Schumacher: I have no chance

MAGNANIMOUS in defeat, or simply one last-ditch attempt at mind games?

Throughout a 16-year career in Formula One, Michael Schumacher has rightly earned himself a reputation as a fighter to the bitter end, a man who does not know what it means to throw in the towel.

So Schumacher’s declaration following Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix exit that “the drivers’ championship is over” came as something of a considerable surprise.