Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher was born on 3rd January 1969, in Hurth-Hermulheim, Germany.

When Michael was four, he was given a pedal kart. His father, Rolf decided to install an old motorcycle engine in the kart for some more speed for his son. At the age of four he was the youngest member and driver at the kart club. When Michael was five, Rolf built him the 'cheapest go-kart ever built,' made from second-hand equipment which others had discarded.

1992 was a learning year - learning to cope with a new team mate, learning to drive new circuits, and learning to cope with new expectations from others in terms of results. He learned well, and managed to score a podium finish in only his eighth race, as well as a front row grid position in only his tenth race, only Nigel Mansell's dominant Williams-Renault faster. He was involved in an incident with Ayrton Senna during a test at Hockenheim just before the German Grand Prix.

1994 was a tumultuous and tragic year. Tragic, with the deaths of the rookie Roland Ratzenberger and the brilliant triple World Champion Ayrton Senna at Imola, as well as the crash of Karl Wendlinger at Monaco.

He was married with Corinna on August 1995. There first child, Gina Maria Schumacher was born on the 20th of February 1997.