Michael Schumacher's former Mercedes colleague Sam Bird has described the Formula 1 legend's 'exceptional' ability to unite people as the key strength that defined his later career, speaking in a new interview released on YouTube this week.
Schumacher returned to F1 with Mercedes in 2010 after three years away from the sport, ending his first retirement which followed a title-laden spell at Ferrari up to 2006. Bird, then an emerging single-seater talent, spent three seasons embedded in the Mercedes set-up, first driving in the 2010 post-season rookie test and then serving as the team's official reserve in 2011 while also testing for the Brackley squad in 2012 and 2013. That put the Briton in unusually close proximity to one of the sport's most scrutinised comebacks.
