- Born
- Nicknames
- Schumi
- The Red Baron
- Schuey
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Michael Schumacher is a German retired racing driver. He is a seven-time Formula One World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. He was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year twice.
Schumacher holds many of Formula One's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions and most races won in a single season - 13 in 2004 (the last of these records was equalled by fellow German Sebastian Vettel nine years later). In 2002, he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes. According to the official Formula One website, he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen".
- IMDb mini biography by: Dibyayan Chakravorty
- SpouseCorinna Schumacher(August 1, 1995 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenSchumacher, Mick (II)
- ParentsRolf SchumacherElisabeth Harperscheidt Schumacher
- RelativesSebastian Stahl(Half Sibling)Schumacher, Ralf(Sibling)David Schumacher(Niece or Nephew)Ralf Schumacher(Sibling)
- Suffered a serious head injury in December 2013 when skiing off-piste in the French Alps resort of Meribel and hit rocks at speed. After being taken to hospital in Grenoble, France, he underwent two operations to remove blood clots from his brain, after which he was put into a medically induced coma to try to reduce swelling. Schumacher spent six months in a coma, before regaining consciousness and was transferred to a hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland in June 2014. In September 2014 he was taken back to his home near Lake Geneva for lengthy rehabilitation. A statement to the press said: 'Henceforth, Michael's rehabilitation will take place at his home. Considering the severe injuries he suffered, progress has been made in the past weeks and months. There is still, however, a long and difficult road ahead'.
- Has gone on record to say that despite the number of records he holds in Formula One, Ayrton Senna is the greatest driver in the history of the sport. Coincidentally, Schumacher was immediately behind Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix when Senna fatally crashed. This moment has haunted Schumacher for years and resulted in an on camera breakdown when asked at the post-race press conference about how much equalling Senna's record of 41 GP victories (for the second most career victories in Formula 1) meant after he won the 2000 Italian Grand Prix.
- Holds the Formula 1 records for most drivers championships, Grand Prix victories, fastest laps, pole positions and races won in a single season.
- Formula One racing driver, who raced for: Jordan (1991 (1 GP), Benetton (1991 (5 GPs)-1992 (16 GPs)-1993 (16 GPs)-1994 (14 GPs)-1995 (17 GPs)), Ferrari (1996 (15 GPs)-1997 (17 GPs)-1998 (16 GPs)-1999 (10 GPs)-2000 (17 GPs)-2001 (17 GPs)-2002 (17 GPs)-2003 (16 GPs)-2004 (18 GPs)-2005 (19 GPs)-2006 (18 GPs)) and Mercedes (2010 (19 GPs)-2011 (19 GPs)-2012 (20 GPs)). He started 307 Grands Prix, 91 Wins, 68 Pole Positions, 77 Fastest Laps, 155 Podiums and 1566 Points.
7 Driver's World Championships: (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). - Retired from Formula One at the end of the 2006 season, though later made a comeback with Mercedes between 2010 and 2012 with little success. Team-mate Nico Rosberg finished ahead of him in the drivers championship in all three seasons. Schumacher's best result at Mercedes was one 3rd place at the 2012 European GP.
- I feel like a kid with a new toy ... a child before Christmas.
- Commenting about his youthful look before his comeback in 2010: Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.
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