30-07-09: I turned out to be wrong, it has been reported that Schumy will replace Massa after all.
Both today's The Star Newspaper and CNN highlighted Schumy may replace Massa.
This is an incorrect bit of speculation. Schumy is quite retired and has not been in an F1 cockpit for quite a long while. During a past interview, he mentioned that he does not see himself returning to F1 though he is willing to help out Ferrarri in any way he can.
He is so retired that he is 2-3 seconds slower than the average qualifying time. That's not a good choice to replace Massa especially when the Ferrari F1 car is already uncompetitive - a full second slower than leaders Brawn GP even after the rear wing fiasco.
There is no doubt that given a short period of time, Schumy could quickly retrain himself and return to team Ferrari. But I wouldn't bet on that.
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