My thoughts through the F1 season so far have been that MSchu would take another season after this, and then retire (ie at the end of 2007). Looks like I was wrong on that one. The end of the 2006 season will see MSchu leaving his driving position at Ferrari and moving into something else, but still within the team - the press release seems to indicate he'll be moving into another position there.
Rather interesting - he's said he wants to spend more time with his family, but it still looks like he'll have a heavy involvement in Ferrari itself, although how much remains to be seen.

There's lots of organisations now comparing him to people like Fangio and Senna. Michael has played no small part in getting Ferrari where they are today. I think a lot of his personality and sportsmanship have moved between himself and his team - almost like osmosis, that makes the two somewhat indistinguishable. The reason I suggest this is that the result of the stewards inquiry this weekend regarding Alonso "holding up" Massa would be exactly the type of thing that Michael would do if he were his own team. My concern is that with Michael still playing a role in Ferrari next season - and for however many seasons after that remains open to discussion - we may still see things like this happening.

With Raikkonen moving over to the prancing horse from McLaren, I'll be interested to see how his game play changes. There's certainly been visible differences in the way that Massa drove last year to his decisions this year. Part of that obviously comes down to different team ethics, but also in the way the team itself operates.

Certainly, the decision by MSchu to retire hasn't calmed anything down. It's thrown things further into the air.