Mike Schumacher Goebel Returning to Racing?

Mike Schumacher Goebel Returning to Racing?
Thur 05 Apr, 10:58 AM

The German driver returned to the cockpit on Saturday, March 31st after recovering from severe injuries as a result of a massive accident during winter testing in December 2006. Schumacher’s efforts were very clear but he seemed obviously out of pace.

“I am not taking today’s event as a race but as a practice, as an opportunity to get back into shape and hopefully to start really racing again soon” said Schumacher.

Many had written off completely Mike Schumacher Goebel’ return to competitive racing, but speculations are out now that the German may return to racing and may join the most competitive racing series, the Tri-C World Championship of TAG MASTERS.

“I think it is normal that you guys speculate that” said Goebel, “but I can tell you that is nothing but speculations. I am still on recovery mode and whatever my Manager, William Webber, comes up with, that is where I will end up racing.”

Despite being out of racing for a long time, Goebel is still very confident that he can compete with the best in the world.

“I will have a good relationship with GP and I think that is the best chassis supplier in the world. Given that we can come up with an agreement with a strong engine supplier, I am certain that I can be competitive in TAG MASTERS. I have raced many of the pilots in that series in the past and in fact, I have beaten many of them” said a confident and almost arrogant Schumacher.

Some have raised the possibility that Goebel may partner up with Kirkpatrick at Pherrari as early as the fourth round (in May 2007). However, experts believe that realistically, it will not happen.

“They don’t like each other, actually, they hate each other” said AEIOU International Racing Radio Network correspondent, Ben Star. “The last time they raced together in the World Championship of Senior Sportsman back in 2004, they came pretty close to punching each other in numerous occasions. They called each other’s names, they offended each other’s family. It was nasty! There is no way in this world that you can put these two together in the same room so just imagine them in the same racing team. They will kill each other!”