Seven-time Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher has ruled competing in a round of the World Superbike Championship this season. Honda unveiled not long ago that a ride was waiting for him.

Schumacher, a former Ferrari driver in F1, has embarked on a low-profile career of motorcycle racing in recent years, a new direction that saw him compete in the 2008 German IDM Superbike Championship with Honda.

Mid-November, Honda Europe boss Carlo Fiorani admitted that there was a bike waiting for him should he wish to take it.

However, Schumacher has shrugged off the rumours by insisting that he is not interested in doing anything more than watching World Superbikes.

"No, I'm discounting that," he told Italian sports newspaper La Gazetta dello Sport when quizzed about a possible Superbike appearance. "Maybe I'll go to watch, but not to race."


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