Michael Schumacher (; born 3 January 1969 ) is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Mercedes team.

Schumacher retired from Formula One driving in 2006 staying with Ferrari as an advisor.

However, Weber advised Schumacher that being exposed to professional press conferences and driving powerful cars in long distance races would help his career.

In the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season, Schumacher won the season finale at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in a Sauber – Mercedes C11, and finished fifth in the drivers ' championship despite only driving in 3 of the 9 races.

In August 2009, in anticipation to a possible return to F1 with Ferrari, Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher did some preparation driving a kart in Lonato, Italy.

Villeneuve was seen driving a VW before stopping and saying at the camera that he has nothing against German guys ... much less for the " allemandes ", referring to the vehicle and German girls — a reference to his rivalry with Michael Schumacher and for the incident at the 1997 European Grand Prix.

His driving partner there was Ralf Schumacher, the younger brother of Michael.

After the race Schumacher accused Hill of dangerous driving.

Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen have all won drivers world championships driving for the team.

Ralf Schumacher driving for the WilliamsF1 | Williams-BMW F1 team in 2003

Schumacher driving for Toyota F1 | Toyota at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix, where he finished sixth

However, after being the slowest of all the Force India testers on the day he tested, Schumacher stated that he was no longer interested in driving for that team, and that he would likely not be back into another Formula One car in 2008.

In 2010, Ross Brawn ( of Formula One's Mercedes GP ) introduced the new cars for that season as the new Silver Arrows, with Germans Nico Rosberg and 7 time world champion Michael Schumacher driving.

Michael Schumacher driving for Benetton in the 1995 British Grand Prix.

In 1994, Michael Schumacher managed to finish in second place despite driving over half the race with only fifth gear.

Michael Schumacher driving a Formula One car at the 2004 United States Grand Prix

Formula One driver Michael Schumacher is called Der Regenmeister ( the rain master ) due to his highly rated driving through low-visibility or wet conditions.

The race was won by German driver Michael Schumacher driving a Ferrari F2001, but the race was perhaps better known for the death of track marshal Graham Beveridge during the race.

Although Hill deliberately avoided becoming involved in the outcry at the time, in later years he explicitly accused Schumacher of deliberately driving into him.

Schumacher was given a one-race suspended ban for driving aggressively in order to stop Hill from passing.

Schumacher told Hill that he was unhappy with Hill's driving throughout the race, most notably during Schumacher's overtaking attempts on lap one and lap eleven where Schumacher felt Hill had " brake tested " him.

Jean Alesi, driving for Ferrari, started second alongside Schumacher.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen took his maiden Formula One win driving for Williams after he held of a late charge from Michael Schumacher.

8½ inspired among others: Mickey One ( Arthur Penn, 1965 ), Alex in Wonderland ( Paul Mazursky, 1970 ), Beware of a Holy Whore ( Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1971 ), Day for Night ( François Truffaut, 1973 ), All That Jazz ( Bob Fosse, 1979 ), Stardust Memories ( Woody Allen, 1980 ), Sogni d ' oro ( Nanni Moretti, 1981 ), Parad Planet ( Vadim Abdrashitov, 1984 ), La Pelicula del rey ( Carlos Sorin, 1986 ), Living in Oblivion ( Tom DiCillo, 1995 ), 8½ Women ( Peter Greenaway, 1999 ), Falling Down ( Joel Schumacher, 1993 ), along with the successful Broadway musical, Nine ( Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit, 1982 ).

Although the Social Democrats showed strong support for the expellees especially under Kurt Schumacher and Erich Ollenhauer, social democrats in more recent decades have traditionally been less supportive — and it was under Willy Brandt that West Germany recognized the Oder-Neisse line as factual as part of his Ostpolitik.

After one Mercedes-funded race for the Jordan Formula One team Schumacher signed as a driver for the Benetton Formula One team in 1991.

Schumacher agreed to return for Ferrari part-way through 2009, as cover for the badly injured Felipe Massa, but was prevented by a neck injury.

Off the track Schumacher is an ambassador for UNESCO and a spokesman for driver safety.

Schumacher played for 1.

The goalkeeper Harald Schumacher who played for 1.

Michael Schumacher, the most titled F1 driver, won five F1 World Championships during the decade and finally retired in 2006, yet eventually confirming his come-back to F1 for 2010.

A four-time Formula One Drivers ' Champion, Prost has won more titles than any driver except for Juan Manuel Fangio ( five championships ), and Michael Schumacher ( seven championships ).

Patrese's record of 257 Grand Prix entries stood for 15 years, surviving the Schumacher era when Michael Schumacher retired on 250 race entries.

He won five Formula One World Drivers ' Championships — a record which stood for 46 years until bested by Michael Schumacher — with four different teams ( Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz and Maserati ), a feat that has not been repeated.

Häkkinen and Schumacher arrived at Suzuka with the title still up for grabs though Häkkinen was clearly favored by the superiority of the Mclaren while the Ferrari had developed during the course of the championship.

Schumacher was disqualified from that race and banned for two further races for overtaking Hill during the formation lap and ignoring the subsequent black flag.

Four more victories for Hill, three of which were in races where Schumacher was excluded or disqualified, took the title battle to the final event at Adelaide.

Schumacher's penalty was for blocking and forcing Hill off the road at the Belgian Grand Prix ; Hill's was for colliding with Schumacher under braking at the Italian Grand Prix.

On lap 38, Schumacher, delayed by a stop-and-go penalty for forcing Frentzen's Williams off the track, caught Hill on the home straight ; Hill moved across the track three times to block Schumacher, who missed his braking point and ran over the kerbs at the chicane to take the place.

Schumacher at Brands Hatch in 2008 with ( Mücke Motorsport ) Mercedes-AMG | AMG-Mercedes C-Klasse 2007 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters | DTM car.

Schumacher at the 2010 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season | 2010 season-opener at Hockenheimring | Hockenheim.

Michael Schumacher passes Kimi Räikkönen at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix | 2006 Brazilian GP.

Michael Schumacher ( Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Ferrari 310 | 310B ) finished second, behind Gerhard Berger.

The Curva Dry Sack corner, the scene of Jacques Villeneuve | Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher | Schumacher's collision on Lap 48.

Michael Schumacher became a triple World champion at the penultimate round of the season after a season long battle with Mika Häkkinen to end Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari's 21 year driver-championless drought.

Michael Schumacher leads brother Ralf Schumacher | Ralf during the first part of the race.

Michael Schumacher won his third title in a row with Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari.

Michael Schumacher won his second title in a row with Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari, his fourth overall.

Michael Schumacher won his third title, and his first for Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari, in 2000.

Michael Schumacher finished as runner-up with Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari.

Defending world champion Michael Schumacher ( pictured while driving for Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari in 2005 ), won a second consecutive title with Benetton Formula | Benetton.

Michael Schumacher ( pictured while driving for Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari ), won his first title with Benetton Formula | Benetton.

Michael Schumacher ( pictured while driving for Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari ), ranked third for Benetton Formula | Benetton in the Drivers ' Championship.