Born 3 January 1969, Michael Schumacher is a retired German racing driver who raced in Formula One for Jordan Grand Prix, Benetton and Ferrari, where he spent most of his career, as well as for Mercedes upon his return to the sport, even those who are not avid racing fans will recognize his name. Schumacher’s entire life was dedicated to his love for cars, racing, and the thrill that came from owning the track and winning race after race. Sadly, he suffered a severe brain injury after a skiing incident and has since disappeared from the public eye. His life is forever changed but his legacy lives on through his immense contribution to racing. Here are 11 things you did not know about Him.

1. How his career began.
Michael Schumacher’s love of racing began from being as young as four-years-old when his own father attached a motorcycle engine to his pedal kart which allowed him to experience racing for the first time. His experience driving it didn’t go perfectly though as he actually crashed it into a lamppost, which could have brought an end to a legendary career before it had even begun, but thankfully he rose up and continued driving. That same year, his parents who had noticed his love of racing took Michael to a local racing academy where he became the club’s youngest member, and the rest is history.

2. The greatest Formula 1 driver.
Schumacher is the only driver in history to win seven Formula One World Championships, five of which he won consecutively. The most successful driver in the history of the sport.

3. He isn’t into luxury cars.
You might think that a man with the driving skills of Michael Schumacher, who is used to driving some of the fastest vehicles on earth might want to drive around in a similar sort of car in real life. However, the reality is that Schumacher was never really into luxury or supercars and actually used a Fiat 500 Abarth as his personal car, with the Fiat Croma being his family car. While Schumacher did own a Ferrari FXX, it was given to him as a gift from the car manufacturer after he announced his retirement from Formula One and wasn’t something he chose to purchase.

4. He played a role in the movie cars.
Michael Schumacher was also part of Pixar’s popular, Cars franchise, the animated movies that are based all around different cars, and of course, Schumacher had to be involved. It was the Director that wanted to have professional, real-life drivers make guest appearances in the movie and he had Ferrari connect him to the legendary driver in order to make it happen. Schumacher unsurprisingly voiced a Ferrari F430, with his work being recorded at 2005’s Canadian Grand Prix event in Montreal, with his voice being found in the first of the trilogy.

5. Not wanting his son to race.
Many fathers would love nothing more than for their sons to follow in their footsteps of whatever chosen career path they have, but that wasn’t the case for Michael Schumacher, who made it clear he didn’t want his son to drive. Knowing all too well how dangerous racing can be, Schumacher did not want his son Mick..
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