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Why Schumacher needs time to shine

Michael Schumacher has not yet shown his sparkle of old since returning to F1 with Mercedes. But as Jonathan Noble writes, his competitors write-off the seven-time champion's potential at their peril

Believe it or not, but there was a little piece of Formula 1 history made in Malaysia on Sunday.

When Nico Rosberg crossed the finish line to bag Mercedes GP its first podium finish, he achieved something in three races that Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Eddie Irvine, Johnny Herbert, Riccardo Patrese, Jos Verstappen, JJ Lehto, Martin Brundle and Nelson Piquet never managed to do in their entire careers.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.