Schumacher Turned Down Offer to be Ferrari’s F1 Boss

The Stig January 4th, 2008 12:00 PM Link

“For his part, Todt hopes that being away from the rigors of F1 will give him more of a chance to just enjoy the sport.

“In the last 15 years I dreamed of being able to watch a grand prix on television in peace.””

Probably EXACTLY what is going through Michael’s head, except Ferrari instead is paying him eight figures to test and tune the new car. How can you beat that? Drive the latest and greatest F1 car, give your valued input, collect a salary that rivals the GDP of some small nations, all without the stress and tension of raceday, ON TOP OF shattering every record in the sport and then some. Sounds good to me!

Russ Bellinis January 4th, 2008 12:07 PM Link

I think that was a wise move on the part of Schumacher. He is a valuable comodity for Ferrari and an ideal spokesman for the company. He can give them valuable insights as a test driver, and probably the company could capitalize on his name with some “Micheal Schumacher Special Editions” of their road cars, but making him team boss would have no up side with a lot of possibilities for huge downside if the team doesn’t live up to expectations. It would be like making Micheal Jordon head coach of the Chicago Bulls, or similar to the failures of Ted Williams in his various attempts to manage major league baseball teams before he finally realised that he wasn’t manager material.

Clint January 4th, 2008 12:50 PM Link

I agree with the above comments. Schumacher already had his dream job as an F-1 driver, paid to drive and win. He may be the world’s best driver, but that in no way means that he would automatically be a good manager, or even enjoy being a manager.

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mudassar February 21st, 2008 11:59 AM Link

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