Schumacher frustrated as comeback abandoned

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER admitted he was “disappointed to the core” after a neck injury thwarted his bid to return to Formula One.

Schumacher, a seven-time F1 world champion, had agreed to help out former team Ferrari and step in for Felipe Massa temporarily after the Brazilian suffered head injuries at the Hungarian GP last month.

But the German has now abandoned the comeback after failing to shrug off the injury suffered in a motorbike accident in February.