Weber cannot see Schumacher as a team boss
Michael Schumacher`s manager has poured cold water on speculation that the German could be planning to one day run his own Formula One team.
Ex-team owner Eddie Jordan recently dropped the bombshell-rumour, claiming that the idea - involving the possible purchase of Renault and the involvement of Volkswagen - was `being discussed` between Schumacher and Ross Brawn.

But Willi Weber, Schumacher`s long time confidante, said he `cannot imagine` Michael, 37, sitting with a stop watch on pitwall. “And definitely not as a team boss,” the German told Tagesspiegel.

Does Weber, then, think Schumacher will quit altogether when his Ferrari contract runs out at the end of the year? “I really do not know,” he replied, “and no one should try to influence his decision - not me, not Ferrari.”

Schumacher himself cast no further light on whether he might soon join Jean Todt and Ron Dennis in team boss meetings, when asked a similar question by Bild am Sonntag `paper.

“I have enough hobbies to keep me busy,” Schumacher said. “It`s possible that I will look for a new sport - like, perhaps, horse riding.”

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