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Surely, if you could ask michael schumacher Regarding his first world championship obtained in 1994, I would say that he is the least favourite, indeed, perhaps he would even affirm that he would not have wanted to lift that scepter at the end of the season. But why?
Unfortunately, Ayrton Senna lost his life that season after crashing at the Tamburello curve of the Imola Grand Prix on May 1. There, Michael Schumacher aboard his Benetton managed to fight for the championship to keep the scepter.
For this reason, surely the Kaiser, as it is known, he would talk about his first and particular title of the Great Circus The following season he managed to revalidate the championship, although the feelings were different.
The category was in the presence of a great talent in full mourning for the departure of what many consider the greatest of all time.
In 1996 he dressed in absolute red with the mission of winning titles at Ferrari. Several transition seasons passed in which the engineers worked to provide it with a great car.
The target was close when in 1998 he managed to finish runner-up after battling side by side against the powerful McLaren of Mika Hakkinen (However, as Senna said, second is first loser).
Golden age
In the 2000 season, the long-awaited goal for Michael Schumacher arrived. and its people, well Ferrari He managed to win the world title and start an imposing and overwhelming dynasty, which surely did not cross the mind of the German when he joined the Scudería in 1996.
Until 2005 they reigned in the highest category of world motorsports so as not to allow another driver to approach the top of the competition.
In 2006 he decided to retire breaking the hearts of the typhoid. It was Schumacher’s decision and it had to be respected. In 2009 the motor sport community smiled when the return of El Kaiser for 2010 was made official, forming part of the mercedes project together with his compatriot Nico Rosberg.
His work in the team was significantly important for the development of the team, making it the absolute owner of Formula 1 from 2014 to 2020.
His last podium was in Valencia during the 2012 season. There, The Kaiser once again climbed a step on the long-awaited prize ladder.
However, fate prepared a hard blow for him and his family after suffering an accident while skiing in December 2013, spending years and years of recovery with little information about his condition due to the confidentiality that his family has decided to maintain. Strength Michael!