Seven time world champion Michael Schumacher is showing no sign of regretting his decision to retire from formula one.
The major European newspaper Bild on Wednesday published a paparazzi photograph of the 38-year-old German, wearing nothing but bathers and sunglasses, lying beside a luxury hotel swimming pool in Miami (USA) with a huge cigar between his fingers.
Another photo snapped the former Ferrari driver, perched on a sun bed alongside his wife Corinna at South Beach’s Ritz-Carlton, flipping idly through the pages of a racing magazine.
‘Bild’ humorously concluded that Schumacher had swapped pole position for ‘pool position’, and an observer added that the former driver was enjoying his holiday with his family without being recognised as a famous racer.
Schumacher’s schedule will get a bit more serious next Monday, however, when he speaks at the launch of the UN Road Safety Week in London.
Schumacher, who recently played a match for his local squad FC Echichens, has also signed on to become a ‘Swiss ambassador’ for the UEFA Euro 2008 football tournament.
