But what did Michael Schumacher have that the others didn't?

Michael Schumacher was the despair of his fellow drivers and the fantasies or nightmares of the big bosses of F1. How was he different from the others?

Published on 10/05/2022 à 09:00

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But what did Michael Schumacher have that the others didn't?

Michael Schumacher amazed with his ability to store data © DPPI

This article from August 9, 1995 (AUTOhebdo 995) can be found in our Collector Michael Schumacher. 132 pages retracing the career of the seven-time World Champion Formula 1, available in our online store.

For him, they are ready for anything. Ron Dennis with Mercedes and Marlboro; Ferrari with Shell and Marlboro; Flavio Briatore with Renault, Elf and its slew of sponsors. Even Frank Williams would happily make it his weekends if he didn't think it was more sensible to hoard and invest more in his business than on a rare pilot. But what is “devastating” about it? Recently, Willi Weber, his “Mr. 20%”, did not hesitate to hit hard on the scale of values by comparing him to a modern-day Mozart! Obviously admitting that, placed at the dawn of the 1700st century, the Austrian prodigy of the XNUMXs chose the steering wheel rather than the violin... It is in any case a question of prodigy, purity, elegance and greatness acquired through simplicity and grace. Just that.

Michael Schumacher, Benetton Renault, 1995 © DPPI

Michael Schumacher is above all a driver. Endowed with indisputable natural talent and an impressive ability to adapt. As proof, his thunderous arrival in F1 at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix