Ralf to save career at RBR, STR
That is the latest whisper in formula one circles, spurred on after the German's manager Hans Mahr was photographed chatting with the energy drink company's driver representative Helmut Marko at Magny Cours last weekend.
Mahr played down the significance of the evidence but, referring to Marko's boss Dietrich Mateschitz, told Motorsport Aktuell: "After my time as editor-in-chief at (German broadcaster) RTL, I still have his phone number."
Red Bull Racing could be one option, then, but another is not too far away in the paddock in the form of Toro Rosso, which is co-owned by Mateschitz.
Toyota's Schumacher, despite his disastrous season so far, is still highly rated by many of his former BMW colleagues including Gerhard Berger and Franz Tost.
Both men are now firmly in charge at Faenza based STR, with Tost, for example, insisting that Schumacher "has not forgotten how to drive".
He added: "Things do not go well for him at the moment but he has also won races when he should not have."