Feb.1 (GMM) Michael Schumacher was quickly back up to speed as his return to formula one got into a high gear at Valencia on Monday.
Getting into the brand new Mercedes W01 after Nico Rosberg's morning session on the opening test day of the pre-season, the 41-year-old wasted no time putting his three-year retirement into the past.24-year-old Rosberg's best time, in the very same chassis, was 1.13.543 and good enough for third quickest behind the pace setting Ferrari and Sauber cars.But after just 18 laps, Schumacher - dogged by a sizeable media contingent at the Spanish circuit - recorded a 1.13.498, marginally faster than Rosberg and 7 tenths off Pedro de la Rosa's very best.
