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In all the excitement following Jenson Button’s stunning fightback from last place to victory in the Canadian Grand Prix , one man has been overlooked.

Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher put in by far his most convincing performance since he came out of retirement at the beginning of last year, narrowly missing out on a podium position.

The German legend’s race in Montreal was a far cry from some of his lacklustre showings in the last 15 months. Competitively fast and assured in his handling of rivals on the track, he looked like he belonged at the front of a grand prix.And it has long been anyone could say with confidence that.

Is this the beginning of some form of consistent Schumacher, even a sign that he can still recover the greatness of the past which he won a few titles of the world record in September and 91 victories in his first Formula 1 career ?

His team principal Ross Brawn, the man who led the entire world championship Michael Schumacher, knows better than anyone. He told BBC Sport in an exclusive interview he has "always trust" Schumacher would make a success of her comeback.

"I would not say (that) a breakthrough because it is too strong a word," Brawn said, "but there was always some reasons why not fussy Michael had the best opportunities to demonstrate what he can do.

"He had the mare" odd in a race where each racer is, but of course when he one tends to get focused on.

"But there were many races where his time in the races were quite comparable with Nico (Rosberg, his teammate), but they are not reflected in the final results.”

Brawn describes Schumacher’s drive in Montreal as “some vintage Michael, particularly some of his racecraft and overtaking manoeuvres during the race”. And that was indeed one of the most striking aspects of his performance.

At times during his comeback, Schumacher has looked at sea alongside his younger rivals – the most recent example being an embarrassing performance in Turkey .

But in Canada he was fair and robust – positioning his car perfectly in defence, feisty but precise and calculating in attack – and was heavily involved in the sort of strategic decisions with which he and Brawn used to make their rivals look flat-footed.

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