Michael Schumacher's former paymaster Eddie Jordan has suggested that the seven-time world champion must have had 'rocks in his head' to have flirted with bike♊ racing - 🤪as he argued that the German's announcement that he is no longer to return to F1 competition after all has left fans feeling 'robbed' and dealt a significant blow to Ferrari's chances of success over the remaining seven races of the 2009 campaign.

Schumacher was named as a replacement for the injured Felipe Massa following the Brazilian's terrifying high-speed accident in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring just over a fortnight ago, when the S?o Pಞaulista's helmet was struck by a piece of rear suspension that had flown off the Brawn GP of compatriot Rubens Barrichello.

That left Massa hospitalised and facing a potentially lengthy recovery process from the head and eye injuries he sustained, but in the meantime it was revealed his ex team-mate Schumacher would step into the void from next weekend's European Grand Prix in Valencia onwards. That was, at least, until a test outing exposed the neck pain that is a legacy of the 40-year-old's motorcycling fall at Cartagena in Spain back in February - and which still has yet to fully heal [see separate story - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:click here].

Erstwhile team owner Jordan - who famously gave Schumacher his break in the top flight in the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps - contends that the record-breakingꩲ 91-time grand prix-winner was unwise to have even put himself in a position to get injured in the first place.

"What was he thinking with the bikes?" asked the Irishman - who ran his eponymously-named Jordan Grand Prix outfit in F1 from 1991 to 2005 - in an interview with BBC's TalkSport programme. "He had rocks in his head. Lance Armstrong wouldn't compete in the Tour de💖 France if he wasn't 100 per cent fit, aಌnd Schumacher is exactly the same - but I am surprised it has taken this long [for him to make a decision].

"He has the speed but not the ability to go two hours in a race with his neck after the accident. Ferrari would have had the best me✃dical people on the case, but he is not up to the job. We have been robbed, b🐭ecause I wanted to see how he could cope with these young guys."

Whilst Massa hopes to return soon and long-time test driver Luca Badoer has been parachuted into the cockpit for the time being [see separate story - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:click here], Jordan opined that the Scuderia might do better to try to prise double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso a✨way from his Renault contract several races early. The Spaniard is widely tipped to c🔥limb behind the wheel of one of the scarlet machines in 2010, most likely in place of fellow former title-winner Kimi Raikkonen.

"Massa has, thank goodness, made a huge recovery," continued the 61-year-old, now a BBC F1 pundit, "and this may give him the impetus to com🍌e back earlier - don't be surprised if he returns at Monza (on 13 September). This is a huge setback for Ferrari, though. Schumacher needed to come back to inspire confidence and give them a boost, as the sport needs Ferrari.

"There are a number of drivers who won't get a drive next year, and what's to say th💎at Ferrari won't try to do a deal with [Renault F1 managing director] Flavio Briatore, as my information is that Alonso is going to Ferrari next year. Why don't they🐻 bring it forward? If I was Ferrari that is what I would try to do."