A lingering neck injury could potentially prevent Michael Schumacher from making his return to Formula One.
The seven time world champion injured his neck while testing a German Superbike in Spain in February, and Ferrari cautioned last Wednesday that Schumacher’s return will only be confirmed after a round of intense training and medical checks.
Schumacher, 40, was hospitalised after the Cartagena fall, and it was 100 days before he returned to the saddle of a racing bike. After his nearly 70 laps in a 2007 Ferrari last Friday, Schumacher said that his “neck pinches a bit”.
Now, his spokeswoman Sabine Kehm has told German television ZDF that the injury could derail his return to the sport as planned for the European Grand Prix.
“It is not quite certain yet that his neck will hold and the comeback can be started,” adding that whether Schumacher will race at Valencia “depends on medical investigations.”
His manager Willi Weber told Auto motor und sport that those checks will take place next week and that “everything depends on his health and the decision of the doctors.”
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Source: GMM via F1-Live
