Michael Schumacher Biography, Life, Career and Facts

Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One race car driver. He began racing at a very early age and is today considered to be the most successful Formula One driver of all time. He has won the Formula One world driver's championship seven times (1994, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004). Schumacher is also one of the highest paid athletes of all time. Even in years when he is not racing, Schumacher can easily earn $50 million per year from endorsements. At the peak of his career, he was paid $10 million per year by Shell to wear a hat with the company's logo at nearly all public appearances. His career spanned from 1991 to 2006 with Jordan Benetton, and Ferrari. In 2010 he announced a comeback with Mercedes GP. Michael Schumacher was practically born with speed in his blood. At the age of four his father put a small motorcycle engine in his pedal kart. With his parents support he became the youngest member of the karting club at the Karting track in Kerpen-Horrem.