MICHAEL SCHUMACHER: THE RED BARON SYNOPSES

MICHAEL SCHUMACHER: THE RED BARON
SYNOPSES
INTRODUCTION
KARTS
TAKE A FEW DROPS OF DETERMINATION.
ADD AMBITION AND A FEARLESS INSTINCT,
TEMPERED WITH CALM COOLNESS AND
CONTROLLED HIGH-SPEED REACTIONS.
STIR IN A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF
NATURAL DRIVING ABILITY THAT HAS
MATURED FROM AN EARLY AGE. COMBINE
PRECISION WITH SHEER DETERMINATION,
INCLUDE A LOVE FOR SPORTS AND SPEED.
ADD WINNING TALENT AND A G FORCE
DEFYING LEVEL OF FITNESS. ALLOW ALL
THIS TO DEVELOP IN THE FIELD. THEN
GARNISH WITH BOYISH GOOD LOOKS,
GENEROSITY AND POPULARITY. FINALLY
SERVE WITH CHARM AND POISE THEN
YOU WILL HAVE A CHAMPION… NO LESS
A SEVEN-TIME WORLD CHAMPION. THIS IS
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER THE RED BARON
THE MAN WHO BECAME THE FIRST
GERMAN TO WIN THE FORMULA ONE
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. FROM PEDAL
CARS AND KARTS TO HIGH OCTANE
FORMULA ONE RACING MICHAEL
SCHUMACHER BECAME THE LEADER OF THE
PACK, ACING ALL IN HIS PATH. WHEN
SCHUMACHER WAS FOUR, HIS
BRICKLAYER FATHER ROLF MODIFIED THE
YOUNG BOY'S PEDAL KART BY ADDING A
SMALL ENGINE. AFTER THE YOUNG
SCHUMACHER CRASHED THE PEDAL CAR
INTO A LAMP POST HIS PARENTS TOOK
HIM TO THE LOCAL KERPEN KARTING
TRACK THAT THE LEGENDARY VON TRIPS
HAD ESTABLISHED IN 1961. BY THE AGE
OF TEN, SCHUMACHER’S ABILITY ON THE
KARTING TRACK HAD ATTRACTED THE
ATTENTION OF A LOCAL SPONSOR, WHO
COMBINED WITH THE HELP OF FAMILY
AND FRIENDS, SUPPLIED THE NECESSARY
CASH FOR HIM TO CONTINUE IN THE
SPORT. BY THE END OF THE 1985 SEASON,
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THE GERMAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
WAS HIS FOR THE SECOND YEAR
RUNNING. NOW HE WAS TRULY GETTING
INTO HIS STRIDE: WITH THE ‘87 SEASON
CULMINATING WITH HIS GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE. BOTH THE
GERMAN AND EUROPEAN SENIOR KART
CHAMPIONSHIP WERE HIS. ALL THIS
SUCCESS HAD NOT GONE UNNOTICED
1988-1991 1988 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR THE TEENAGE
SCHUMACHER; HE TOOK HIS LEAVE FROM
SCHOOL, BEGAN A CAREER AS A MOTOR
MECHANIC, AND LAUNCHED HEAD FIRST
INTO FORMULA RACING. HIS PROWESS
AND WINNING REPUTATION AT THE HELM
OF KARTS ENABLED HIM TO ATTRACT
FURTHER SPONSORSHIP AND MOVE INTO
THE HIGH-SPEED WORLD OF OPEN WHEEL
FORMULA RACING. THIS WAS THE
BEGINNING OF ONE OF THE MOST
SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT CONTRACTS
OF ALL TIME. FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS,
FUNDED BY WEBER, HE COMPETED IN THE
GERMAN F3 SERIES, WINNING THE TITLE IN
1990. TOWARDS THE END OF 1990, HE
JOINED THE MERCEDES JUNIOR RACING
PROGRAMME IN THE WORLD SPORTS-
PROTOTYPE CHAMPIONSHIP. WITH WEBER
AT THE HELM OF THE BURGEONING
CHAMPION’S CAREER, SCHUMACHER
MADE HIS FORMULA 1 DEBUT WITH THE
JORDAN TEAM AT THE 1991 BELGIAN
GRAND PRIX. DESPITE RETIRING ON THE
OPENING LAP OF THE RACE WITH CLUTCH
PROBLEMS, SCHUMACHER HAD IMPRESSED
THE JORDAN TEAM ON THIS HIS FIRST
OUTING IN AN F1 CAR.
FERRARI ‘91-‘99
WITH SCHUMACHER LEADING BY A
SINGLE POINT GOING INTO THE FINAL
RACE OF THE YEAR IN AUSTRALIA, THE
1994 SEASON, WHICH HAD BEEN MARRED
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MICHAEL SCHUMACHER: THE RED BARON
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2000-2004 WORLD
CHAMPION
BY THE DEATHS OF AYRTON SENNA AND
ROLAND RATZENBERGER DREW TO A
CLOSE IN DRAMATIC FASHION THE 1994
DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP WAS
DETERMINED WITH SCHUMACHER’S 92
POINTS LEAVING HIM THE NARROW
WINNER AFTER A YEAR OF TRAGEDY AND
DRAMA. FOR THE TIME, THE YOUNGEST
EVER DRIVER AND THE FIRST GERMAN TO
WIN THE FORMULA ONE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP THE CELEBRATIONS WERE
SHORT-LIVED AS THE BRITISH TABLOID
SAW THAT ONE OF THEIRS HAD LOST AND
THEY WENT ON THE ATTACK.
THE NEW MILLENNIUM USHERED IN A NEW
ERA AND A CHANGE OF FORTUNE FOR
THE RED BARON. SHUMACHER HAD
RECOVERED FROM INJURING AND
CONTROVERSY AND HIS WINNING
DRIVES WERE REMINISCENT OF THE HEADY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP YEARS OF THE
MID 90’S. AFTER A YEAR-LONG BATTLE
WITH HÄKKINEN, SCHUMACHER WON HIS
THIRD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. DURING
THE YEAR HE HAD CLOCKED UP 41 WINS
FOR HIS F1 CAREER EQUALING THE
NUMBER OF WINS WON BY HIS IDOL,
AYRTON SENNA. 2002 CONTINUED TO BE
A YEAR OF DOMINATION FOR FERRARI
AND CHAMPION PILOT SCHUMACHER.
DESPITE SUFFERING THE EMBARRASSMENT
OF A $1 MILLION FINE FROM THE FIA
AFTER THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX, WHEN
TEAMMATE RUBENS BARRICHELLO HAD
SLOWED UNDER TEAM ORDERS AND
ALLOWED SCHUMACHER TO WIN THE
RACE. THE 2003 SEASON STARTED WITH
AN OUTCRY FROM F1 TEAMS ACCUSING
THE FIA OF TRYING TO 'DUMB DOWN'
FORMULA 1. THE FIA HAD INTRODUCED A
HOST OF RULE CHANGES, INCLUDING
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ONE-LAP TO QUALIFY AND NO REFUELING
BETWEEN QUALIFYING AND THE RACE.
2005-2006 2005 GOT OFF TO A POSITIVE START FOR
TEAM FERRARI AND THEIR ACE, BUT IT ALL
WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE. WAS IT
THE NEW TYRE RULES OR HAD THE
MIGHTY SIMPLY FALLEN OFF THEIR HORSE
MID GALLOP? LESS THAN TWENTY EIGHT
DAYS LATER THE TEAM'S NEW CAR THE
F2005 WAS DEBUTED. THIS CAR HAD BEEN
BROUGHT FORWARD BY A MONTH TO
THE THIRD RACE INSTEAD OF THE FIFTH
RACE AFTER A POOR START TO THE
SEASON. AND WHILE 2006 WAS STILL
YOUNG, SPECULATION AND RUMORS
WERE RIFE AND AT FERRARI’S WINTER
RETREAT IN MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO,
SCHUMACHER REFUSED TO RULE OUT THE
POSSIBILITY HE MIGHT RACE FOR
ANOTHER TEAM IN 2007.
RECAP
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER - THE ‘RED
BARON’, IS A SEVEN-TIME FORMULA ONE
WORLD CHAMPION. HE IS QUITE SIMPLY
THE GREATEST DRIVER THE SPORT HAS
EVER SEEN -EARNING $650 MILLION IN
SALARY AND ENDORSEMENTS DEALS,
PUTTING HIM ON PAR WITH SUPERSTAR
ATHLETES DAVID BECKHAM AND TIGER
WOODS. BY 2005, THE GERMAN WAS
THE WORLD'S FIRST BILLIONAIRE ATHLETE.
IT WAS IN GERMANY THAT HE WON REAL
HEARTS AND ENDORSEMENTS. A GERMAN
INVESTMENT FIRM ONCE PAID HIM $8
MILLION OVER THREE YEARS TO WEAR
THEIR BADGES ON HIS POST-RACE CAP.
IN RECENT YEARS, HE HAS DONATED AT
LEAST $50 MILLION TO THIRD WORLD
CAUSES INCLUDING $10 MILLION FOR AID
AFTER THE 2004 INDIAN OCEAN
EARTHQUAKE. HIS DONATION SURPASSED
THAT OF ANY OTHER SPORTS PERSON,
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MICHAEL SCHUMACHER: THE RED BARON
SYNOPSES
MOST SPORTS LEAGUES, MANY
WORLDWIDE CORPORATIONS AND EVEN
SOME COUNTRIES.
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