Michael Schumacher is a former Formula One driver for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Schumacher has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles, and when he retired from the sport in 2012, he held the records for the most victories, pole positions, and podium finishes—records that have since been surpassed by Lewis Hamilton—as well as the records for the most fastest laps and races won in a single season.
Schumacher began his racing career in karting and went on to win several junior single-seater series. Schumacher was signed by Benetton for the remainder of the 1991 season after a one-off Formula One appearance with Jordan at the Belgian Grand Prix in 1991. In 1994 and 1995, he took his first and second drivers' titles in a row, finishing ahead of runner-up Damon Hill both times. Schumacher joined Ferrari in 1996 and won five consecutive championships with them from 2000 to 2004, including an unparalleled sixth and seventh win, as well as many other records. Schumacher retired from racing after finishing third in 2005 and second in 2006, but he returned briefly with Mercedes from 2010 to 2012.
Schumacher was involved in a number of contentious racing accidents throughout his career. He was involved in title-deciding collisions twice, the first with Hill at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix and the second with Jacques Villeneuve at the 1997 European Grand Prix. Schumacher and his younger brother, Ralf, are the only siblings in Formula One history to win races and the first siblings to finish first and second in the same season, a feat they repeated four times. Schumacher was known for pushing his car to its limits for long periods of time during races, as well as a groundbreaking workout routine.
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