Japanese GP THROWBACK: When Michael Schumacher ended Ferrari’s 21-year F1 title drought

Michael Schumacher is widely known as one of the greatest drivers in Formula 1. What many people don’t know, however, is that even the German legend went through a title drought. Fortunately, that all changed at the Japanese GP in 2000 when he won his third world title and the first with Ferrari.

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In 1994 he won his first world title with Benetton and the second a year later. After that, Schumacher had a five-year drought without winning the title, but all of that changed in Japan in 2000.

To date, Schumacher has seven world championship titles, until recently Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton achieved this record by winning the championship last season.

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Michael Schumacher emotionally after Japan’s victory

Scuderia fans would still vividly remember the scenes from that day in Suzuka. The Maranello-based team couldn’t control their emotions, nor did Schumacher, who had tears of joy after winning his third title.

At the conference after the race, Schumacher said: “I find it difficult to find the right words for such feelings. At first when I crossed the line there was a burst of emotion and those conditions were difficult today. “

Schumacher isn’t worried if his records are broken

Many would have thought that beating or even reaching Michael’s record would have been a mammoth task. However, Hamilton hit that record last season and is on the way to setting its own record. Schumacher was aware that records had to be broken.

He said, “I would absolutely say yes. Nobody thought, neither did I, I thought I could beat Fangio’s five. Then I did it and even increased it to seven.

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“Records are there to be beaten. I’m pretty relaxed that one day it will happen, whether it’s Lewis, whether it’s Massa, Sebastian Vettel or whoever it is. It could be someone in the present or in the future who could or will do this. But I have no problem with that. “

Schumacher’s prophecy was correct because it looks like Mercedes’ Knight is trying to break the most prestigious record in Formula 1 and set its own. These two drivers are some of the best ever and statistics have proven it time and time again.

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