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Willi Weber was against Schumacher's F1 comeback
Willi Weber, the man who managed Michael Schumacher's career in F1, says that he begged the seven-time world champion not to return to the sport in 2010. From his debut in 1991 to his last year with Ferrari in 2006, Schumacher's career at the pinnacle of motorsport had yielded 91 wins. The great German had been enjoying a leisurely three-year retreat when he was tempted out of retirement by Mercedes at the end of 2009. But long-time friend and manager Willi Weber saw the return as the wrong move. "I summoned him and said ‘Please don’t do it. You can only lose’," remembered Weber, speaking to German newspaper Abendzeitung. "He was a seven time world champion with...
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