In some late breaking news tonight, the BBC is reporting that Michael Schumacher, the 7 times Formula 1 World Champion will come out of retirement in 2010 and join Mercedes GP (formerly Brawn GP) alongside Nico Rosberg.

Schumacher had previously attempted to get back into an F1 car for Ferrari in 2009 when Felipe Massa left the 2009 season early after suffering a severe head injury. However, that was short lived after a neck injury Schumacher sustained earlier in the year meant he could not continue for health reasons.

Rumours of Schumacher joining Mercedes GP have been rife for a while now. With his old race engineer Ross Brawn leading the team, as well as the team owners Mercedes keen for an all German driver line up, Schumacher was first on their hit list for the ‘debut’ year. The team were also rumoured to be hunting down fellow German Nick Heidfeld who had until recently appeared to be missing a race seat after BMW chose to leave the sport.

According to reports, Schumacher has signed a 1 year deal with the team, assuming Mercedes are keen to see first whether the ex world champion can still handle a car as well as he used to before committing long-term. Schumacher too may be only looking to only dip his toes back into the sport to see if he wants to come back for good.

Full story can be found here.

More soon…

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