22/11/2006
NEWS STORY
Just five weeks after he contested his last Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher has ruled out a return to the (F1) grid.
In his first official interview since the Brazilian Grand Prix, the seven-time champion told Sueddeutsche Zeitung SZ magazine; "Formula One is constantly changing. The technology, the engines, the rules, the circuits.
"Once you're out of it, you're out," he added.
Schumacher's comments come at a time when there is (mostly internet driven) speculation that his former rival, Mika Hakkinen, could return to the pinnacle of motorsport, if only in a testing capacity.