Caption: Michael Schumacher in this Mercedes AMG F1 car.
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This week we turn our attention
to a living legend, Michael Schumacher born 3 January 1969. Michael Schumacher
is a German Formula One racing driver. Schumacher
is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the
greatest F1 drivers of all time. He holds many of the
formula's driver records, including most championships, race
victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a
single season – 13 in 2004. In 2002 he became the only
driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a
season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes.
According to the official Formula One website he is "statistically the
greatest driver the sport has ever seen". In 2009, a poll of 217
Formula One drivers conducted by the British magazine Autosport named Schumacher the
second-greatest F1 driver of all time, behind Ayrton
Senna. As
of the 2012
Formula One season Schumacher is the only driver left competing in
Formula 1 to have raced against Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, whose record of
total career wins he beat with his 52nd win at the 2001
Belgian Grand Prix.
Caption: Michael Schumacher on the poduim at the Spanish Formula 1 GP in 2004.
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After beginning with karting, Schumacher won German
drivers' championships in Formula König and Formula
Three before
joining Mercedes in theWorld
Sportscar Championship. After one Mercedes-funded race for the Jordan Formula One team
Schumacher signed as a driver for the Benetton Formula One team in
1991. After winning consecutive championships with Benetton
in 1994/5, Schumacher moved to Ferrari in 1996 and won another five consecutive
drivers' titles with them from 2000 to 2004. Schumacher retired from Formula
One driving in 2006 staying with Ferrari as an advisor. Schumacher agreed
to return for Ferrari part-way through 2009, as cover for the badly injured Felipe
Massa,
but was prevented by a neck injury. He later signed a three-year contract to
drive for the new Mercedes GP team starting in 2010 and is currently is his
last year, in where he has stated that he will retire from Formula 1 at the end
of this season, as Lewis Hamilton will take his place at Mercedes GP for the
2013 season.
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