He was placed in a medically induced coma until June 2014. In December 2013, Schumacher suffered a severe brain injury in a skiing accident. Twice, he was involved in collisions in the final race of a season that decided the title: first with Damon Hill at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix, and later with Jacques Villeneuve at the 1997 European Grand Prix.Īn ambassador for UNESCO, Schumacher has been involved in humanitarian projects and has donated tens of millions of dollars to charity. Over his career, Schumacher was involved in several controversial racing incidents. He and his younger brother Ralf are the only siblings to win races in Formula One and the first siblings to finish first and second in the same race, a feat they repeated in four subsequent races.
Schumacher was noted for pushing his car to the very limit for sustained periods during races, a pioneering fitness regimen and ability to galvanise teams around him. After finishing third in 2005 and second in 2006, Schumacher retired from the sport, although he later made a brief return with Mercedes from 2010 to 2012. He and Ferrari won five consecutive titles from 2000 to 2004, including unprecedented sixth and seventh titles, breaking several records. During his first years at the team, Schumacher lost out on the title in the final race of the season in 19 and suffered a broken leg from a brake failure in 1999. Schumacher moved to the struggling Ferrari team in 1996. He won his first and second drivers' titles consecutively in 19. After a one-off Formula One appearance with Jordan at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, Schumacher was signed by Benetton for the rest of the 1991 season.
Schumacher has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Lewis Hamilton) and, at the time of his retirement from the sport in 2012, he held the records for the most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155)-which have since been broken by Hamilton-while he maintains the record for the number of total fastest laps (77), among others.Īfter beginning his racing career in karting, Schumacher enjoyed success in several junior single-seater series.
Michael Schumacher ( / ˈ ʃ uː m ɑː k ər/ German: ( listen) born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes.
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