Michael Schumacher is the biggest name in Formula One racing. The record-breaking champion has won the World Driver’s title 7 times! The only person to match him has been the legendary Lewis Hamilton – Schumacher’s friend, teammate, and rival.
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Schumacher has been racing since he was a kid, and his whole life has been caught up in medals and awe, as we all marvel at this outstanding driver’s talent. If we could bet on children, the sports betting odds would have been in his favour from the get-go.
The Early Years Of A Legend
The young Michael wasn’t part of a rich family. Growing up in Germany in a working-class family of a canteen worker and a bricklayer. Rolf Schumacher, Michael’s father, was an engineering enthusiast and modified his son’s pedal kart giving it a motorcycle engine.
Michael loved the kart, he would drive it all the time. His partners showed him to a karting track and allowed him to ride on a kart his father built. Michael was the youngest person ever to join the Kerpen-Horrem karting club and at 6 years old, the child achieved his first-ever championship.
Micheal showed so much talent that Rolf invested in him, taking on another job to pay for his son’s karts.
Breaking Into Formula One
Schumacher’s desire to race was always evident. In Germany, you have to be no younger than fourteen to own a karting license, so the lad went to Luxembourg at just 12 to get a younger license.
At age 18, he left standard schooling and started work as an engineer. Two years later, Schumacher was signed with a Formula Three team. He won the title the next year, earning a new reputation as the one to beat.
Most of his rivals were gearing up for Formula 3000 to impress their way into Formula One. But Schumacher’s coach suggests he play the World Sportscar Championship instead. This was to make Schumacher comfortable with a large amount of press and long-distance driving – skills he…
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