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Schumacher back on track in Spain

2010-01-13 10:27 BJT

 

Seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher is back on the track in Spain. The 41-year-old seemed excited to return to the sport that he dominated before his retirement at the end of the 2006 season.

Michael Schumacher continued his comeback to the four-wheeled sport with some much needed track time around the famous Andalusian circuit in a GP2 car.

Michael Schumacher, Mercedes GP Petronas Formula 1 Team, said, "Well, first of all I feel good. I am glad that Mercedes and the team offered the opportunity for me to be in a car, to be in a Formula car after quite a while since I was last in a car. It's purely here to do as many kilometres as possible in order to get back into the rhythm of driving a single seater."

In this image released by GP2 Media, Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher of Germany drives a GP2 car at the racetrack in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.(AP Photo/Malcolm Griffiths, GP2 Media)
In this image released by GP2 Media, Formula 1 driver Michael
Schumacher of Germany drives a GP2 car at the racetrack in
Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.
(AP Photo/Malcolm Griffiths, GP2 Media)