Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher, born in schulter on January 3, 1969, is a German formula one driver and one of the greatest F1 drivers in modern times. In his first 16 years of career, he broke almost every record and won seven Championships in total. He was also the only German driver to win the championship (which was later set by German driver Sebastian Vettel in 2010).

In 2006, Michael Schumacher announced his retirement. At the beginning of 2010, Schumacher officially announced his comeback and joined the Mercedes team formerly known as brown team. On October 4, 2012, Schumacher announced his retirement at Suzuka.

On December 29, 2013, Schumacher had an accident while skiing in the Alps of France. His head hit a rock and was seriously injured. In December 2018, five years after a skiing accident, car king Schumacher woke up from a coma. At that time, language communication was still difficult, but the situation had been greatly improved, and there was no need to maintain life through intubation. On September 12, 2019, Michael Schumacher, winner of the seven F1 championship, was "conscious" after going to a Paris hospital for stem cell treatment.

In the year-end awards ceremony of FIA 2020, Michael Schumacher received the special contribution award from the president of FIA.

Character experience

Early experience

Racing from childhood

Michael Schumacher's father was a bricklayer and the head of a go kart yard. This condition gave him the opportunity to engage in go kart sports since he was young. His mother runs a fast food restaurant around the kart race. Influenced by his parents and the environment, Schumacher has loved racing since childhood and won the championship of his hometown Kart Race at the age of 6. Although the family's financial condition is not very rich, Schumacher's father still won enough sponsorship for him, which made Schumacher show his talent very early.

Go kart Era

In 1983, he began to take part in the kart race; in 1984 and 1985, he won the German youth kart Championship for two consecutive years; in 1986, he was the second runner up in the German youth Kart Race, the second runner up in the European Kart Race, and the third runner up in the European kart final.

In 1987, Michael Schumacher participated in the Go Kart Race and won the championship, and began his professional racing career. His outstanding performance made him praised by Mercedes Benz, and promoted him to participate in F3 and RV races.

Career

The age of elementary equations

Schumacher switched to Formula Ford and finished second (first with former Sauber driver Mika sallow) and fourth in the European and German Championships. In the same year, he took part in the German youth kart championship, the runner up of European Kart Race and the champion of European kart final. 1988 - champion of German Kart Race, runner up of European Formula Ford and sixth of German Formula Ford.

In 1989, Schumacher took part in the German formula three racing, tied with his teammate Hansel frenzen for third place, only one point short of second place. In 1990, he won the event five times, and after winning the Macau and Fijian Grand Prix, he won the Formula Three Championship in Germany that season. In the same year, the crash with Hakkinen in Macao made Hakkinen miss the champion.

In 1991, he won a race in autopolis with sportscars. In the same year, he took part in the f3000 competition for the first time and won the second place in the Sugo competition in Japan. Schumacher made his debut in F1, representing Jordan in the Belgian Grand Prix. He finished seventh in qualifying and failed to finish the first lap in the official race due to clutch failure. It was the only time he represented Jordan and was poached by Benetton.

The era of Benetton

In 1992, Schumacher was on the podium of F1 eight times, and he won the championship in the Belgium race for the first time. At the end of the season, he finished third with 53 points.

In 1993, he finished fourth and won the Portugal race.

In 1994, Schumacher competed for Benetton team, defeated Serena of Williams team and won the F1 championship of that year. After a controversial accident in Australia, Schumacher beat Damon Hill by one point to win the championship. After nine wins, Schumacher won his second F1 title.

In 1995, he won the world championship again on behalf of Benetton team.

Ferrari Era

In 1996, Schumacher transferred to Ferrari and won three races.

In 1997, Schumacher won the races of Monaco, France, Canada, Belgium and Japan, and entered the final race of Jerez in Spain by one point ahead of Williams driver Villeneuve. There was another controversy in the race, and their cars collided. Villeneuve continued to win the championship, while Schumacher was cancelled by the FIA.

In 1998, Ferrari's reliability was enhanced. Although McLaren took the lead at the beginning of the season, Schumacher did not give up and won six races. In the final competition, although Schumacher won the starting position, he didn't start well, and then burst his tire in the competition, so he lost the chance to win the championship for the third time.

In 1999, due to the accident of broken foot in the middle of the British race, only 44 points were obtained, ranking fourth in the total score. In the last two races of that year, he returned to the field. Won Ferrari's first team of the year championship since 1983.

In 2000, Elvin joined the Jaguar team and Schumacher began to partner with Barrichello. This season has been the most brilliant in Schumacher's racing career. Although Michael Schumacher's lead in the middle of the season did not waver, Schumacher made some mistakes. After the penultimate race in Suzuka, Japan, Schumacher won his third world championship and Ferrari's first driver of the year championship in 21 years. After the final race in Malaysia, he also won the team of the year Championship for Ferrari. In the same year, he won the first driver championship for Ferrari in 21 years, and also won the team championship

In 2001, Ferrari and Schumacher dominated from the first race in Australia to the last race in Japan. In 17 races, Schumacher broke numerous records and won his fourth world championship ahead of time in the penultimate race in Hungary. He is now the record holder for the most grand prix wins, surpassing Alan Prost's 51 Grand Prix wins and Juan Manuel Fangio's five World Championships.

In 2002, Schumacher won the fifth F1 driver championship. On March 3, Schumacher started an unprecedented "climb" with an unassailable victory. Schumacher won three consecutive titles in Australia. March 31, Brazil Grand Prix, which is also the debut of the new F2002 car. After winning this race, Schumacher changed his race record to 55. On April 14 of the same year, Schumacher didn't give any chance to his opponent in Imola and won his 56th championship. On April 28 of the same year, the drivers came to Spain, and the whole race was very steady. He easily won the championship cup in Spain. On May 12, the race came to Austria. Schumacher broke the fastest lap speed record of A1 circuit with the score of 1:09.298, and the speed was as high as 310.8 km / h. Schumacher won the first victory in A1 circuit which he had never won before. On June 9, the race moved to Canada in America. Schumacher once again won the championship and runner up. His victory seems to have become a kind of "inertia" to some extent. People are used to seeing red jump at the top of the F1 podium again and again. This victory is also the 50th since Ferrari joined the F1 race. On July 7, the competition for the British Grand Prix started in the rain, which was also the 60th victory of Schumacher's personal career. Suzuka of Japan, Schumacher won his own 64th Race Championship, so far, Ferrari team defended the team championship, his total score is 221 points, of which 144 points are from Schumacher. (Note: please refer to the reference for more detailed schedule)

In 2003, he didn't play well in the first few stops, but with the launch of f2003-ga, Schumacher once again proved that he is the car God of today and successfully won the driver's championship for the sixth time. In 2003, Schumacher competed with Raikkonen and Montoya for the championship. The US grand prix made another world champion in Schumacher's pocket. At the same time, the number of driver titles won by the German car king also increased to six. In 2004, Michael Schumacher once again dominated the F1 field. He won 12 of the first 13 games and won the Japanese Grand Prix, the penultimate Grand Prix of the season. As a result, he won 13 games in 2004.

In the 2005 season, due to the lack of car performance, Shu

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