From GMM
Michael Schumacher admitted he awoke the morning after his 70 lap F1 test return on Friday feeling somewhat stiff.
"I have to say that I feel muscles I was not even aware existed," the 40-year-old German told his official website michael-schumacher.de.
Fitness permitting, Schumacher has vowed to take injured Felipe Massa's place at Ferrari as from next month's European grand prix at Valencia.
The seven time world champion retired as a F1 race driver in 2006.
Schumacher said he was not surprised by his muscle stiffness. "It was clear you cannot test for a day after such a lot of time without feeling anything, and I am curious to see what will happen in the coming days."
His emergency training programme and medical checks are being headed by the Bad-Nauheim Sportklinic's Johannes Peil, who told the German news agency DPA that "we will only know if he can drive (at Valencia) when all the tests have been concluded".
The Ferrari president said the Maranello team is not expecting "miracles" from Schumacher after nearly three full seasons off the grid.
Meanwhile, Felipe Massa admits he is "lucky to be alive" but wants to return to the wheel of his formula one car.
In his first published interview since waking from a coma and recovering from serious head injuries, the 28-year-old Brazilian said he doesn't remember being struck on the helmet by a steel spring during Hungarian GP qualifying and crashing headlong into a barrier.
"I don't remember anything about the accident but I will race again," Massa is quoted as saying by Britain's News of the World newspaper.
"The accident was so unlucky but I know I'm lucky to be alive.
"When I woke up I didn't know why I was in hospital, so I was asking 'why am I here?'.
"I was pulling all the tubes and Eduardo, my brother, tried to stop me -- so we had a fight."
Massa will check out of the AEK hospital in central Budapest and return to his native Brazil on Monday. On Saturday he was visited by Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt.
Michael Schumacher admitted he awoke the morning after his 70 lap F1 test return on Friday feeling somewhat stiff.
"I have to say that I feel muscles I was not even aware existed," the 40-year-old German told his official website michael-schumacher.de.
Fitness permitting, Schumacher has vowed to take injured Felipe Massa's place at Ferrari as from next month's European grand prix at Valencia.
The seven time world champion retired as a F1 race driver in 2006.
Schumacher said he was not surprised by his muscle stiffness. "It was clear you cannot test for a day after such a lot of time without feeling anything, and I am curious to see what will happen in the coming days."
His emergency training programme and medical checks are being headed by the Bad-Nauheim Sportklinic's Johannes Peil, who told the German news agency DPA that "we will only know if he can drive (at Valencia) when all the tests have been concluded".
The Ferrari president said the Maranello team is not expecting "miracles" from Schumacher after nearly three full seasons off the grid.
Meanwhile, Felipe Massa admits he is "lucky to be alive" but wants to return to the wheel of his formula one car.
In his first published interview since waking from a coma and recovering from serious head injuries, the 28-year-old Brazilian said he doesn't remember being struck on the helmet by a steel spring during Hungarian GP qualifying and crashing headlong into a barrier.
"I don't remember anything about the accident but I will race again," Massa is quoted as saying by Britain's News of the World newspaper.
"The accident was so unlucky but I know I'm lucky to be alive.
"When I woke up I didn't know why I was in hospital, so I was asking 'why am I here?'.
"I was pulling all the tubes and Eduardo, my brother, tried to stop me -- so we had a fight."
Massa will check out of the AEK hospital in central Budapest and return to his native Brazil on Monday. On Saturday he was visited by Michael Schumacher and Jean Todt.