Michael Schumacher 'wasn't' forced to retire to make room for Lewis Hamilton, says former Mercedes boss Norbert Haug. In fact he reckons if Schumacher had stuck around for a few more years, he could have added another title or two as a Mercedes driver. Schumacher quit Formula 1 for the second time at the end of the 2012 season, calling it time after three disappointing seasons with Mercedes that yielded just one podium result, third at the 2012 European Grand Prix, and one pole position. The latter, though, was stripped from him as he had already been given a five-place grid penalty for crashing into Bruno Senna at the previous race in Spain. Schumacher was replaced by Hamilton with the...
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