Good for him. He obviously enjoys his bikes. As for Ecclestone...soneone tell him to feck off. Maybe Schumacher likes the dangers of bike racing rather than being cocooned in safety features everywhere and hoping he might actaully overtake someone in the pits a la F1!.

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/Shared/PageTemplates/Article.aspx?id=100301

Not so bad really when you consider this is his first proper racing (From MCN)...

Michael Schumacher crashes out of German Superbike race

By Liam Marsden

Other

19 May 2008 09:24

Ex Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was racing in the IDM German Superbike Championship at the weekend and had a mixture of results in the two races.

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Schumacher qualified 39th out of over 40 riders and started the first race on the back row. He ended up finishing race one in 28th place only three seconds off the pace of the race winner and his team mate Martin Bauer.

Unfortunately race two saw Michael Schumacher crash out trying to make his way up the pack. Martin Bauer also won race two.