Schumacher sad about canceling comeback

GENEVA (AP) — Michael Schumacher called canceling his much-anticipated Formula One comeback a “really sad moment.”

He had wanted to help the Ferrari team by replacing injured driver Felipe Massa but was unable to do so because of lingering pain from a motorcycle crash six months ago.

“Probably one of the toughest that I’ve faced in my career, although I’m retired for the moment,” Schumacher said. “I felt alive again and now I had to cancel all this.”

The German, who retired at the end of the 2006 season after a 15-year career in which he won 91 races in 250 starts, said any talk of later returning to F1 was speculation.

“From a purely medical point of view, there are no reasons why that couldn’t be the case. But it’s certainly not a topic that I’m considering right now,” he said.