Schumacher eager to tackle young guns

A FIRED-UP Michael Schumacher is ready to put Formula One’s young guns in their place as he chases an eighth world title next year.

There was a sparkle in Schumacher’s eye as he yesterday announced he was stepping out of retirement after three years away, ready, as he put it, “for some serious stuff.”

Schumacher knows he is putting his reputation on the line, that of a man who won seven world titles, 91 grands prix, claimed 68 poles and 76 fastest laps – all records – from his 249 races over 16 seasons from 1991 to 2006.