Neck injury is no issue: Schumi

Multiple world champion ready to get back into driver's seat of F1 car

BERLIN: Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher said on Wednesday the neck injury which hampered his return to Formula One last August is no longer a factor as he prepares for the 2010 season.

Despite retiring from F1 in 2006, Schumacher signed a three-year contract with Mercedes GP last December and has been testing with Mercedes in Jerez, Spain, but says last year's neck injury has long since healed.