Michael Schumacher says he intends to keep racing next year and intends to compete for a record-extending eighth championship title.

Speaking in the German Grand Prix press conference he said:

It?������s what I mentioned the day that I officially publicised that I was rejoining Formula One and it is to win another title, that?������s our aim, that?������s what my focus is and that?������s what I?������m here for. Very clearly.

Michael Schumacher

He is not expecting to add a fifth home Grand Prix win this weekend – he believes a podium finish is the best he can expect to achieve:

It probably evolves into the same answer that I sort of mentioned before, because it is very clear that we are not in the position to come here and win the race, because as a package, we are not yet strong enough to do so. But, for us, we fight for our possibilities of results and if we could manage a podium, that would be a great and a fantastic result for us, for the fans, for our supporters, and that?������s what we?������re aiming for.

Michael Schumacher

Sitting between the two Red Bull drivers, Schumacher backed fellow German Sebastian Vettel to win the championship this year:

First of all, it?������s obviously clear that both of the guys to the left and right of me have a very good package and a very good possibility to fight and win the championship, but you probably don?������t have to forget the McLaren drivers, that they?������re still in the picture. I don?������t think it?������s finished yet, but naturally you sort of get the feelings of your national heart coming up and therefore you sort of have a German tendency. I?������m sorry Mark but I guess that?������s normal.

Michael Schumacher

2010 German Grand Prix

