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Schumacher says he'll never make F1 comeback

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-11-23 09:43

Michael Schumacher said on Wednesday that he could never make a Formula One comeback even if he wanted to because the sport will continue developing at a heady pace.

"Formula One is constantly changing," Schumacher said in a first interview since retiring at the end of last season after a record seven world championships.

"The technology, the engines, the rules, the circuits. Once you're out of it, you're out," the 37 year-old told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung SZ magazine to appear on Friday.

Even though Schumacher repeatedly ruled out a return to the sport he dominated for so long, a spectacular performance at the end of the 2006 season in which he was second fuelled speculation in Germany he would not stay away for good.