Schuey to quit soon

UPDATE This rumor is downgraded to 'false' today. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher, asked to confirm his plans, particularly after younger brother Ralf told a German newspaper he felt the seven-times world champion might retire soon, Schumacher replied: "That's very easy. To keep on racing.

"As long as I am competitive and you are happy to see me I will keep on," he told the crowd in an open air question session at Indianapolis.

Ralf had told Germany's Sport Bild newspaper Wednesday that, with Ferrari no longer winning, Schumacher was not enjoying the sport as much as he had in the past and did not believe he would continue for much longer.

Asked whether he had set himself a target of 10 world titles, a feat that would have to involve racing long after his contract with Ferrari expires at the end of 2006, Schumacher smiled.

"Rumors, that's what the press lives from," he said. "There is no such target for me. I just want to enjoy as long as I can enjoy, and I only enjoy it if I am competitive. And I feel competitive still," said Schumacher. "As long as this is the case, I keep on. The main target arrived in 2000, the first championship achieved together with Ferrari. That was so outstanding for all of us that ever since, anything that arrived after that was just a present. I'm not targeting anything in particular except running, enjoying and getting such support as I'm getting here today."

"If I listen to the support we should do it, there shouldn't be any question of that, as you have seen lately, we are sort of struggling a little bit. We are pushing very hard to get the car back to the competitiveness we had in the past and last year but competition is tough. Those other guys and teams are doing a great job and it's difficult to beat them at the moment," said Schumacher. "It's just a different challenge…we have the speed. We are there in terms of speed, we just don't get it there all the time and particularly in qualifying. We have been winning for the last five or six years and at some stage you have to accept that maybe somebody else can do a better job. It's our motivation and challenge to show again that we can come back and I am so confident about that, I have no doubts about it. It just may take a little bit longer."

06/15/05 Ralf Schumacher predicts older brother Michael to walk away from Formula One in the near future because he is not longer enjoying the sport. "I don't believe that Michael will be driving for very much longer," Ralf told German newspaper Sport Bild.

"He'll stay as long as he's having fun but is not having fun at the moment and I'm anxious to see what will happen. Ferrari have passed their zenith," said Ralf Schumacher, adding that the team's problems were caused by more than their under-performing Bridgestone tires.

"They did a great job in past years but they're not doing it anymore. Mistakes have crept in other areas. It can be seen as a sign of weakness that Ferrari introduced their new car so late in the season. I'm not sure whether someone who has had such a successful time, as Ferrari has had, can still have the bite to fight back to the top."

"When Michael leaves then a lot of good people will leave at the same time," he said. "After that it will be very difficult for Ferrari to get back to the top. I'm not sure that would even be possible."

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