Michael Schumacher's Biography

Name	: Michael Schumacher
Nicknames	: Schumi, Schuey
Date of Birth	: 3rd January 1969
Place of Birth	: Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany
Height	: 1.74m
Weight	: 68kg
Residency	: Vufflens-le-Château, Switzerland
Marital Status	: Married
Wife	: Corinna Schumacher (nee Betsch) since Tuesday 1st August 1995
Children	: Gina-Maria, daughter (DOB 19/01/97) and son Mick (DOB 22/03/99)
Family	: Rolf, Father, Elizabeth, Mother and Ralf, Brother (DOB 30/6/75)
Interests	: Soccer, tennis, swimming, skiing

His Manager...
Michael's manager since 1989 has been Willi Weber. Schumacher was to receive a free drive in his WTS team for three years, Weber in return is reported to receive 20% of all income Michael earns from motor races. The initial agreement was to last 10 years, however it was later extended for a further several years.

His Helmet...
Michael explains how his helmet's paint scheme came about:
"From the area of the visor you see the traditional German black-red-gold. I chose the colours years ago with a friend of mine and I changed it only slightly, mostly to include sponsor decals. The blue circle with the white stars on the top was his idea. After joining Ferrari I added the prancing horse on the back. "

Since the European GP in 2000, Michael has raced with a modified helmet design. The blue circle on the top in now painted light red. The white Marlboro stripe around the top is also now red. The change was made to prevent confusion between himself and Barrichello, whose design was confusingly similar.

F1 Teams Driven for...

Year	Team	Teammates
1991	Jordan	1991 Andrea de Cesaris
1991-1995	Benetton	1991 Nelson Piquet 1992 Martin Brundle 1993 Riccardo Patrese 1994 Jos Verstappen/JJ Lehto/ Jonny Herbert 1995 Jonny Herbert
1996-2006	Ferrari	1996-1999 Eddie Irvine 2000-2005 Rubens Barrichello 2006-2007 Felipe Massa

Schuey entered only one race for Jordan - which was his F1 debut at Spa Francorchamps in 1991. He qualified 7th but in the race the clutch burnt out and he didn't make it off the grid. He was standing in for Bertrand Gachot, who had been jailed in London just before the GP for an assault with CS gas on a taxi driver!

Michael is Ferrari's most successful driver ever, ahead of Niki Lauda.