Is Michael Schumacher’s Mercedes Signing a Risk Worth Taking?

Mercedes Grand Prix have scored a major PR coup. The signing of Michael Schumacher as a driver in 2010 has the whole world talking, typing, ranting, and raving. Ross Brawn, Nick Fry, Mercedes, and the entire team have taken a calculated risk, bringing the sport's de facto most successful driver ever back from retirement to try to add to his trophy cabinet. When Schumacher retired with his position in the racing pantheon secured, he went out on a comparative high, considering many champions in other sports have prolonged their career to the point where their failures are as memorable as their glories. His career had spanned a number of seasons most driver would bite your hands off for, and his number of wins and titles would be desirable to...

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