Jordan: Schumi will ask to be released from Ferrari

Monday 23rd November 2009

Despite all the denials that have been made this past week, Eddie Jordan is adamant Michael Schumacher will be with Mercedes GP next season.

Last week, rumours of Schumacher's pending came to the fore with Jordan stating that it's just a matter of time after he saw the German talking to Mercedes GP team boss Ross Brawn as well as members of Daimler.

The rumours were subsequently down played by both Mercedes and Schumacher's spokesperson, although neither said it was a definite 'no.'

Jordan, though, is adamant it will happen, even going as far as to say that Schumacher was due to meet with Ferrari to discuss being released from his consultancy contract.

"I believe it is going to happen. It started with a meeting between Michael, Ross Brawn and Daimler chief executive Dieter Zetsche at the Abu Dhabi GP," the former F1 team boss told The Sun.

"At the moment, Michael cannot drive for Mercedes because he has a consultancy contract with Ferrari.

"But I understand he was due to meet Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo with a view to being released. Michael likes the idea of driving a Mercedes run by Ross. It's a mouth-watering idea."

Your Comments

geedog33

"i think we are all forgetting one thing here... something above all in terms of reputation, loyalty, risk of failure etc. and that is the motor racing bug. the passion. the drive. the desire for speed. the willpower. the need for competition. we all love motor racing, so does schumi. if he still has that desire then it would be too hard to ignore..."

Hots

"I thing EJ is putting 2 & 2 together and making 5!"

alonso0506

"i'd have to agree w/ Chylout, this ole' bird is involved but is sometimes questionable. garfield is too outrageous and half your "sources" are wrong, kinda like eddie, good job garfield!

raouldrake

"@Garfield, maybe you should take some of your own advise there big guy. EJ did some driving early on in Ireland but not in F1(i think he did some test driving for McLaren at some stage). Like Brent said, he is a former team owner and would have personal relationships with a lot of the team bosses, owners, mechanics and so on. He also would have forgotten more about F1 than you'll probably ever know. Sure he makes some crazy predictions and statements sometimes but he is no idiot."

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