Do you know Michael Schumacher?

     Michael Schumacher has been the best pilot of F1. He has won seven world championships and he has numerous world records, because of this he is statistically the greatest driver this sport has ever seen. At the moment he is retired and he is an ambassador for unesco and he fights for safety driving.

     Schumacher was born in Hurth Hermlheim, Germany, in 1969. He has joined the world of engine since he was born, because his father had a carting circuit; for this reason, he starts driving cars when he was four. From 1984, Schumacher has won numerous German and European kart championships. It was just the beginning of his successful career.

     His beginnings at the F1 were good. Schumacher made his F1 debut with the Jordan-Ford team at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, but this year he didn’t win anything. After a few good races he joined another stronger team, Benetton-Ford, in order to win more prizes. As soon as he changed of car he started winning: The first was in a wet race at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. At last, he got the third position in this championship. Three years later Michael won his first Drivers’ Championship, however, this season always be remembered as Ayrton Senna’s death. By all means, Michael won again the Drivers’ Championship the next year and then he went to Ferrari.

     The legend began in Ferrari. It is true that he didn’t win anything the first four years, this was caused because of the bad conditions of his car, it was too old. Nevertheless, when the problem finished he started wining, he won five Drivers’ Championships one after the other. In addition, Michael Schumacher holds lots of F1 records; Race victories (91), Consecutive wins (7), Fastest laps (76), Championship points (1,269) and Pole positions (68).

     While he was on the podium in 2006, Italian Grand Prix Ferrari said that Michael was going to leave the F1. After that Schumacher confirmed his retirement and he started working as a Ferrari’s pilot adviser.