Schumacher visit to be low-profile

Michael Schumacher's role at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend will be low-profile.

But the retired champion's media spokeswoman, Sabine Kehm, also insisted that Schumacher will be an active member of the Ferrari team - rather than merely a guest - at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya.

"He will be watching structures in the background and looking at where things can be improved," Kehm is quoted as saying by the Deutsche Presse-Agentur.

Kehm's warning follows earlier reports that said Schumacher would probably not even speak to the media this weekend.

The Spanish Grand Prix is to be the first F1 event attended by Schumacher since his Grand Prix finale in Brazil last October. But it is believed that Ferrari and Schumacher's PR representatives have deliberately not organised any structured events to coincide with his visit, despite the large media interest.

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