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Michael Schumacher will stay on at Ferrari as an assistant to new chief executive Jean Todt. ``The basis of my future will be that of a super assistant to Jean,'' Schumacher said Sunday at the Ferrari World Finals, the racing team's traditional season-closer. Seven-time F1 world champion Schumacher, who retired from racing last week, did not elaborate on what his new role would involve. The German said he needed to ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, calling him one of the ``real greats of German sport.'' Schumacher retired Sunday after finishing fourth in the Brazilian Grand Prix and second in this year's championship. ``Michael Schumacher stands together with the other real greats of German sports: with Max Schmeling and Fritz Walter, Franz Beckenbauer, Boris Becker and Steffi Graf,'' Merkel said in a statement Monday. ...

Fernando Alonso won his second straight Formula One championship Sunday by finishing runner-up to Felipe Massa in the Brazilian Grand Prix, a race that marked the end of Michael Schumacher's mighty career. Schumacher, a seven-time Formula One champion, needed to win his final race before retirement to keep alive his remote chance of another title. But he punctured a tire less than 10 laps into the race, dropped out of ...

Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher ran out of luck in the final race weekend of his glittering Formula One career. Needing a victory to keep his title chances alive, Schumacher had mechanical problems both in qualifying and in the race at Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. He still finished fourth. A fuel pump malfunction in Saturday's qualifying sent him to the middle of the starting grid, and a punctured tire moved him ...

Seven-time champion Michael Schumacher will be wearing a special helmet for his last Formula One race. The Ferrari driver's helmet for the Brazilian Grand Prix has been inscribed will all of his 91 career victories. The name of the tracks and the year of the victories were painted on top of the helmet. Schumacher, whose 91 victories is the most in Formula One history, has an outside chance of clinching his eighth title. He needs to win the ...

Pele will pay tribute to seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher before Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. The soccer legen will hand a signed trophy to Schumacher in honour of his achievements. The Ferrari driver will end his 16-year career after the season finale. ``It's a great honour and happiness to represent all Brazilians in this trophy presentation for the farewell of the greatest Formula One idol of the moment,'' Pele ...

Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher were separated by a little more than a tenth of a second in Friday's practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix. The duel indicated virtually no difference between the two as the calendar counted down toward Sunday's final race of the Formula One season and Schumacher's career. Kimi Raikkonen, runner-up in Brazil the past two years, was fastest in the first practice session, driving his McLaren ...

And then there was one. One race, this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix, the final race of the Formula One season to decide the drivers' title between Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher. One race to determine the team crown between Renault and Ferrari. And one last race in Schumacher's career. Alonso clinched the title here last year when it was the third-to-last race of the season. This time he needs one point _ or Schumacher not winning _ to make ...

With the Formula One title all but out of reach, Michael Schumacher said one of his goals in the Brazilian Grand Prix will be to enjoy his last race as a F1 driver. ``I will try to have fun,'' said the Ferrari driver, who is retiring from F1 after Sunday's race. A seven-time champion, Schumacher needs to win at the 4.1-kilometre Interlagos circuit and hope rival Fernando Alonso fails to ...

Felipe Massa is willing to relinquish victory in front of his home crowd to help Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher clinch the Formula One title in Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix. The Brazilian driver said he can put aside his dream of winning a race at home if it comes down to aiding Schumacher in his battle against Fernando Alonso. ``As a Brazilian driver, this is the most important race,'' Massa said. ...

The hometown of Michael Schumacher, whose racing career ends Sunday, has no plans to make him an honorary citizen and would like to see the seven-time Formula One champion do more for the local community. ``There have been already some critical tones from the inhabitants, many of them would have liked to see more social commitment from him,'' Kerpen mayor Marlies Sieburg said Wednesday. Sieburg suggested Schumacher should follow the ...

Many regard Michael Schumacher as aloof, calm, confident and cool. I remember when he cried, and when he was booed. The two extraordinary scenes are in sharp contrast to the public side of Schumacher, whose last Formula One race is this weekend after a record seven titles and 91 victories. At the 2000 Italian Grand Prix, Schumacher won the race and moved within two points of two-time defending champion Mika ...

Felipe Massa upstaged Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher by taking pole position Saturday for the Japanese Grand Prix. Schumacher, with a possible Formula One title on the line in Sunday's race, was second, while reigning world champion Fernando Alonso starts from fifth position. Schumacher and Alonso are tied atop the drivers standings on 116 points after 16 races. Schumacher, who will retire after this season, could wrap up his eighth world title if he wins Sunday and Alonso drops out ...

The 2006 Formula One title could be decided this weekend as reigning world champion Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher enter Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix tied atop the drivers' standings. Trailing by 25 points seven races ago, Schumacher's win at Shanghai left him even with Alonso on 116 points. If Schumacher, who will retire after this season, wins in Japan, and Alonso drops out or finishes scoreless, the German will earn ...