BERLIN : Formula One team Ferrari are reportedly willing to
offer seven-time champion Michael Schumacher a one-year extension
to his current contract.
The 36-year-old Schumacher is contracted with Ferrari until 2006
but the Italian team are prepared to offer him another 12 months on
his 30 million euro a year deal despite his troubles this
season.
Schumacher trails Renault's Spanish sensation Fernando Alonso by 34
points in the championship race but Ferrari technical director Ross
Brawn believes the German is determined to put things right.
"Michael is the only person who will decide when he wants to stop,"
Brawn told the TZ magazine on Tuesday. "He is obssessed at solving
problems and getting us back on the winning track."
Ferrari's bridgestone tyres have proved inconsistent this season
and Brawn admitted the team had let Schumacher down.
"Michael (Schumacher) is not winning at the moment because we are
not good enough," added Brawn.
Schumacher's chances of winning a sixth successive title are fading
and the German driver must get back on track in Sunday's Grand Prix
in Monaco. - AFP /dt