Schumacher tests old car ahead of comeback (PA SportsTicker)
July 31, 2009
ROME(AP) —Michael Schumacher drove an old Ferrari in a practice test for his Formula One comeback as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa.
The team says Friday that the 40-year-old took the wheel of a privately owned Ferrari used in the 2007 season and raced it around the Mugello circuit in Tuscany.
Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni says Schumacher had organized the test to check his physical condition. He could not drive the current Ferrari car because of F1’s ban on in-season testing.
Schumacher, who retired in 2006, was back in the driver’s seat just two days after Ferrari announced the seven-time F1 champion would replace Massa, who was injured in a crash.
Schumacher will compete in the European GP on Aug. 21-23 in Valencia, Spain.
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