Kammala wannan jumla: A lokacin kakar, Schumacher ya yi aiki a matsayin mai ba da shawara na Ferrari da kuma Jean Todt'super mataimakin'. Schumacher ya kuma taimaka wa Ferrari tare da shirin ci gaban su a hanyar Jerez. Ya mai da hankali kan gwajin lantarki da tayoyi don kakar Formula One ta 2008. A cikin 2008, Schumacher ya kuma yi gasa a tseren babur a cikin jerin IDM Superbike, amma ya bayyana cewa ba shi da niyyar yin gasa ta biyu a cikin wannan wasan. A cikin
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, Ferrari's Felipe Massa ya ji rauni sosai bayan da aka buga shi ta hanyar dakatarwa a lokacin da aka cancanta. Ferrari ta sanar da cewa suna shirin yin amfani da Schumacher don Grands Prix da na gaba har sai Massa ya sake yin tsere. Schumacher ya gwada Ferrari F2007 da aka gyara don shirya kansa kamar yadda bai iya gwada motar 2009 ba saboda ƙuntatawa na gwaji. Ferrari ta nemi izini na musamman ga Schumacher don gwadawa a cikin motar 2009 spec, amma Williams, Red Bull da Toro Rosso sun yi adawa da wannan gwajin. A ƙarshe, an tilasta wa Schumacher ya soke dawowarsa saboda tsananin raunin wuyansa da ya samu a hatsarin babur a farkon shekarar. An maye gurbin Massa da Luca Badoer kuma, daga baya, Giancarlo Fisichella.