; he told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>However, when he first quit F1 after 2006, the seven time world champion was soon back in the paddocks as a consultant for Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he is linked with a similar ambassadorial role with Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>But Schumacher, 43, insists: &#8220;The plan is that there is no plan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I experienced formula one from a different perspective,&#8221; he said, contrasting his comeback seasons with his ultra-successful career between 1991 and 2006.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now I&#8217;m more open and relaxed.\u00a0 I am going with my head held high.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Schumacher said his latest decision to retire is simply about motivation rather than age or any other factor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There were times in the past few months in which I didn&#8217;t want to deal with formula one or prepare for the next grand prix,&#8221; he admitted.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Schumacher is in no hurry to decide what to do next, as he faces returning to retirement in 2013. The great German claims he turned down the offer of a two-year Mercedes contract extension in order to return &#8220;home&#8221; to his wife and children in Switzerland. &#8220;For me, there is nothing better than being &#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":[5262,5340,34,92,4061],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16856"}],"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=16856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16857,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16856\/revisions\/16857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}