Stirling thinks that Michael Schumacher was ill-advised to return to Formula One and drive for Mercedes-Benz, 2010 being the first season for the “Silver Arrows” since Stirling and Juan-Manuel Fangio drove for the team in 1955. He believes that Schumacher will be shown up by Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel this year.

After Stirling opened the Autosport International Show on the Saturday morning he took to the Live Stage to answer questions from Autosport’s Henry Hope-Front in front of an audience of motorsport fans.

Stirling said that Schumacher's comeback to the sport with Mercedes would be great to watch but has doubts over the seven-time champion's chances of success. "I think he is very brave to come back, I think it is very good for the sport," Moss said. "He has gone to the best team I think, but that doesn't mean he is going to win. To beat people like Vettel, and Alonso - who is a very dark horse at the moment - I think he has his work cut out, actually.”

"One problem with Michael, from my point of view, is that he has never really had a really fast number two. Usually the best way you can tell how fast a driver is, is to look at the number two and see where he is in relation to him. He's had Rubens, who is a terrific man and a very quick driver, but one doesn't look at him as being one of the very fastest - and yet sometimes he was quicker. “

"I don't personally think he will win it. It's too early to say, but I think it will go to Vettel or Alonso. I think it is good for the sport, but I don't think he was very well advised to take it."

As with all Formula One fans, Stirling cannot wait to see how the 2010 season unfolds to see just how Schumacher does fair against the likes of Alonso, Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and the current champion Jenson Button.