Schumi Technical Director at Ferrari?

German News "Auto, Motor and Sports" reports today that Michael will replace Jean Todt as Technical Director at Ferrari. Michael has been present at every important decision meeting since his retirement.

However MS spokesperson Sabine Kehm denies this and states that MS will continue working only behind the scenes.

Only the future will tell...

 

Jean Todt wasnt the Technical Director.

 

You mean replace Ross Brawn as Technical Director, don't you? Or did you mean replace Jean Todt as Team Principal?

The latter would make more sense. I know everyone here thinks Schumacher walks on water but I would expect the position of Technical Director would require an advanced degree in engineering or something along those lines. Schumacher may have been a gifted race driver but he doesn't have the technical training for a position like that. I can more readily see him in a team management type of role before I see him running an engineering, design, and research & development department.

Does Schumacher even have a high school diploma?

 

Bild is referencing him as TEAM HEAD not Technical Director. Here's the link . . . (in this rumor world, let's get the rumor correct guys!!!)

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.bild.t-online.de/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgerman%2Bbild%2Bnewspaper%26hl%3Den

Carol

 

My quote is exact and came from an important italian newspaper " La Repubblica" and if you read italian here is the link:

http://www.repubblica.it/sport/index.html?ref=hphead

(you will find the article at the middle of the page)

According to a Ferrari executive MS has spent more time at
Maranello now then all of his previous racing years...and yes the thought is that he is being groomed for a top spot especially if you consider the news that JT is retiring next year and RB is returning.

 

That makes more sense.

 

Did Schumi even graduate from high school?

Looks like he did.

Once Schumacher graduated from school, he began working at a local garage as an apprentice mechanic. The apprenticeship turned out to be advantageous as it taught him about the mechanics of a car, helping him in turn as a racer. Sponsored by Jurgen Dilk, Schumacher moved from karting to single seaters -- Formula Konig -- in 1988.

Askmen.com Michael Schumaker biography.

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I would not be surprised to see Michael step up and fill Todt's shoes next season. I agree that he doesn't have the expertise to take over as technical director, and hopefully Ross Brawn is just taking a year off until he gets to have Schumi as his boss.

 

Rubens Barrichello is coming back? Oh noes!!!!

 

Please, we must not joke like that.

 

I'd take Rubens over Massa in a heartbeat.

 

German Bild and Swiss Blick both speculate that MS might be groomed right now for the position of race team leader (what Jean Todt used to do). MS has been to more meetings over the winter in the factory than during his driving years.

If nothing else he is at least there to help sort out the new car as the mechanics allegedly are already complaining about Kimi's inability to give useful technical feedback.

PS: Ferrari set fastest testing times today. Kovalainen 3rd, Alonso 4th. Sounds like the prediction for the whole season ahead.

 

Kimi must have gone to take a ****

 

That was the knock on Kimi during his McLaren days as well.

It's great that Schumacher is still there to guide the team and provide his input, he will be an asset to the team even if he isn't behind the wheel. His tecnical input is surely invaluable to the team.

 

Gosh I loved that statement. A classic already. If I wasn't a Kimi fan before, that really gave me all the reasons I ever needed to root for the guy.

 

MS is a clever guy with a lot of polish. AS well has being extremely knowlegeable about racing (including race tactics), he could directly benefit Ferrari in mutiple ways, including PR. He obviously enjoys being at/arround Ferrari. And the Ferrari brand/image has realy benefitted by his successes.

 

This should finally put him over the $1 Billion mark. Amazing!

I wonder if any other professional athlete has made as much (in total) as Michael has. I'm sure Tiger Woods is on the way to be the all time high but he's not there yet.

 

That's a good question. I wonder how much Michael Jordan has made, granted the last part of his career with the wizards wasn't amazing, but in his hey day I'm sure he was banking what with endorsements and salaries.

 

Because Jordan is going through a Divorce, they stated he was worth around $400Mil. In his prime he was the highest paid athlete at $90Mil a year and MS was second.

 

I don't know where I read it on the Internet, but Schumi was the First athlete to earn $100 million per year. If I can find it, I'll post.

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Michael Schumacher, a seven-time world champion in Formula One, earned as much as $100 million annually and was identified by Eurobusiness magazine as the world's first billionaire athlete in 2005. As of 2006, Schumacher held nearly every record in Formula One, including most drivers' championships, race victories (91), consecutive wins (7), fastest laps (76), pole positions (68), and most races won in a single season (13). He also holds the record for most second place finishes with 43 and most top three finishes with 154. From 2001 to 2002 Schumacher finished in first, second, or third place a record 19 times. Schumacher has led more laps than any driver in history with 4,741. 40 times he both won the pole position and the race in the same event. In 2002, he clinched the season championship with an amazing 6 races left on the schedule. Schumacher also holds the record by winning a race in 15 consecutive season.

http://bookofscrap.blogspot.com/2007/01/who-iswas-most-dominant-athlete-of-all.html

 

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_news_item.php?fes_art_id=30532

 

Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus have both been on the Forbes 400 list at one time or another. Greg Norman is worth a few hundred million, also according to Forbes.

The granddaddy of the all would have to be Roger Penske, worth some $2.2 billion. He started out as a professional driver before turning to business.