Schumacher set for shock return to Formula One

SEVEN-TIME world champion Michael Schumacher could be set to make a shock return to Formula One as Ferrari look for a short-term replacement for the injured Felipe Massa.

The 28-year-old Brazilian is currently in intensive care at the AEK military hospital in Budapest after suffering a fractured skull in a freak accident in qualifying for last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix.

Massa’s condition has improved in the past 24 hours with doctors taking him out of a medically-induced coma on Monday night.