Before entering Formula 1, Michael Schumacher drove Sauber Mercedes sports prototypes in which he developed specific skills that were useful to him later in his career, although he was not the fastest in them, explained his longtime manager Willi Weber.

Ferrari F1 team boss Mattia Binotto recalled 1996 when Michael Schumacher came to Ferrari from Benetton and imposed his impressive work ethic on the entire team that led them to incredible success at the start of the new millennium.

On this day in 1994 Damon Hill beat Michael Schumacher on wet Suzuka circuit to take the 1994 F1 championship battle to the wire with only one point advantage for Schumacher before the final race in Australia.

European Grand Prix 1997. was the last of 17 races of the championship held at Jerez and was deciding race of the F1 world championship

On the eve of the sixteenth and final race of the championship in 2003 Michael Schumacher had nine points lead in front of Kimi Raikkonen in McLaren and he needed only one point (eighth place) if Raikkonen wins the race.

Michael Schumacher has taken a pole position and victory on this day in 2004 after a powerful typhoon Ma-on struck Japan and postponed qualifying on Sunday morning.

Michael Schumacher and Jean Alesi had a fantastic fight for the victory at the 1995 European GP at Nürburgring where the German managed to beat the French driver three laps before the end - watch their fierce battle in  striking quality at 1080p and 50fps.

Michael Schumacher won the Italian GP in front of Ferrari fans at Monza and arrived at the Nurburgring with the same number of points as his only championship rival Mika Hakkinen

Rubens Barrichello won in Monza for the first time and for the third time in the season after beating Williams drivers and Michael Schumacher on this day in 2002, bringing his Ferrari team the seventh 1-2 win of the season.

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher celebrated his 90th Formula 1 victory at Monza on this day in 2006 as he announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the season.