It would be good in quite a few ways for the sport, not too mention the sheer amount of publicity it would bring if he were to make this 'sensational' return.
Personally I've never really been a Schumi fan but I would love to see him make a return, it would just make next year even more eventful.
But somehow I really cannot see it happening, he's too loyal to Ferrari. He wouldn't even drive half the ROC cars nor would he drive the reasonably priced car on Top Gear because they were not Ferrari's .. So that's why I really cannot see it happening.
of course it may be that when he anounced he was going to stand in for massa, the idea of the mercedes seat was put to him and it became convenient to have a reason not to be seen driving a ferrari F1 car or possibly there is a clause that he cannot drive for another team within so many years of last racing a ferrari to protect information etc so the neck was an "honourable" way of avoiding it, on the other hand his head may be about to fall off
I think some press and people are hoping too much from Schumacher's basically less restrictions/works contract with Ferrari...
Haug did say every now and then in the past decade that he wouldn't mind Michael driving for Merc's team, and it's only natural now that they'd purchased Brawn they'd try to talk him into a come back... but I personally think that Michael will just take a role in FIA alongside Jean Todt, hence he can't be too related with Ferrari.
I just hope FIA won't really turn into "Ferrari International Assistant" if Todt and Schumacher are both having important roles in the FIA...
On BBC sport they reported that if Mick were to join Mercedes his salary would be worth something like £7,000,000! Even if I were going to be a backmarker for an entire season, I would take that!
Well the last sum I heard was 3.500.000 Dollar/Euro (don't know which of the two) but money clearly isn't all that important for Schumacher.....he already has a sufficient amount of it
Its hard to compare due to them never racing wheel to wheel. A couple years ago I would of agreed but I think Massa has matured alot as a driver and really found his speed. Should be an interesting inter-team battle.
Not sure what the article means about him using a TonyKart suit to kart events. That isn't 100%. He uses his own overalls with various relevant badges, and he's worn them for a year or two now. He's has an investment in TonyKart hence why he tapes up the Birel logo on the kart race with Massa in Brazil. It would make sense for him to represent TK if he actually has investment in them.
However, that's irrelevant. Is that picture actually for real?
So what that he turns up in a Merc? Name one executive saloon that Ferrari have made? If he wants a car to just drive around in comfort ofcourse he will drive another car. Maybe he is joining Mercedes, maybe not but either way I would say him getting out of a Merc is pure coincidence to the situation.