Buckle-up! The Ferrari lead racer is here! Michael
Schumacher, also known as Schumi or Schuey, is now recognized as the world’s
best racing driver.
It will be a long
track to jot down all his acclaims, so we simply put all his significant firsts
that led to the much heralded F1 victories.
As the genesis for
all great drivers, karting was his first taste of the road. From humble
beginnings, his first vehicle was a kart built by his father when he was four
years old. The Schumacher family had been obsessed to karting,
and the passion of the young Schuey was backed up by his father’s
resourcefulness on repairing karts.
Soon after was his
enrollment in a local kart club.
Eventually at 15, he raced to the top spot of the German Junior Kart
Championship. At 19, he had his first Single Seater Championship for the German
Formula Konig, better known as Formula Ford. At 23, he entered the Sports Car
race and finished to the 5th position in the German Touring Car
Championship and Sports Prototype World Championship.
1991 breaks his
entry to the Formula 1. Initially he ranked 12th until his records
started to make it to the top.
At 25, the German
pride was the youngest double Formula 1 World Champion, back in 1994 and 1995.
Now he holds a record-breaking 6 championships with titles from 2000 – 2004.
With $30 million on his paycheck, he’s definitely the highest paid racing driver
in the world.
Schumacher answers his critics in the best way he can…. on the
race track. Although the F1 icon is also into tennis, soccer, skiing and
swimming, he makes it clear, “I can't really imagine life without Formula
One.” If so, then how is he going to spend his retirement? Currently,
reports of Schumi calling it quits very soon are driving every Formula fanatic’s
attention.
