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| With 247 GPs, you'd think that picking Michael Schumacher's best three races along with the worst three would be a tough choice. Yet somehow, when the autosport.com editorial team put in their picks, a handful of Grands Prix stood out right at the very top, and at the very bottom. These are the races we'll remember, and the ones we'd like to forget |
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 BY WILL GRAY |
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| One fact remains undisputed: Michael Schumacher is the most successful driver in Formula One history, and the numbers say it all. But there's more to the German's career than statistics. Will Gray reviews his memorable highlights |
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| BY WILL GRAY |
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| Hero or villain? It seems that for every memorable moment in Schumacher's career, there's one equally regrettable. Will Gray looks back at the German's dark times in Formula One |
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| BY CRAIG SCARBOROUGH |
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| The cars that have taken Schumacher to 90 Grand Prix wins have changed beyond recognition since his debut in 1991, yet he has managed to win at least one race in every single year except his first. Craig Scarborough explores how Schumacher's steeds have developed and explains why he has been so good at adapting to constant change |
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| BY SEAN KELLY |
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| Sean Kelly brings the stats and facts that sum up Schumacher's Formula One career |
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| BY MARCEL BORSBOOM |
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| So how well do you know Michael Schumacher's career? Time to find out! |
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| BY ADAM COOPER |
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| Adam Cooper returns to the days when he was the only person in the world that could claim to have been present at all of Schumacher's World Sportscar Championship races, all of his F3000 races, and all of his F1 races... |
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| BY ADAM COOPER |
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| The full transcript of Michael Schumacher's interview with Adam Cooper, just two hours after his sensational qualifying debut with Jordan in the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix |
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| BY JONATHAN NOBLE |
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| For the media, Michael Schumacher has always been an untouchable genius. The demands on his time are such that his to-do list for interviews is seemingly endless, sometimes to get on it is even unachievable. But when that moment comes, when you are granted some privileged seconds with 'the great one', you make the most of it. And, as Jonathan Noble recalls, so does he |
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| BY RICHARD BARNES |
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| The departure of Michael Schumacher will leave a significant void on the Grand Prix grid, following a career that has re-written the record books. His achievements seem unassailable, but so did those of Prost in the previous era so why, asks Richard Barnes, can it not happen again? And who might do it? |
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| BY DIETER RENCKEN |
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| Dieter Rencken takes a look at the factors that made Michael Schumacher a success with Ferrari - and what the team's future will be like beyond the German's era |
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| BY MARK GLENDENNING |
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| Mark Glendenning raids his bookshelf to discover some quality compositions that demanded a re-read and some less valued contributions that failed to do the great driver justice. But which is the book to rule them all? |
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| BY MATT BISHOP |
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| A revealing encounter in Turkey stands clear in Matt Bishop's memories of Schumacher... |
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| BY DAMIEN SMITH |
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| The Mercedes Wunderboys were all destined for greatness but, as Damien Smith explains, only one ever achieved his potential in F1 |
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| BY TONY DODGINS |
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| Most people perceive Michael Schumacher as a 'flawed genius' but, as Tony Dodgins points out, it was some of his flaws that made him a genius |
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| BY BRUCE THOMSON |
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| So what will Schumi's life look like after retirement? |
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 Issue editor: Will Gray |
| Photo editor: Ross Stonefeld |
| Trivia finder: Sean Kelly |
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