Alonso: Schu will be back

NEW world champion Fernando Alonso insisted yesterday that seven-time title winner Michael Schumacher can make a comeback next season despite his nightmare year in 2005.

Schumacher saw his five-year reign at the top of the sport dramatically concluded this season after his Ferrari team slumped behind Alonso’s Renault team and current championship runner-up Kimi Raikkonen’s McLaren outfit.

But the Spaniard believes it is wrong to write off 84-race winner Schumacher in the future and said: “Michael is still Michael, he didn’t change compared to previous seasons.