Technical Knockout
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
Michael Schumacher is generally accepted as one of the top drivers ever to race in Formula One but whatever natural skill he has in the driving department has always been significantly enhanced by his supreme technical understanding of the car and of how technical changes to it can be leveraged to improve lap times.
Not only have Schumacher's technical improvisation skills brought wins in cars that should not have otherwise won on the day, both early on in his career, at Benetton, and right to the present day at Ferrari, but his adaptation to change is also something that has set him above the rest.
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