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January 2006 |
| Michael
Schumacher at 37 |
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F1's
most successful driver, Michael Schumacher,
will celebrate his thirty seventh birthday
on Tuesday. The German, with seven drivers'
titles, 84 victories and 142 podiums,
is also currently the oldest and most
experienced driver in pitlane, with 232
total Grand Prix, 1248 points, 69 fastest
laps and 64 pole positions.
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"I
don't feel fear," the Ferrari driver
said in an email interview with UK's
Independent 'paper. “I feel respect
sometimes, but I am absolutely in my
element when in a cockpit and behind
a steering wheel. I cannot even imagine
this sensation ever stopping. I just
love it.”
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Schumacher's
contract runs out at the end of this year,
and so far the media has entertained every
possibility - retirement, a new Maranello
tenure, even a switch to a rival team
like McLaren Mercedes or Red Bull.
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“Really,
I am a happy man - I have a wonderful
family,” he continued. “And I had a wonderful
hobby, which turned into a great job.”
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