Schumacher: Raikkonen return would boost F1

by - 11/17/2011 11:02:00 p.m.

Michael Schumacher believes it would be good for F1 if Kimi Raikkonen does make a return.

Raikkonen left at the end of 2009 and since then has competed in the World Rally Championship with Citroen. In recent months he has been linked to a drive with Williams and earlier this week, Christian 'Toto' Wolff, a major shareholder at the former world champion team, told Austria's Kronen Zeitung that the Grove-based outfit was seriously considering the Finn for 2012. He did add though that others were also in the frame, including GP2 series front runner, Jules Bianchi.

Speaking ahead of this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the penultimate round in the F1 2011 World Championship, when asked about the prospect of the Finn returning, Schumacher added that he didn't think Raikkonen would have a problem getting back up to speed.

“In the end, you think how much can you recall your potential? How much can you drive the car to its limit? That is the main concern that was answered right away at the first test [when I made the decision to come out of retirement],” Schumacher told Reuters.

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