Basic information:

Name: Michael Schumacher

Nickname: Schumi

Nationality: Germany

Date of birth: January 3, 1969

Place of birth: Hurth-Hermulheim, Germany

Residence: Vufflens, Switzerland

Marriage: Married

Height: 174cm

Weight: 75kg

Hobbies: Football, Karting, tennis, swimming, skiing

Personal website: www.michael-schumacher.de

F1 career: (the results are as of the 2006 Brazilian season)

< p>Number of F1 races participated: 250

Wins of races: 91

Number of podiums: 153

Pole position: 69

Cumulative score: 1370

First appearance: August 25, 1991

First time winning the championship: August 30, 1992

< p>Number of annual championships: 7

Career:

1984 - German Junior Karting Champion

1985 - German Junior Karting Champion, Second place in the World Junior Karting Championship

1986 - Third place in the German Youth Karting Championship, second place in the European Karting Championship, third place in the European Karting Final

1987 - Second place in the German Youth Karting Championship, second place in the European Karting Championship , European Karting Final Champion

1988 - German Karting Champion, European Formula Ford runner-up, German Formula Ford 6th place

1989 - German Formula 3 runner-up

1990 - German F3 Championship

1991 - Made his first appearance in the F1 arena, and raced for Jordan and Benetton teams respectively.

1992 - Completed the F1 season and ranked third in the driver's points total

1993 - Achieved 52 points and ranked fourth

1994 - Defeated Greece Er won the world championship

1995 - Represented the Benetton team and won the world championship again

1996 - Joined the Ferrari team and showed his true colors for the first time, ranking third in the overall ranking

1997 - Participated in the F1 race. Although he ranked second in points, he was accused of deliberately driving Villeneuve into a collision and was disqualified

1998 - Participated in the F1 race and scored 86 points, but Can only be ranked 2nd

1999 - Due to an accident that broke his foot during the race, he only scored 44 points and ranked 4th overall

2000 - Worked for Ferrari Won the first driver's championship in 21 years and also won the team championship

2001 - Winning the driver's championship 4 races ahead of schedule, Schumacher wrote a glorious page

2002 - This year, Schumacher's focus was all on himself. His performance was breathtaking and he won the 5th F1 driver championship

2003 - His performance in the first few stops was not ideal. But with the launch of F2003-GA, Schumacher once again proved that he is the driving god today and successfully won the driver's championship for the sixth time.

2004-Continued to race for Ferrari and won the world championship for the seventh time without any suspense.

2006-After winning the championship at Monza, he announced his retirement at the end of the 2006 season.

Retired after the 2006 Brazil Grand Prix.

Driver comments:

It can be said that Schumacher is a well-deserved car god. If you say that the reason why Schumacher won the world championship is because he plays for a good team , then, in the 2003 season, Schumacher's performance can completely shatter these remarks. At the beginning of the season, Schumacher's strength was once doubted. Schumacher's championship in the 2003 season should be said to be the most difficult one. F2003-GA did not really make Schumacher invincible. At the critical moment, Schumacher relied on his own strength. Experience, excellent skills, and on-the-spot performance, of course, are indispensable for talent. Schumacher is a car god who combines these factors. Of course, you can say that Schumacher also has many shortcomings. His choices at critical moments in the game are indeed It has received some controversy, but no one is perfect until the moon is full. Let us take a look at what kind of performance the car god will have in the 2004 season.

Driver Story:

Although he has always been a controversial figure in the media, Schumacher has undisputedly become the best driver in the world of racing with his outstanding performance and extraordinary talent. One of the best drivers. His astute racing acumen and formidable driving skills, especially in slippery weather, earned him the praise and respect he deserved.

Since his first appearance in the Jordan Racing Team in 1991, he has made rapid progress in the F1 world and won his first world championship in 1994.

However, his success was accompanied by suspensions and accusations of unsportsmanlike conduct. In 1994, he was involved in a series of accidents, most notably his collision with Daven Hill at the Australian Grand Prix. It was in this race that Schumacher won his first championship.

Another infamous incident was when he collided with Villeneuve (Jerez 1997), this time he was suspended for one game and lost his second place in the championship . The following year he challenged Hakelen again at the Suzuka Circuit, but his hopes were dashed when he had to start from the pits due to an accident. Many said Schumacher made a rare mistake, but Ferrari blamed the car's problems. In 1999, although Schumacher seemed to be able to bring the driver's championship back to Maranello, he had an accident on the first lap at the British Grand Prix, resulting in a broken leg. After missing 6 races, Schumacher Show great strength again in Malaysia.

In 2000, Schumacher completed his goal after joining Ferrari and lifted the driver's championship trophy in Japan, winning the Italian team's first championship in 21 years and winning two titles in Malaysia. champion.

Schumacher was invincible at the beginning of the year, winning three championships in a row. By the middle of the year, he was unlucky, but his victory at Monza gave him hope of the championship again, and then he won the championship in the last four races. Win all the station matches. Schumacher once again rewrote F1's record by driving F2001 and F2002 cars respectively in 2001 and 2002. He easily won his fourth championship in 2001 and won his fifth world championship, tying Fangio. record.

This year's race was also controversial. In the Austrian Grand Prix, Ferrari team boss Todt ordered Barrichello to give way and gave up the championship to Schumacher, which was despised by the world. Schumacher was booed by fans at the Monaco and Canadian Grands Prix.

At the beginning of the 2003 season, Schumacher launched an attack on a few records, such as the pole number record achieved by Senna, which Schumacher was eager to break.

2004-Continued to represent Ferrari and won the world championship for the seventh time without any suspense, setting off a strong red trend around the world.

Michael Schumacher participated in the F1 Grand Prix for the first time in 1991, representing the Jordan Racing Team. Later, 1 signed a contract with the Benetton team and officially became an F1 driver. He competed in 6 races that year and scored 4 points. Since 1992, Schumacher has become an important figure in the F1 world. At the Belgian Grand Prix, he won his first race lead and his first race championship. This year, he scored 53 points and ranked first in the driver standings. third place. The next year, he continued to develop, scoring 54 points in 1993, ranking fourth.

To this day, whenever people talk about the 1994 F1 race, they always mention that it was a sad season. For Schumacher, this year was even more unforgettable because he won the F1 championship for the first time this year. Senna and F1 rookie Rezberger were unfortunately killed at the Imola track; then at the Monaco Grand Prix, Schumacher's old friend Viedlinger crashed and was seriously injured. The entire F1 world became very turbulent, especially the FIA. , they have raised the safety of F1 to an unprecedented level.

In the chaos, Schumacher seized the opportunity. In the 8 games in the first half of the season, he won 6 championships and a runner-up. The remarkable record made people feel that this year The annual championship will be easily collected by Schumacher. However, in the subsequent British F1 race at Silverstone, Schumacher, who was second in qualifying, turned a blind eye to the black flag issued by the race during the warm-up lap before the start of the official race, although he later explained the violation. Blaming the team's poor communication system, the FIA ??still suspended him for two races. However, at this time, no one, including Schumacher himself, thought that Damon Hill, who was 43 points behind in the standings at the time, would threaten Schumacher's leading position.

The subsequent race progress was jaw-dropping. Hill seized the God-given opportunity of Schumacher's suspension and quickly chased up the points until the last race of the season at the Adelaide Circuit in Australia. Previously, Schumacher was only one point ahead of Hill in the driver standings, 92 to 91. The match in Adelaide was intense and exciting from the start. Schumacher, who was second in qualifying, took the lead shortly after the start of the race. When the race reached the 36th lap, Schumacher, who was leading the race, suddenly lost control of his car, hit the crash barrier and bounced back into the race. Road, when Hill, who was closely behind, believed that he was close to winning the championship, and was about to overtake from Schumacher, whose rear suspension system was severely damaged, Schumacher's car suddenly swerved, shattering Hill's hope of winning.

Since both Schumacher and Hill were eliminated in this race, Schumacher defeated Hill by one point and won the annual championship.

Afterwards, although Hill and his Williams team petitioned the FIA, demanding that Schumacher be punished for his unholy behavior and stripped of his championship title, the FIA, after careful study, decided The result of the game was upheld due to insufficient evidence. Schumacher, who joined F1 less than four years ago, finally realized his dream of becoming a world champion.

The Benetton team can finally be thankful that they spent a lot of effort to recruit Schumacher from the Jordan Racing Team. It was such a clever move. They confidently broke up with their old friend Ford and changed to Get ready for a big fight in the new season with Renault engines from France's Citro?n. However, all these changes in the team failed to satisfy the fresh and hot world champion Schumacher, especially the instability in the performance of the new car, which made Schumacher feel restricted in the 1995 season.

Despite this, Schumacher continued his victory last season and swept away all the troops. Finally, he won the annual championship again with 102 points, 33 points ahead of second place Hill.

When Schumacher decided to leave Benetton and switch to Ferrari in the 1996 season, almost everyone believed that Schumacher made a wrong decision. Although Ferrari has had its glory days in the past, after all, that was more than ten years ago. Since the 1990s, judging from the historical records of Ferrari, it is always difficult for young drivers to succeed in Ferrari. The 27-year-old Shu Mach is still a young man in the F1 racing world. Can he rewrite the history of the Ferrari team?

Although Schumacher worked very hard in the 1996 season, the shortcomings accumulated by Ferrari cars over the years still held him back. In the 16 races throughout the year, Schumacher's Ferrari crashed six times due to various malfunctions, as the defending champion. Schumacher could only watch his former rival Hill take away the driver's championship with 97 points.

With the important task of revitalizing Ferrari and Italian racing, Schumacher performed very well in his second season with the Farley team. First, his competitors no longer competed with him. The Englishman Hill in 2000 became the Canadian driver Villeneuve of the Williams team after a famous racing family. This year, Schumacher and Villeneuve fought inextricably. Until the final race in Spain, Schumacher only led Villeneuve by 1 point in the driver standings with 78 points, and the final championship battle entered. White heat.

In the last race at the Jerez circuit in Spain, Schumacher started to lead, but the car suddenly broke down on lap 48. Villeneuve, who was closely behind, wanted to Taking the opportunity to overtake in the corner, Schumacher unexpectedly turned the front of the car like he did against Hill in the last stop in 1994, trying to knock Villeneuve's car off the track, but this time Schumacher failed to do what he did on that day. Maintaining a one-point lead, Villeneuve's car collided with Schumacher and still completed the entire race with injuries, but Schumacher's car was knocked off the track and had to withdraw from the race. Afterwards, the FIA ??determined that Schumacher had acted "ungentlemanly" and decided to strip him of the honor of being runner-up in the driver's championship.

After working hard for a year but getting nothing in the end, Schumacher felt very annoyed. But what made him even more sad was that in his native Germany, the press not only showed no sympathy for his experience, And he gloated that "Schumacher's withdrawal is the best punishment for his unkind behavior." On the contrary, it was the Italians who gave Schumacher great comfort. The wife of the Italian Prime Minister said: "This year, Ferrari won both the team and driver runner-up, which is also a very good result."

Fortunately, the FIA ??did not impose additional penalties on Schumacher, allowing him to complete the to participate in the 1998 new season. Originally, Schumacher wanted to take advantage of Villeneuve's switch from Williams to the British and American teams to relive the taste of the world championship, but he never thought that the McLaren team, which had improved its technology, suddenly came out and two of his team members Famous drivers Finn Hakkinen and Britain's Coulthard cooperated tacitly, keeping Schumacher behind. Although Schumacher and Hakkinen fought hard to the last stop, luck once again abandoned Schumacher and his Ferrari team. Schumacher ranked second in the drivers' standings with a difference of 14 points, and Ferrari once again won the runner-up in the constructors' standings.

However, what Schumacher gained in 1998 was not all regrets. In this year's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, Michael Schumacher and his younger brother Ralf Schumacher were on the podium together. The older brother won the championship, while his younger brother Ralf Schumacher, who was playing for the Jordan Racing Team, Husband finished third. The two brothers staged a legend in the F1 car world together.

For the Ferrari team, which is gradually becoming more and more powerful, it has been under one person for two consecutive years. The runner-up status among thousands of people does not satisfy them. This season they have prepared a new F399 racing car for Schumacher and teammate Irvine, hoping to restore glory. But with the lessons learned in the past two years, Schumacher uncharacteristically kept a low profile and was very ambiguous about whether he could regain the driver's championship title, but he was confident in helping Ferrari regain the constructor championship. Schumacher said: "This year, I want to work hard to help Ferrari regain the honor of the constructors' championship.

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Annual driver championship: 7 times (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) (the second place is Fangio 5 times)

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Number of consecutive annual championships won: 5 times (2000 to 2004) [List of F1 annual driver championships]

Number of station championships: 91 times (the second place is Pro Sturt 51 times) [F1 driver victory statistics]

Number of pole positions: 68 (previous record Ayrton Senna 65) [F1 driver pole position rankings]

Number of races participated in: 250 (only 7 races away from Patrese’s record of 257 races) [Statistics of F1 driver race times]

Total F1 career points: 1369 points (the second place is Pro 798 points) [Total F1 driver points statistics]

Most wins in a single season: 13 times (2004 season)

Number of consecutive wins in a single season: 7 (2004) season)

Number of podiums: 154 (second place is Prost 106 times)

Number of fastest laps in the race: 75 (second place is Prost) Special 41 times)

The most points in a single season: 148 points (2004 season)

Number of wins in a single race: 7 times (Canada, France)

Number of "hat tricks" (pole position, fastest lap and championship): 22 times

Number of consecutive points scored in races: 24 times from 2001 to 2003 Consecutive points in each race

Number of consecutive podiums in races: 19 consecutive races from 2001 to 2002

The only person in history who has scored in every race in one year Drivers who all finished in the top three in the race: 2002 season

The biggest gap between the driver and the runner-up in the annual driver standings: winning the championship with a 67-point lead in 2002

The earliest during the season Locked in the annual championship: Defended the title in 2002 with 6 races left before the end of the season

Michael Schumacher and his former teammate Barrichello are still the teammates with the most wins in the top two races in history: two He has occupied the two highest tiers of the podium 24 times

1. The six most beautiful victories:

1992, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgian Grand Prix

In Schumacher's first victory, Schumacher showed all his driving talent in rainy conditions. After he slipped off the track, Schumacher was overtaken by his teammate Brund, but the careful Schumacher noticed his teammate. The tires were severely worn. Schumacher speculated that his tires must be the same and immediately stopped to change to wet tires. The right decision at the right time helped him win the race.

Year, Spa-Francorchamps, Belgian Grand Prix

In this race, Schumacher started from 16th place and won the championship in changeable weather conditions. Schumacher insisted on using slick tires and ultimately won. But this victory also has its regrets. Schumacher received a one-race ban for swerving on the straight to prevent Damon Hill from overtaking.

1995, Nürburgring, European Grand Prix

In the last European Grand Prix that Schumacher participated in for the Benetton team, Schumacher won in front of his hometown elders. His most beautiful victory of the year. In the battle with Alesi, Schumacher faced off against his opponent and won the championship with two laps to go before the end of the race.

1996, Circuit de Catalunya, Spanish Grand Prix

This was the first race win for Schumacher on behalf of Ferrari, and it was still in the rain. In this game, only the runner-up and third place were not lapped by Schumacher - but Schumacher was 45 seconds ahead of second place Alesi. "If someone asked me how much I would bet on myself to win here, I would say not a penny," Schumacher said after the race.

1998, Hungaroring Circuit, Hungarian Grand Prix

With his amazing driving skills and the three-stop tactic used on this extremely difficult overtaking track, Shu Mach won the title at Hungaroring. Technical director Ross Brawn asked Schumacher to squeeze in 25 seconds within 19 laps to ensure one stop, and Schumacher began to run wildly. Schumacher simply replied "thank you" after receiving the instruction, and finally he did it.

2000, Suzuka Circuit, Japanese Grand Prix

After this game, Schumacher brought Ferrari its first driver championship in 21 years. Schumacher followed McLaren's Mika Hakkinen for almost 40 laps before finally overtaking him in the pits. This is not the most breathtaking game, but it is the most emotional one.

2. The three worst races

1994, Albert Park Circuit, Australian Grand Prix

In the 1994 Australian Grand Prix that decided the championship At the Grand Prix, Schumacher had a famous collision with British driver Damon Hill. After the game, Schumacher faced extremely severe accusations of cheating. The accident occurred on lap 31. Both drivers retired due to the collision. Schumacher won the championship by beating Hill by one point.

1997, Jerez Circuit, European Grand Prix

Another collision occurred at the Jerez Circuit in 1997. In order to win the world championship, Schumacher tried to knock his opponent Jacques Villeneuve off the track. But this time it backfired, Villeneuve won the world championship, and Schumacher's points for the whole year were cancelled.

2002, A1 track, Austrian Grand Prix

This was a black day for F1. Barrichello dominated the weekend, leading the race from start to finish. But Ferrari ordered Barrichello to hand over the championship to Schumacher via radio order. Barrichello had to gradually slow down and give way to Schumacher at the final corner. In fact, this is not necessary. Because Schumacher has won 4 of the previous 5 races. In 2002, Schumacher won the annual championship with a record points lead.

3. The most controversial race: 2006, Monaco Circuit, Monaco Grand Prix

Schumacher’s behavior at the last moment of Monaco Grand Prix qualifying in 2006 Again, it was widely criticized. Schumacher's car went sideways in the corner at the last moment. This action blocked the efforts of the drivers behind him to create a faster time, and Schumacher won pole position.

After investigation, the race stewards canceled Schumacher's pole position result, but Schumacher made up for the impact of the incident in the race. He finished fifth and set the fastest lap on the track