Ralf Schumacher's Reality Check
Even Ralf Schumacher says that his potential in F1 was rarely matched by his results, yet he still expected to find a drive for 2008. But speaking with Adam Cooper at Interlagos last October, he admitted that if Brazil was the end of his F1 career, he would probably not be missed
No doubt much will be made in Melbourne of the reappearance of the Piquet name on the Formula One grid, some 16 years after Nelson Sr had his final F1 outing for Benetton. But just as that name returns, so another is consigned to history. Australia will be the first Grand Prix entry list since Hungary 1991 not to feature a Schumacher.
Ralf Schumacher's F1 career outlived that of his older brother by just a single season, and it's pretty safe to say that he won't be back again. He's now turned his attention to DTM, and we await to see whether or not he accepts the lifeline that Mercedes appears to be offering him.
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