Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher won seven World Drivers’ Championship titles. He also holds the records for the most fastest laps and the most races won in a single season. He retired from Formula One in 2006, after finishing runner-up to Fernando Alonso. In December 2013, he suffered a severe brain injury in a skiing accident. He died in Switzerland in September 2014, at the age of 87.
About Michael Schumacher in brief
Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969) is a retired German racing driver. He competed in Formula One for Jordan Grand Prix, Benetton, Ferrari and Mercedes. He won seven World Drivers’ Championship titles, an all-time record. He also holds the records for the most fastest laps and the most races won in a single season. He retired from Formula One in 2006, after finishing runner-up to Fernando Alonso. In December 2013, he suffered a severe brain injury in a skiing accident. He was placed in a medically induced coma until June 2014. He has been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts throughout his life, donating tens of millions of dollars to charity. He is an ambassador for UNESCO and has donated tens of thousands of dollars in the past to the organisation. He and his younger brother, Ralf, are the only siblings to win races in F1. His career was at times controversial, as he was twice involved in collisions in the final race of a season that determined the outcome of the World Championship, with Damon Hill in 1994 in Adelaide, and with Jacques Villeneuve in 1997 in Jerez. He returned to F1 in 2010 with Mercedes, and achieved his only podium on his return at the 2012 European Grand Prix. He announced in October 2012 that he would retire for a second time at the end of the season. His last grand prix was the 2013 German Grand Prix in Berlin. He died in Switzerland in September 2014, at the age of 87. He had been suffering from dementia since a skiing crash in 1998. He will be buried in a private ceremony in Switzerland on Sunday, September 28.
He previously won the German World Drivers’ Championship in 1994 by one point over Damon Hill, albeit in controversial circumstances. In 1995 he repeated the success, this time with a greater margin. In 2002, Schumsacher won the title with a record six races remaining and finished on the podium in every race. In 2004 he won a record 13 times as he won his final title. In 2006 he won five consecutive drivers’ titles from 2000 to 2004, including an unprecedented sixth and seventh title. His brother Ralf is also a Formula One driver, and they were the first brothers to finish first and second in the same race, a feat they repeated in four subsequent races. In 1988 he quit school and began working as a mechanic. In 1985 he was the German karting champion, then in 1987 he won the Ford Formula König series and European kart championship. In 1983 he obtained his German license, a year after he made his first step into single-seat car racing by participating in the German Junior Kart Championship. In 1984 he joined Eurokart dealer Adolf Nebert, winning the German and European Karting Championships. In 1987 he became the first German kARTing champion. In 1989 he became a kart dealer. In 1990 he joined Mercedes in the World Sportscar Championship, and in 1991 he joined the Formula One team. In 1991, his Mercedes-funded race debut for the Jordan Formula one team resulted in Schumaker being signed by Beneton for the rest of that season.
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