Biography Michael Schumacher

Even many years after the end of his career, still fast drivers on the roads are called "Schumachers". Our hero was born in the German city of Hurt-Hermyulhaim, located in the federal land of the North Rhine-Westphalia, becoming the first child in the family of Rolf and Elizabeth Schumacher. And six years later, he had a younger brother - Ralph. At first, the father of the boys worked as a simple chimney, but later he became a manager on the picture for a picture in Kerpen.

When the first -year person was three years old, Rolf collected his first racing cards for Michael, installing the engine from the lawn mower on him. And at the age of five, the future "Red Baron" has already got its first goblet. However, in children's and adolescence, the races were far from the only hobby.

Schumacher was also engaged in judo. Moreover, at some time, martial arts had a young German in a priority, and the cards were covered with dust in his father's garage. However, everything changed after the competitions in which Michael took third place. All friends congratulated him and said that he fought very well. However, already at that age, our hero hated to lose and considering this result by a failure, he returned back to the motorsport.

The early years at the age of 14, Michael received a racing license of Luxembourg, since in a small country was below the age threshold for official competitions. A year later, Schumacher already flashed in his homeland and became the champion of Germany in the picture, and later took first place in the European championship. While still very young, the noise brought to another level the development of his understanding of the races.

And in order to better understand the technical side of the issue, in the year our hero went to the Ottsberg to study for a car mechanic, where he passed the exam in three years and received the title of apprentice. And this knowledge was useful to him many times in further career. In the same period, in, Michael began to participate in various formulas and in the formula champion in particular, at the Macau Grand Prix, Mika Khakkinen, who would appear more than once in this story.

The struggle ended with a contact, after which Finn got off the distance, and the German won the race. Also, being in the Mercedes youth program, the future "Red Baron" participated in the races in sportsmen and even took part in the famous Marathon "24 hours of Le Man." But nevertheless, in open wheels, he sought great successes and for a year he ended up in the Japanese formula that opened the doors to Formula 1 to many talented pilots, including the future partner-Eddie Irvain Debut in Formula 1, the most important role in the fate of the Red Baron played the French and Belgian Belgian Bertrand Gasho, who at that time performed in Formula 1 in Formula 1 in Formula 1 The Jordan team.

In December, in London, a conflict with a local taxi driver occurred on ordinary roads on the usual roads. As a result, Gasho applied a gas spray, which was prohibited in the UK. And six months later, the court decided on the 18 months of the prison. At the same time, Schumacher and his personal manager Willy Weber were actively looking for the opportunity to get into the formula of Eddie Jordan, the owner of the team of the same name, for a long time marked Michael's candidacy.

However, when unexpectedly behind bars was one of the main pilots, the Irishman still gave the Germans a chance and the noise took part in the Grand Prix of Belgium of the year. The first Grand Prix of Michael Schumacher Formula-1 in the social network X is already in practice, our hero showed a very good pace, and in qualification he took the seventh line. The number 7 will also appear more than once in this story.

But even more important, behind Schumacher was a partner-Andrea de Cesaris, who at that time spent the already season in the formula in the race, unfortunately, Michael did not even go even one kilometer and got off the distance due to a clutch breakdown. However, the speed shown in the course of the weekend could not but be left without attention. The Italian businessman, who at one time had experience in successful cooperation with the mafia, had simply an incredible instinct for the opportunity to succeed.

And already before the next race in Italy, a large scandal broke out behind closed doors, on the fact of which Briator, speaking with simple vocabulary, “squeezed” Schumacher at Jordan. Michael himself, at the same time, was quite modestly standing aside and himself did not fully understand the correctness of what was happening. According to the results of long negotiations, with the help of a good word and a pack of money, the pilots were exchanged between the teams: Schumacher went to Benetton, and Moreno to Jordan.

Already in Monz, immediately after the team’s change, Michael got his first points in the formula and, he was ahead of his partner - three -time champion Nelson Piquet, who spent his last season. The stages in Portugal and Spain, also brought western glasses. In the shadow of Williams, or the path to the first victory in the season, the Williams team brought a real masterpiece of engineering on the track.

Active suspension and many other technologies made a British team as simply invincible. Then, the genius of aerodynamics began its active activity - Edrian Newi.This is exactly this designer of the car that many people consider Michael to be the most important rival for most career. See also: Formula 1, which was built by Newi while Nigel Mansell confidently walked to his long-awaited title, somewhere behind the Schumacher gradually became the rising star of motorsport.

And for a constant smile and yellow overalls, fans gave the young Michael the pitch "sunny boy". The German got his first podium in the second race of the season - in Mexico. In the next two stages - in Brazil and Spain, he also fell into the top three. A few races later, by noise, he was again able to spray with champagne in Canada and in his homeland - in Germany.

And in Belgium, on the spa-frankorschampa highway, where the debut took place a year earlier, Michael Schumacher mined his first victory in the formula Grand Prix in the rain of the Sunny Boy as if wings had grown up and as a result, both pilots of Williams were behind. For the first time since the year, the anthem of Germany sounded on the catwalk.

The Grand Prix of Belgium Michael Schumacher is going to his first victory Getty Images as a result of the first full season, he wagged the third place, becoming the "best among the rest." Only three points, Schumacher was not enough to get around Riccardo Patreze's partner Mansell. The podium, or the gathering after the year of the break, to Formula 1, the most effective racer X-"Professor" Alain is simple behind the wheel of Williams.

In addition, the McLaren team achieved very strong progress, thereby occupying the status of a second force. At the same time, Benetton pains began very strong problems with reliability. Of the 16 stages, Schumacher was only able to get to the finish line 9 times. However, all 9 times he came to the podium, 5 of which in the second position. And at the Grand Prix of Portugal, Michael got his second victory in his career.

The history of Formula 1 remembered this race by the long struggle of Schumacher and is simple for the victory-about 20 circles fought two great pilots of different generations. As a result, the "sun boy" withstood the pressure of the "professor", which was enough for the second place to arrange the fourth championship title. And only a huge number of gatherings did not allow Michael to compete for the second line of the championship with Ayrton Sennaya and Damon Hill.

Ahead, Formula 1 was waiting for more change. Senna Snena Snamer has a huge amount of shifts in the technical regulations. On a lot of engineering solutions, including active suspension, prohibitions were imposed and this was the big first step to ensure that Formula 1 approached the species in which we know it now. The Machine of the Williams team, although it remained the fastest thanks to the efforts of Edrian Newi.

However, Benetton lagged behind at a pure speed a little and allowed the struggle for victory. In fact, it was these two teams that became a group of leaders. Each young pilot, falling into Formula 1, dreams of fighting in the struggle for the title with his idols. However, by the time of the year, most of the legends X had already ended with a career. Nicky Lauda retired even before the debut of Schumacher.

With Nelson Pike, Shumi spent only 5 races in the status of a partner, after which he went on a well -deserved rest. And after the season, in the status of the champion, I will leave the motorsport and Alain simple. The only pilot of the "old era", which was still in Formula 1, was Ayrton Senna, who by the beginning of the season moved to Williams. However, all the offseason was open, whether the “wizard” will come out to the start, because he was threatened with a disqualification for a fight with Eddie Irvain, as well as for a number of dubious actions, from which the organizers of the championship are tired.

But as a result of all the proceedings, afraid of mass protests from the fans, the punishment was made only conditional. The first stage took place in the homeland of Senna - in Brazil. The favorite of the local public easily took Pole, realizing that he had the fastest car of the season. However, in the race, Schumacher quite calmly supported the opponent’s pace and stepped forward during a wave of pit stops.

Once ahead, Michael began to come off gradually. Ayrton tried to keep up with a young opponent, but on a m circle the Brazilian made a gross mistake, flew off the track and got off the distance. And Schumacher confidently brought the matter to Victory, ahead of the closest pursuer more than to a circle. However, the noise started much better and went into the leader of the race. The race and Mika Hakkinen began well.

Finn attacked the Brazilian in the struggle for the second position. The struggle of the two former partners led to a clash. The people who were driving behind Nikol Larini and Mark Blandell did not manage to slow down and also took part in the resulting small blockage. While the veteran for the second time in a row completed the race ahead of schedule, the "sun boy" again confidently stepped on the upper step of the podium.

Between the two riders, who were considered by everyone as the main applicants for the title, in the championship there was already a difference of as many as 20 points. I remind you that then the test points after the race were awarded the system in the qualification of Roland Ratzensberger. And at the start of the race, an accident occurred between Yurka Yarvilechto and Pedro Lami in which the Finnish racer was injured by his hands, and four more spectators and one policeman were injured.

But this was not all over. Starting from Senna, he remained the leader after the restart on the fifth lap. Ayrton did not want to lose the third race in a row, and therefore desperately tried to break away from Michael. From injuries, the Brazilian died in the hospital. Schumacher vs Hill the tragic events of the images led to the fact that Damon Hill "inherited" the status of the first pilot and the right to fight Schumacher for the championship title.

In the course of the same Grand Prix, San Marino, between the new pair of applicants for the title, their first contact has already occurred, which ended with a broken front-in anti-winged for the British.