A detailed look on Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher’s career – Formula 1
Michael Schumacher is arguably the greatest driver in the history of Formula 1. He has won seven world drivers’ championships in his career so far and has won 91 grands prix.
After taking retirement back in 2007, the veteran driver made his comeback in F1 during the 2010 season to again start his bequest again.
Schumacher was born in 1969, in West Germany and soon became the youngest member of karting club. In 1983, he obtained his license and in the following year, he won the German Junior Kart Championship. He won many European and German kart Championships from
1984 onwards.
In 1990, he made a remarkable victory in German Formula Three championship and made his F1 debut in the following year for Jordan but later moved to Benetton just after one race. In 1991, he scored four championship points.
In 1992, the German won the Belgian Grand Prix and finished third in the drivers’ championship while driving for Benetton. In 1993, Benetton had no match with the contender Williams and ended the season at fourth position.
In 1994, he made his milestone victory by winning his first drivers’ title after collision with his nearest competitor, Damon Hill during the last Grand Prix and in the next year he won his second drivers’ championship with Benetton.
In 1996, Schumacher joined Ferrari and finished third in the drivers’ championship, in the same year he started turning the fortunes of the Italian team around. In 1997, he finished second in drivers’ championship but was disqualified in the last race after
colliding with the champion, Jacques Villeneuve.
In 1998, he lost the title to Mika Hakkinen and in the following year he crashed at the British Grand Prix but made a comeback in the Malaysian GP and helped the team to win the constructors’ championship after a very long time.
Schumi made a landmark hat-trick of winning the world drivers’ championships from 2000 to 2002 and rewrote the history of sport. Furthermore, Ferrari won the constructors’ championship throughout the three seasons.
In 2003, the start of the season was not good and he was pushed hard by Juan Pablo Montoya and Kimi Raikkonen but later fought back to claim his sixth drivers’ championship victory.
In the following year, the German won his seventh drivers’ title by winning 13 races out of 18 during the season. In 2005, he lost his title as Ferrari’s tyres were no match for Renault and McLaren. In 2006, he took the title race to the final GP but lost
to Fernando Alonso. In the same year, he announced his retirement.
In 2010, Schumacher made an astonishing return in F1 and the year proved out to be quite struggling for the championship. He faced problems with the car’s handling and was unable to compete with his teammate, Nico Rosberg. He came ninth at the end of the
season which was quite disappointing for him but in the following year he came up with great improvements than last year and almost matched with his teammate in the performance. He achieved fourth place in Canadian GP which was the team’s best result for the
season.
Let’s see how he fares in the upcoming 2012 Formula 1 season which begins with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 18.
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