Michael Schumacher was born in 1969, in Germany.
Is son of Rolf , a bricklayer and Elisabeth.
When he was four years old, his father modified his karting as a child, adding a small motor.
Later, his parents would take him to their hometown karting track in Kerpen Horrem, where he became the youngest member of the club.
At the age of six, Michael he won his first championship and his father, in order to support his son’s career, took a second job. However, despite the efforts of his parents, the time would come when it would not be enough to support his son’s incipient career, but even so, he would be helped by entrepreneurs from his town.
In order to start competing earlier, Michael He obtained his karting license in Luxembourg, at the age of twelve and only at fourteen, could he obtain it in Germany.
In 1984, he won the championship German Junior Kart, which would be just the beginning of several victories in German and European karting tournaments.
By 1987, he was the German and European karting champion, dropping out of school and starting work as a mechanic.
In 1988, he had his first approach to a race in a simple car, racing in the series Formula Ford Y Konig Formula from Germany, the latter winning.
In 1989, he joined the team of Pili Weber WTS, from Formula 3 and raced for the next two years, winning the title in 1990.
Towards the end of 1990, he joined the racing program Mercedes junior in the World Sports Prototype Championship. He obtained his victory at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, and finished fifth in the championship.
He continued with the team in 1991, winning in Japan and also participated in a race of Formula 3000, in which he finished second.
Michael was noted throughout his career for his ability to make fast laps at crucial moments in the race, pushing his car to the limit for extended moments.
Likewise, his talent is recognized in adverse track conditions, such as rain.
Nickname him the Red Baron for its red Ferrari, although it is also known as Schumi or Schuey.
In the last moments of his career and as a former runner, Michael was the president of the Grand Prix Driver’s Association.
His debut in the Formula One, it was with the team Jordan ford, in the Grand Prix of Belgium, in 1991. Although he had to familiarize himself with the track by riding his bike, he impressed by qualifying in seventh place, his first race in the category.
After his debut and, despite the agreement between Jordan Y Mercedes (team of which Michael was originally and which agreed, in principle, with Ford to transfer Michael to this team), Schumacher was signed up to run for Benetton in the next race.
The ’91 season ended with four points for Michael, in six races.
At the beginning of 1992, the team Mercedes invoked a clause of the old contract of Michael,Formula One whereby, if the team came in, it should run for them. Because Schumacher wanted to stay with Benetton, was not forced by Sauber to join Mercedes.
That year, he was part of the podium by finishing third in the Grand Prix of Mexico and then won the Belgium Grand Prix, on the wet track of the circuit Spa- Francorchamps.
He finished third in the 1992 championship, with 53 points.
During 1993, it was dominated by Williams- Renault Y Damon Hill Y Alain Prost. Won a race in the Grand Prix of Portugal and reached the podium nine times. He finished the season with a fourth place and 52 points.
In 1994, he won his first Drivers Championship. That year was marred by the death of Ayrton senna Y Roland ratzenberger.
In that year, it was alsosparked controversies over alleged cheating by McLaren, Benetton and Ferrari teams Y Schumacher was penalized and disqualified during the England Grand Prix. In the Belgium Grand Prix would be disqualified again.
All of these incidents would help reduce the advantage of Michael, beating by just one point Damon Hill. In the last race of the season in Australia, he accidentally collided with Hill, forcing him to abandon the race and leaving the championship champion.
In 1995, he successfully defended his title with Benetton and accumulated 33 points, which placed Hill, Benetton in second place. Together with his teammate, Johnny Herbert, he led him to win his first Constructor´s Championship and became the youngest runner to win the championship twice Formula One in the history.
After he left the team Benetton, this one would win just one more race before being bought by Renault.
Since 1996, he joined the team Ferrari, which for several years had been considered of less scope than its competitors due to differences in the technologies of its engines, being ahead of Williams Y Benetton, in the early ’90s.
Schumacher, Ross brawn, Rory byrne Y Jean Todt, have been credited as responsible for making this team the most successful of the Formula One of history.
During ’96, he finished third and helped Ferrari to reach a second place in the Constructors Championship. The powerful driver, as well as improvements to its equipment and engines, contributed to the team’s leaps and bounds.
In 1997, he competed with Jacques villeneuve for the title. Although the first half of the season was dominated by the Williams of his adversary, at the end of it, Michael he had managed to overcome it, with a point of advantage. Finally, due to a collision with Villeneuve, was disqualified and did not obtain the title.
In 1998, the title contest was against Mika Hakkinen. Although the engines Ferrari They had improved significantly and even being faster in the second part of the season, Michael I can’t beat it.
However, by 1999, his efforts managed to win the Constructors Championship in order to FerrariBritish Grand Prix but not the one for runners, adding that he had an accident breaking his leg.
For the year 2000, he won the world championship for the third time, after several years of battle against Hakkinen.
In 2001, he won his fourth title and finished the championship with 123 points. In the Grand Prix of Canada, he finished second after his brother Ralf, being the first time in the history of the F1 in which two brothers ended up in these positions. Another record would arrive in the Belgium Grand Prix, when Schumi won his 52nd race, beating the previous record of Alan Prost.
In 2002, he won for the fifth time the Drivers Championship, equaling the record of Juan Manuel Fangio and broke his own record, winning 11 times and finishing each race on the podium, finishing with 144 points, and 67 above his immediate successor, Rubens Barrichello.
In 2003, I beat the record of Fangio, by winning for the sixth time the world Championship.
In 2004, he had the record of winning the first twelve of the thirteen races of the season. He finished it with 148 points, with 34 above his partner Rubens Barrichello.
During 2005, the regulations on tires changed for the second time and, just as before, had favored the teams that used Bridgestone, this time it favored those who used Michelin. So Michael, whose team used Bridgestone, finished the season with 62 points, this score being less than half that of Alonso, the title champion that year.
2006 was the last season of Michael.
After three races, he already had 11 points and was 17 points behind Alonso. Although he won the next two races, he started last in el Grand Prix of Monaco, being penalized for blocking with his car to Alonso while sorting. Michael He managed to outstrip it, thanks to several of the races he won, reaching the last of the period needing victory and for Alonso not to score points.
In the Grand Prix of Brazil, which would be the last of his races, he qualified with the best time of all the drivers, in the first two laps but a fuel problem prevented him from completing the third and led him to start the race in tenth place.
Already in it, he reached sixth place but was delayed when he touched the car of Giancarlo Fisichella, remaining in nineteenth place. He managed to recover to fourth place, this performance being described as heroic.
In 2006, he confirmed that he was retiring from his career but it became known that he would continue working for Ferrari.
In recognition of his achievements, the Nurburgring I name laps 8 and 9 of the circuit “Schumachers S”. He also received a gold medal from the FIA.
During his career he was awarded the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year, twice.
With Schuberth, developed the first lightweight carbon helmet, which was successfully tested in 2004. It was incorporated into the team. Ferrari.
In 2007, after not having driven a Grand Prix car since retirement, he drove the Ferrari f2007, in a test session of Ferrari. I continue to help the team in their development at the Jerez circuit.
In his personal life, he has always preferred to move out of the public eye and keep the privacy of his loved ones safe.
Got married with Corinna betsch in 1995 and they both have two children, named Gina maria Y Mick.
In 2005, he was identified as the world’s first billionaire athlete, with much of his earnings due to advertisements, such as for Deutsche Vermögensberatung.
Among his hobbies are football and horse riding and he is an ambassador of the UNESCO.
I lend her voice for the film “Cars“, In the role of Rosso corsa and had a small role in “Asterix and the Olimpic Games ”.