Story F1 driver Ralf Schumacher
Michael Schumacher, born 3 byname Schumi January 1969 Hurth-Hermülhein, West Germany in Germany, German racing driver who set records for most Formula F1 race victories and championships Grand Prix F1 series.
As a young, Schumacher became interested in go-kart racing, an enthusiasm that was supported by the leadership of his father a go-kart track in 1984 and 1985, he won the junior karting championship German, and in 1987 he captured the German and European kart title the following year, at age 19, he left karting and became a driver in Formula Three F3 cars, vehicles that were less powerful than the F1 drivers two years later, in 1990, he won the German F3 championship.
In 1991, Schumacher moved up to F1 racing as a driver for the team Jordan Benetton He changed the following year and won the world championship drivers for the team in 1994 and 1995. Before the 1996 season, he joined Ferrari team and finished third in the championship standings after suffering a broken leg in an accident in 1999, Schumacher rebounded to win a third championship the following year, which was the first drivers title for Ferrari in 1979 its 2000 victory was the first in a series of five consecutive world championships in 2000 04, and his grand total of seven F1 titles broke the record of Juan Manuel Fangio of five people who had resisted for almost 50 years in 2005 and 2006 he finished third and second place in F1, respectively.
Schumacher retired at the end of the 2006 campaign to serve as a test driver and advisor for Ferrari at the time of his retirement, he had 91 Grand Prix F1 race victories, which broke the previous record of 51, held by the French Alain Prost December 2009 Schumacher announced he would return to F1 for the 2010 season as a driver for the Mercedes team he spent three seasons with Mercedes, but has never won a race and n has never finished higher than eighth overall in F1 when he returned, and retired again in 2012.
While Schumacher has enjoyed unprecedented success on the track, it was also thanks to a combination of winning purses and endorsements one of the highest paid athletes in sports history His annual income is estimated at 100 million at the top his career Schumacher was also known for his charitable efforts, he was appointed special ambassador to UNESCO in 2002 and made headlines for his donation of 10 million to the relief effort for tsunami in the ocean Indian in 2004.
In December 2013 Schumacher fell while skiing in France and hit his head on a rock Despite her wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, he suffered a major brain injury and was placed in an induced coma until at next month of June.
Michael Schumacher German race car driver, michael, schumacher, german, pilot.