So it's official despite being linked with a Sauber driver next season Michael Schumacher has announced his second retirement from Formula One. The seven times world champion who came out of retirement in 2010 to drive for the Mercedes Benz Formula One team called a press conference in Suzuka this morning to announce his retirement.
In his three year's in Formula One Schumacher has only been on the podium once and that came in Valencia this year when he finished in 3rd behind Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso.
However Schumacher's team-mate Nico Rosberg has a GrandPrix this season when he dominated the Chinese GrandPrix.
I wasn't terribly impressed when Mercedes announced that they had signed Schumacher for three years because he gained a reputation for being a dirty driver during his first career in Formula One and even while racing this time around he caused a number of accidents, in fact he caused a big crash in Singapore and will receive a ten place grid penalty for this weekend's.
Schumacher confirmed that Mercedes announcement last Friday that they had signed Lewis Hamilton from McLaren to partner Nico Rosberg next season helped him make his decision. Schumacher is not doubt statistically the best Formula One driver in the world. I believe however that Ayrton Senna had a better race craft then Schumacher.
I am certainly not surprised that Schumacher has called it quits. It is the best decision for him however I believe that his career will be remembered for his second career in Formula One and not his time in the sport during the 1990's and early 2000's.
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