Schumacher ‘not detoxed of racing bug’

NIKI LAUDA feels Michael Schumacher will be looking on his return to Formula One as “nothing more than an interesting experiment”.

Lauda knows what it takes to make a comeback as he spent three years in retirement before hitting the track again in 1982. The Austrian won the third grand prix of that season, and went on to claim the third of his world titles in 1984.

Yet whilst Lauda returned for the long haul, he is confident that is far from the aim of Schumacher, who replaces the injured Felipe Massa at Ferrari, starting with the European Grand Prix in Valencia on August 23.