Sounds like he didn't want to look "slower" than people remember him. Did he wad up his neck in his bike getoff a few months ago?
By Michel Mathes
Aug. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Racing-car driver Michael Schumacher canceled a planned comeback because of a neck injury sustained earlier in the year.
The seven-time world Formula One champion commented in a statement on his Web site today.
Schumacher, 40, had agreed to come out of retirement to fill in for the injured Felipe Massa, who suffered head injuries in an accident in Budapest last month.
``Unfortunately I'm not able to step in for Felipe,''
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Schumacher said in the statement. ``I really tried everything to make that temporary comeback possible.''[/FONT]