Schumacher Born: F1's Most Dominant Champion Arrives
He was 19 when he won his first Formula 1 championship. By 24, he'd won four in a row. Michael Schumacher spent a decade making the rest of the grid look like they were racing a different sport. Seven world titles. 91 race wins — a record that stood for 16 years. He drove with a precision that bordered on mechanical, studying telemetry the way other drivers studied weather reports. Then in December 2013, a ski accident in the French Alps. He hit a rock. The helmet saved his life. Barely. He's been out of public life ever since, cared for privately by his family.
January 3, 1969
57 years ago
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