{"id":22754,"date":"2014-08-04T07:41:32","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T11:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=22754"},"modified":"2014-08-04T07:41:32","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T11:41:32","slug":"mercedes-not-ending-contract-with-injured-schumacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/mercedes-not-ending-contract-with-injured-schumacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes not ending contract with injured Schumacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes has vowed to stick with Michael Schumacher as the F1 legend continues his recovery from a skiing fall last December.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2014-rif-images\/f1-2014-persons\/Dieter-Zetsche-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dieter-Zetsche-1\" width=\"446\" height=\"297\" \/>In June, as Schumacher remained in intensive care, one of the great German&#8217;s personal sponsors &#8211; the bottled water brand Rosbacher &#8211; said it would end its advertising deal with the former Ferrari and Mercedes driver.<\/p>\n<p>Daimler chairman Dieter Zetsche, however, said Mercedes-Benz is not looking to terminate its contract with brand ambassador Schumacher despite the seven time world champion&#8217;s continuing recovery in a Swiss rehabilitation hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased with the positive development,&#8221; Zetsche, referring to the reported improvement in Schumacher&#8217;s condition, told Bild am Sonntag newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hope fervently that it continues,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about Mercedes&#8217; commitment to Schumacher despite his injuries, Zetsche answered: &#8220;We have given no thoughts to changing something in the contract.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said he had not visited Schumacher in hospital or rehabilitation since the skiing accident due to his &#8220;highest respect&#8221; for the family&#8217;s privacy.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mercedes has vowed to stick with Michael Schumacher as the F1 legend continues his recovery from a skiing fall last December. In June, as Schumacher remained in intensive care, one of the great German&#8217;s personal sponsors &#8211; the bottled water brand Rosbacher &#8211; said it would end its advertising deal with the former Ferrari and &#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":[1248,117,5262,5340,92],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22754"}],"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=22754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22755,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22754\/revisions\/22755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}