Ralf Shumacher wants to return in F1!!!!

Ralf Schumacher wants to emulate his brother Michael by making a return to Formula One next season.

The younger Schumacher last raced in 2007 for Toyota and has raced in the German DTM touring cars for the last two years for Mercedes. But Schumacher told German newspaper Bild that he is ready to give up his DTM seat if an attractive F1 seat was to be offered to him.

"I have noticed that the Formula One fire is once again burning within me," he said. "I can understand Michael's decision 100 per cent and I would not have hesitated for a second. You can't stop the passion: racing was and is our life and we have always looked for challenges."

Schumacher won six grand prix in nine years and admitted his reputation had been damaged by his lacklustre spell at Toyota. The 34-year-old also confirmed he had already turned down an offer to race for one of F1's four new teams next season.

"The challenge must be the right one," he said. "There is no point signing a second-best contract, and it's not about the money but whether together we would be able to achieve something. For me the Toyota years are in the past. I know what I can do and I feel good and ready."

Michael Shuamcher gonna return to F1, but in a Mercedes F1 Car

If reports by German newspaper Bild are accurate, the 2010 Formula One season just got more interesting.

According to the paper, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher is set to return to Formula One, only this time, he won’t do it with Ferrari, but instead, with Mercedes.

At the same time, news magazine Focus also reported about Schumacher’s impending deal with Mercedes, saying that the only thing that’s keeping the signing a formality is Schumacher passing a physical.

Sources have also said that “the signature is just a formality. Schumacher feels fit and healthy. The latest (medical) tests were entirely positive”.

Should he pass his physical with flying colors, Schumacher’s deal with Mercedes is expected to be around 3.5 m euros – a far cry from what he used to make while winning titles left and right with Ferrari.

Then again, we’re pretty sure that money is what prompted Schumacher to return to the sport he retired from three years ago. It’s all about the competition for him, an itch couldn’t scratch while sitting around as a consultant for Ferrari.

While nothing has been confirmed yet, there’s no denying that should Schumi return to the sport he once dominated, it’s going to make for a pretty exciting 2010 F1 season.

Lotus to buy in to Lotus F1 team

Lotus Cars is about to buy in to the Lotus F1 team in the near future.

Tony Fernandes, the 45-year-old Malaysian entrepreneur and AirAsia chief who has set up the revamped F1 team, currently uses the Lotus name under license from Proton, the owners of the British sports car maker Lotus Cars.

"Over time that relationship will grow," Fernandes said. "Lotus will probably buy into the team at some stage. More and more technology from our side will flow into Lotus cars and we will promote the Lotus brand.

"I see it in time being no different from how Ferrari works."

The original Lotus team was founded by Colin Chapman in 1958 and won seven constructors' and six drivers' world championships. It last raced in 1994.

"I don't think we can claim any of the heritage," said Fernandes, "but we are very clear about making sure we don't destroy any of the prestige.

"It's phenomenal history, a phenomenal brand. We can't claim it, but we will work with it, we'll celebrate it and we'll honour it."