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...small man, this one all in silver. Michael Schumacher, the seven-time F1 world champion, was coming out of retirement in the livery of his new Mercedes team. The questions were not tough. "How does the car feel, Michael?" "I feel like a kid with a new toy," replied Schumi. Several dozen blogs and tweets in half a dozen languages instantly analyzed what Schumi meant by this. (See a brief history of Formula...
...Magic Having dodged a hail of bullets last year, the barons of Formula One are breathing easier. Drivingwise, F1 looks a lot more exciting than it has in years. Last year's champion, Jenson Button, and 2008 winner Lewis Hamilton, both Brits, are driving for McLaren. Schumi's back and trying to win another championship at 41. Red Bull, last year's runner-up in the constructor's race, has a quick young German driver named Sebastian Vettel whose nickname is Baby Schumi. With Alonso and Felipe Massa behind the wheel, Ferrari is again a strong contender, and Ferrari...
...have to finish." Going into the season's last race, he leads McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen by nine points, and just needs to finish in the first eight to secure a record-breaking sixth championship. Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya, touted by many F1 pundits as the heir to Schumi's throne, must wait another year to take a crack at the title. By Schumacher's sky-high standards, it's been a tough season. Last year he clinched the championship in July; at the same stage this year he was just a couple of points ahead of Raikkonen...
...narrowed by Williams, McLaren and Renault. In fact, Raikkonen and Montoya had something of an edge, the result of an unusually hot European summer: their Michelin tires are better for dry weather than Schumacher's Bridgestones. So it was poetic justice when, in the penultimate race of the season, Schumi had some freakish weather on his side for a change. The wettest Indiana September in years brought rain to the U.S. Grand Prix: and as any F1 fan will tell you, nobody drives in the rain as well as the Ferrari ace. Schumacher started seventh on the grid, but while...