Seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher was back testing a Ferrari racing car on Tuesday for the first time since he retired from Formula 1 in 2006.
The 38-year-old German got behind the wheel of this year's championship-winning Ferrari F2007 at the Barcelona track in Spain as part of the team's preparations for 2008.
Schumacher was driving the car without automatic traction control, a recent feature which is to be outlawed from Formula 1 racing in 2008.
According to Formula 1 observers, Ferrari wants to take advantage of Schumacher's wealth of experience driving cars without traction control.
The team says the former champ's session of track testing will be a one-off, and does not herald a return to racing.
Schumacher, who won five of his seven titles with Ferrari, now acts as a special advisor to the Italian team of which he was the figurehead for 11 years.
NEW MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE.
As part of preparations for 2008, Ferrari is restructuring its racing team. Team chief Stefano Domenicali will take over the role of chief of sports management held until now by Jean Todt.
The team will also have three divisions: operations, technical and engines, headed respectively by Mario Almondo, Aldo Costa and Gilles Simon.
