Friday 4th January 2008

Former Ferrari team principal Jean Todt announced that Michael Schumacher had turned down the chance to take over as team manager. “He would have been the best candidate for this job, but he didn’t want it.” Later Schumacher commented, “When I saw how much passion and dedication that he put into his job, he was at Maranello every day, even weekends. I said to myself ‘Do I need this?’ Simply not.”