Michael Schumacher moved to quash rumours he is set to return to retirement at the end of the season.
The Mercedes driver’s manager Sabine Kehm had already slammed an Italian website for apparently fabricating quotes that suggested Schumacher, 42, was considering his seat.
“These (were) words reported on our website and our editorial staff didn’t know anything about it. When we noticed that news, we invited the website to remove it, which was done,” a Corriere dello Sport editor told 422race.com.
And at the Mercedes event called Stuttgarter Sternstunden at the weekend, Schumacher moved to end the speculation himself.
“I’ll certainly be racing next year, that is definite,” the seven time world champion said.
But Niki Lauda thinks Schumacher should quit.
“I have said that if Schumacher cannot make it work by the end of this year he should go, and I stand by it,” the triple world champion told the Osterreich newspaper.
Schumacher however hinted that he could stay even beyond his 2012 contract.
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