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Herbert would love to see Schumacher win a race

Former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert believes Michael Schumacher is ready for a return in Formula 1. According to Herbert the German has got everything to gain and he would find it fantastic if Schumacher would be able to win a race for Ferrari.

Speaking with the BBC Herbert said about Schumacher's comeback: "He looks after himself anyway, so I'm sure his fitness level will be to a high performance anyway but it's the extra little thing he needs to do before he gets back into a car.

"Also, at least he's doing from Valencia to the end of the year so it'll give him time to get back into the situation or driving an F1 car and everything that comes with at the race weekend. He's got everything to gain - Ferrari haven't a won this year so if he comes out of retirement and wins for them this year, he'll be the biggest god in Italy for sure.

"It'd be awesome if was able to do that, but I think it'll be very hard - he's got a very tough team mate to have in Kimi Raikkonen, it might wake him up. The other guy who was disappointed when he retired in 2006 was Lewis Hamilton, he always wanted to go against him, now he's got the chance."

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