Will Michael Schumacher return to take the title?
Michael Schumacher returns to F1 this season and he wouldn’t do so unless he believed that he had a shot at the title. Mercedes seem to have a car that has shown some good pace in testing if not outstanding though Jenson Button thinks that they may be sandbagging somewhat ahead of the first GP.
So what are his chances this year? Well firstly he’s got to beat Nico Rosberg, on paper it shouldn’t be that hard but Rosberg has shown that he can be quick at Williams so expect him to push Schumacher. I suspect that he’ll be a bit hit and miss through the season which is something Rosberg needs to work on and he’s got the best mentor in the business right next to him.
Outside of his own team the main contenders seem to be Fernando Alonso, Sebastien Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Now that’s a lot of names to be contenders, I imagine that this list will quickly dwindle down to one or two but I expect Fernando Alonso to be there along with at least one of the McLaren drivers. There is no love lost between Alonso and Schumacher so it could be a repeat of 2005/6 all over again if the cars allow it which would be good for us watching. Hamilton and Button to some extent will be unknowns to Schumacher so he’ll be watching closely how they perform.
Given the car he’ll do it, I’m just not so sure that he’ll have the car to take the title, win yes but I can’t see him beating the others all year. We have to wait and see, he could just have come back to protect his points record.
There’s only just over a week to go until we find out for real who has been flat out and who has been sandbagging.
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