A lunch with Ferrari's president
The prospect of , in tandem with his old partner Ross Brawn, has generated huge excitement and anticipation around the world but at a snow-covered Maranello this week, president Luca di Montezemelo appeared overwhelmed instead by a mixture of surprise, frustration and wistfulness at the prospect.
"Everbody in life can do what they prefer and I understand that there is somebody at 41 years old who wants to try again," he said.
"But it's another Michael. I know Michael, and the real Michael has confirmed to me that he will finish his career at Ferrari."
It was as if the 62-year-old Italian didn't want to believe what Schumacher himself had said during their phone conversation on Wednesday.
And yet it was the seven time world champion's former boss who'd called on the German little more than four months ago to break his retirement for that abortive comeback in place of the injured .
Jonathan Legard commentated on Formula 1 for the 91Èȱ¬ in 2009 and 2010. He wrote regular blogs during that period, giving a behind-the-scenes insight into the grand prix weekends. Jonathan, previously 5 live's football correspondent and before that the radio station's F1 correspondent, is no longer part of the 91Èȱ¬'s F1 team.
