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- Adam Christodoulou
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- Conlig
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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is the world's oldest active sports car race in endurance racing, held annually since 1923 near the town of Le Mans, France. Commonly known as the Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency, race teams have to balance speed against the cars' ability to run for 24 hours without sustaining mechanical damage to the car and manage the cars' consumables, primarily fuel, tyres and braking materials. The endurance of the drivers is likewise tested as drivers frequently spend stints of over two hours behind the wheel before stopping in the pits and allowing a relief driver to take over the driving duties. Drivers then grab what food and rest they can before returning to drive another stint. Today it is mandated that three drivers share each competing vehicle.
The race is organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and runs on the Circuit de la Sarthe, a circuit containing a mix of closed public roads and specialist motor racing circuit that are meant not only to test a car and driver's ability to be quick, but also to last over a 24 hour period. The competing teams will race in groups called classes for cars of similar specification while at the same time competing for outright placing amongst all of the classes. Originally the race was held for cars as they were sold to the general public which were then called Sports Cars compared to the specialist racing cars used in Grands Prix. Over time the competing vehicles evolved away from their publicly-available road car roots and today the race is made of two classes specialised enclosed-bodywork two-seat Prototype sports cars and two classes of Grand Touring cars which bear much closer resemblance to high performance sports cars as sold to the public.
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Austria
Austria (
i/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] (
listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: 
Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.
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Conlig
Conlig (from Irish: Con Liag, meaning "stone of the hounds") is a village and townland about halfway between Bangor and Newtownards in County Down, Northern Ireland.
The area includes extant ancient copper mines. Weapons forged with the copper from this mine have been found across Europe, and was traded for tin from Cornwall during the Bronze Age. Copper mining in the area declined, though the site at Whitespots in the village subsequently became one of the most important sources for minerals in the United Kingdom during the 19th century. At this time, the mines were the largest such complex in Ireland, and produced around 13,500 tonnes of lead between the late 17th century until the end of the 19th century. Production stopped in 1900, after a decline from 1854.
The area also contains the only known occurrence of the mineral harmotome in Northern Ireland.
Much of the area has been developed by the Department of Environment (DoE) as a country park, and the site can be accessed via the Somme Heritage Centre's car park.
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County Down
County Down (named after its county town, Downpatrick) is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the south-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,448 km², with a population of about 492,840. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland, lying within the province of Ulster.
The county was archaically called Downshire. It borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east and south, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth to the southwest. In the east of the county is Strangford Lough and the Ards Peninsula. The largest town is Bangor, on the northeast coast. Three other large towns and cities are on its border: Newry lies on the western border with County Armagh, while Lisburn and Belfast lie on the northern border with County Antrim. Down contains both the southernmost point of Northern Ireland (Cranfield Point) and the easternmost point of Ireland (Burr Point).
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Finland
Coordinates: 65°N 27°E / 65°N 027°E / 65; 027
Finlandi/ˈfɪnlənd/ ( Finnish: Suomi; Swedish: Finland (help·info)), officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.
Around 5.4 million people reside in Finland, with the majority concentrated in the southern region. It is the eighth largest country in Europe in terms of area and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union. Finland is a parliamentary republic with a central government based in Helsinki and local governments in 336 municipalities, and an autonomous region of the Åland Islands. About one million residents live in the Greater Helsinki area, which consists of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa, and a third of the country's GDP is produced there. Other larger cities include Tampere, Turku, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Lahti and Kuopio.
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Italy
Italyi/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.
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Japan
Japan
i/dʒəˈpæn/ (Japanese: 日本 Nihon or Nippon; formally 日本国 
Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku, literally the State of Japan) is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku, together accounting for ninety-seven percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with over 127 million people. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures, is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with over 30 million residents.
Archaeological research indicates that people lived in Japan as early as the Upper Paleolithic period. The first written mention of Japan is in Chinese history texts from the 1st century AD. Influence from other nations followed by long periods of isolation has characterized Japan's history. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, victory in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War and World War I allowed Japan to expand its empire during a period of increasing militarism. The Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937 expanded into part of World War II in 1941, which came to an end in 1945 following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Since adopting its revised constitution in 1947, Japan has maintained a unitary constitutional monarchy with an emperor and an elected parliament called the Diet.
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Macau Grand Prix
The Macau Grand Prix is a motor-racing event held annually in Macau, one of China's Special Administrative Regions. It is known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both car and motorcycle races are held. Every year in November hundreds of racing drivers and riders compete in different categories of motor-racing, including single-seaters, touring cars and motorbikes.
One of the highlights of the race weekend is the Macau Formula Three Grand Prix, which features many national Formula 3 champions and drivers around the world. Due to the challenging nature of the circuit, which consists of fast straights (a Formula Three car can reach a top speed of 275 km/h (171 mph) at the end of this stretch), tight corners and uncompromising crash barriers, the Macau Grand Prix is famously known as one of the most demanding circuits in the world. Many current or former Formula One drivers have participated in the event early in their careers and some of them have won the prestigious prize. Famous winners include Riccardo Patrese, Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, David Coulthard, Ralf Schumacher and Takuma Sato.
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Newtownards
Coordinates: 54°35′28″N 5°40′48″W / 54.591°N 5.68°W / 54.591; -5.68
Newtownards is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles (16 km) east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the largest town in the Borough of Ards. According to the 2001 Census, it has a population of 27,821 people in 11,502 households, placing it in the "large town" class. Approximately 86 percent of the population is from a Protestant and nine percent from a Catholic background. It is known colloquially by locals as "Ards".
In 545 AD, St. Finian founded a monastery near to present-day Newtownards. He named it "Movilla" (Magh Bhile, "the plain of the sacred tree," in Irish), which suggests that the land had previously been a sacred pagan site. The monastery was destroyed by the Vikings sometime after AD 824. In the 12th century, it joined together with Bangor Abbey as an Augustinian monastery. Later, the monastery was raided by Hugh O'Neill[disambiguation needed
] from mid-Ulster, after which the urban settlement at Movilla disappeared and the area around it became known as "Ballylisnevin" ("the town land of the fort of the family of Nevin"). The Normans, who arrived in Ireland after 1169, founded a town in the same place around 1226, named it "Nove Ville de Blathewyc" ("New Town of Blathewyc"; the name of an earlier Irish territory), and established a Dominican priory. The town declined, however, and by the 15th century the land was controlled by the O'Neill clan, with the town virtually abandoned.
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Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann pronounced [ˈt̪ˠuəʃcəɾˠt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ] ( listen), Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann or Norlin Airlan) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west. As of 2001, its population was 1,685,000, constituting about 30% of the island's total population and about 3% of the population of the United Kingdom. Since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, Northern Ireland is largely self-governing. According to the agreement, Northern Ireland co-operates with the rest of Ireland – from which it was partitioned in 1921 — on some policy areas, while other areas are reserved for the Government of the United Kingdom, though the Republic of Ireland "may put forward views and proposals".
Northern Ireland was for many years the site of a violent and bitter inter-communal conflict — the Troubles — which was caused by divisions between nationalists, who are predominantly Roman Catholic, and unionists, who are predominantly Protestant. Unionists want Northern Ireland to remain as a part of the United Kingdom, and generally see themselves as British, while nationalists wish for it to be politically reunited with the rest of Ireland, independent of British rule, and generally see themselves as Irish. Additionally, people from both sides of the community may describe themselves as Northern Irish. Since 1998, most of the paramilitary groups involved in the Troubles have ceased their armed campaigns.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (/ˈaɪərlənd/ or /ˈɑrlənd/; Irish: Éire, pronounced [ˈeːɾʲə] ( listen)) is a sovereign state in Europe occupying about five-sixths of the island of Ireland. Its capital is Dublin. The population of the state was 4.59 million in 2011. It is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy, with an elected president serving as head of state. In the 1937 constitution, the name of the state is given as simply "Ireland". The Constitution of Ireland (Article 4) and the Republic of Ireland Act 1948 provides that the "Republic of Ireland" (Irish: Poblacht na hÉireann) is "the description of the state".
Ireland is a member of the European Union, the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Trade Organisation and the United Nations. A developed country with the seventh highest Human Development Index, Ireland is also highly ranked for press freedom, economic freedom and democracy and political freedom.
The modern Irish state was established in 1922 as the Irish Free State, a dominion within the British Empire, following the Anglo-Irish Treaty which brought an end to the Irish War of Independence. The partition of Ireland had already been provided for in previous British legislation in 1921 in response to opposition to Irish Home Rule or independence by Unionists, who formed a majority in the north-eastern part of the country. Six of the nine counties in the northern province of Ulster were established under that legislation as Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom, with which the Irish state shares its only land border. The state is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the Celtic Sea to the south, St George's Channel to the south east, and the Irish Sea to the east.
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Sweden
Sweden (i/ˈswiːdən/ SWEE-dən; Swedish: Sverige [ˈsværjɛ] ( listen)), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish: Konungariket Sverige (help·info)), is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland, and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Øresund.
At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the third largest country in the European Union by area, with a total population of about 9.4 million. Sweden has a low population density of 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54 /sq mi) with the population mostly concentrated to the southern half of the country. About 85% of the population live in urban areas. Sweden's capital city is Stockholm, which is also the largest city.
Sweden emerged as an independent and unified country during the Middle Ages. In the 17th century, the country expanded its territories to form the Swedish Empire. The empire grew to be one of the great powers of Europe in the 17th and early 18th century. Most of the conquered territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were lost during the 18th and 19th centuries. The eastern half of Sweden, present-day Finland, was lost to Russia in 1809. The last war in which Sweden was directly involved was in 1814, when Sweden by military means forced Norway into a personal union. Since then, Sweden has been at peace, practicing "non-participation in military alliances during peacetime and neutrality during wartime". However, Sweden has been a member of the European Union since 1 January 1995 and is a member of the OECD.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain) is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe. The country includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign state—the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The United Kingdom is a unitary state governed under a constitutional monarchy and a parliamentary system, with its seat of government in the capital city of London. It is a country in its own right and consists of four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. There are three devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Associated with the UK, but not constitutionally part of it, are three Crown Dependencies. The United Kingdom has fourteen overseas territories. These are remnants of the British Empire which, at its height in 1922, encompassed almost a quarter of the world's land surface and was the largest empire in history. British influence can still be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former territories.
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United States
The United States of America (commonly abbreviated to the United States, the U.S., the USA, America, and the States) is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south. The state of Alaska is in the northwest of the continent, with Canada to the east and Russia to the west, across the Bering Strait. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The country also possesses several territories in the Pacific and Caribbean.
At 3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and with over 312 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest by both land area and population. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The U.S. economy is the world's largest national economy, with an estimated 2011 GDP of $15.1 trillion (22% of nominal global GDP and over 19% of global GDP at purchasing-power parity). Per capita income is the world's sixth-highest.
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Adam Christodoulou
Adam Robert Christodoulou (born 11 June 1989 in Lichfield) is a British racing driver, who won the 2008 British Formula Renault Championship, also won the 2009 Star Mazda Championship in the United States. His cousin Riki Christodoulou is also an emerging racing driver, currently competing in British Formula Three.
Christodoulou began his racing career in karting in Britain. At one stage his license was suspended for infringement of competition engine rules.
Christodoulou began his career in single seater racing in the 2006 Formula Renault UK Winter Series and gained 4th place at Croft round 2, race 1 and managed a fastest lap at Croft round 2, race 2.
In the 2007 British Formula Renault Championship Adam had the most podium finishes in Europe and the UK out of any rookie driver, he came fourth overall and won the coveted graduate cup with a prize of £15,000. (He came behind Duncan Tappy, Dean Smith and Will Bratt). During this year he was invited to become a BRDC young driver.
During the 2007 Formula Renault 2.0 UK Winter Series he finished 3rd.
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Alex Lynn
Alexander George Lynn (born September 17, 1993) is a British racing driver who lives in Essex.
Lynn began his racing career in karting at the age of eleven with Andy Cox Racing. In 2008 after four years in Mini Max and JICA classes he switches to Ricky Flynn Motorsport for competing in KF2 category, finishing British KF2 championship on the sixth place in the series standings.
In 2009 Lynn made his début in single-seaters taking part in Formula Renault UK Winter Cup for Fortec Motorsport, finishing tenth in the standings. On the same position he finished in main Formula Renault UK Series, winning Graduate Cup with scoring first podium at final race of the season at Brands Hatch.
Lynn continued his collaboration with Fortec for 2010 Formula Renault UK Winter Cup and 2011 main series, becoming champion in both series, with three and twelve wins respectively. He also appeared in Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 at Hungaroring and Silverstone. His best result was second place from pole at Silvertone.
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Allan McNish
Allan McNish (born 29 December 1969) is a Scottish racing driver. He is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, most recently in 2008, and three-time American Le Mans Series champion.
McNish who was born in Dumfries, Scotland played football while at school. He was a fan of Nottingham Forest and also supported his local club Queen of the South. It wasn't until McNish began in karting that he found something at which he excelled.
McNish began his career in karting like fellow Dumfries and Galloway driver David Coulthard. McNish credited the start given to both of them and Dario Franchitti as being largely down to David Leslie senior and junior.
McNish and Coulthard both were recognised with a McLaren/Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year award having moved up to car racing. In 1988 he won the Formula Vauxhall Lotus championship and in 1989 finished runner up to David Brabham in a close fought British Formula Three Championship. During the late 1980s McNish shared a house with team mate Mika Häkkinen.
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Andy Goldstein
Andrew 'Andy' Goldstein is a British TV presenter.
He formerly presented Soccer AM on Saturday mornings, succeeding Tim Lovejoy having also previously taken over from him as co-host on Soccer AM's All Sports Show in 2004. The All-Sports show ended in 2007. Goldstein also presents Sky Sports coverage of Premier League Snooker, 9-Ball Pool (including the Mosconi Cup) and 10 pin bowling Weber Cup.
As well as presenting, Goldstein has tried his hand at acting too. He appeared as the main character in a series of adverts for TalkTalk shown before Big Brother 5 in 2004.
Goldstein currently hosts Andy Goldstein's Sports Bar, a radio show which runs on Talksport from Monday to Friday 10pm to 1am every week. It initially ran from Monday to Thursday, but following George Galloway's exit from the station, it was increased to 5 nights per week.
Goldstein is also an accomplished pool and snooker player having beaten Steve Davis as part of a feature on the All Sports Show, supposedly taking Davis' roll of honour (including his MBE, OBE, six World Championships and his Mosconi Cup win) with victory. When introducing the following week's All Sports Show, the caption on the screen read 'Andy Goldstein OBE MBE'. He uses the nickname of 'Galeforce' and recently challenged badminton player Gail Emms to a showdown for the exclusive use of the nickname after claims by Emms that she was the first Galeforce.
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Andy Priaulx
Andrew Graham Priaulx, MBE (born 8 August 1973 in Guernsey) is a British racing driver from Guernsey. He is a European Touring Car Championship champion, three times World Touring Car Championship champion and the only FIA Touring Car champion to win an International level championship for four consecutive years (2004 to 2007). The previous record was Roberto Ravaglia's three successive championships (1986–1988).
Priaulx has competed in many types of motorsport, beginning in karting at the minimum age of eight. After a brief flirtation with powerboat racing, he started hillclimbing while still a teenager, sharing a car with his father Graham. It was quickly apparent that he had great natural ability, and few people were surprised when he took the British Hillclimb Championship title in 1995.
After this, he made the switch to circuit racing, where after a relatively low-key couple of years in Formula Renault UK Championship and British Formula 3 he eventually demonstrated his skills were transferable by switching to the Renault Spider championship in 1998, completely dominating it in 1999. His career stalled somewhat when he returned to British Formula 3 in 2000-01. He had some success at this level, but despite finishing sixth in the championship in 2001 was unable to progress further up the single-seater ladder.
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Austria
Austria (i/ˈɒstriə/ or /ˈɔːstriə/; German: Österreich [ˈøːstɐˌʁaɪç] ( listen)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich (help·info)), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.47 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres (32,377 sq mi) and has a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft). The majority of the population speak local Austro-Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Burgenland Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.
The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.
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Ayrton Senna
Ayrton Senna da Silva (pronounced [aˈiɾtõ ˈsenɐ da ˈsiwvɐ] ( listen); 21 March 1960 – 1 May 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver. Senna was a three-time Formula One world champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time. He died in a crash at Tamburello corner while leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix and is the most recent driver to die at the wheel of a Formula One car.
Senna began his motorsport career in karting, moving up to open-wheel racing in 1981, and winning the British Formula 3 championship in 1983. He made his Formula One debut with Toleman-Hart in 1984 before moving to Lotus-Renault the following year and winning six Grands Prix over the next three seasons. In 1988, he joined Frenchman Alain Prost at McLaren-Honda. Between them, they won all but one of the 16 Grands Prix that year and Senna his first World Championship. Prost claimed the championship in 1989, and Senna his second and third championships in 1990 and 1991. In 1992, the Williams-Renault combination began to dominate Formula One. Senna nonetheless managed to finish the 1993 season as runner-up, winning five races and negotiating a move to Williams in 1994.
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Damon Hill
Damon Graham Devereux Hill OBE (born 17 September 1960) is a retired British racing driver from England. In 1996 Hill won the Formula One World Championship. As the son of the late Graham Hill, he is the only son of a world champion to win the title. His father died in an aeroplane crash when Hill was 15.
Hill was born in Hampstead, London on 17 September 1960 to Graham and Bette Hill. Graham Hill was a racing driver in the international Formula One series. He won the world drivers' championship in 1962 and 1968 and became a well known personality in the United Kingdom. Graham Hill's career provided a comfortable living. By 1975 the family lived in a "25-room country mansion" in Hertfordshire and Damon attended the independent Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. The death of his father in an aeroplane crash in 1975 left the 15-year-old Hill, his mother, and sisters Samantha and Brigitte in drastically reduced circumstances. Hill worked as a labourer and a motorcycle courier to support his further education.
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Danny Watts
Danny Watts (born 31 December 1979 in Aylesbury, England) is a British racing driver.
Danny Watts started racing in 1993, when he began karting. After five seasons of karting, he stepped up to single seater racing in 1998 in the UK Formula First championship, in which he dominated with 12 wins. He also competed in the Formula Palmer Audi Winter Series, in preparation for running the main Formula Palmer Audi championship the following year.
2000 saw a step up to the British Formula Renault Championship, when he was team mate to Kimi Räikkönen. In his third year of Formula Renault, he won the championship with 6 wins.
Watts ascended another tier in 2003, stepping up to the British Formula Three Championship, with HiTech Racing. He took his first win in the series the same year in the second race at Castle Combe, having crashed out of the lead in race one. In 2004 he became the first driver for eleven years to win a round of the British Formula Three Championship whilst not driving a car from the Dallara company.
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Dario Franchitti
George Dario Marino Franchitti (born 19 May 1973) is a Scottish racing driver. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion, and won the rain-shortened 2007 Indianapolis 500. Franchitti is also a former NASCAR driver for Chip Ganassi Racing, competing until mid-2008 when his team shut down. Franchitti returned to the IndyCar Series for the 2009 season, driving the #10 Target Honda/Dallara for Target Chip Ganassi Racing. He is the current, four-time IndyCar Series champion after claiming a third title in 2010 and fourth title in 2011 in addition to his 2007 and 2009 titles. On 30 May 2010, he won his second Indianapolis 500 race. He is the second driver in IndyCar Series history to take four titles in four consecutive series of racing, after Sébastien Bourdais, after accounting for his 2008 absence from the series. On 27 May 2012, he won his third Indianapolis 500 race.
He also competed in the American Le Mans Series for Andretti Green Racing with his brother Marino and former IndyCar Series teammate Bryan Herta. He won the 2007 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year award. Franchitti was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland.
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David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard, MBE, (/ˈkoʊlθɑrt/; born 27 March 1971,, often known as DC, is a Scottish former Formula One racing driver .
Coulthard, who was born and raised in Twynholm, made his Formula One debut in 1994 and won 13 Grands Prix in a career spanning 15 seasons. Twice a winner in Monaco, Coulthard was team-mate to Mika Häkkinen in the Finn's two Drivers' Championship-winning seasons for McLaren Mercedes before helping establish the Red Bull team. His best Drivers' Championship finish was second in 2001.
After retiring from racing in Formula One, Coulthard continued to be involved with the Red Bull Racing team as a consultant, as well as joining the BBC as a Television commentator and pundit. He returned as an active driver in the DTM series for 2010, piloting a 2008 Mercedes-Benz C-Class for Mücke Motorsport. He has finished in 16th position in the drivers championship in both years of competing in the series.
Coulthard began karting as soon as he was permitted, at the age of 11. He raced karts for six years, moving south once he had started to win local championships. He regarded Rowrah, in Cumbria, as his home circuit. It was there that he won the Cumbria Kart Racing Club championship in 1985, a year after Allan McNish. McNish credited the start given to him, David Coulthard, and Dario Franchitti largely to David Leslie, senior and junior.
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Derek Higgins
Derek Higgins (Irish: Ruaridh Ó hUiginn; born June 12, 1964) is an Irish former race car driver.
Born in Dublin, was a two time winner of the Mexican Formula 3 championship in 1995 and 1997 before moving to the American Indy Lights series in 1998. After two successful seasons where he racked up four wins and finished 5th and 7th in series points, he completed his Indy Racing League rookie test at Walt Disney World Speedway with McCormack Motorsports, expecting to find a ride in the series. However, he was unable sign a deal with a team and returned to Indy Lights for a partial season in 2000 and a complete season in 2001, the series' last. After Indy Lights he competed in a few Toyota Atlantic races in 2002 and has not competed in a notable professional race since. Derek is now the Assistant Team Manager to Conquest Racing which races in the Indy Racing League.
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Duncan Tappy
Duncan Tappy (born 26 June 1984 in West Ewell, Surrey) is a professional racing driver from the United Kingdom.
Tappy began his racing career in 2003 in the Zip Formula Great Britain series before competing in the Southern Formula Ford championship with Steve Mole Motosrport for 2004. In the three races he contested he took one podium. The following year he moved up to the UK Formula Ford championship, racing in the winter series where he finished as runner-up. He also took part in the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, finishing in eleventh place.
In 2005 Tappy took part in the full UK Formula Ford season with Jamun Racing, taking an amazing seventeen podiums in twenty races, including ten victories, to finish runner-up in the standings. He completed his year by winning the end-of-season Formula Ford Festival at the second attempt. During this year Tappy was also selected as a finalist for the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC award.
In 2006 he stepped up to the British Formula Renault 2.0 Championship with Jamun Racing, finishing his debut year eighteenth in the standings. He was also awarded 'Rising Star' status by the British Racing Drivers Club. Tappy stayed in the series for a second season in 2007, this time switching to Fortec Motorsport. During the season, he took sixteen podium finishes, including nine race wins, to end the year as series champion. He also took part in selected rounds of the Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup and French Formula Renault 2.0.
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Eddie Irvine
Edmund "Eddie" Irvine, Jr. (born 10 November 1965, Newtownards, County Down) is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He grew up in Conlig, County Down, and was influenced by his parents, who were also involved in motor racing. His father, Edmund Sr, and his sister, Sonia (now a physiotherapist), worked with him during his career.
His professional racing career began in 1983 and he progressed to Formula Three racing in 1988, before moving on to Formula 3000 in 1989. He got his break in the top of the Formula racing series after he started racing for Jordan in the Formula 3000 series in 1990, and was subsequently picked up by the Jordan Formula One team in 1993. His reputation steadily increased in Formula One, eventually leading Ferrari to sign him to partner Michael Schumacher in 1996.
1999 was his most successful season; Irvine won four races, taking the Drivers' Championship to the last race in which he finished third. In the overall Championship he finished as runner-up to McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen. He left Ferrari the following year for the new Jaguar Racing team and was the only driver to get Jaguar to the podium in their short F1 history; he achieved this feat twice.
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Eddie Jordan
Edmund "Eddie" Jordan, also known as "EJ" (born March 30, 1948) is an Irish former racing driver. He is the founder and owner of Jordan Grand Prix, a Formula One constructor which operated from 1991 to 2005. He is currently the lead analyst for F1 coverage on the BBC.
Born in Ireland in 1948, Jordan grew up in Bray, County Wicklow, and was educated at Synge Street Christian Brothers School in Central Dublin.
Intending to become a dentist, he ended up working for the Bank of Ireland as a clerk. During a strike in Dublin, he went on holiday to the island of Jersey, where he witnessed and took part in kart racing for the first time.
Upon his return to Dublin, Jordan bought a kart and began racing. His first race was at Bouley Bay, Jersey, in 1970; he entered the Irish Kart Championship in 1971 and won it.
In 1974 Jordan moved on to Formula Ford, where he competed for two years, but was forced to sit out the 1976 season when he broke both his legs in a crash. After his injuries had healed, he switched to Formula Atlantic, won three races in 1977, and won the Irish Formula Atlantic Championship in 1978. Jordan and Stefan Johansson raced in British Formula Three in 1979, under the name "Team Ireland". The same year, Jordan drove in one Formula Two race and did a small amount of testing for McLaren.
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Eje Elgh
Eje Elgh (born 15 June 1953) is a Swedish racing driver and television reporter. He participated in Le Mans 24 Hours. He currently works as a Color commentator for Formula One in Sweden together with Janne Blomqvist. The two have worked together as Formula One commentators for a long time, first for TV4 and went over to Viasat Motor when they took over the Formula One broadcasting in Sweden.
He participated in the 2009 Dakar Rally where he was in a crash. His car fell down a 100 meter cliff and was completely destroyed, but Elgh survived without any serious injuries.
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Emanuele Naspetti
Emanuele Naspetti (born February 24, 1968 in Ancona) is a racing driver from Italy. He participated in six Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on August 30, 1992. He scored no championship points. He was considered for the Forti drive for the 1995 season.
After Formula One, he switched to touring cars. He won the Italian Touring Car Championship drivers title in 1997. In 2006, Naspetti competed in the opening two rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) for the independent GDL Racing team in a BMW 320i.
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Guy Smith
Guy Smith (born 12 September 1974 in Beverley, England, UK) is a motor racing driver who has competed in various levels of motorsport.
Smith started racing karts in 1987, winning the British Championship, and in 1991 finished second in the Senior World Championship. In 1992 he moved into auto racing, winning the British Formula Renault Championship in 1995 and tested a Williams Formula 1 car. He went on to win his first Formula 3 race from pole position. In 1998 he moved to America to contest the Indy Lights series finishing 3rd in the Championship and been crowned 'Rookie of the Year'.
Since then he has raced primarily in the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am series, posting an overall win at the 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans with co-drivers Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello driving a Bentley Speed 8. In 2004 he made his Champ Car debut the second half of the season for Paul Gentilozzi's Rocketsports team.
Smith raced for Dyson Racing in the American Le Mans Series between 2006 and 2009.
It was announced on 15 February 2010 that Smith would be competing in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans with the Rebellion Racing Team driving a Lola B10/60 in the LMP1 class.
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James Hunt
James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver from England who won the Formula One World Championship in 1976. Hunt's often action packed exploits on track earned him the nickname "Hunt the Shunt." After retiring from driving, Hunt became a media commentator and businessman. Never one to take himself too seriously, Hunt endeared himself to the British public with his charisma and charm and in the process brought a whole new fanbase to the sport of Formula One.
Beginning his racing career in touring car racing, Hunt progressed into Formula Three where he attracted the attention of the Hesketh Racing team and was soon taken under their wing. Hunt entered Formula One in 1973, driving a March 731 entered by the Hesketh Racing team. He went on to win for Hesketh, driving their own Hesketh 308 car, in both World Championship and non-Championship races, before joining the McLaren team at the end of 1975. In his first year with McLaren, Hunt won the World Drivers' Championship, and he remained with the team for a further two years, although with less success, before moving to the Wolf team in early 1979. However, following a string of races in which he failed to finish, Hunt retired from driving half way through the 1979 season.
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James Pickford
James Pickford is an English race car driver, born 30 April 1979 in Macclesfield, Cheshire. As a child his interest was in motorbikes; his father Keith ran bike racing teams. However, as with Damon Hill his mother led him towards the relatively safe world of car racing, beginning in karts in 1994. For a while he was coached by former BTCC racer Tim Sugden. His interest in saloon and sportscars began when he won a test in a BTCC car after being nominated for the BRDC McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year award in 1998.
His start in car racing was in 1997, in the Formula Honda series. He won this 2 years in a row, and also did a single Formula Ford race in 1998. He was a midfield runner in Formula Renault in 2000, but spent the next 2 seasons largely sidelined due to a lack of funds.
After a year working on marketing within the prestigious Abt Sportsline team in the DTM, he returned to fulltime racing in 2003, in the SEAT Cupra Championship. He was fifth overall, but improved to win the title in 2004, with 11 top-four finishes in the 12 races including 3 wins. This earned him a factory British Touring Car Championship SEAT drive in 2005. He came ninth in the series, with a podium at Snetterton [1] but did not retain the drive for 2006. For 2007 he is contesting the full Porsche Carrera Cup GB, having done the later races in 2006, starting at Knockhill[2]. This means he has contested three of the five championships which support the BTCC and feature on ITV's Motorsport UK programme, as well as the BTCC itself.
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Jeff Krosnoff
Jeffrey John Krosnoff (September 24, 1964 – July 14, 1996) was an American race car driver. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but grew up in La Cañada, California. Krosnoff attended Flintridge Prep, a private high school, and enrolled at University of California, San Diego in September 1982. After one year, he transferred to UCLA, where he majored in business. Throughout his college career, Krosnoff was focused on pursuing his dream of professional racecar driving.
Krosnoff competed in Japan in Formula 3000, where he was active from 1989 to 1995. Krosnoff also competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans several times, scoring 2nd in 1994. In the 1996 season, he made 11 starts in the CART Champ Car Series, driving a Reynard-Toyota for Arciero-Wells Racing.
On July 14, 1996 with 3 laps to go in the Molson Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place Krosnoff was involved in a horrendous accident. Krosnoff's car made wheel-to-wheel contact with the car of Stefan Johansson, sending it into the air, over a concrete barrier, and into the catch fencing lining the street course. The fence did not deflect the car enough to keep it from hitting a light post which was inside the fencing.
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JJ Lehto
Jyrki Juhani Järvilehto (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjyrki ˈjærvilehto]), better known as "JJ Lehto", (born January 31, 1966 in Espoo), is a racing driver from Finland. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, in 1995 and 2005. He is also a former Formula One driver.
He was a protégé of Finnish 1982 Formula One World Champion Keke Rosberg, who first suggested that Jyrki Järvilehto would abbreviate his name to the more manageable JJ Lehto, much as Rosberg had done before him ("Keke" being derived from Keijo, his own given name).
Like many racing drivers he began in karts at age 8, winning numerous events, before graduating to Formula Ford at the early age of 15. A switch to single seaters saw him dominate the Scandinavian Formula Ford. He then won the British and European Formula 2000 championship in 1987 and went on to win the coveted British Formula 3 title in 1988. He was driving for Pacific Racing. In 1989 Järvilehto drove in Formula 3000, again for Pacific Racing. The season wasn't successful and he didn't score any podium finishes. Järvilehto didn't participate in the last race which was held in Dijon-Prenois.
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Julia Stiles
Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress.
After beginning her career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet. Her film career has included both commercial and critical successes, ranging from teen romantic comedies such as 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) to dark art house pictures such as The Business of Strangers (2001). She is also known for playing the supporting character Nicky Parsons in the Bourne film series and the leading role in Save the Last Dance, and for her role in Mona Lisa Smile. She guest starred as Lumen Pierce in the fifth season of the Showtime series Dexter, a role that earned her Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.
Stiles was born in New York City, the eldest of three children. Her mother, Judith Newcomb Stiles, is a potter, and her father, John O'Hara, is a businessman. Stiles has English, Irish, and Italian ancestry. She started acting at age eleven, performing with New York's La MaMa Theatre Company.
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Kelvin Burt
Kelvin Burt (born September 7, 1967 in Birmingham) is a British auto racing driver. After attending the Jim Russell Racing Drivers' School in 1987 he turned to Formula Ford racing, battling hard against David Coulthard for the championship. He won his class in a British Touring Car Championship round at Oulton Park, before spending 1991 winning the Formula Vauxhall Lotus series, and being voted Autosport Club Driver of the Year. He moved up to British F3 in 1992, winning the title with Paul Stewart Racing in 1993 with 9 wins, a record for a British driver.
He did some Porsche Supercup races in 1994, becoming the only Brit to win a race in that form of the series. He also became the test driver for the Jordan Grand Prix Formula One team midseason, and the Jordan team put a contract option to consider having him race in F1. However, while that did not come to light, he did surface again as a test driver for Arrows in 1996.
For 1995 he had his first full BTCC season, replacing the retiring Andy Rouse in Rouse's Ford team. He took 8th overall, only 2 places behind experienced team-mate Paul Radisich. He then spent 2 years with Tom Walkinshaw's Volvo team, winning a further race. He briefly returned to the BTCC in the Production Class for GA Motorsport in 2002, winning both races he started. He also did two meetings for GA (then racing as Team Sureterm) in the main class in 2004, scoring 11 points, more than all their other drivers bar Carl Breeze put together.
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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton,MBE (born 7 January 1985) is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He is the 2008 Formula One World Champion.
Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. In December 1995, at the age of ten, he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for McLaren." Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme. After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, he drove for McLaren in 2007, making his Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Lewis Hamilton's contract for the McLaren driver development program made him the youngest ever driver to secure a contract which later resulted in an F1 drive.
Coming from a mixed-race background, with a black father and white mother, Hamilton is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One", although Willy T. Ribbs tested an F1 car in 1986. He is also the first driver of black heritage to win a major race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in any discipline.
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Martin Bolsover
Martin Bolsover is a British racing driver. He won the British Hill Climb Championship three times driving a Pilbeam, his titles coming in successive years (1982-1983-1984). He was also well known for holding the sportscar record at Shelsley Walsh for twenty years, finally losing it to Nic Mann in 2004. Bolsover won the Autosport Award for "British Club Driver of the Year" in both 1982 and 1983.
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Masanori Sekiya
Masanori Sekiya (関谷 正徳, Sekiya Masanori?, born 27 November 1949) is a racing car driver from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, most famous for being the first Japanese driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, in 1995.
Sekiya drove in single-seaters in his early career, contesting the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship and Formula Nippon from 1987 to 1993, mostly for the Leyton House team. He never achieved any victories, but finished 4th in the standings in 1988 and 1989, scoring three and four podiums, respectively.
A long-time works Toyota driver, Sekiya drove in the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, All Japan Grand Touring Championship and Japanese Touring Car Championship, a series which he won in 1994, driving a Toyota Chaser for the Tom's team. He was also runner-up the following year.
As Sekiya is rather fond of Le Mans, in 1987, he got married in the town prior to the race. His best result in international sports car racing was winning the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, at the wheel of a McLaren F1 GTR for Kokusai Kaihatsu Racing. He became the first Japanese-born driver to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. He was also fourth in the 1993 edition. He competed in the JGTC until the 2000 season and now works as team manager for the Super GT division of the Toyota Team TOM'S and also runs a racing school at Fuji Speedway. In 1998, Sekiya also appeared in a TV commercial in Japan driving a JZA80 Supra promoting its handling package.
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Mauro Martini
Mauro Martini (born 17 May 1964) was an Italian race car driver.
Highlights of his career include placing runner-up in both Italian Formula Three Championship and the Formula 3 European Cup, both in 1988. He was third in the 1990 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, and later won the championship in 1992. His last year of racing was in 1997.
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Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaʔeːl ˈʃuːmaxɐ] ( listen); born 3 January 1969) is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes team. Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time. He holds many of the formula's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season – 13 in 2004. In 2002 he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes. According to the official Formula One website he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen".
After beginning with karting, Schumacher won German drivers' championships in Formula König and Formula Three before joining Mercedes in the World Sportscar Championship. After one Mercedes-funded race for the Jordan Formula One team Schumacher signed as a driver for the Benetton Formula One team in 1991. After winning consecutive championships with Benetton in 1994/5, Schumacher moved to Ferrari in 1996 and won another five consecutive drivers' titles with them from 2000 to 2004. Schumacher retired from Formula One driving in 2006 staying with Ferrari as an advisor. Schumacher agreed to return for Ferrari part-way through 2009, as cover for the badly injured Felipe Massa, but was prevented by a neck injury. He later signed a three-year contract to drive for the new Mercedes GP team starting in 2010.
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Mika Häkkinen
Mika Pauli Häkkinen ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born 28 September 1968 in Vantaa in the Helsinki metropolitan area) is a Finnish racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. Seven-time world champion and rival Michael Schumacher said Häkkinen is the man he respected the most during his Formula One career.
Mika Häkkinen was born in Helsingin maalaiskunta (now Vantaa), Finland on September 28, 1968 to Harri, a shortwave radio operator and part-time taxi driver, and Aila Häkkinen, who worked as a secretary. Häkkinen grew up with one sister, Nina, who ran a fan site for her brother until its closure in 1998.
Since 1991, Häkkinen has resided in Monte Carlo although he also has houses in France and Finland. On 18 May 2008, his newly completed mansion in France burned down after a light in one of his trophy cabinets short circuited. Nobody was injured in the conflagration, but his pet tortoise perished in the fire along with his collection of F1 trophies.
Häkkinen married Erja Honkanen in 1998. The couple have one son, Hugo Ronan (born 11 December 2000) and one daughter, Aina Julia (born 12 May 2005). The couple applied for divorce in 2008. Häkkinen's third child, daughter Ella, was born on 30 November 2010 to his girlfriend Marketa Remesova.
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Mika Salo
Mika Juhani Salo (born November 30, 1966 in Helsinki) is a Finnish racing driver. He competed in Formula One between 1994 and 2002. His best ranking was 10th in the world championship in 1999. He also won the GT2 class in the 2008 and 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In 1989, Salo competed in the British Formula Three Championship, racing for Alan Docking Racing. He raced with the Reynard Toyota package which was not the season's best. Staying with Alan Docking Racing for 1990 and moving to a more competitive Ralt chassis, he raced against countryman and fierce rival Mika Häkkinen in F3, finishing second to him. In 1990, Salo was caught driving under the influence in London. Subsequently the chance of him gaining a FIA Super Licence necessary to compete in Formula One was destroyed in the short-term. He then moved to Japan in an attempt to revive his damaged reputation.
"I think it was six days before the race they said, 'Do you think you can drive it next weekend with no testing'. I'd never driven a Formula One car before in my life; that's what I've always wanted, so I said yes. I know the circuit so I don't think it's a problem. The next two nights I lay in my bed smiling, so happy it was happening."
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Mike Jordan
Michael Jordan (born 17 February 1958 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is a British racing driver who competed in various classes of saloon and sportscar racing. He will compete for his own JordanSport.co.uk team in the 2009 Britcar Production Championship. He has won three British titles, and spent three years competing in the BTCC against many drivers less than half his age, including his son and team-mate Andrew. In 2006 he became the oldest driver ever to win a BTCC race. He lives in Lichfield with his wife Judith and their three children.
He started racing in the late 1970s with a Morris Minor in the Classic Saloon Car Club's Pre-57 road-going championship, which he won in 1979. He bought the car from a workmate with bankloans, and drove it on the road. His first BTCC appearances were in 1989 in a Peugeot.
He was Porsche Cup champion in 1987 and 1991. He then competed in saloon cars and won the Willhire 24 Hour race in 1992 and 1993, also finishing runner up in the 1992 ESSO Group N Saloon Car Championship.
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Oliver Gavin
Oliver Benjamin Gavin (born 29 September 1972 in Huntingdon), is a GM factory racing driver from the United Kingdom. He was raised in the village of Felmersham, Bedfordshire. He attended the local Primary school, Pinchmill. At age nine he attended Lincroft Middle School and then took his GCSEs and A-levels at Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College. The school has produced other notable achievers, Matt Jackson, footballer for Luton, Norwich and Wigan; the athletics star and Women's marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe and former premiership rugby player Stuart Glover.
Gavin was introduced to motor racing through the traditional karting route. After finishing as runner-up in the 1993 British F3 series to Kelvin Burt, Gavin graduated to Formula 3000 in 1994 with Omegaland. He failed to score any points in the five races he contested, and subsequently opted to drop back down to F3 for 1995. He managed to overcome rival Ralph Firman in the final round to snatch the title.
Currently, Oliver Gavin is driving for Corvette Racing in the American Le Mans Series with codriver Tommy Milner and endurance codriver Richard Westbrook.
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Paddy Mayne
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955) was a Irish soldier, solicitor, Ireland rugby union international, amateur boxer, and a founding member of the Special Air Service (SAS), controversially denied a Victoria Cross.
Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne was born in Newtownards, County Down, the second youngest of seven children. The Mayne family were prominent landowners who owned several retail businesses in the town. He was named Robert Blair after a second cousin, who at the time of his birth was a British Army officer serving in World War I. The family home, Mount Pleasant, is situated on the hills above Newtownards. A paternal ancestor was Gordon Turnbull, who led the famous Scotland Forever Charge at Waterloo.
He attended Regent House Grammar School. It was there that his talent for rugby union became evident, and he played for the school 1st XV and also the local Ards RFC team from the age of 16. While at school he also played cricket and golf, and showed aptitude as a marksman in the rifle club. On leaving school he studied law at Queen's University of Belfast, studying to become a solicitor. While at university he took up boxing, becoming Irish Universities Heavyweight Champion in August 1936. He followed this by reaching the final of the British Universities Heavyweight Championship, but was beaten on points. With a handicap of 8, he won the Scrabo Golf Club President's Cup the next year.[citation needed]
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Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990. For a time, she was known as Pamela Anderson Lee (or Pamela Lee) after marrying Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee. She maintains dual American and Canadian citizenship.
Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, the daughter of Barry, a furnace repairman, and Carol (née Grosco) Anderson, a waitress. Her great-grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, was Finnish, a native of Saarijärvi, and left the Grand Duchy of Finland (which was a part of the Russian Empire at the time) in 1908, changing his name to Anderson when he arrived as an immigrant. Anderson also has Russian ancestry on her mother's side.
After graduating from Highland Secondary School in 1985, Anderson moved to Vancouver and worked as a fitness instructor. During the summer of 1989, Anderson went with her friends to a BC Lions game at BC Place, and during the game she was shown on the stadium screen wearing a Labatt's t-shirt, causing the crowd to cheer for the 21-year-old Anderson. She was taken down to the field to receive an ovation from the crowd. Her photographer boyfriend Dan Ilicic produced the Blue Zone Girl poster on his own. In October 1989 she appeared as the cover girl on Playboy magazine. At this stage in her modelling career, she had decided to live in Los Angeles to further pursue her career ambitions. She became a centrefold for Playboy when the magazine chose her to be their Playmate of the Month for their February 1990 issue. She then chose to get breast implants. Anderson has since appeared in Playboy several times in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Peter Dumbreck
Peter Dumbreck (born 13 October 1973 in Kirkcaldy) is a racing driver from Scotland.
In 1994 he dominated the British Formula Vauxhall Junior championship and followed this in 1996 with a similarly strong performance when he won ten races to take the full Formula Vauxhall Championship.
After finishing third in British Formula 3 in 1997, he took the 1998 Japanese Formula 3 title with a record-breaking eight wins out of ten races. The climax of Peter Dumbreck's 1998 season was victory at the Macau Grand Prix - a race that traditionally attracts entries from all the world's top flight Formula 3 drivers.
In 1999 Peter Dumbreck momentarily shot to world prominence when he not only survived but walked away uninjured from a horrifying high speed incident during the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans race when his #5 Mercedes-Benz CLR somersaulted into the woods at about 300 km/h. Mark Webber had already suffered similar crashes in the #4 car during the Thursday night practice and the Saturday morning Warm-up. The remaining #6 car was retired immediately, and the team withdrew from all other planned entries in endurance racing and ALMS.
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Roland Ratzenberger
Roland Ratzenberger (4 July 1960 – 30 April 1994) was an Austrian racing driver who raced in Formula Nippon, Formula 3000 and Formula One. He died during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event at which three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna died the following day.
Born in Salzburg, Austria, Ratzenberger often claimed 1962 (rather than 1960) as his birth year, wanting to appear younger to extend his racing career. He began racing in German Formula Ford in 1983, and in 1985 won both the Austrian and Central European Formula Ford championships.
In 1985 he also entered the prestigious Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch in England, finishing second. He returned in 1986 and won it before graduating to British Formula Three the following season. While in the UK, he briefly gained fame for the similarity of his name to that of TV puppet Roland Rat, with whom he appeared in an edition of TV-am and whose branding briefly appeared on his car.
Two years in British F3 yielded two 12th places in the championship with West Surrey Racing and Madgwick Motorsport respectively. He also raced in other formulae than single seaters, once finishing second in the 1987 World Touring Car Championship driving a Team Schnitzer BMW M3. In 1988 he entered the final few rounds of the British Touring Car Championship in a class B BMW M3 for the Demon Tweeks team.
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Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁubẽjs baʁiˈkɛlu], born 23 May 1972 in São Paulo) is a racing driver from Brazil, best known for competing in Formula One between 1993 and 2011. After losing his seat at the Williams F1 team, Barrichello is competing in the IndyCar Series in 2012 with KV Racing Technology.
Barrichello has scored the eighth highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from 2000 to 2005, as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable success including finishing as championship runner-up in 2002 and 2004. Schumacher's retirement at the end of 2006 made Barrichello the most experienced driver on the grid, and at the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix he became the most experienced driver in F1 history. He became the first driver to reach 300 Grand Prix entries and 300 starts, doing so in 2010. He was also appointed chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association in 2010, but after losing his seat in Formula One, he was replaced by Pedro de la Rosa.
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Sam Bird
Sam Bird (born 9 January 1987 in Roehampton) is a British racing driver; he was educated at Millfield School in Somerset.
Bird made his name in single seater racing in the Formula BMW category, coming fourteenth overall in his debut season and second in the rookie cup. He came runner up in 2005, which was only his second season in the category and also came fourth in the Formula BMW world final, the race itself was won by German Marco Holzer.
For 2006, Bird entered the British Formula Renault series, where he won four races and came fourth in the championship, 111 points behind series champion Sebastian Hohenthal.
In 2007, Bird raced in the British Formula Three Championship with Carlin Motorsport, racing in a Mercedes powered Dallara. In March 2007, Bird secured sponsorship from BP, "The brand is already prominent in the World Rally Championship" Mark Reader, BP's UK Fuels Marketing Manager, commented, "Sam’s an incredible prospect and we’re excited to be getting into a relationship at this stage of his career" he added. Bird was elected to the Motor Sports Association Race Elite Scheme in April 2007, along with 5 other drivers in various British series and also participated in a series of aerodynamic tests with the AT&T Williams F1 Team.
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Tom Blomqvist
Tom Leonard Blomqvist (born 30 November 1993 in Cambridge, England) is a Swedish racing driver who lives in Saffron Walden, Essex. He is the son of 1984 World Rally Champion Stig Blomqvist, of Sweden, and raced under a Swedish racing license until August 2010.
Blomqvist began his racing career in karting, in which he competed between 2003 and 2008, winning multiple titles in New Zealand. In 2009 he moved up to Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden, taking five podium finishes and one victory from 14 races, finishing third in the standings. He also finished third in the Formula Renault NEZ Championship. At the end of the season, he competed in two of the four races of the Formula Renault UK Winter Series, winning both of the races at Rockingham Motor Speedway.
In 2010 he competed in the full Formula Renault UK season, taking three victories on his way to becoming the youngest ever champion in the series' history at the age of 16.
In December 2010, he received the Henry Surtees Award for the most outstanding performance by a rising star at the British Racing Drivers' Club awards.
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Vincenzo Sospiri
Vincenzo Sospiri (born 7 October 1966 in Forlì) is an Italian racing driver.
Sospiri started racing in the Italian 100CC Karting Championships at the age of 15. He spent a long time working his way through the karting ladder, eventually becoming World Karting Champion in 1987. Sospiri then progressed to Formula Ford, before working through to Formula 3000 in 1991, as team-mate to Damon Hill in the Middlebridge Lola T91/50 Cosworth. In an uncompetitive car, he was only capable of 9 points all season, including a second place at the German round of the championship at the Hockenheimring. He stepped back down into the Italian F3 series in 1992, before making a return to Formula 3000 in 1993, driving a Reynard 93D Judd for the Mythos team. He moved to the Super Nova team for 1994 and mounted a challenge for the championship despite not winning any races, eventually finishing fourth. He stayed at Super Nova for 1995 where he won three races and beat his team-mate Ricardo Rosset to the F3000 title.
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Warren Hughes
Warren Hughes (born 19 January 1969 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne) is a race car driver from Newcastle, England. He has raced in single-seater and closed-wheel cars but currently competes in the British GT Championship with Team WFR in the GT4 category.
In 1990, Hughes was the British Formula Ford champion, winning 19 of the 24 races. He then had several successful years in Formula Three, teamed briefly with Rubens Barrichello and later Jacques Villeneuve. He was 7th in the series in 1992 and 4th in 1993, 1995 and 1998. In 1994 after racing in the Japanese F3 series, he first tested a Formula One car for the fading Lotus team.
1996 was his first season outside open-wheel racing, in the STW Cup German Touring Car Championship with Ford. After starting 1997 without a drive, he returned to Formula Three in late 1997, and remained there in 1998. In 1999 he contested the MGF Cup, winning half its 14 races and setting 11 fastest laps to become champion.
2000 saw him first dabble in sports car racing, doing a single round of the British GT Championship, but he concentrated on Euro F3000 for Arden. He was championship runner-up, only missing the podium in 3 races. Hughes also tested for the Williams Formula One team during that year.
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Lesson In Formula 1 Etiquette - Don't Swear When Talking to Ted Kravitz
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- Duration: 1:32
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Eddie Irvine bemoans the current state of F1 to Ted Kravitz after the Italian Grand Prix 2011 and Ted lets us all know what he thinks of Eddie's views.
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Eddie Irvine bemoans the current state of F1 to Ted Kravitz after the Italian Grand Prix 2011 and Ted lets us all know what he thinks of Eddie's views.
Tribute to Eddie Irvine
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
Irish driver from 1993 to 2002 Best rank: 2nd place in 1999 146 Grand Prix 4 victories Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the way
http://wn.com/Tribute_to_Eddie_Irvine
Irish driver from 1993 to 2002 Best rank: 2nd place in 1999 146 Grand Prix 4 victories Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the way
- published: 07 Aug 2006
- views: 59174
- author: tsubasamkds
F1 bad luck : Eddie Irvine 96'
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:25
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
One of the worst season for a driver : Irvine 1996.
http://wn.com/F1_bad_luck_Eddie_Irvine_96'
One of the worst season for a driver : Irvine 1996.
- published: 09 Nov 2007
- views: 62112
- author: simteknemesis
Gerhard Berger vs Eddie Irvine - Portugal 1996
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
Irvine slightly balked by Lavaggi, and Berger sees his opportunity...
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Irvine slightly balked by Lavaggi, and Berger sees his opportunity...
- published: 12 Dec 2012
- views: 299
- author: MaxMSC97
Kylie Minogue wins International Album presented by Eddie Irvine | BRIT Awards 2002
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- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
Eddie Irvine presented the BRIT Award for Best International Album to Kylie Minogue at The BRIT Awards 2002
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Eddie Irvine presented the BRIT Award for Best International Album to Kylie Minogue at The BRIT Awards 2002
- published: 21 Nov 2012
- views: 481
- author: thebritawards
F1 France 2001 - Q - Eddie Irvine Spins twice in allmost the same place
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
But watch what Pedro De La Rosa does at the end of the video ;) Enjoy! :)
http://wn.com/F1_France_2001_Q_Eddie_Irvine_Spins_twice_in_allmost_the_same_place
But watch what Pedro De La Rosa does at the end of the video ;) Enjoy! :)
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 1381
- author: Finnishdude107
F1 Spain 2000 Qualifying - Eddie Irvine Lap
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:27
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Just enjoy! :)
http://wn.com/F1_Spain_2000_Qualifying_Eddie_Irvine_Lap
Eddie Irvine speaks at Raise Your Game Conference 2011
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- Duration: 2:04
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
Eddie is best known for his Formula 1 achievements with Jordan, Jaguar and Ferrari. His most successful season was in 1999, when he won four races and finished as runner-up to Mika Häkkinen. Eddie has also developed a keen eye for business and over the past 20 years has acquired a considerable property portfolio and various investments in local and international businesses (including ownership of Eddie Irvine Sports). Eddie spoke on his careers in Business and sport offering insights and lessons from both.
http://wn.com/Eddie_Irvine_speaks_at_Raise_Your_Game_Conference_2011
Eddie is best known for his Formula 1 achievements with Jordan, Jaguar and Ferrari. His most successful season was in 1999, when he won four races and finished as runner-up to Mika Häkkinen. Eddie has also developed a keen eye for business and over the past 20 years has acquired a considerable property portfolio and various investments in local and international businesses (including ownership of Eddie Irvine Sports). Eddie spoke on his careers in Business and sport offering insights and lessons from both.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 4786
- author: Podiem
Eddie Irvine (Ferrari F310) qualifying run - 1996 Monaco Grand Prix
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- Duration: 2:09
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Eddie Irvine wrestles the ungainly Ferrari F310 around the principality of Monaco, eventually achieving a solid seventh place on the grid with a time of 1'21.542, albeit somewhat overshadowed by team leader Michael Schumacher's stunning pole position time of 1'20.356. In the race, Schumacher dropped behind Damon Hill off the line and then slid into the barriers at Portier. Irvine motored on, holding fourth place and then third when Gerhard Berger retired early on with a gearbox problem, but his wet-weather pace was poor and only the tightness of the track and his defensive driving skills prevented a queue of cars stretching well back into the midfield from passing. He survived an assault from Heinz-Harald Frentzen which left the Sauber driver with a broken front wing, but on lap 35 he was dive-bombed by eventual winner Olivier Panis, who lunged his Ligier down the inside at the hairpin, forcing Eddie into the barriers. After receiving a push from the marshals and bump-starting his engine on the incline down to the harbour-front, he returned to the pits for repairs before rejoining several laps down. On lap 69 he spun at Portier, and was collected by the battling pair of Mika Hakkinen and Mika Salo as he attempted to rejoin, eliminating all three drivers. All were classified, however, as they had completed more than 90% of the race distance, shortened to 75 laps by the two-hour time limit.
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Eddie Irvine wrestles the ungainly Ferrari F310 around the principality of Monaco, eventually achieving a solid seventh place on the grid with a time of 1'21.542, albeit somewhat overshadowed by team leader Michael Schumacher's stunning pole position time of 1'20.356. In the race, Schumacher dropped behind Damon Hill off the line and then slid into the barriers at Portier. Irvine motored on, holding fourth place and then third when Gerhard Berger retired early on with a gearbox problem, but his wet-weather pace was poor and only the tightness of the track and his defensive driving skills prevented a queue of cars stretching well back into the midfield from passing. He survived an assault from Heinz-Harald Frentzen which left the Sauber driver with a broken front wing, but on lap 35 he was dive-bombed by eventual winner Olivier Panis, who lunged his Ligier down the inside at the hairpin, forcing Eddie into the barriers. After receiving a push from the marshals and bump-starting his engine on the incline down to the harbour-front, he returned to the pits for repairs before rejoining several laps down. On lap 69 he spun at Portier, and was collected by the battling pair of Mika Hakkinen and Mika Salo as he attempted to rejoin, eliminating all three drivers. All were classified, however, as they had completed more than 90% of the race distance, shortened to 75 laps by the two-hour time limit.
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 877
- author: midgrid
Eddie Irvine and Mika Hakkinen Waterfight
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- Duration: 0:24
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
www.f1revs.com Eddie & Mika have waterfight while Schumi watches.
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www.f1revs.com Eddie & Mika have waterfight while Schumi watches.
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 46886
- author: F1RevsBlogspot
Formula 1 France 1999. Michael Schumacher VS Ralf Schumacher VS Eddie Irvine -.flv
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- Duration: 3:18
- Updated: 09 Nov 2012
ΡΑΛΦ ΣΟΥΜΑΧΕΡ - 1999
http://wn.com/Formula_1_France_1999_Michael_Schumacher_VS_Ralf_Schumacher_VS_Eddie_Irvine_-flv
Eddie Irvine Onboard Lap Estoril 1995
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:29
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
Commentary by Jonathan Palmer.
http://wn.com/Eddie_Irvine_Onboard_Lap_Estoril_1995
Eddie Irvine Karting - Helmet Cam
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 14:59
- Updated: 25 Sep 2012
Karting at Eddie Irvine in Bangor
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Eddie Irvine caught with his trousers down
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:22
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
Or should I say off....
http://wn.com/Eddie_Irvine_caught_with_his_trousers_down
Blair Mayne by Eddie Irvine
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 57:39
- Updated: 16 Jan 2013
"I have a mental blueprint of the ideal SAS man..." Blair Mayne was an extraordinary SAS man who was the most decorated soldier of WWII. He received the highest honours from many countries, but even the King asked why Mayne didn't get the VC when he was told Mayne was to be awarded a third DSO. Presented by Eddie Irvine.
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"I have a mental blueprint of the ideal SAS man..." Blair Mayne was an extraordinary SAS man who was the most decorated soldier of WWII. He received the highest honours from many countries, but even the King asked why Mayne didn't get the VC when he was told Mayne was to be awarded a third DSO. Presented by Eddie Irvine.
- published: 09 Feb 2012
- views: 4000
- author: unclemontie
Eddie Irvine Sports
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- Duration: 3:07
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
Owned by Formula 1 ace Eddie Irvine, and situated in Bangor, County Down. Eddie Irvine Sports is Northern Ireland's premier indoor sporting facility. Open all year round, Eddie Irvine Sports boasts one of Northern Ireland's largest indoor purpose built karting tracks, indoor Paintball, Laser Combat, 20 Room2Race simulators, 8 full size Snooker tables and 6 - 3rd-generation field turf football pitches which offers a wide range of professional soccer coaching sessions suitable for all ages and abilities. Eddie Irvine Sports is the perfect indoor venue for Corporate Events, Stag & Hen groups, Birthday Parties or indeed for a fun fuelled adrenaline day no matter what the occasion. To speak to one of our experienced sales team call, 02891451457 or email us at info@eddieirvinesports.com
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Owned by Formula 1 ace Eddie Irvine, and situated in Bangor, County Down. Eddie Irvine Sports is Northern Ireland's premier indoor sporting facility. Open all year round, Eddie Irvine Sports boasts one of Northern Ireland's largest indoor purpose built karting tracks, indoor Paintball, Laser Combat, 20 Room2Race simulators, 8 full size Snooker tables and 6 - 3rd-generation field turf football pitches which offers a wide range of professional soccer coaching sessions suitable for all ages and abilities. Eddie Irvine Sports is the perfect indoor venue for Corporate Events, Stag & Hen groups, Birthday Parties or indeed for a fun fuelled adrenaline day no matter what the occasion. To speak to one of our experienced sales team call, 02891451457 or email us at info@eddieirvinesports.com
- published: 09 Nov 2012
- views: 297
- author: Colin Patterson
F1 Monaco 2001 - Q - Eddie Irvine Final Attempt
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:12
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Gets 6th on the grid on this lap. Enjoy :)
http://wn.com/F1_Monaco_2001_Q_Eddie_Irvine_Final_Attempt
Gets 6th on the grid on this lap. Enjoy :)
- published: 26 Jun 2012
- views: 1186
- author: Finnishdude107
Eddie Irvine: Funny moment
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 22 Oct 2012
A cameraman recorded him when he was in his bedroom. A nice moment lol.
http://wn.com/Eddie_Irvine_Funny_moment
A cameraman recorded him when he was in his bedroom. A nice moment lol.
- published: 03 Nov 2006
- views: 118926
- author: Motorsports45
F1 Spa 2000 - FP2 - Eddie Irvine Onboard Lap
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 17 Jan 2013
Enjoy! :)
http://wn.com/F1_Spa_2000_FP2_Eddie_Irvine_Onboard_Lap
1999 European GP - Fisichella vs Irvine
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:38
- Updated: 03 Dec 2012
Some highlights of Fisichella - Irvine battle at Nurburgring.
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Some highlights of Fisichella - Irvine battle at Nurburgring.
- published: 29 Dec 2011
- views: 3731
- author: MaxMSC97
Lap at Silverstone with Eddie Irvine @ F1C 99-02
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 29 Nov 2012
Season - 2002. Lap time: 1:20:147
http://wn.com/Lap_at_Silverstone_with_Eddie_Irvine_@_F1C_99-02
F1 Eddie Irvine Huge Crash in Brazil
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- Duration: 0:11
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
Eddie Irvine Huge Crash in Brazil
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Eddie Irvine Sports NI
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:27
- Updated: 14 Jun 2012
Eddie Irvine Sports NI
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Tribute to Eddie Irvine
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:04
- Updated: 28 Dec 2012
Irish driver from 1993 to 2002 Best rank: 2nd place in 1999 146 Grand Prix 4 victories Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the way
http://wn.com/Tribute_to_Eddie_Irvine
Irish driver from 1993 to 2002 Best rank: 2nd place in 1999 146 Grand Prix 4 victories Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the way
- published: 07 Aug 2006
- views: 59140
- author: tsubasamkds
Frentzen & Irvine interview, Melbourne 1999
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:24
- Updated: 06 Jun 2012
Eddie Irvine interrupting an interview with Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the Australian GP 1999.
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Eddie Irvine interrupting an interview with Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the Australian GP 1999.
- published: 03 Feb 2007
- views: 34268
- author: SandrineShaw
Meeting F1 Drivers in Monaco - Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - BBC
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- Duration: 3:37
- Updated: 02 Dec 2012
Jeremy Clarkson interviews Formula One's David Coultard, Eddie Irvine, Reubens Barrichello and some of racing's greatest names have a word on the perks of living in Monaco
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Jeremy Clarkson interviews Formula One's David Coultard, Eddie Irvine, Reubens Barrichello and some of racing's greatest names have a word on the perks of living in Monaco
- published: 16 Apr 2008
- views: 45168
- author: BBCWorldwide
Eddie Irvine speaks at Raise Your Game Conference 2011
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:04
- Updated: 26 Dec 2012
Eddie is best known for his Formula 1 achievements with Jordan, Jaguar and Ferrari. His most successful season was in 1999, when he won four races and finished as runner-up to Mika Häkkinen. Eddie has also developed a keen eye for business and over the past 20 years has acquired a considerable property portfolio and various investments in local and international businesses (including ownership of Eddie Irvine Sports). Eddie spoke on his careers in Business and sport offering insights and lessons from both.
http://wn.com/Eddie_Irvine_speaks_at_Raise_Your_Game_Conference_2011
Eddie is best known for his Formula 1 achievements with Jordan, Jaguar and Ferrari. His most successful season was in 1999, when he won four races and finished as runner-up to Mika Häkkinen. Eddie has also developed a keen eye for business and over the past 20 years has acquired a considerable property portfolio and various investments in local and international businesses (including ownership of Eddie Irvine Sports). Eddie spoke on his careers in Business and sport offering insights and lessons from both.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 4766
- author: Podiem
Lesson In Formula 1 Etiquette - Don't Swear When Talking to Ted Kravitz
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:32
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Eddie Irvine bemoans the current state of F1 to Ted Kravitz after the Italian Grand Prix 2011 and Ted lets us all know what he thinks of Eddie's views.
http://wn.com/Lesson_In_Formula_1_Etiquette_Don't_Swear_When_Talking_to_Ted_Kravitz
Eddie Irvine bemoans the current state of F1 to Ted Kravitz after the Italian Grand Prix 2011 and Ted lets us all know what he thinks of Eddie's views.
- published: 12 Sep 2011
- views: 10503
- author: Niftified
F1 bad luck : Eddie Irvine 96'
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:25
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
One of the worst season for a driver : Irvine 1996.
http://wn.com/F1_bad_luck_Eddie_Irvine_96'
One of the worst season for a driver : Irvine 1996.
- published: 09 Nov 2007
- views: 62086
- author: simteknemesis
1993 Japanese GP Post race interviews
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- Duration: 5:03
- Updated: 03 Jan 2013
An Irate Senna sounds off on Eddie Irvine after the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix while Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill add their own take. Sorry for the poor quality of the video.
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An Irate Senna sounds off on Eddie Irvine after the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix while Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill add their own take. Sorry for the poor quality of the video.
- published: 10 Jun 2008
- views: 20190
- author: senorsoupe
The Dirty Dozen - Ireland's Motorsport Legend's - Eddie Irvine - Partial Interview - Audio Only
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- Duration: 12:06
- Updated: 13 Jul 2012
Eddie Irvine - one of only a handful of Irish drivers to race in Formula One racing for Jordan Ferrari and Jaguar In this final episode of Dirty Dozen Eddie Irvine speaks candidly with John Kenny about his life and career, highs, lows and memories of racing on the national and international scene. Eddie Irvine worked his way up through the world motorsport ladder to become one of only a handful of Irish drivers to race in Formula One racing for Jordan Ferrari and Jaguar. Irvine began the 1999 season by winning the Australian Grand Prix, a season in which he very nearly became Ireland's only Formula One champion when his Ferrari came second to Mika Hakkinen that year. His F1 career began with a smack in the mouth from Ayrton Senna and his colourful career brought much comment and controversy.
http://wn.com/The_Dirty_Dozen_Ireland's_Motorsport_Legend's_Eddie_Irvine_Partial_Interview_Audio_Only
Eddie Irvine - one of only a handful of Irish drivers to race in Formula One racing for Jordan Ferrari and Jaguar In this final episode of Dirty Dozen Eddie Irvine speaks candidly with John Kenny about his life and career, highs, lows and memories of racing on the national and international scene. Eddie Irvine worked his way up through the world motorsport ladder to become one of only a handful of Irish drivers to race in Formula One racing for Jordan Ferrari and Jaguar. Irvine began the 1999 season by winning the Australian Grand Prix, a season in which he very nearly became Ireland's only Formula One champion when his Ferrari came second to Mika Hakkinen that year. His F1 career began with a smack in the mouth from Ayrton Senna and his colourful career brought much comment and controversy.
- published: 05 Apr 2012
- views: 673
- author: dazoo77
Eddie Irvine and Mika Hakkinen Waterfight
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:24
- Updated: 15 Jan 2013
www.f1revs.com Eddie & Mika have waterfight while Schumi watches.
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www.f1revs.com Eddie & Mika have waterfight while Schumi watches.
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 46797
- author: F1RevsBlogspot
F1 France 2001 - Q - Eddie Irvine Spins twice in allmost the same place
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
But watch what Pedro De La Rosa does at the end of the video ;) Enjoy! :)
http://wn.com/F1_France_2001_Q_Eddie_Irvine_Spins_twice_in_allmost_the_same_place
But watch what Pedro De La Rosa does at the end of the video ;) Enjoy! :)
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 1355
- author: Finnishdude107
Formula 1 France 1999. Michael Schumacher VS Ralf Schumacher VS Eddie Irvine -.flv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:18
- Updated: 09 Nov 2012
ΡΑΛΦ ΣΟΥΜΑΧΕΡ - 1999
http://wn.com/Formula_1_France_1999_Michael_Schumacher_VS_Ralf_Schumacher_VS_Eddie_Irvine_-flv
Gerhard Berger vs Eddie Irvine - Portugal 1996
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:37
- Updated: 21 Dec 2012
Irvine slightly balked by Lavaggi, and Berger sees his opportunity...
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Irvine slightly balked by Lavaggi, and Berger sees his opportunity...
- published: 12 Dec 2012
- views: 289
- author: MaxMSC97
Eddie Irvine: Funny moment
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:21
- Updated: 22 Oct 2012
A cameraman recorded him when he was in his bedroom. A nice moment lol.
http://wn.com/Eddie_Irvine_Funny_moment
A cameraman recorded him when he was in his bedroom. A nice moment lol.
- published: 03 Nov 2006
- views: 118914
- author: Motorsports45
Kylie Minogue wins International Album presented by Eddie Irvine | BRIT Awards 2002
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
Eddie Irvine presented the BRIT Award for Best International Album to Kylie Minogue at The BRIT Awards 2002
http://wn.com/Kylie_Minogue_wins_International_Album_presented_by_Eddie_Irvine_|_BRIT_Awards_2002
Eddie Irvine presented the BRIT Award for Best International Album to Kylie Minogue at The BRIT Awards 2002
- published: 21 Nov 2012
- views: 459
- author: thebritawards
Eddie Irvine (Ferrari F310) qualifying run - 1996 Monaco Grand Prix
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:09
- Updated: 16 Nov 2012
Eddie Irvine wrestles the ungainly Ferrari F310 around the principality of Monaco, eventually achieving a solid seventh place on the grid with a time of 1'21.542, albeit somewhat overshadowed by team leader Michael Schumacher's stunning pole position time of 1'20.356. In the race, Schumacher dropped behind Damon Hill off the line and then slid into the barriers at Portier. Irvine motored on, holding fourth place and then third when Gerhard Berger retired early on with a gearbox problem, but his wet-weather pace was poor and only the tightness of the track and his defensive driving skills prevented a queue of cars stretching well back into the midfield from passing. He survived an assault from Heinz-Harald Frentzen which left the Sauber driver with a broken front wing, but on lap 35 he was dive-bombed by eventual winner Olivier Panis, who lunged his Ligier down the inside at the hairpin, forcing Eddie into the barriers. After receiving a push from the marshals and bump-starting his engine on the incline down to the harbour-front, he returned to the pits for repairs before rejoining several laps down. On lap 69 he spun at Portier, and was collected by the battling pair of Mika Hakkinen and Mika Salo as he attempted to rejoin, eliminating all three drivers. All were classified, however, as they had completed more than 90% of the race distance, shortened to 75 laps by the two-hour time limit.
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Eddie Irvine wrestles the ungainly Ferrari F310 around the principality of Monaco, eventually achieving a solid seventh place on the grid with a time of 1'21.542, albeit somewhat overshadowed by team leader Michael Schumacher's stunning pole position time of 1'20.356. In the race, Schumacher dropped behind Damon Hill off the line and then slid into the barriers at Portier. Irvine motored on, holding fourth place and then third when Gerhard Berger retired early on with a gearbox problem, but his wet-weather pace was poor and only the tightness of the track and his defensive driving skills prevented a queue of cars stretching well back into the midfield from passing. He survived an assault from Heinz-Harald Frentzen which left the Sauber driver with a broken front wing, but on lap 35 he was dive-bombed by eventual winner Olivier Panis, who lunged his Ligier down the inside at the hairpin, forcing Eddie into the barriers. After receiving a push from the marshals and bump-starting his engine on the incline down to the harbour-front, he returned to the pits for repairs before rejoining several laps down. On lap 69 he spun at Portier, and was collected by the battling pair of Mika Hakkinen and Mika Salo as he attempted to rejoin, eliminating all three drivers. All were classified, however, as they had completed more than 90% of the race distance, shortened to 75 laps by the two-hour time limit.
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 858
- author: midgrid
Blair Mayne by Eddie Irvine
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 57:39
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
"I have a mental blueprint of the ideal SAS man..." Blair Mayne was an extraordinary SAS man who was the most decorated soldier of WWII. He received the highest honours from many countries, but even the King asked why Mayne didn't get the VC when he was told Mayne was to be awarded a third DSO. Presented by Eddie Irvine.
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"I have a mental blueprint of the ideal SAS man..." Blair Mayne was an extraordinary SAS man who was the most decorated soldier of WWII. He received the highest honours from many countries, but even the King asked why Mayne didn't get the VC when he was told Mayne was to be awarded a third DSO. Presented by Eddie Irvine.
- published: 09 Feb 2012
- views: 3942
- author: unclemontie
F1 Spain 2000 Qualifying - Eddie Irvine Lap
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:27
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Just enjoy! :)
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F1 Waterfight. Eddie Irvine Vs Mika Hakkinen
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:25
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
Eddie Irvine Chunks a Glass of orange juice over Mika Hakkinen in a Press conference
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Eddie Irvine Chunks a Glass of orange juice over Mika Hakkinen in a Press conference
- published: 10 Aug 2007
- views: 327212
- author: JJKRacing
Frentzen & Irvine crash, Monaco 1998
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:08
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Heinz-Harald Frentzen talking about the tension between him and Eddie Irvine after a clash on the track.
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Heinz-Harald Frentzen talking about the tension between him and Eddie Irvine after a clash on the track.
- published: 03 Feb 2007
- views: 25795
- author: SandrineShaw
X-type - Eddie Irvine
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 1:25
- Updated: 12 Nov 2012
I met this video in 2002 when I just bought the X-type, with which I'm pretty much satisfied till now.
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I met this video in 2002 when I just bought the X-type, with which I'm pretty much satisfied till now.
- published: 17 Feb 2007
- views: 33699
- author: KS Lee
Iron Maiden The Clairvoyant -EDDIE -Irvine Calif. 5-30-08
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:24
- Updated: 23 Dec 2012
Check this one out, Cybog Eddie is pretty cool!!!
http://wn.com/Iron_Maiden_The_Clairvoyant_-EDDIE_-Irvine_Calif_5-30-08
Check this one out, Cybog Eddie is pretty cool!!!
- published: 08 Jun 2008
- views: 56941
- author: jakemetalheart91
Eddie Irvine caught with his trousers down
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:22
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
Or should I say off....
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Eddie Irvine, Bad Crash in Brazil
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 0:10
- Updated: 01 Dec 2012
Eddie Irvine, Bad Crash in Brazil
http://wn.com/Eddie_Irvine,_Bad_Crash_in_Brazil
4:04
Tribute to Eddie Irvine
Irish driver from 1993 to 2002 Best rank: 2nd place in 1999 146 Grand Prix 4 victories Mus...
published: 07 Aug 2006
author: tsubasamkds
Tribute to Eddie Irvine
Irish driver from 1993 to 2002 Best rank: 2nd place in 1999 146 Grand Prix 4 victories Music: Red Hot Chilli Peppers - By the way
- published: 07 Aug 2006
- views: 59140
- author: tsubasamkds
1:24
Frentzen & Irvine interview, Melbourne 1999
Eddie Irvine interrupting an interview with Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the Australian GP 199...
published: 03 Feb 2007
author: SandrineShaw
Frentzen & Irvine interview, Melbourne 1999
Eddie Irvine interrupting an interview with Heinz-Harald Frentzen at the Australian GP 1999.
- published: 03 Feb 2007
- views: 34268
- author: SandrineShaw
3:37
Meeting F1 Drivers in Monaco - Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - BBC
Jeremy Clarkson interviews Formula One's David Coultard, Eddie Irvine, Reubens Barrichello...
published: 16 Apr 2008
author: BBCWorldwide
Meeting F1 Drivers in Monaco - Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - BBC
Jeremy Clarkson interviews Formula One's David Coultard, Eddie Irvine, Reubens Barrichello and some of racing's greatest names have a word on the perks of living in Monaco
- published: 16 Apr 2008
- views: 45168
- author: BBCWorldwide
2:04
Eddie Irvine speaks at Raise Your Game Conference 2011
Eddie is best known for his Formula 1 achievements with Jordan, Jaguar and Ferrari. His mo...
published: 21 Jul 2011
author: Podiem
Eddie Irvine speaks at Raise Your Game Conference 2011
Eddie is best known for his Formula 1 achievements with Jordan, Jaguar and Ferrari. His most successful season was in 1999, when he won four races and finished as runner-up to Mika Häkkinen. Eddie has also developed a keen eye for business and over the past 20 years has acquired a considerable property portfolio and various investments in local and international businesses (including ownership of Eddie Irvine Sports). Eddie spoke on his careers in Business and sport offering insights and lessons from both.
- published: 21 Jul 2011
- views: 4766
- author: Podiem
1:32
Lesson In Formula 1 Etiquette - Don't Swear When Talking to Ted Kravitz
Eddie Irvine bemoans the current state of F1 to Ted Kravitz after the Italian Grand Prix 2...
published: 12 Sep 2011
author: Niftified
Lesson In Formula 1 Etiquette - Don't Swear When Talking to Ted Kravitz
Eddie Irvine bemoans the current state of F1 to Ted Kravitz after the Italian Grand Prix 2011 and Ted lets us all know what he thinks of Eddie's views.
- published: 12 Sep 2011
- views: 10503
- author: Niftified
3:25
F1 bad luck : Eddie Irvine 96'
One of the worst season for a driver : Irvine 1996....
published: 09 Nov 2007
author: simteknemesis
F1 bad luck : Eddie Irvine 96'
One of the worst season for a driver : Irvine 1996.
- published: 09 Nov 2007
- views: 62086
- author: simteknemesis
5:03
1993 Japanese GP Post race interviews
An Irate Senna sounds off on Eddie Irvine after the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix while Michael...
published: 10 Jun 2008
author: senorsoupe
1993 Japanese GP Post race interviews
An Irate Senna sounds off on Eddie Irvine after the 1993 Japanese Grand Prix while Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill add their own take. Sorry for the poor quality of the video.
- published: 10 Jun 2008
- views: 20190
- author: senorsoupe
12:06
The Dirty Dozen - Ireland's Motorsport Legend's - Eddie Irvine - Partial Interview - Audio Only
Eddie Irvine - one of only a handful of Irish drivers to race in Formula One racing for Jo...
published: 05 Apr 2012
author: dazoo77
The Dirty Dozen - Ireland's Motorsport Legend's - Eddie Irvine - Partial Interview - Audio Only
Eddie Irvine - one of only a handful of Irish drivers to race in Formula One racing for Jordan Ferrari and Jaguar In this final episode of Dirty Dozen Eddie Irvine speaks candidly with John Kenny about his life and career, highs, lows and memories of racing on the national and international scene. Eddie Irvine worked his way up through the world motorsport ladder to become one of only a handful of Irish drivers to race in Formula One racing for Jordan Ferrari and Jaguar. Irvine began the 1999 season by winning the Australian Grand Prix, a season in which he very nearly became Ireland's only Formula One champion when his Ferrari came second to Mika Hakkinen that year. His F1 career began with a smack in the mouth from Ayrton Senna and his colourful career brought much comment and controversy.
- published: 05 Apr 2012
- views: 673
- author: dazoo77
0:24
Eddie Irvine and Mika Hakkinen Waterfight
www.f1revs.com Eddie & Mika have waterfight while Schumi watches....
published: 17 Jun 2011
author: F1RevsBlogspot
Eddie Irvine and Mika Hakkinen Waterfight
www.f1revs.com Eddie & Mika have waterfight while Schumi watches.
- published: 17 Jun 2011
- views: 46797
- author: F1RevsBlogspot
2:37
F1 France 2001 - Q - Eddie Irvine Spins twice in allmost the same place
But watch what Pedro De La Rosa does at the end of the video ;) Enjoy! :)...
published: 17 Jul 2012
author: Finnishdude107
F1 France 2001 - Q - Eddie Irvine Spins twice in allmost the same place
But watch what Pedro De La Rosa does at the end of the video ;) Enjoy! :)
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 1355
- author: Finnishdude107
3:18
Formula 1 France 1999. Michael Schumacher VS Ralf Schumacher VS Eddie Irvine -.flv
ΡΑΛΦ ΣΟΥΜΑΧΕΡ - 1999...
published: 01 Feb 2012
author: Giorgos Chrysanthou
Formula 1 France 1999. Michael Schumacher VS Ralf Schumacher VS Eddie Irvine -.flv
ΡΑΛΦ ΣΟΥΜΑΧΕΡ - 1999
- published: 01 Feb 2012
- views: 3177
- author: Giorgos Chrysanthou
1:37
Gerhard Berger vs Eddie Irvine - Portugal 1996
Irvine slightly balked by Lavaggi, and Berger sees his opportunity......
published: 12 Dec 2012
author: MaxMSC97
Gerhard Berger vs Eddie Irvine - Portugal 1996
Irvine slightly balked by Lavaggi, and Berger sees his opportunity...
- published: 12 Dec 2012
- views: 289
- author: MaxMSC97
0:21
Eddie Irvine: Funny moment
A cameraman recorded him when he was in his bedroom. A nice moment lol....
published: 03 Nov 2006
author: Motorsports45
Eddie Irvine: Funny moment
A cameraman recorded him when he was in his bedroom. A nice moment lol.
- published: 03 Nov 2006
- views: 118914
- author: Motorsports45
3:06
Kylie Minogue wins International Album presented by Eddie Irvine | BRIT Awards 2002
Eddie Irvine presented the BRIT Award for Best International Album to Kylie Minogue at The...
published: 21 Nov 2012
author: thebritawards
Kylie Minogue wins International Album presented by Eddie Irvine | BRIT Awards 2002
Eddie Irvine presented the BRIT Award for Best International Album to Kylie Minogue at The BRIT Awards 2002
- published: 21 Nov 2012
- views: 459
- author: thebritawards
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10:24
Eddie Irvine
Promotional video for Ex Formula 1 Driver Eddie Irvine Sports Centre...
published: 16 Jan 2011
author: hush62studio
Eddie Irvine
Promotional video for Ex Formula 1 Driver Eddie Irvine Sports Centre
1:00
Seattle to Yellowstone
We took a 2011 Chevy Equinoxfrom Seattle to Yellowstone. Clark Koelsch and Director of Pho...
published: 18 May 2011
author: Keith Rivers
Seattle to Yellowstone
We took a 2011 Chevy Equinoxfrom Seattle to Yellowstone. Clark Koelsch and Director of Photography extraordinaire Chayse Irvin flew up from LA to Seattle. We hoped in the SUV and took off, driving 2000+ miles...sleeping in parking lots...and finally resting at an assisted living facility before driving a consecutive 15 hours back to Seattle.
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Writer/Director/Editor Keith Rivers
Written essay: Carey Bolden and Keith Rivers
Director of Photography Chayse Irvin
Actors Clark Koelsch & Keith Rivers
Musician Lila Nelson
Song: "Who is it?"
Special Thanks to Justin Brown for organizing equipment and itinerary.
Name of Route:
“Seattle to Yellowstone: A Path We Must Take”
I-90 East through Washington and Montana US-89 South to Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Route Description:
The Seattle skyline led us out of the city on I-5 as we merged onto I-90 eastbound and into the darkness of Washington’s endless evergreens and snow-capped mountains. Guided by the stars, we rotated driving duties as music and lyrics drifted in and out of our ears like a poetic dream.
As the sun launched over the horizon, we were introduced to the serene, flat vastness of big sky Montana, and our 2011 Chevy Equinox had witnessed our confessions, philosophies, predictions, and stories of old loves, all that comes along with your typical “guys’ weekend”. With no strict agenda, we stopped anytime we felt the need for adventure, a pee break, or maybe even a little bit of trouble.
First stop: just outside of Harrison, MT, we hiked through a wheat field and past an old Chevy Blazer from another life. We encountered a bone-yard of cattle skulls, one of which we knew had to join us for the remainder of the trip. We named our bull skull “Homer.”
We dug through old mining caves in the ghost town of Pony, MT with the guidance of a tiny LED light. As we ventured back from the smell of sulfur, we passed an old, yellow school bus, which reminded us of the film “Into the Wild”. We had to explain the movie to Homer.
In Bozeman, MT, we drove to our friend Nick’s grandma’s house for a true Montana home-cooked steak dinner and shot some pool. Hands down best steak we’d ever had in our lives and it wasn’t just the marinade. Our head’s hit the pillow hard that night when we made it to the Bozeman Retirement Home we called home on this journey. This was an assisted living facility for old folks, and a place where we made some new, old friends.
Next stop: our final destination. Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming – a place complete with wintering waterfalls, ancient trees, geo-thermal geysers, mud flats, colorful paint pots, and herds of buffalo. Ever sang the song, “Oh, give me a home, where the deer and the antelope roam?” We’re knee deep in it. Old Faithful and Boiling River were our favorite stops in Yellowstone. Although, there is no documentation of Boiling River, thanks to an unfriendly elk who ironically gave chase to our Director of Photography: Chayse Irvin. As he walked back to the Equinox to get the camera, he took a drive into the freezing cold glacial river, downstream. Homer found this very funny. So did the rest of us.
Soon, nightfall was upon us, and so were the park rangers and police officers. So far, two warnings, no speeding tickets. They’re stoked that we’re documenting our trip and traveling as far as we’ve come. Noted that the law enforcement community in Wyoming is surprisingly friendly!
We began our trip home with a stop at a Bozeman gas station followed by Ted’s Montana Grill. The bison burgers were the perfect fuel for our 10-hour drive back to Seattle. Again, more sleeping and alternating the wheel. More music scoring as we passed old steam pipes, bridges, tracing imaginary trails of stars.
One final stop before arriving home: Goldmyer Hotsprings, deep in North Bend, WA. Nature’s hot tub nestled at the foot of the Cascade Mountains. We soaked in the 120-degree water carved from an old cave, soaking and sealing the memories we made, and how we’d never forget the experiences or people we’d met along the way. Even homer.
Map Link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source;=s_d&saddr;=Seattle,+WA&daddr;=Yellowstone+National+Park,+Gardiner,+MT&hl;=en&geocode; =&abauth;=ddb801b1:nQixhjkT24QpRySaZgV48-x2wN0&mra;=ls&vps;=1&jsv;=341a&sll;=37.0625,- 95.677068&sspn;=49.891082,77.958984#=10
RECOMMENDED LODGING:
24 hours of driving earned us a bunk for the night at a Montana Retirement Home/Assisted Living Facility. Made a few new old friends, too.
RECOMMENDED DINING:
Ted’s Montana Grill has some of the best bison meat Montana has to offer. It’s also an eco-friendly restaurant – when was the last time you drank from a paper straw?
RECOMMENDED MENU ITEM:
The bison burgers at Ted Montana’s Grill were so good, even the bison recommended them.
NATURAL OR CULTURAL ATTRACTION:
Pony, Montana was the perfect locale
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2:09
Eddie Irvine (Ferrari F310) qualifying run - 1996 Monaco Grand Prix
Eddie Irvine wrestles the ungainly Ferrari F310 around the principality of Monaco, eventua...
published: 28 Sep 2012
author: midgrid
Eddie Irvine (Ferrari F310) qualifying run - 1996 Monaco Grand Prix
Eddie Irvine wrestles the ungainly Ferrari F310 around the principality of Monaco, eventually achieving a solid seventh place on the grid with a time of 1'21.542, albeit somewhat overshadowed by team leader Michael Schumacher's stunning pole position time of 1'20.356. In the race, Schumacher dropped behind Damon Hill off the line and then slid into the barriers at Portier. Irvine motored on, holding fourth place and then third when Gerhard Berger retired early on with a gearbox problem, but his wet-weather pace was poor and only the tightness of the track and his defensive driving skills prevented a queue of cars stretching well back into the midfield from passing. He survived an assault from Heinz-Harald Frentzen which left the Sauber driver with a broken front wing, but on lap 35 he was dive-bombed by eventual winner Olivier Panis, who lunged his Ligier down the inside at the hairpin, forcing Eddie into the barriers. After receiving a push from the marshals and bump-starting his engine on the incline down to the harbour-front, he returned to the pits for repairs before rejoining several laps down. On lap 69 he spun at Portier, and was collected by the battling pair of Mika Hakkinen and Mika Salo as he attempted to rejoin, eliminating all three drivers. All were classified, however, as they had completed more than 90% of the race distance, shortened to 75 laps by the two-hour time limit.
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 858
- author: midgrid
57:39
Blair Mayne by Eddie Irvine
"I have a mental blueprint of the ideal SAS man..." Blair Mayne was an extraordinary SAS m...
published: 09 Feb 2012
author: unclemontie
Blair Mayne by Eddie Irvine
"I have a mental blueprint of the ideal SAS man..." Blair Mayne was an extraordinary SAS man who was the most decorated soldier of WWII. He received the highest honours from many countries, but even the King asked why Mayne didn't get the VC when he was told Mayne was to be awarded a third DSO. Presented by Eddie Irvine.
- published: 09 Feb 2012
- views: 3942
- author: unclemontie
1:27
F1 Spain 2000 Qualifying - Eddie Irvine Lap
Just enjoy! :)...
published: 11 Nov 2012
author: Finnishdude107
F1 Spain 2000 Qualifying - Eddie Irvine Lap
Just enjoy! :)
- published: 11 Nov 2012
- views: 694
- author: Finnishdude107
0:25
F1 Waterfight. Eddie Irvine Vs Mika Hakkinen
Eddie Irvine Chunks a Glass of orange juice over Mika Hakkinen in a Press conference...
published: 10 Aug 2007
author: JJKRacing
F1 Waterfight. Eddie Irvine Vs Mika Hakkinen
Eddie Irvine Chunks a Glass of orange juice over Mika Hakkinen in a Press conference
- published: 10 Aug 2007
- views: 327212
- author: JJKRacing
photo: White House / Pete Souza
17 Jan 2013
AMY TEIBEL. Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's premier on Wednesday dismissed President Barack Obama's reported displeasure with his hard-line policies toward the Palestinians, a sisgn that the two could be headed for a showdown. Polls suggest Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to win Israel's elections next week and continue in office ... could suffer in unprecedented ways if the Israeli government doesn't change its policies....(size: 10.2Kb)
photo: GFDL
17 Jan 2013
TOKYO. Aviation regulators on Thursday grounded most of the world's 787 Dreamliner fleet until a fire risk linked to the plane's batteries can been fixed, deepening a crisis for its US manufacturer Boeing. Regulators in Japan, India and Chile followed the lead of the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in ordering an indefinite halt to all operations, after a Japanese Dreamliner on Wednesday was forced into an emergency landing ... ....(size: 4.5Kb)
photo: Creative Commons / INABA Tomoaki
16 Jan 2013
YURI KAGEYAMA. AP Business Writers= TOKYO (AP) — Boeing Co.'s 787 planes were grounded for safety checks Wednesday by two major Japanese airlines after one was forced to make an emergency landing in the latest blow for the new jet ... The 787, known as the Dreamliner, is Boeing's newest and most technologically advanced jet, and the company is counting heavily on its success ... The grounding was done voluntarily by the airlines ... The U.S ... U.S....(size: 11.1Kb)
photo: AP / BP
16 Jan 2013
IN what could be the first spillover from France's intervention in Mali, Islamist militants attacked and occupied a natural gas complex partly operated by energy company BP in southern Algeria. Two foreigners were killed and dozens of others, including Americans, were taken hostage ... It said it was holding 41 foreigners, including seven Americans ... Recommended Coverage. Al-Qaeda seize hostages in Algeria. End of sidebar ... . ....(size: 7.4Kb)
photo: French MoD photo
16 Jan 2013
BAMAKO, Mali -- After a punishing bombing campaign failed to halt the advance of al-Qaida-linked fighters, France pledged Tuesday to triple the size of its force in Mali, sending in hundreds more troops as it prepared for a land assault to dislodge the militants occupying the country's northern half ... On Tuesday, France announced that it was increasing the number of troops from 800 to 2,500 ... "We have one objective ... On Tuesday, U.S ... ....(size: 3.6Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
16 Jan 2013
Colm McIlroy has already asked for his birthday present and is quietly confident it will be delivered ... Indeed, it has taken him to a new level; the money a recognition of sporting achievements that place him high above the Northern Ireland greats, including George Best, Alex Higgins and Eddie> Irvine ... McIlroy is box office, his name and achievements stretching way beyond the frame and boundaries of his own sport....(size: 5.5Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
29 Dec 2012
GEORGINA DICKSON. GEORGINA Dickson will mark her 90th birthday next month with a party organised by her three grandchildren. But her family will also be celebrating her OBE which she has received in the New Year Honours ... She said ... She added ... MBE ... Based in Holywood, Co Down, the company is now the world's longest-established racing car constructor which has produced vehicles for the likes of Nigel Mansell, Eddie> Irvine and Derek Daly ... MBE ... ....(size: 19.6Kb)
BBC News
10 Dec 2012
Ballyquinn Properties is owned by the former Formula One racing driver Eddie> Irvine. Mr Irvine, a former Bangor Grammar pupil, has amassed a considerable property empire since he ......(size: 0.9Kb)
Formula1 Blog
25 Nov 2012
Jenson Button won the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix after an early rainy and greasy start that saw championship leader Sebastian Vettel sat facing the rest of the oncoming field. Button had fought teammate Lewis Hamilton for the lead early on, only to lose both first and second to Nico Hulkenberg ... Race Start. ... End L10 of 71. ... He could make it very subtle a la Eddie> Irvine 94 hehe... He could make it very subtle a la Eddie Irvine 94 hehe... ....(size: 24.3Kb)
photo: AP / Eric Gay
20 Nov 2012
Young racer's confidence belies his youth, finds Kevin Garside. Genius is a devilishly difficult commodity to capture but out there in the sporting universe this past weekend a young performer proved his worth. Sebastian Vettel is 25 years old ... Michael Schumacher had to put up with the same criticisms at Ferrari, despite the testimony of his teammate Eddie> Irvine that he was just too good ... Serendipity ... -Independent. ....(size: 2.9Kb)
The Independent
19 Nov 2012
Genius is a devilishly difficult commodity to capture, even by those said to embody it ... Sebastian Vettel is 25 years old. He was the youngest to win the Formula One world championship in 2010 ... Alonso observed that his most significant opponent in the title race was Newey, not Vettel ... Michael Schumacher had to put up with the same criticisms at Ferrari, despite the testimony of his team-mate Eddie> Irvine that he was just too good ... ....(size: 5.1Kb)
The Independent
19 Nov 2012
Genius is a devilishly difficult commodity to capture, even by those said to embody it ... Sebastian Vettel is 25 years old. He was the youngest to win the Formula One world championship in 2010 ... Alonso observed that his most significant opponent in the title race was Newey, not Vettel ... Michael Schumacher had to put up with the same criticisms at Ferrari, despite the testimony of his team-mate Eddie> Irvine that he was just too good ... ....(size: 5.1Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
31 Oct 2012
A vintage Aston Martin DB5 driven by Sir Paul McCartney while The Beatles shot to international fame has fetched more than £300,000 at auction. Sir Paul ordered the dark blue sports car in 1964 on the eve of the band's world tour and had it fitted with a black leather interior, Motorola radio and its very own record player ... A 1998 Ferrari F300 Formula One racing car used by Michael Schumacher and Eddie> Irvine failed to sell. ....(size: 2.1Kb)
The Independent
22 Oct 2012
In an Irish village known more for its riches than resources, locals used to celebrity spotting are steeling themselves for a fight over oil. Providence Resources and its partner won a license on Sept ... The plans are pitting villagers who welcome the potential investment against others frightened of the impact on the landscape ... Eddie> Irvine, a former Formula On motor racing driver, along with film director Neil Jordan have lived there....(size: 4.7Kb)
New Straits/Business Times
18 Oct 2012
MARANELLO (Italy). Ferrari extended Felipe Massa's contract for one more season on Tuesday, a move that keeps the Brazilian under pressure to perform with the Formula One team ... I don't want problems and rivalries, which we didn't have between (Michael) Schumacher and (Eddie>) Irvine, between Schumacher and (Rubens) Barrichello, between Alonso and Massa or Massa and Schumi or Massa and (Kimi) Raikkonen." AP. . ....(size: 2.3Kb)
The Independent
16 Oct 2012
"I don't want problems and rivalries, which we didn't have between [Michael] Schumacher and [Eddie>] Irvine, between Schumacher and [Rubens] Barrichello, between Alonso and [Felipe] Massa or Massa and Schumi or Massa and [Kimi] Raikkonen.". ....(size: 1.2Kb)
STL Today
16 Oct 2012
Ferrari extended Felipe Massa's contract for one more season Tuesday, a move that keeps pressure on the Brazilian to perform for the Formula One team ... He is currently ninth in the drivers' standings ... I don't want problems and rivalries, which we didn't have between (Michael) Schumacher and (Eddie>) Irvine, between Schumacher and (Rubens) Barrichello, between Alonso and Massa or Massa and Schumi or Massa and (Kimi) Raikkonen." ....(size: 2.1Kb)
The Daily Telegraph Australia
16 Oct 2012
FERRARI has extended Felipe Massa's contract for one more season, a move that keeps him under pressure to perform with the F1 team ... He is currently ninth in the drivers' standings ... I don't want problems and rivalries, which we didn't have between (Michael) Schumacher and (Eddie>) Irvine, between Schumacher and (Rubens) Barrichello, between Alonso and Massa or Massa and Schumi or Massa and (Kimi) Raikkonen.". . ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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Edmund "Eddie" Irvine, Jr. (born 10 November 1965, Newtownards, County Down)[1] is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He grew up in Conlig, County Down, and was influenced by his parents, who were also involved in motor racing. His father, Edmund Sr, and his sister, Sonia (now a physiotherapist), worked with him during his career.[2]
His professional racing career began in 1983 and he progressed to Formula Three racing in 1988, before moving on to Formula 3000 in 1989. He got his break in the top of the Formula racing series after he started racing for Jordan in the Formula 3000 series in 1990, and was subsequently picked up by the Jordan Formula One team in 1993. His reputation steadily increased in Formula One, eventually leading Ferrari to sign him to partner Michael Schumacher in 1996.
1999 was his most successful season; Irvine won four races, taking the Drivers' Championship to the last race in which he finished third. In the overall Championship he finished as runner-up to McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen. He left Ferrari the following year for the new Jaguar Racing team and was the only driver to get Jaguar to the podium in their short F1 history; he achieved this feat twice.
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Before F1 (1983–1993)[link]
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Eddie Irvine at the 1989 Macau Grand Prix. His helmet design was based on that of Ayrton Senna.
Eddie Irvine's racing career began in Formula Ford, where from 1983 to 1986 he scored several podium finishes. His big break came in 1987 when he signed for the works Van Diemen team and won both RAC and Esso FF1600 championships with a respectable 19 wins out of 36 races, including the prestigious Formula Ford Festival.
His performances in Formula Ford led to a signing in the front running WSR Formula Three team. During the season, it was clear that the Alfa Romeo Engine in Irvine's car did not have a chance of competing with the Toyota and VW powered cars. He finished the year fifth in the standings, without a win, but with 8 podium positions.
After a good showing in the 1988 Macau Grand Prix, where he put his WSR Ralt car on pole position and won the first leg, Irvine signed for the Pacific team for the 1989 International Formula 3000 Championship. In a complicated season for a rookie team, Irvine finished the final standings in ninth place, ahead of his highly rated team mate JJ Lehto, who was already in F1 by mid-season. At the end of the year, Irvine returned to the Macau Grand Prix with his former team (WSR) in one of its Ralt F3 Cars.
For 1990 Irvine signed with Eddie Jordan for a second attempt at the F3000 Championship, this time winning the German round, and finishing the year third in the standings ahead of his team mates, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Emanuele Naspetti. Again at the end of the season, Irvine stepped back to Formula Three to participate in the 1990 Macau and Fuji rounds, finishing on the podium in both events.
With no opportunities in F1 in sight, Irvine headed for Japan, to compete in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship. He finished seventh in the standings in 1991, eighth in 1992, and runner-up in 1993, just as he debuted with Jordan Grand Prix at that year's Formula One Japanese Grand Prix.
F1 career[link]
Jordan (1993–1995)[link]
In the early stages of his F1 career, Irvine was known as a fierce competitor. Even when he had a weaker car with which he only qualified for the rear of the grid, he had a tendency to "try to win a race at the start", often causing himself and others to exit a race in an untimely and untidy fashion. He was also noted for his personality, perhaps best described as anti-authoritarian. He finished 6th and secured a point on his debut Formula One race with Jordan in 1993 at Suzuka.
This race set the theme of controversy for Irvine that would follow him for the next couple of years. Seeing Ayrton Senna coming up behind him in his mirror, Irvine allowed him to pass. However, when Senna could not lap Damon Hill who Irvine was racing against at the time, he felt he was being held up and, amazingly for a rookie against an all-time great, unlapped himself and then tried himself to overtake Hill.[3] Incensed at being held up behind the Irvine-Hill battle for more than a lap, Senna walked into the Jordan motorhome after the race and punched Irvine in the face.[4] Irvine spoke about this when asked about his most memorable moment:
| “ | I assume you’re talking about racing so I’ll keep it clean then! I think going around the outside of three guys at the first corner and up to fifth in my first grand prix for Jordan. I did have a chuckle when I unlapped Ayrton Senna in that race and was laughing my head off in the car. | ” |
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Irvine continued with Jordan until 1995, where he was well matched with his younger, though more experienced team-mate, Rubens Barrichello. His lack of reliability as well as a tendency to get involved in accidents in 1994 meant that the final championship standings did not mirror his speed. Irvine recorded his first podium finish in F1 with a third place (behind Barrichello in 2nd) at the memorable 1995 Canadian Grand Prix.
Irvine's affinity for apparently reckless driving began to dissipate when he moved to the Ferrari team. F1 sports commentators even changed his nickname from "Irv the swerve" to "Steady Eddie" and "Fast Eddie".[6]
As the Formula One world became more technical and the driver personalities less distinctive, his non-conformist approach was generally appreciated.
Ferrari (1996–1999)[link]
In 1996, the Ferrari team picked him to partner Michael Schumacher. Between 1996 and 1997, Irvine played a clear second driver in the team to Schumacher. Both years the comparison with Schumacher was inevitable and it showed; in 1996 Schumacher had 59 points and 3 wins, against Irvine's 11 points and no wins. In 1997, not counting Schumacher's disqualification from the world championship, the German had 78 points and 5 wins, against Irvine's 24 points and, again, no wins.
In 1998, Irvine's fitness level was in question as he had suffered from back pain. His seat was adjusted to help combat this problem. Possibly stemming from this, a journalist suggested he was unfit. In stark contrast with the journalist's allegation however, three days prior to the publication of the article, Irvine had recorded one of the highest levels of fitness of an F1 driver.
1999 saw Irvine's career reach a peak as, through a combination of circumstance and the culmination of his much improved and matured style and performance during his years at Ferrari, he found himself battling for the world championship following Michael Schumacher's accident at that year's British Grand Prix which saw the German break his leg.
Irvine won the season's opening grand prix in Australia, in a race with significant attrition. With consistent points finishes, subsequent good form, and a rather abnormal series of glaring mistakes by rivals McLaren and reigning World Champion Mika Häkkinen, he was relatively well placed to take up the fight as the team's lead driver alongside Schumacher's replacement, Mika Salo. A further two victories in the Austrian and German Grand Prix rounds increased Irvine's title hopes. The former featured an exciting battle down to the finish with McLaren driver David Coulthard (who did himself no favours after spinning Häkkinen out in the first lap). The latter victory however was rather controversial as it was handed to him by teammate Salo out of sight of TV cameras, although Irvine looked set to pass Salo with or without his help. Salo had outqualified the Irishman, and was ahead of him throughout the race; he inherited the lead after Häkkinen had a botched pitsop and subsequently went out later with a spectacular left rear tyre puncture and crash. Following the race, Irvine handed his victory trophy over to 2nd place Salo as a gesture to show his gratitude.
Irvine added two more high points finishes of 3rd at Hungary and 4th in Belgium, However, by this stage it was clear that the Ferrari team were struggling as both Irvine and Salo began complaining about the car's lack of grip and poor handling (It was suggested that the team's lack of proper development was due to Michael Schumacher's missing presence in the team). This became more apparent during the Hungarian and Belgian rounds but more so at Ferrari's Home Grand Prix at Monza, where Irvine struggled for pace and finished a lacklustre 6th (in contrast, teammate Salo, whose driving style seemed to suit the Ferrari's lack of grip at high speed tracks, finished 3rd). This streak cost Irvine valuable points although it was somewhat offset by Häkkinen's misfortune in several races during this period (highlighted by a notorious blunder at the aforementioned Italian GP at Monza), but nevertheless, Irvine's lead from a peak 8 points was completely wiped out and both he and Häkkinen were equal coming towards the European Round at the Nurburgring.
Irvine looked set for a very good points day and maybe a possible victory after McLaren gave Häkkinen the wrong tyres in a race plagued by rapidly changing weather conditions. Unfortunately the normally flawless Ferrari pitcrew performed badly during Irvine's pitstop and he ultimately finished 7th, out of the points, whereas a resurgent Häkkinen managed to catch and pass Irvine and Marc Gene's Minardi and finish 5th. With a 2 point disadvantage, the returning Schumacher aided him in Malaysia; starting on pole with Irvine behind in 2nd (the Ferraris suddenly fast again), he let his team-mate pass for the win (his 4th of the season) and then proceeded to hold up a visibly exhausted Häkkinen for 2nd place. Then after the race, both Ferraris were disqualified hours after the race as a result of a minor aerodynamic irregularity concerning the cars' bargeboards, seemingly handing the title to Häkkinen, and the constructors' championship to the British team. However, the decision was later overturned and both cars reinstated in the race results, meaning that Irvine headed into the final round leading the 1999 Formula One World Drivers' Championship by just 4 points.
In the title showdown at Japan, a finish in front of Mika Häkkinen would guarantee Irvine the title. In the race, Irvine struggled for pace and finished third behind Häkkinen and runner-up Schumacher, handing the championship to the Finn.
Jaguar (2000–2002)[link]
Notwithstanding his success in 1999, Irvine had become increasingly frustrated with a Ferrari team that had a team orders policy, meaning that he had to consistently take a backseat. He moved to Jaguar in 2000 to help establish the new team, where he finally became the lead driver.
The team learned much from Irvine's experience with Ferrari, but ultimately the Jaguar package was unreliable and uncompetitive. Driving a car much slower than most others, and dogged by the reliability problems, he still managed to get podium results at Monaco and Monza.
Friction in the Jaguar camp and his vocal frustration at the lack of positive development of the car resulted in his contract not being renewed. He was considered for a return to Jordan for the 2003 season but, owing to that team's financial problems, he was left without a drive. He announced his retirement from Formula One racing that year.
Career after F1[link]
Irvine is seen by many as a playboy in the mould of James Hunt, in contrast to the sport's modern stars, who are seen as staid and less flamboyant. Irvine is also remembered for his tendency to speak his mind, often to the irritation of some.
Irvine played himself in the 2004 comedy The Prince and Me, which starred Julia Stiles.
He was a millionaire through property investment before reaching Formula One. Outside of F1, Irvine is said to have built up a multi-million pound property portfolio, owning around forty properties throughout the world. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, published in April 2006, Irvine was the fifth richest person of Northern Ireland at that time, having increased his personal fortune to approximately £160 million.
He is also the owner of Eddie Irvine Sports, a snooker, pool, kart racing, paintballing, and football facility in Bangor, close to his native Conlig.
He is now executive producer of a film being produced about Paddy Mayne.[7]
In May 2006, it was announced that Irvine would be one of the celebrities taking part in ITV's Soccer Aid. In aid of UNICEF, this television show featured an England vs the rest of the world football match, with teams made up of a mix of celebrities and ex-professionals. Unfortunately, he had to pull out because of a leg injury.
In late 2006 he launched a new television programme on the Sky One channel, with two teams of celebrity racing drivers competing against each other. David Coulthard was captain and coach of the girls team, and Irvine of the boys. Ultimately, despite some impressive performances by both teams, Irvine's team won by some margin. Also in 2006 Irvine had a brief fling with actress and model Pamela Anderson, who broke off the romance claiming that "Eddie was just too sweet for me."[8]
In 2002, Irvine successfully sued TalkSport Radio for "passing off" his image in a print advertisement, as if he had personally endorsed the station.[9] Eight years later, Irvine will front a half-hour programme on the station, the LG Grand Prix Show, alongside regular Sunday evening presenter Andy Goldstein.[10]
Nationality[link]
By virtue of being born in Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom, Irvine was a British citizen throughout his career. He also held a racing license issued by the National Sporting Authority of the Republic of Ireland.[11] (Drivers are not compelled to obtain their license from their home country.) The FIA's International Sporting Regulations state that drivers competing in FIA World Championships shall compete under the nationality of their passport, rather than that of the National Sporting Authority that issued their racing license, as is the case in other racing series.[12]
This situation created some confusion as to Irvine's nationality when he appeared at podium ceremonies in the Formula One World Championship. At his third podium, a second place for Ferrari at the 1997 Argentine Grand Prix, an Irish Tricolour was mistakenly flown by the race organisers.[13] This led to his family receiving threatening phone calls. Irvine then requested that at subsequent races, a politically neutral shamrock flag be flown, and the non-sectarian Londonderry Air be played to mark a victory.[11] An FIA spokesman said:
| “ | As far as we understand, Irvine has a British passport so the Union Jack should be raised. ... I understand he has a special flag, but our regulations do not allow this. | ” |
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Irvine has self-identified as being Irish:
| “ | But at the end of the day, I’m Irish. I mean, I’ve got a British passport, but if you’re from Ireland, north or south, you’re Irish. And ‘British’ is. . . such a nondescript thing, isn’t it? | ” |
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Racing record[link]
Career summary[link]
| Season | Series | Team Name | Races | Poles | Wins | Points | Final Placing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Misc Formula Ford races | ? | 20 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| 1984 | Misc Formula Ford races | ? | 22 | 2 | 2 | ? | ? |
| 1985 | Esso Formula Ford 1600 | ? | 20 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 10th |
| 1986 | Misc Formula Ford races | ? | 17 | 0 | 0 | ? | ? |
| 1987 | Esso Formula Ford 1600 | Van Diemen | 14 | 5 | 6 | 165 | 1st |
| RAC Formula Ford 1600 | Van Diemen | 12 | 10 | 8 | 160 | 1st | |
| Formula Ford Festival | Van Diemen | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 1st | |
| BBC Formula Ford 2000 | Van Diemen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 2nd | |
| 1988 | British F3 championship | WSR | 18 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 5th |
| Cellnet Formula Three Race | WSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | R | |
| Macau Grand Prix | WSR | 1 | 1 | 0 | N/A | R | |
| 1989 | International Formula 3000 | Pacific | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9th |
| Macau Grand Prix | WSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | R | |
| 1990 | International Formula 3000 | Jordan | 11 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3rd |
| Macau Grand Prix | WSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 3rd | |
| F3 Fuji Cup | WSR | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 3rd | |
| 1991 | Japanese Formula 3000 | Cerumo | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7th |
| 1992 | Japanese Formula 3000 | Cerumo | 11 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8th |
| 24 hours Le Mans | TOM'S/SARD | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 9th | |
| 1993 | Japanese Formula 3000 | Cerumo | 10 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 2nd |
| 24 hours Le Mans | SARD Toyota | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4th | |
| Formula One | Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20th | |
| 1994 | Formula One | Jordan | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16th |
| 24 hours Le Mans | SARD Toyota | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2nd | |
| 1995 | Formula One | Jordan | 17 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12th |
| 1996 | Formula One | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 10th |
| 1997 | Formula One | Ferrari | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 7th |
| 1998 | Formula One | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 4th |
| 1999 | Formula One | Ferrari | 16 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 2nd |
| 2000 | Formula One | Jaguar | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13th |
| 2001 | Formula One | Jaguar | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12th |
| 2002 | Formula One | Jaguar | 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9th |
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]
| Year | Class | No | Tyres | Car | Team | Co-Drivers | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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| 1992 | C2 | 34 | B | Toyota 92C-V Toyota R36V 3.6L Turbo V8 |
 Toyota Team Tom's Kitz Racing Team with SARD |
 Roland Ratzenberger Eje Elgh |
321 | 9th | 2nd |
| 1993 | C1 | 36 | M | Toyota TS010 Toyota RV10 3.5 L V10 |
Toyota Team Tom's |
Toshio Suzuki Masanori Sekiya |
364 | 4th | 4th |
| 1994 | LMP1 /C90 |
1 | D | Toyota 94C-V Toyota R36V 3.6 L Turbo V8 |
SARD Company Ltd. |
 Mauro Martini Jeff Krosnoff |
343 | 2nd | 1st |
Complete Formula One Grand Prix results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as they had completed over 90% of the race distance.
References[link]
- ^ Biography f1complete.com. Retrieved on 17-05-08.
- ^ ITV Sport
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL79Io4htbw
- ^ Suzuka, 1993
- ^ Virgin Media
- ^ http://www.irvtheswerve.net/about.html
- ^ "Who Blair Wins" By: Kelleher, Lynne The Sunday Mirror June 18, 2006 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20060618/ai_n16490721
- ^ Pamela Anderson: Eddie Irvine Was Too Sweet
- ^ Irvine v Talksport. EWHC 367 (Ch).
- ^ "Irvine to front F1 radio show". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 2010-03-31. http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/82563. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
- ^ a b Villeneuve backs return to 'real racetracks' The Independent. Published on 25-04-08. Retrieved on 21-03-08.
- ^ FIA international sporting regulations para 112
- ^ a b Ramsey, Chris. Eddie's flag of convenience! The Sun (London, England) April 26, 1997
- ^ [1] Retrieved on 27 May 2012.
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Jason Elliot |
British Formula Ford Champion 1987 |
Succeeded by Derek Higgins |
| Preceded by Roland Ratzenberger |
Formula Ford Festival Winner 1987 |
Succeeded by Vincenzo Sospiri |
| Awards and achievements | ||
| Preceded by Paul Warwick |
Autosport British Club Driver of the Year 1987 |
Succeeded by Allan McNish |
| Preceded by David Coulthard |
Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1999 |
Succeeded by David Coulthard |
| Preceded by Dario Franchitti |
Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year 1999 |
Succeeded by David Coulthard |
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| Short description | British racing driver |
| Date of birth | 10 November 1965 |
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Ted Kravitz (born Theodore Slotover[1][2] in either 1973 or 1974[3]) is a British Formula One pit-lane reporter working on Sky Sports F1.
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Early career[link]
In his university days, Kravitz began presenting on University Radio Exeter. Upon graduation, he trained as a journalist at CBS News' London bureau before working for local radio stations in the South-West of England as a news and sports reporter. He then returned to London to work for 95.8 Capital FM, on their Sony Award-winning news show, The Way It Is.
After a spell as a news and sports reporter for LBC and London News Direct, Kravitz joined Chrysalis Television at the end of 1996 to work on their Grand Prix programming.
ITV[link]
Kravitz worked with ITV since the beginning of their F1 coverage in 1997, initially as a producer, and then as a pit-lane reporter from 2002, alongside Louise Goodman. He replaced James Allen who was promoted to the post of race commentator, following the retirement of Murray Walker.
In 2007 and 2008 he presented ITV's British Touring Car Championship coverage.
BBC[link]
Kravitz continued his pit-lane role, now alongside Lee McKenzie [4], as the Formula One coverage moved to the BBC in 2009, and remained in this position until the end of 2011.
Sky Sports F1[link]
In December 2011 it was announced that Kravitz would follow Martin Brundle and others from the BBC to join BSkyB's Sky Sports F1 coverage in 2012. Kravitz will also host The F1 Show alongside Georgie Thompson.
Personal life[link]
During the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix, commentator Jonathan Legard revealed that Kravitz is an aircraft pilot.
In the 2011 British Grand Prix edition of his 'Grand Prix from the Pit Lane' video series for the BBC website, Kravitz said that his wife had given birth to a baby girl and that he would miss the next two Grands Prix because he will be on paternity leave.
The Kravitz name comes from his mother's side of the family.
References[link]
- ^ "Charles Sale sports column". Daily Mail. 2008-04-15. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1170118/Charles-Sale-Welsh-kept-waiting-bid-switch.html. "He felt that Ted Kravitz had more of an F1 feel about it than the name on his birth certificate, which is Theodore Slotover."
- ^ "New Vroom". Daily Telegraph. 2004-05-08. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3338942/New-vroom.html. "Ted Slotover, ITV's Formula One reporter, has seen at first hand that engineers get just as much satisfaction from their contributions to working on a successful car as the drivers."
- ^ "Button raring to go in Malaysia". BBC Sport. BBC. 2009-04-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7982411.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-03. Scroll to 01:40, states age is 35
- ^ "Coulthard, Jordan & Brundle join BBC". BBC Sport. BBC. 2008-11-24. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7745347.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-03.
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| Born | (1959-08-27) 27 August 1959 (age 52) Wörgl, Austria |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Active years | 1984–1997 |
| Teams | ATS, Arrows, Benetton, Ferrari, McLaren |
| Races | 210 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 10 |
| Podiums | 48 |
| Career points | 385 |
| Pole positions | 12 |
| Fastest laps | 21 |
| First race | 1984 Austrian Grand Prix |
| First win | 1986 Mexican Grand Prix |
| Last win | 1997 German Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1997 European Grand Prix |
Gerhard Berger (born 27 August 1959 in Wörgl) is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver, who previously owned 50% of the Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One team until he sold his share back to energy drink owner Dietrich Mateschitz in November 2008.
Berger competed in Formula One for 14 seasons, twice finishing 3rd overall in the championship. During this time, he won ten Grands Prix, achieved 48 podiums, 12 poles and 21 fastest laps (two more than his former team-mate, rival and friend Ayrton Senna). With 210 starts he is amongst the most experienced Formula One drivers of all time. He led 33 of the 210 races he competed in and retired from 95 of them. Berger also has the unique distinction of taking Benetton's first and last victories, with eleven years separating them. He is renowned for his sense of humour and aggressive driving style.[1]
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Career[link]
Early years[link]
Gerhard Berger was born in Wörgl, Austria on 27th August 1959. His father Hans worked in his own truck company with Gerhard later working for his father and before being promoted to a driver.[2] Berger, a multiple race winner in European Formula Three, moved up to Formula One in 1984 driving for the ATS team. He was fortunate to be alive after a serious road accident shortly after entering Formula One. A full season for Arrows followed in 1985, but it was not until joining Benetton-BMW in 1986 that his F1 career took off. Exploiting the exceptional power of the BMW turbo engine coupled with a clever Pirelli tire strategy, Berger won his first Grand Prix in Mexico using the Benetton B186. Berger was also on course for an easy victory at his home race, the 1986 Austrian Grand Prix before being forced into the pits from a comfortable lead with mechanical problems. Berger out-qualified team-mate Teo Fabi 12–4 in 1986. He established himself as a very fast driver in Formula One that year.
Berger was also successful in Group A touring cars during this time for the highly rated Schnitzer team driving the highly competitive BMW 635 Csi. He won the 1985 Spa 24 Hours partnering Italian touring car ace Roberto Ravaglia and fellow Formula One driver, Marc Surer of Switzerland.
Ferrari[link]
For the 1987 season, Berger signed for Ferrari, partnering the Italian Michele Alboreto and replacing Stefan Johansson. After mechanical failures robbed him of the chance to perform, Berger came on strongly in the latter half of 1987, winning the final two rounds of the season. The 1987 Ferrari F1/87 benefitted from the work of ex-McLaren designer John Barnard although the car was designed by Austrian Gustav Brunner. Ferrari were back competing for race honours for the first time since mid-1985 from the Hungarian Grand Prix onwards. Berger was running a close second to Nigel Mansell at the Hungaroring before he was forced to retire. At Estoril for the Portuguese Grand Prix Berger dominated the race from pole position before spinning in the latter stages to finish second after pressure from Alain Prost. The Austrian then looked to be heading for a second consecutive victory at the Hermanos Rodriguez circuit for the Mexican Grand Prix as he once again dominated the race but mechanical problems forced him to retire when leading. Success at both Suzuka and Adelaide for the Japanese and the Australian Grands Prix, including pole positions in both events, ensured Ferrari and Berger went into the winter season with boosted confidence and both team and driver were tipped as favourites for the 1988 Championship. Berger out-qualified team-mate Alboreto 12–4 in 1987.
The 1988 McLaren team of Prost and Ayrton Senna dominated the season, winning 15 of the 16 rounds. The Honda V6 turbo engine in the McLaren and Lotus had superior fuel efficiency. Berger was the only driver to break the McLaren stranglehold, winning the Italian Grand Prix after Senna tangled with Jean-Louis Schlesser, who had temporarily replaced Mansell in the Williams. Alboreto made it a Ferrari 1–2. This was a particularly poignant victory for the team, as it came just weeks after the death of Enzo Ferrari. The Ferrari F1/87/88C proved troublesome for both Berger and team-mate Alboreto especially in terms of fuel consumption from the 1.5 litre turbo engine. At the British Grand Prix for instance, Berger led the opening laps from Senna having already attained pole position, consequently building a large cushion over the rest of the field before having to slow to the extent where he finished outside of the points in 9th position. Berger was leading the final race of the season at Adelaide ahead of Prost and Senna before he clashed with former Ferrari driver René Arnoux in the Ligier while trying to lap the Frenchman. Berger out-qualified Alboreto in all 16 events for the 1988 Formula One calendar spelling the end for the Italian at the Maranello outfit.
For 1989, Berger was joined at Ferrari by Nigel Mansell. The Ferrari 640 was fast but fragile, thanks in part to its revolutionary semi-automatic gearbox design. At the Brazilian Grand Prix, Berger tangled with Senna at the very first corner as the Brazilian found himself in a Williams and Ferrari sandwich with Patrese to Senna's left with the three drivers dicing for the lead. Berger was lucky to escape alive from a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola's Tamburello corner, where he went straight on into the wall at 180 mph; the car spun multiple times along the wall before catching fire. It took 16 seconds for a rescue crew to reach the Ferrari and put the fire out. Suffering remarkably few injuries, notably burns to his hands, Berger was able to make it back to the cockpit at the Mexican Grand Prix after missing just one race. Berger attributed this to Ferrari's unique semi-automatic paddle shift gearbox, saying that his return would have been delayed if Ferrari still used the traditional gear stick transmission used in all the other F1 cars in 1989. With the exception of the Australian Grand Prix where both Ferrari drivers had poor qualifying sessions, Berger featured in the top four in all of the remaining Grands Prix but poor reliability and accidents meant that he only finished three races all year. He won the eventful 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix which was overshadowed by the accident involving Mansell and Senna and took two second places at the Italian and Spanish Grands Prix. Despite improving form from Ferrari, soon after Alain Prost announced his intention to leave McLaren at the end of the season, Berger decided to sign for the Woking based team.
McLaren[link]
From 1990 to 1992 Berger joined Ayrton Senna at McLaren. His arrival was met with great anticipation as he had proven great form for Benetton and Ferrari. A McLaren-Honda seemed to offer Berger a genuine chance at the world championship for the first time. However, although generally quicker than his predecessor Alain Prost in relation to Senna in qualifying (he often qualified 2nd behind Senna), he was rarely able to match the brilliant Brazilian's pace during races. He took three wins in these three seasons, gifted the 1991 Japanese Grand Prix by Senna; as well as victories in Canada and Australia in 1992. During his three years at McLaren, Berger also obtained four pole positions and out-qualified Senna 8 times.
His debut at McLaren ruffled feathers, as he outqualified Senna for the 1990 United States Grand Prix obtaining pole position. Initially, Berger complained of a lack of space in the McLaren MP4/5B for the 1990 season. Perhaps Berger's best drive of 1990 was at the wet and damp 1990 Canadian Grand Prix where he finished first, around 45 seconds ahead of the eventual winner Senna, but was penalized by one minute for creeping at the start before the green lights. Berger also started from pole position at the 1990 Mexican Grand Prix. Over all, 1990 was a disappointing season for Berger who failed to win a race for his new team, while team mate Senna won the driver's championship for the second time.
Towards the end of 1991, Berger found his form in the McLaren MP4/6, out-qualifying teammate Senna at the Portuguese, Spanish and the title deciding Japanese Grands Prix (claiming pole position in the latter two events).
In 1992, Berger finished a single point behind Senna in the Drivers' Championship using the McLaren MP4/7A. Berger deservedly won the 1992 Canadian Grand Prix having overtaken Riccardo Patrese's Williams and attacking teammate Senna before the Brazilian retired. During the 1992 Portuguese Grand Prix, Berger was involved in terrifying incident with the Williams of Patrese. Patrese not realizing that Berger was heading towards the pitlane touched the McLaren's rear wheel and went airborne, narrowly missing a bridge, before coming to a halt in front of the armco of the pitlane. Berger then went on to win the Australian Grand Prix for the second time after an exciting battle with Patrese. Berger therefore won his last race for McLaren and McLaren's last race with Honda engines. A lucrative offer from Ferrari proved too tempting for the Austrian who announced before the 1992 Belgian Grand Prix that he would be returning to the struggling Italian outfit.
Return to Ferrari[link]
Niki Lauda persuaded Ferrari to bring Berger back to the Italian team in 1993 as Lauda felt Berger brought valuable experience with him from his partnership with Senna.[3] It was widely reported that Berger earned more than any other driver for the 1993 season. Berger was instrumental in bringing Jean Todt to the team as Team Manager, laying the foundations for the team's future successes. Todt attended his first event in his new role at the 1993 French Grand Prix. The active ride suspension made the car unpredictable to drive and the Ferrari F93A failed to record a single victory and spent the majority of the season competing for the lower points. Berger's best result was third position at the 1993 Hungarian Grand Prix. Berger had a number of spectacular incidents during the season including a clash with rookie Michael Andretti at the start of the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix and a dramatic impact with the armco at the 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix having just exited the pits. The 1993 Monaco Grand Prix was perhaps where Berger displayed his fighting qualities best of all, obtaining second fastest lap before he attempted an opportunistic move on Damon Hill's Williams at Lowes hairpin while challenging for second position. The Austrian was forced to retire.
In 1994, Berger recovered from the deaths of close friend Senna and countryman Roland Ratzenberger at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, to score an emotional win at Hockenheim for the 1994 German Grand Prix in the Ferrari 412T, the first win for Ferrari since the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix. Berger also scored two pole positions in 1994, the first at Hockenheim and then at Estoril for the 1994 Portuguese Grand Prix where he retired from while leading.
A final season with the team in 1995 saw Berger score a number of podiums and was in a race winning position at the 1995 San Marino Grand Prix having qualified second before stalling in the pits but the fastest lap was a mere consolation. A particularly audacious pass on Damon Hill in Canada was just one example of his strong racecraft. Berger produced another aggressive drive for third having received a 10 second stop-go penalty for a jump start and then climbing up through the field from 14th position at the 1995 German Grand Prix, making a number of over takings on the way. At Monza having been in contention for the win, an on-board camera on team-mate Jean Alesi's Ferrari fell into the path of Berger and smashed the Austrian's front suspension. Berger out-qualified team-mate Alesi 12–5 in 1995. The departure of Alesi and Berger from Ferrari to Benetton also spelt the end of the number 27 and 28 era for Ferrari that stretched back to 1981 with Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi only interrupted by the signing of 1989 world champion Alain Prost for the 1990 season.
Final years with Benetton[link]
With the arrival of Michael Schumacher at Ferrari in 1996, Berger moved back to Benetton, who became a shadow of their former selves. He could have remained at Maranello, but felt that the new Ferrari V10 engine would take too much time to develop. Berger spent his final two years in the sport at the team he drove for in 1986 while also sporting a revised helmet design, with the Austrian flag being rotated horizontally. 1996 proved to be a disappointing season for the Austrian, the handling characteristics of the Benetton B196 not being to his taste. Berger came within whisker of winning the German Grand Prix for the second time in his career before his Renault V10 engine blew up handing victory to Damon Hill in the Williams. Berger's main problem for the early part of 1996 was his driving position that prevented a smooth airflow into the airbox. Consequently, Berger was significantly slower down the straights than team mate Jean Alesi.
The Benetton B197 had a lacklustre opening to the 1997 season at Melbourne but the team and Berger bounced back at the 1997 Brazilian Grand Prix, with Berger finishing a strong second having overtaken Mika Häkkinen and Michael Schumacher. Berger then scored Benetton's final Grand Prix victory at the age of 37, again at Hockenheim, coming back after a 3 race layoff following illness and the death of his father. As well as the victory, Berger also claimed pole position and fastest lap during the 1997 German Grand Prix. He announced his decision to leave Benetton at the end of the season during the same weekend. He eventually retired at the end of the season, his final race seeing him finish a very close fourth in Jerez only seconds behind the victor Mika Häkkinen. In his final season as a Formula One driver, Berger and Alesi out-qualified each other 7 times each with the Austrian missing three races due to illness. Rumours of a Ferrari return for 1998 were false. Sauber offered Berger a drive for 1998, but the Austrian turned down the offer for a number of reasons, not least because of the new regulations for grooved tyres which the Austrian did not find inspiring.
Berger and Senna[link]
During the years that Berger was at McLaren (1990–1992), he became most famous for his humorous side. Popular accounts tell of many ingenious practical jokes thought up by the Austrian to break through his serious, focused and unyielding teammate – Ayrton Senna. Senna, accepted the challenge, and quickly submitted, and was both were spurred on by team manager Ron Dennis the practical joking escalated.
Accounts tell of an incident at Monza where in a joint helicopter ride Senna had been showing off his new tailor made briefcase. Having been made of carbon fibre composite, Senna argued that it was virtually indestructible. With little hesitation, Berger opened the door of the helicopter and threw the briefcase out, to Senna's disbelief. Berger asserted innocently he only sought to test the hypothesis.
"It fell somewhere near the course but we found it again," Berger recalled with a cheeky grin.
Australia, 1990, several days before the race. After dinner, we started to throw people in the swimming pool, all dressed. As I was good at defending myself, I escaped from the bath, but many people got wet. Senna ran away to avoid us from getting him, however, later, I went to his room and he awkwardly threw a glass of water at me. For a Tyrolean, that was nothing, but it did mean that the game was now on. With a hose, we improvised an extension to the fire extinguisher and we put it under his room door at three in the morning. We invited some people to watch and when we pushed the lever, Senna flew out of the window like a rocket. It looked like a bomb had exploded inside the room. The confusion woke many people up, who started to scream at Senna for making so much noise. He was terribly embarrassed. (From the book "Na Reta de Chegada", author Gerhard Berger, Editora Globo, page 76).
On another occasion, in an Australian hotel room Berger filled Senna's bed with animals. Senna understandably infuriated, confronted Berger by saying;
"I've spent the last hour catching 12 frogs in my room," to which Berger replied, "Did you find the snake?"
"Actually they weren't frogs, they were bigger, more like toads. In Australia they have this kind of stuff. I thought he liked animals but clearly not," Berger explained. It was an incident that prompted retaliation by Senna, who then proceeded to put a strong smelling French cheese in the air conditioning unit of Berger's room.
On another occasion, Senna and Brazilian compatriot Maurício Gugelmin decided to fill Berger's shoes with shaving foam on a fast train ride to a dinner in Japan. Having been forced to attend the dinner wearing a tuxedo with running shoes, Berger vowed for retribution. It was at the Japanese Grand Prix a few days later that Gugelmin (driving for Leyton-House) was approached by Joseph Leberer, the McLaren team nutritionist, offering fresh orange juice. Ever vigilant, Maurício declined the suspicious offer. He would later expand:
"One hour before the race starts he crushed four sleeping pills into that juice and sent it to me. I would pass out at the start of the race in which the world title would be decided. The cars roaring by at the track and I snoring in the cabin, can you imagine it?"
Best known is probably an incident in which Berger replaced Senna's passport photo with what Ron Dennis described as "an equivalent-sized piece of male genitalia". Senna's fame meant he rarely had his passport checked, but on a later trip to Argentina Berger's prank resulted in officials holding the Brazilian for 24 hours. As a response to this gag, Senna superglued all of Berger's credit cards together.
Another incident occurred years later at Ferrari, when Berger and fellow F1 driver Jean Alesi were taking a ride with team director Jean Todt's new special made Lancia roadcar at the very first testing day of the 1995 Formula One season. Arriving at the test track, Jean Alesi lost control of the car when Berger unexpectedly pulled the handbrake. The car flipped, skidding upside down to a halt in front of the entrance. Alesi was sent to hospital. Later when Todt enquired about his roadcar, Berger conceded the two had put some "slight curb marks on the roof".
The strong connection between Senna and Berger has extended beyond the Brazilian's death in 1994. Berger is now acting as an advisor to Bruno Senna, Ayrton's nephew, who made his Formula One debut with the HRT F1 Team in the 2010 World Championship.
After retirement from racing[link]
A hugely popular figure in Formula One, Berger was up until 2003 regularly seen in the pitlane in his new capacity as Competitions Director at BMW, overseeing their successful return to Formula One in 2000.[4]
Berger was the first to drive a F1 car on the new Shanghai Grand Prix circuit when he demonstrated a 2003 Ferrari F2003-GA.
On 25 April 2004; 10 years after Senna's death, Berger drove the JPS Lotus Renault 97T which Ayrton used in the 1985 championship for 3 laps, at Imola before the start of the 2004 San Marino Grand Prix.[5]
In February 2006, he acquired 50% of Scuderia Toro Rosso in a business deal which saw Red Bull boss Dietrich Mateschitz purchase half of Berger Logistik, a road haulage company founded by Berger's father Johann in 1961. His Toro Rosso team won their first Grand Prix with Sebastian Vettel taking the win. He sold his share back to Mateschitz in November 2008.[6]
Helmet[link]
Berger's helmet originally was blue with yellow lines and azure and white details near the visor In 1986, during his first spell at Benetton he used a different design that complimented the livery of the Benetton BMW. in 1987 his helmet is dark grey-blue featuring the Austrian flag on either side. For the 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix Berger sported a helmet featuring flags of multiple nations. The top was painted to resemble the Austrian flag and "NO MORE WAR IN THIS WORLD" at the rear. The special design was a result of a winning entrant for a one-off competition In 1996 Berger modified his original design with the Austrian flag rotated horizontally.
Complete Formula One results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
* Berger was driving his team's "second entry", and as the team had only entered one car for the entire championship, the second entry was ineligible to score points
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| Preceded by Tom Walkinshaw Hans Heyer Win Percy |
Winner of the Spa 24 Hours 1985 (with Roberto Ravaglia and Marc Surer) |
Succeeded by Dieter Quester Altfrid Heger Thierry Tassin |
References[link]
- ^ "Best of The Cahier Archive: Gerhard Berger". motorsportretro.com. http://www.motorsportretro.com/2012/03/gerhard-berger/.
- ^ "8W - Who? - Gerhard Berger". http://8w.forix.com/berger.html.
- ^ Zapelloni, Umberto (2004). Formula Ferrari. Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 18. ISBN 0-340-83471-4. "Partnering Alesi this time was Austrian Gerhard Berger, another Prancing Horse returnee. He had been put forward by Niki Lauda because Lauda felt Berger could bring valuable experience from his three years spent alongside Senna at McLaren."
- ^ "Berger bids a fond farewell". http://www.f1network.net/main/s107/st32558.htm?print=1.
- ^ "Berger pays Senna Tribute". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3657309.stm. Retrieved 25 April, 2004.
- ^ "Berger Sells 50% back to Mateschitz". ITV-F1.com. http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=44664/.
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| Birth name | Kylie Ann Minogue |
| Born | (1968-05-28) 28 May 1968 (age 44) Melbourne, Australia |
| Genres | Pop, synthpop, nu-disco,[1][2] dance-pop |
| Occupations | Singer, songwriter, actress, record producer, fashion designer, author, entrepreneur, showgirl |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Labels | PWL, Mushroom, Deconstruction, Parlophone, Warner Music Australia |
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Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE ( /ˈkaɪliː mɨˈnoʊɡ/; born 28 May 1968) — often known simply as Kylie — is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, showgirl, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. Her first single, "Locomotion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian singles chart and became the highest selling single of the decade. This led to a contract with songwriters and producers Stock, Aitken & Waterman. Her debut album, Kylie (1988), and the single "I Should Be So Lucky", each reached number one in the United Kingdom, and over the next two years, her first 13 singles reached the British top ten. Her debut film, The Delinquents (1989) was a box-office hit in Australia and the UK, and received generally positive reviews.
Initially presented as a "girl next door", Minogue attempted to convey a more mature style in her music and public image. Her singles were well received, but after four albums her record sales were declining, and she left Stock, Aitken & Waterman in 1992 to establish herself as an independent performer. Her next single, "Confide in Me", reached number one in Australia and was a hit in several European countries in 1994, and a duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow", brought Minogue a greater degree of artistic credibility. Drawing inspiration from a range of musical styles and artists, Minogue took creative control over the songwriting for her next album, Impossible Princess (1997). It failed to attract strong reviews or sales in the UK, but was successful in Australia.
Minogue returned to prominence in 2000 with the single "Spinning Around" and the dance-oriented album Light Years, and she performed during the closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Her music videos showed a more sexually provocative and flirtatious personality and several hit singles followed. "Can't Get You Out of My Head" reached number one in more than 40 countries, and the album Fever (2001) was a hit in many countries, including the United States, a market in which Minogue had previously received little recognition. Minogue embarked on a concert tour but cancelled it when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2005. After surgery and chemotherapy treatment, she resumed her career in 2006 with Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour. Her tenth studio album X was released in 2007 and was followed by the KylieX2008 tour. In 2009, she embarked upon her For You, For Me Tour, her first concert tour of the United States and Canada, and the following year released her eleventh studio album, Aphrodite.
Minogue has achieved worldwide record sales of more than 68 million,[3] and has received notable music awards, including multiple ARIA and Brit Awards and a Grammy Award. She has mounted several successful and critically acclaimed concert world tours and received a Mo Award for "Australian Entertainer of the Year" for her live performances. Bestowed from the Queen of Australia Queen Elizabeth II, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) at Buckingham Palace in 2008 "for services to music". In the same year she was awarded France's highest cultural honour, the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government for her contribution to the enrichment of French culture. In 2011, "I Should Be So Lucky" was added to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Sounds of Australia registry.[4][5] While also in 2011, Minogue was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) degree by Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom of for her work in raising awareness for breast cancer. On 27 November 2011, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ARIA Music Awards, Kylie Minogue was inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of Fame.[6]
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Life and career[link]
1968–86: Early life and career beginnings[link]
Kylie Ann Minogue was born 28 May 1968 in Melbourne, Australia, the eldest child of Ronald Charles Minogue, an accountant of Irish ancestry[7] and Carol Ann (née Jones), a former dancer from Maesteg, Wales.[8] Kylie's sister, Dannii Minogue, was also a pop singer[7] and is a judge on Australia's Got Talent, while her brother, Brendan, works as a news cameraman in Australia.[9] The Minogue children were raised in Surrey Hills, Melbourne, and educated at Camberwell High School.[10]
The Minogue sisters began their careers as children on Australian television.[7] From the age of 11, Kylie appeared in small roles in soap operas such as The Sullivans and Skyways, and in 1985 was cast in one of the lead roles in The Henderson Kids.[11] Interested in following a career in music, she made a demo tape for the producers of the weekly music programme Young Talent Time,[12] which featured Dannii as a regular performer.[13] Kylie gave her first television singing performance on the show in 1985 but was not invited to join the cast. Dannii's success overshadowed Kylie's acting achievements,[7] until Kylie was cast in the soap opera Neighbours in 1986,[10] as Charlene Mitchell, a schoolgirl turned garage mechanic. Neighbours achieved popularity in the UK, and a story arc that created a romance between her character and the character played by Jason Donovan, culminated in a wedding episode in 1987 that attracted an audience of 20 million British viewers.[14]
Her popularity in Australia was demonstrated when she became the first person to win four Logie Awards in one event, and the youngest recipient of the "Gold Logie" as the country's "Most Popular Television Performer", with the result determined by public vote.[15]
[edit] 1987–92: Kylie, Enjoy Yourself, Rhythm of Love and Let's Get to It
During a Fitzroy Football Club benefit concert with other Neighbours cast members, Minogue performed "I Got You Babe" as a duet with the actor John Waters, and "The Loco-Motion" as an encore, and was subsequently signed to a recording contract with Mushroom Records in 1987.[16] Her first single, "The Loco-Motion", spent seven weeks at number one on the Australian music charts. It sold 200,000 copies,[12] became the highest selling single of the 1980s,[17] and Minogue received the ARIA Award for the year's highest selling single.[18] Its success resulted in Minogue travelling to England with Mushroom Records executive Gary Ashley to work with Stock, Aitken & Waterman. They knew little of Minogue and had forgotten that she was arriving; as a result, they wrote "I Should Be So Lucky" while she waited outside the studio.[19] The song reached number one in the UK, Australia, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Israel and Hong Kong.[20] Minogue won her second consecutive ARIA Award for the year's highest selling single, and received a "Special Achievement Award".[21] Her debut album, Kylie, a collection of dance-oriented pop tunes spent more than a year on the British album charts, including several weeks at number one.[22] The album went gold in the United States, and the single, "The Loco-Motion", reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart,[23] and number one on the Canadian Singles Chart. "It's No Secret", released only in the U.S., peaked at number 37 in early 1989,[23] and "Turn It Into Love" was released as a single in Japan, where it reached number one.
In July 1988, "Got To Be Certain" became Minogue's third consecutive number one single on the Australian music charts,[24] and later in the year she left Neighbours to focus on her music career. Jason Donovan commented "When viewers watched her on screen they no longer saw Charlene the local mechanic, they saw Kylie the pop star."[7] A duet with Donovan, titled "Especially for You", sold almost one million copies in the UK in early 1989, but critic Kevin Killian wrote that the duet was "majestically awful ... [it] makes the Diana Ross, Lionel Richie 'Endless Love' sound like Mahler."[25] She was sometimes referred to as "the Singing Budgie" by her detractors over the coming years,[26] however Chris True's comment about the album Kylie for Allmusic suggests that Minogue's appeal transcended the limitations of her music, by noting that "her cuteness makes these rather vapid tracks bearable".[27]
Her follow-up album Enjoy Yourself (1989) was a success in the United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand, Asia and Australia, and contained several successful singles, including the British number one "Hand on Your Heart",[22] but it failed throughout North America, and Minogue was dropped by her American record label Geffen Records. She embarked on her first concert tour, the Enjoy Yourself Tour, in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia and Australia, where Melbourne's Herald Sun wrote that it was "time to ditch the snobbery and face facts—the kid's a star."[28] In December 1989, Minogue was one of the featured vocalists on the remake of "Do They Know It's Christmas",[29] and her debut film, The Delinquents, premiered in London. It was poorly received by critics,[29] and the Daily Mirror reviewed Minogue's performance with the comment that she "has as much acting charisma as cold porridge",[30] but it proved popular with audiences; in the UK it grossed more than £200,000,[31] and in Australia it was the fourth-highest grossing local film of 1989 and the highest grossing local film of 1990.[32]
Rhythm of Love (1990) presented a more sophisticated and adult style of dance music and also marked the first signs of Minogue's rebellion against her production team and the "girl-next-door" image.[33] Determined to be accepted by a more mature audience, Minogue took control of her music videos, starting with "Better the Devil You Know", and presented herself as a sexually aware adult.[34] Her relationship with Michael Hutchence was also seen as part of Minogue's departure from her earlier persona; Hutchence was quoted as saying that his hobby was "corrupting Kylie", and that the INXS song "Suicide Blonde" had been inspired by her.[35] The singles from Rhythm of Love sold well in Europe and Australia and were popular in British nightclubs. Pete Waterman later reflected that "Better the Devil You Know" was a milestone in her career and said that it made her "the hottest, hippest dance act on the scene and nobody could knock it as it was the best dance record around at the time".[7] "Shocked" became Minogue's thirteenth consecutive British top-10 single.[22]
In May 1990, Minogue performed her band's arrangement of The Beatles's "Help!" before a crowd of 25,000 at the John Lennon: The Tribute Concert on the banks of the River Mersey in Liverpool. Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon offered Minogue their thanks for her support of The John Lennon Fund, while the media commented positively on her performance. The Sun wrote "The soap star wows the Scousers — Kylie Minogue deserved her applause".[36] Her fourth album, Let's Get to It (1991), reached number 15 on the British album charts and was the first of her albums to fail to reach the Top 10;[22] her fourteenth single "Word Is Out" was the first to miss the Top 10 singles chart,[22] though subsequent singles "If You Were with Me Now" and "Give Me Just a Little More Time" reached number four and number two respectively.[22] Minogue had fulfilled the requirements of her contract and elected not to renew it.[7] She later expressed her opinion that she was stifled by Stock, Aitken and Waterman, and said, "I was very much a puppet in the beginning. I was blinkered by my record company. I was unable to look left or right."[37]
A Greatest Hits album was released in 1992. It reached number one in the UK[22] and number three in Australia,[38] and the singles "What Kind of Fool (Heard All That Before)" and her cover version of Kool & The Gang's "Celebration" each reached the UK Top 20.[22]
[edit] 1993–98: Kylie Minogue and Impossible Princess
Minogue's subsequent signing with Deconstruction Records was highly touted in the music media as the beginning of a new phase in her career, but the eponymous Kylie Minogue (1994) received mixed reviews. It sold well in Europe and Australia, where the single "Confide in Me" spent four weeks at number one.[39] She performed a striptease in the video for her next single, "Put Yourself in My Place", inspired by Jane Fonda in the film Barbarella.[40] This single and her next, "Where Is the Feeling?" each reached the British top 20,[22] and the album peaked at number four,[22] eventually selling 250,000 copies.[41] During this period she made a guest appearance as herself, in an episode of the comedy The Vicar of Dibley. The director Steven E. de Souza was intrigued by Minogue's cover photo in Australia's Who Magazine as one of "The 30 Most Beautiful People in the World", and offered her a role opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in Street Fighter (1994).[42] The film was a moderate success, earning US$70 million in the U.S.,[42] but received poor reviews with The Washington Post's Richard Harrington calling Minogue "the worst actress in the English-speaking world".[43] She co-starred with Pauly Shore and Stephen Baldwin in Bio-Dome (1996), but it was a failure, dismissed by Movie Magazine International as the "biggest waste of celluloid space".[42] Minogue returned to Australia where she appeared in the short film, Hayride to Hell (1995), and then to the UK where she filmed a cameo role as herself in the film Diana & Me (1997).[44]
The music video for "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1995) (left) was inspired by John Everett Millais' Ophelia (1851/52) (right).
Australian artist Nick Cave had been interested in working with Minogue since hearing "Better the Devil You Know", saying it contained "one of pop music's most violent and distressing lyrics" and "when Kylie Minogue sings these words, there is an innocence to her that makes the horror of this chilling lyric all the more compelling".[45] They collaborated on "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1995), a brooding ballad whose lyrics narrated a murder from the points of view of both the murderer (Cave), and his victim (Minogue). The video was inspired by John Everett Millais's painting Ophelia (1851–1852), and showed Minogue as the murdered woman, floating in a pond as a serpent swam over her body. The single received widespread attention in Europe, where it reached the top 10 in several countries, and acclaim in Australia where it reached number two on the singles chart,[46] and won ARIA Awards for "Song of the Year" and "Best Pop Release".[47] Following concert appearances with Cave, Minogue recited the lyrics to "I Should Be So Lucky" as poetry in London's Royal Albert Hall "Poetry Jam", at the suggestion of Cave, and later described it as a "most cathartic moment".[48] She credited Cave with giving her the confidence to express herself artistically, saying: "He taught me to never veer too far from who I am, but to go further, try different things, and never lose sight of myself at the core. For me, the hard part was unleashing the core of myself and being totally truthful in my music."[49] By 1997, Minogue was in a relationship with the French photographer Stéphane Sednaoui, who encouraged her to develop her creativity.[50] Inspired by a mutual appreciation of Japanese culture, they created a visual combination of "geisha and manga superheroine" for the photographs taken for the album Impossible Princess and the video for "German Bold Italic", Minogue's collaboration with Towa Tei.[51] Minogue drew inspiration from the music of artists such as Shirley Manson and Garbage, Björk, Tricky and U2, and Japanese pop musicians such as Pizzicato Five and Towa Tei.[52]
Impossible Princess featured collaborations with musicians such as James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore of the Manic Street Preachers. Mostly a dance album, its style was not represented by its first single "Some Kind of Bliss", and Minogue countered suggestions that she was trying to become an indie artist. She told Music Week, "I have to keep telling people that this isn't an indie-guitar album. I'm not about to pick up a guitar and rock."[53] Acknowledging that she had attempted to escape the perceptions of her that had developed during her early career, Minogue commented that she was ready to "forget the painful criticism" and "accept the past, embrace it, use it".[48] Her video for "Did It Again" paid homage to her earlier incarnations, as noted in her biography, Kylie: La La La, "Dance Kylie, Cute Kylie, Sex Kylie and Indie Kylie all struggled for supremacy as they battled bitchily with each other."[54] Billboard described the album as "stunning" and concluded that "it's a golden commercial opportunity for a major [record company] with vision and energy [to release it in the United States]. A sharp ear will detect a kinship between Impossible Princess and Madonna's hugely successful album, Ray of Light".[49] In the UK, Music Week gave a negative assessment, commenting that "Kylie's vocals take on a stroppy edge ... but not strong enough to do much".[55] Retitled Kylie Minogue in the UK following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, it became the lowest-selling album of her career. At the end of the year a campaign by Virgin Radio stated, "We've done something to improve Kylie's records: we've banned them."[10] A poll conducted by Smash Hits voted her the "worst-dressed person, worst singer and second-most very horrible thing—after spiders".[10]
In Australia, Impossible Princess spent 35 weeks on the album chart and peaked at number four,[56] to become her most successful album since Kylie in 1988, and her Intimate and Live tour was extended due to demand.[57] The Victorian Premier, Jeff Kennett, hosted a civic reception for Minogue in Melbourne,[58] and she maintained her high profile in Australia with live performances, including the 1998 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras,[57] the opening ceremonies of Melbourne's Crown Casino[59] and Sydney's Fox Studios in 1999, where she performed Marilyn Monroe's "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend",[60] and a Christmas concert in Dili, East Timor in association with the United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces.[60] During this time she filmed a small role for the Australian-made Molly Ringwald film, Cut (2000).
[edit] 1999–04: Light Years, Fever and Body Language
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William Baker has cited the 1940s "Vargas Girl" pinups of Alberto Vargas as an influence, as demonstrated in the music video for "Spinning Around". (2000)
Minogue and Deconstruction Records parted company. She performed a duet with the Pet Shop Boys' on their Nightlife album and spent several months in Barbados performing in Shakespeare's The Tempest.[61] Returning to Australia, she appeared in the film Sample People and recorded a cover version of Russell Morris's "The Real Thing" for the soundtrack.[61] She signed with Parlophone Records in April 1999.[62] According to Miles Leonard, her new A&R at Parlophone, it was the label and not Minogue that was responsible for her career downturn, believing that her talent hadn't been tapped into by Deconstruction.[63] Leonard later told HitQuarters: "I believed that she was still very strong vocally, and still definitely a star ... and I knew that with the right project, the right songwriters, the right producers, the right team, she would still have a fanbase out there."[63] Parlophone wanted to reestablish Minogue as the pop artist they felt she essentially was, but that had been lost. Leonard said: "But I didn't want to make a throwaway pop record, I wanted it to have an edge and some depth."[63]
Her album Light Years (2000) was a collection of dance songs, influenced by disco music. Minogue said that her intention was to present dance-pop music in a "more exaggerated form" and to make it "fun".[62] It generated strong reviews and was successful throughout Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Europe, selling over one million copies in the UK.[64] The single "Spinning Around" became her first British number one in ten years, and its accompanying video featured Minogue in revealing gold hot pants, which came to be regarded as a "trademark".[65][66] The single was described by a 2009 The Times article as heralding a new era in synthpop that was continuing.[1] Her second single, "On a Night Like This" reached number one in Australia[67] and number two in the UK.[22] "Kids", a duet with Robbie Williams, was also included on Williams's album Sing When You're Winning, and peaked at number two in the UK.[22]
In 2000, Minogue performed ABBA's "Dancing Queen" and her single "On a Night like This" at the 2000 Sydney Olympics closing ceremony.[68] She then embarked upon a concert tour, On A Night like This, which played to sell-out crowds in Australia and the United Kingdom. Minogue was inspired by Madonna's 1993 world tour The Girlie Show which incorporated Burlesque and theatre, William Baker also cited the style of Broadway shows such as 42nd Street, films such as Anchors Aweigh, South Pacific, the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals of the 1930s and the live performances of Bette Midler.[69] Minogue was praised for her new material and her reinterpretations of some of her greatest successes, turning "I Should Be So Lucky" into a torch song and "Better the Devil You Know" into a 1940s big band number. She won a "Mo Award" for Australian live entertainment as "Performer of the Year".[70] Following the tour she was asked by a Seattle Post-Intelligencer journalist what she thought was her greatest strength, and replied, "[That] I am an all-rounder. If I was to choose any one element of what I do, I don't know if I would excel at any one of them. But put all of them together, and I know what I'm doing."[71]
She appeared as "The Green Fairy" in Moulin Rouge! (2001),[72] shortly before the release of Fever, an album containing disco elements combined with 1980s electropop and synthpop.[73] Fever reached number one in Australia, the UK, and throughout Europe, eventually achieving worldwide sales in excess of eight million.[74] Its lead single "Can't Get You Out of My Head" became the biggest success of her career, reaching number one in more than 40 countries.[75] She won four ARIA Awards including a "Most Outstanding Achievement" award,[76] and two Brit Awards, for "Best international female solo artist" and "Best international album".[77] Rolling Stone states that "Can't Get You out of My Head" "was easily the best and most omnipresent dance track of the new century",[78] and following extensive airplay by American radio, Capitol Records released it and the album Fever in the U.S. in 2002.[79] Fever debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number three,[80] and "Can't Get You out of My Head" reached number seven on the Hot 100.[23] The subsequent singles "In Your Eyes", "Love at First Sight" and "Come into My World" were successful throughout the world, and Minogue established a presence in the mainstream North American market, particularly in the club scene. Minogue followed the success of the album by touring the United States with the Jingle Ball festival, visiting Miami, Anaheim, New York City, Philadelphia and Houston.[81][82] In 2003 she received a Grammy Award nomination for "Best Dance Recording" for "Love at First Sight",[83] and the following year won the same award for "Come into My World".[84]
Minogue's stylist and creative director William Baker explained that the music videos for the Fever album were inspired by science fiction films—specifically those by Stanley Kubrick—and accentuated the electropop elements of the music by using dancers in the style of Kraftwerk. Alan MacDonald, the designer of the 2002 KylieFever tour, brought those elements into the stage show which drew inspiration from Minogue's past incarnations.[85] The show opened with Minogue as a space age vamp, which she described as "Queen of Metropolis with her drones", through to scenes inspired by Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, followed by the various personas of Minogue's career.[85] Minogue said that she was finally able to express herself the way she wanted, and that she had always been "a showgirl at heart".[85] During 2002 she worked on the animated film The Magic Roundabout, released in 2005 in Europe[86] and 2006 in the U.S.; she voiced one of the principal characters, Florence.
Minogue began a relationship with the French actor, Olivier Martinez, after meeting him at the 2002 Grammy Awards ceremony.[87] Her next album, Body Language (2003), was released following an invitation-only concert, titled Money Can't Buy, at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. The event marked the presentation of a new visual style, designed by Minogue and Baker, inspired in part by Brigitte Bardot, about whom Minogue commented: "I just tended to think of BB [Bardot] as, well, she's a sexpot, isn't she? She's one of the greatest pinups. But she was fairly radical in her own way at that time. And we chose to reference the period, which was ... a perfect blend of coquette and rock and roll."[88] The album downplayed the disco style and Minogue said she was inspired by 1980s artists such as Scritti Politti, The Human League, Adam and the Ants and Prince, blending their styles with elements of hip hop.[89] It received positive reviews with Billboard Magazine writing of "Minogue's knack for picking great songs and producers".[90] Allmusic described it as "a near perfect pop record ... Body Language is what happens when a dance-pop diva takes the high road and focuses on what's important instead of trying to shock herself into continued relevance".[91] Sales of Body Language were lower than anticipated after the success of Fever,[74][79] though the first single, "Slow", was a number-one hit in the UK and Australia.[92] After reaching number one on the US club chart,[93] "Slow" received a Grammy Award nomination in the Best Dance Recording category.[83]
Body Language achieved first week sales of 43,000 in the U.S., and declined significantly in the second week.[94] The Wall Street Journal described Minogue as "an international superstar who seems perpetually unable to conquer the U.S. market".[94] Minogue commented that she had told her American record company that she was not willing to invest the time needed to establish herself in the U.S. and that she would rather enhance the success she had already achieved in other parts of the world,[94] an attitude endorsed by Billboard analyst Geoff Mayfield as a "business decision ... If I were her accountant, I couldn't blame her for making that call."[94] Minogue later commented that she was not concerned by her limited success in the U.S. and was more frustrated by assumptions that she considered her career incomplete without it.[95]
Minogue played a guest role in the season finale of the comedy series Kath & Kim, in which she referenced her earlier role as Charlene in Neighbours, during a wedding sequence. The episode achieved the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's highest ratings of the year.[96]
She released her second official greatest hits album in November 2004, entitled Ultimate Kylie, along with her music videos on a DVD compilation of the same title. The album introduced her singles "I Believe in You", co-written with Jake Shears and Babydaddy from the Scissor Sisters, and "Giving You Up". "I Believe in You" reached the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play top three,[93] and Minogue was nominated for a Grammy Award for the fourth consecutive year when the song was nominated in the category of "Best Dance Recording".
[edit] 2005–09: Breast cancer and X
Early in 2005, Kylie: The Exhibition opened in Melbourne. The free exhibition featured costumes and photographs spanning Minogue's career and went on to tour Australian capital cities receiving over 300,000 visitors,[97] and was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in February 2007.[98] Minogue commenced her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour, and after performing in Europe, travelled to Melbourne, where she was diagnosed with breast cancer.[99]
In November 2006, Minogue resumed her Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour with a performance in Sydney. She had told journalists before the concert that she would be highly emotional, and she cried before dedicating the song "Especially for You" to her father, a survivor of prostate cancer.[100] Her dance routines had been reworked to accommodate her medical condition, and slower costume changes and longer breaks were introduced between sections of the show to conserve her strength.[101] The media reported that Minogue performed energetically, with the Sydney Morning Herald describing the show as an "extravaganza" and "nothing less than a triumph".[100] The following night, Minogue was joined by Bono, who was in Australia as part of U2's Vertigo tour, for the duet "Kids", but Minogue was forced to cancel a subsequent planned appearance at U2's show, because of exhaustion.[102] Minogue's shows throughout Australia continued to draw positive reviews, and after spending Christmas with her family, she resumed the European leg of her tour with six sold-out shows in Wembley Arena, before taking her tour to Manchester for a further six shows.
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In February 2007, Minogue and Olivier Martinez announced that they had ended their relationship, but remained on friendly terms. Minogue was reported to have been "saddened by false [media] accusations of [Martinez's] disloyalty".[87] She defended Martinez, and acknowledged the support he had given during her treatment for breast cancer, commenting "He was always there, helping with the practical stuff and being protective. He was incredible. He didn't hesitate in cancelling work and putting projects on hold so he could be with me. He's the most honourable man I have ever met."[87]
Minogue released X, her tenth studio album and much-discussed "comeback" album,[103] in November 2007. The electro-styled album included contributions from Guy Chambers, Cathy Dennis, Bloodshy & Avant and Calvin Harris.[103] For the overarching visual look of X, including the music video for first single "2 Hearts", Minogue and William Baker developed a combination of the style of Kabuki theatre and the aesthetics originating from London danceclubs including BoomBox.[104] The album received some criticism for the triviality of its subject matter in light of Minogue's experiences with breast cancer; she responded by explaining the personal nature of some of the album's songs, and said "My conclusion is that if I'd done an album of personal songs it'd be seen as 'Impossible Princess 2' and be equally critiqued."[103] Rolling Stone's reviewer described Minogue as "pop divadom's party planner in chief",[105] and said of her breast cancer, "thankfully, the experience hasn't made her music discernibly deeper".[105] Minogue later said, "In retrospect we could definitely have bettered it [the album], I'll say that straight up. Given the time we had, it is what it is. I had a lot of fun doing it."[106]
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X and "2 Hearts" entered at number one on the Australian albums[107] and singles[108] charts respectively. In the UK, X initially attracted lukewarm sales,[103] although its commercial performance eventually improved,[109] and Minogue won a Brit Award for "International solo female".[110] X was released in the U.S. in April 2008, and debuted outside the top 100 on the albums chart despite some promotion.[80] Minogue called the U.S. market "notoriously difficult ... [Y]ou have so many denominations with radio. To know where I fit within that market is sometimes difficult."[111] X was nominated for the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album,[112] Minogue's fifth Grammy Award nomination.
In December 2007, Minogue participated in the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway,[113] and later performed in the final of the UK talent show The X Factor with the eventual winner, Leon Jackson, whose mentor was Dannii Minogue.[114] From May 2008, Minogue promoted X with a European tour, KylieX2008, which is her most expensive tour to date with production costs of £10 million.[80][115] Although she described the rehearsals as "grim" and the set list went through several overhauls,[106] the tour was generally acclaimed and sold well.[109]
Minogue was featured in White Diamond, a documentary filmed during 2006 and 2007 as she resumed her Showgirl Homecoming Tour.[116] She appeared in The Kylie Show, which featured highly stylised set-piece song performances from Minogue as well as comedy sketches with Mathew Horne, Dannii Minogue, Jason Donovan and Simon Cowell.[117] She co-starred in the 2007 Doctor Who Christmas special episode, "Voyage of the Damned", as Astrid Peth, a waitress on a spaceship Titanic. The episode aired on 25 December 2007, with 13.31 million viewers, the show's highest viewing figures since 1979.[118]
It was announced in late December 2007 that Minogue was to be among those honoured in Queen Elizabeth II's 2008 New Years Honours list, with an OBE for services to music.[119] Minogue commented "I am almost as surprised as I am honoured. I feel deeply touched to be acknowledged by the UK, my adopted home, in this way."[120] She received the OBE officially from The Prince of Wales in July 2008.[121] In May 2008 Minogue was awarded the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest cultural honour. Culture Minister Christine Albanel described Minogue as a "midas of the international music scene who turns everything she touches into gold", and saluted her for publicly discussing her breast cancer.[122] In July, Minogue was named the UK's "Best Loved Celebrity" by a tabloid newspaper, who commented that she "won the hearts of the nation as she bravely battled breast cancer",[123] and won the "Best International Female Solo Artist" award at the 2008 BRIT Awards.[124]
In late September 2008, Minogue made her Middle East debut as the headline act at the opening of Atlantis, The Palm, an exclusive hotel resort in Dubai,[125] and from November, she continued with her KylieX2008 tour, taking the show to cities across South America, Asia and Australia.[126] The tour visited 21 countries, and was considered a success, with ticket sales estimated at $70,000,000.[127] She hosted the 2009 BRIT Awards on 18 February 2009 with James Corden and Mathew Horne.[128]
In September and October 2009, Minogue embarked on the For You, For Me Tour, her first North American concert tour, which included shows in the U.S. and Canada.[127] She was also featured in the Bollywood film, Blue, performing an A.R. Rahman song,[95] and had confirmed that she was working on her eleventh studio album, commenting that it would be an album of dance and pop music.[95] On 13 September 2009, Minogue performed "Super Trouper" and "When All Is Said and Done" with Benny Andersson at the ABBA tribute concert "Thank You for the Music ... a Celebration of the Music of ABBA" at London's Hyde Park, her only live performance in the UK in 2009.[129] On 14 December 2009, Minogue released a download-only concert album entitled Kylie: Live in New York. The album was recorded at New York's Hammerstein Ballroom and contains 25 live version songs.[130]
[edit] 2010–present: Aphrodite and K25 anniversary
Minogue's eleventh studio album, Aphrodite, was released in Japan on 30 June 2010 and worldwide in July 2010.[131] The lead single, "All the Lovers", premiered on radio in May 2010 and was made available for purchase in June 2010. The album debuted at number one in the UK charts, exactly twenty two years after her first UK number one hit.[132] On 3 June 2010, she hosted the inaugural AmfAR "Inspiration Gala" at the New York Public Library honouring Jean Paul Gaultier for his lifelong contribution to men's fashion and the fight against AIDS.[133] Minogue appeared on BBC1's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on 25 June 2010, during which she confirmed she is a UK resident, and announced that she will tour in 2011.[134]
In July 2010, Minogue filmed a cameo performance as a rock star in the American independent film Jack and Diane. The movie stars Juno Temple, Riley Keough and Jena Malone.[135] She also recorded a duet titled "Devotion" with British synthpop duo Hurts for their debut album Happiness, released on 6 September 2010.[136] The second single from Aphrodite, titled "Get Outta My Way" was released on 27 September 2010.[137] In October 2010, Minogue performed in front of the Sphinx and the Pyramids at Giza, Egypt to celebrate the anniversary of "Enigma" magazine, with profits going to the We Owe It To Egypt Foundation.[138] A third single, "Better Than Today", was released on 6 December 2010.[139]
Minogue's singles, "All the Lovers" and "Get Outta My Way", were popular in U.S. clubs, each reaching number one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart.[140] On 5 March 2011 "Better Than Today" was at number one on the chart, and her collaboration with Taio Cruz, "Higher", was at number three, making her the first artist in the chart's history to have two singles simultaneously in the top three.[141] On 1 December 2010, Minogue and Parlophone records released the EP A Kylie Christmas on iTunes, which included a cover of the 1945 song "Let It Snow" as well as "Santa Baby" which was previously available as a b-side to her 2000 single "Please Stay".[142][143] Kylie performed the song "Santa Baby" at the 2010 rockefeller tree lighing in New York on 30 November 2010.[144][145]
In August 2011, "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)", also reached number one on the Billboard dance chart, where Minogue has now achieved five consecutive number one spots on the chart for her last five releases — including her collaboration with Taio Cruz on the track, "Higher".[146]
In 2011, Minogue embarked on the Aphrodite World Tour, travelling to Europe, North America, Asia, Australia and Africa. A DVD/Blu-ray of the concert, filmed in London, was released at the end of November 2011.[147][148] Minogue is currently working on a new compilation album featuring re-worked versions of hits that will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of her debut single "Locomotion".[149]
To celebrate her 25 years in the music industry, Minogue began a year-long celebration in 2012. Known as "K25", the singer plans to release a greatest hits collection containing acoustic and orchestral versions of her biggest hits. On her YouTube channel, Minogue has released a video on 25 January and February showcasing two recordings at the historic Abbey Road Studios.[150] In addition, the singer has performed at various music festivals including the Sydney Mardi Gras.[151] On 5 March 2012 Minogue announced the first dates of the K25 Anti Tour. The intimate show will feature b-sides, demos and rarities from her music catalogue.[152] On 20 April 2012, Minogue's film Jack and Diane premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival.[153] In May 2012, Minogue premiered in another film, Holy Motors, at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film received an overwhelmingly positive reception with the audience cheering and loudly applauding.[154][155][156]
On May 4, 2012, Billboard announced that Minogue would release a brand new greatest hits album entitled The Best of Kylie Minogue.[157]
Minogue also released a new single, "Timebomb", on May 25, 2012 as part of her K25 celebrations.
Image and celebrity status[link]
Minogue's efforts to be taken seriously as a recording artist were initially hindered by the perception that she had not "paid her dues" and was no more than a manufactured pop star exploiting the image she had created during her stint on Neighbours.[37] Minogue acknowledged this viewpoint, saying, "if you're part of a record company, I think to a degree it's fair to say that you're a manufactured product. You're a product and you're selling a product. It doesn't mean that you're not talented and that you don't make creative and business decisions about what you will and won't do and where you want to go."[89] In 1993, Baz Luhrmann introduced Minogue to the photographer Bert Stern, notable for his work with Marilyn Monroe. Stern photographed her in Los Angeles and, comparing her to Monroe, commented that Minogue had a similar mix of vulnerability and eroticism.[158] During her career Minogue has chosen photographers who attempt to create a new "look" for her, and the resulting photographs have appeared in a variety of magazines, from the cutting edge The Face to the more traditionally sophisticated Vogue and Vanity Fair, making the Minogue face and name known to a broad group of people. Stylist William Baker has suggested that this is part of the reason she has entered in the mainstream pop culture of Europe more successfully than many other pop singers who concentrate solely on selling records.[159]
By 2000, when Minogue returned to prominence, she was considered to be have achieved a degree of musical credibility for having maintained her career longer than her critics had expected.[160] That same year, Birmingham Post noted "[o]nce upon a time, long before anybody had even heard of Britney, Christina, Jessica or Mandy, Australian singer Kylie Minogue ruled the charts as princess of pop. Back in 1988 her first single, I Should Be So Lucky, spent five weeks at number one, making her the most successful female artist in the UK charts with 13 successive Top 10 entries."[161] Her progression from the wholesome "girl next door" to a more sophisticated performer with a flirtatious and playful persona attracted new fans to her.[160] Her "Spinning Around" video led to some media outlets referring to her as "SexKylie", and sex became a stronger element in her subsequent videos.[160] William Baker described her status as a sex symbol as a "double edged sword" observing that "we always attempted to use her sex appeal as an enhancement of her music and to sell a record. But now it has become in danger of eclipsing what she actually is: a pop singer."[162] After 20 years as a performer, Minogue was described as a fashion "trend-setter" and a "style icon who constantly reinvents herself".[163] She has been acknowledged for mounting successful tours, and for worldwide record sales of more than 68 million.[3][164][165]
Minogue is regarded as a gay icon, which she encourages with comments such as "I am not a traditional gay icon. There's been no tragedy in my life, only tragic outfits ..." and "My gay audience has been with me from the beginning ... they kind of adopted me."[89] Minogue has explained that she first became aware of her gay audience in 1988, when several drag queens performed to her music at a Sydney pub and she later saw a similar show in Melbourne. She said that she felt "very touched" to have such an "appreciative crowd" and this had encouraged her to perform at gay venues throughout the world, as well as headlining the 1994 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.[166]
"Madonna subverts everything for her own gain. I went to see her London show and it was all so dour and humourless. She surpasses even Joan Crawford in terms of megalomania. Which in itself makes her a kind of dark, gay icon ... I love Kylie, she's the anti-Madonna. Self-knowledge is a truly beautiful thing and Kylie knows herself inside out. She is what she is and there is no attempt to make quasi-intellectual statements to substantiate it. She is the gay shorthand for joy."
Minogue has been inspired by and compared to Madonna throughout her career.[10] Her producer, Pete Waterman recalled Minogue during the early years of her success, with the observation, "She was setting her sights on becoming the new Prince or Madonna ... What I found amazing was that she was outselling Madonna four to one, but still wanted to be her."[10] Minogue received negative comments that her Rhythm of Love tour in 1991 was too similar visually to Madonna's Blond Ambition World Tour of the previous year for which the critics labelled her a Madonna wannabe.[168] Kathy McCabe for The Telegraph notes that Minogue and Madonna follow similar styles in music and fashion,[167] and concludes, "Where they truly diverge on the pop-culture scale is in shock value. Minogue's clips might draw a gasp from some but Madonna's ignite religious and political debate unlike any other artist on the planet ... Simply, Madonna is the dark force; Kylie is the light force."[167] Rolling Stone comments that, with the exception of the U.S., Minogue is regarded throughout the world as "an icon to rival Madonna", and says, "Like Madonna, Minogue was not a virtuosic singer but a canny trend spotter."[78] Minogue has said of Madonna, "Her huge influence on the world, in pop and fashion, meant that I wasn't immune to the trends she created. I admire Madonna greatly but in the beginning she made it difficult for artists like me, she had done everything there was to be done ...",[168] and "Madonna's the Queen of Pop, I'm the princess. I'm quite happy with that."[167]
In January 2007 Madame Tussauds in London unveiled its fourth waxwork of Minogue; only Queen Elizabeth II has had more models created.[169] During the same week a bronze cast of her hands was added to Wembley Arena's "Square of Fame".[169] On 23 November 2007, a bronze statue of Minogue was unveiled at Melbourne Docklands for permanent display.[170]
In March 2010, Minogue was declared by researchers as the "most powerful celebrity in Britain". The study examined how marketers identify celebrity and brand partnerships. Mark Husak, head of Millward Brown's UK media practice, said: "Kylie is widely accepted as an adopted Brit. People know her, like her and she is surrounded by positive buzz".[171] She was named one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" by Men's Health.[172]
Personal life[link]
Minogue was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 36 on 17 May 2005,[173] leading to the postponement of the remainder of her Showgirl — The Greatest Hits Tour and her withdrawal from the Glastonbury Festival.[174] Her hospitalisation and treatment in Melbourne resulted in a brief but intense period of media coverage, particularly in Australia, where Prime Minister John Howard issued a statement supporting Minogue.[175] As media and fans began to congregate outside the Minogue residence in Melbourne, the Victorian Premier Steve Bracks warned the international media that any disruption of the Minogue family's rights under Australian privacy laws would not be tolerated.[176] His comments became part of a wider criticism of the media's overall reaction, with particular criticism directed towards paparazzi.[177][178] Minogue underwent surgery on 21 May 2005 at Cabrini Hospital in Malvern, and commenced chemotherapy treatment soon after.[175]
On 8 July 2005, she made her first public appearance after surgery, when she visited a children's cancer ward at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital. She returned to France where she completed her chemotherapy treatment at the Institut Gustave-Roussy in Villejuif, near Paris.[179] In December 2005, Minogue released a digital-only single, "Over the Rainbow", a live recording from her Showgirl tour. Her children's book, The Showgirl Princess, written during her period of convalescence, was published in October 2006, and her perfume, "Darling", was launched in November.[180] This range was later augmented by eau de toilettes such as Pink Sparkle, Couture and Inverse.[181] On her return to Australia for her concert tour, she discussed her illness, and said that her chemotherapy treatment had been like "experiencing a nuclear bomb".[180] While appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2008, Minogue said that her cancer had originally been misdiagnosed. She commented, "Because someone is in a white coat and using big medical instruments doesn't necessarily mean they're right",[182] but later spoke of her respect for the medical profession.[183]
Minogue was acknowledged for the impact she had made by publicly discussing her cancer diagnosis and treatment; in May 2008, the French Cultural Minister Christine Albanel said, "Doctors now even go as far as saying there is a 'Kylie effect' that encourages young women to have regular checks."[122]
Discography[link]
Main articles: Kylie Minogue singles discography and Kylie Minogue albums discography
- Kylie (1988)
- Enjoy Yourself (1989)
- Rhythm of Love (1990)
- Let's Get to It (1991)
- Kylie Minogue (1994)
- Impossible Princess (1997)
- Light Years (2000)
- Fever (2001)
- Body Language (2003)
- X (2007)
- Aphrodite (2010)
Filmography[link]
Main articles: Kylie Minogue filmography and Kylie Minogue videography
- Leading roles
- 1986-88: Neighbours, as Charlene Robinson
- 1989: The Delinquents, as Lola Lovell
- 1994: Street Fighter, as Cammy
- 1996: Bio-Dome, as Dr. Petra von Kant
- 2011: Jack and Diane, as Tara
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- List of awards and nominations received by Kylie Minogue
- List of Kylie Minogue concert tours
- Honorific nicknames in popular music
- List of best-selling music artists
References[link]
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- Brown, Tony; Kutner, Jon; Warwick, Neil (2002). The Complete Book of the British Charts Singles and Albums. Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-9075-1.
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| Born | (1969-01-03) 3 January 1969 (age 43) Hürth, West Germany |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  German |
| 2012 team | Mercedes |
| 2012 car # | 7 |
| Races | 294 (293 starts) |
| Championships | 7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) |
| Wins | 91 |
| Podiums | 154 |
| Career points | 1,519 |
| Pole positions | 68 |
| Fastest laps | 76 |
| First race | 1991 Belgian Grand Prix |
| First win | 1992 Belgian Grand Prix |
| Last win | 2006 Chinese Grand Prix |
| Last race | 2012 Monaco Grand Prix |
| 2011 position | 8th (76 pts) |
| 24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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| Participating years | 1991 |
| Teams | Team Sauber Mercedes |
| Best finish | 5th in C2 (1991) |
| Class wins | 0 |
Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaʔeːl ˈʃuːmaxɐ] ( listen); born 3 January 1969) is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes team. Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time.[1][2][3][4] He holds many of the formula's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season – 13 in 2004. In 2002 he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes. According to the official Formula One website he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen".[5]
After beginning with karting, Schumacher won German drivers' championships in Formula König and Formula Three before joining Mercedes in the World Sportscar Championship. After one Mercedes-funded race for the Jordan Formula One team Schumacher signed as a driver for the Benetton Formula One team in 1991. After winning consecutive championships with Benetton in 1994/5, Schumacher moved to Ferrari in 1996 and won another five consecutive drivers' titles with them from 2000 to 2004. Schumacher retired from Formula One driving in 2006 staying with Ferrari as an advisor.[6] Schumacher agreed to return for Ferrari part-way through 2009, as cover for the badly injured Felipe Massa, but was prevented by a neck injury. He later signed a three-year contract to drive for the new Mercedes GP team starting in 2010.[7][8][9]
His career has not been without controversy, including being twice involved in collisions in the final race of a season that determined the outcome of the world championship, with Damon Hill in 1994 in Adelaide, and with Jacques Villeneuve in 1997 in Jerez.[10]
Off the track Schumacher is an ambassador for UNESCO and a spokesman for driver safety. He has been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts throughout his life and donated tens of millions of dollars to charity.[11] Michael and his younger brother Ralf Schumacher are the only brothers to win races in Formula One, and they were the first brothers to finish 1st and 2nd in the same race, in Montreal in 2001, and there again (in switched order) in 2003.
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Early years[link]
Schumacher was born in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia,[12] to Rolf Schumacher, a bricklayer, and his wife Elisabeth. When Schumacher was four, his father modified his pedal kart by adding a small motorcycle engine. When Schumacher crashed it into a lamp post in Kerpen, his parents took him to the karting track at Kerpen-Horrem, where he became the youngest member of the karting club. His father soon built him a kart from discarded parts and at the age of six Schumacher won his first club championship. To support his son's racing, Rolf Schumacher took on a second job renting and repairing karts, while his wife worked at the track's canteen. Nevertheless, when Schumacher needed a new engine costing 800 DM, his parents were unable to afford it; Michael was able to continue racing with support from local businessmen.[13]
Regulations in Germany require a driver to be at least 14 years old to obtain a kart license. To get around this, Schumacher obtained a license in Luxembourg at the age of 12.[14]
In 1983, he obtained his German license, a year after he won the German Junior Kart Championship. From 1984 on, Schumacher won many German and European kart championships. He joined Eurokart dealer Adolf Neubert in 1985 and by 1987 he was the German and European kart champion, then he quit school and began working as a mechanic. In 1988 he made his first step into single-seat car racing by participating in the German Formula Ford and Formula König series, winning the latter.[15]
In 1989, Schumacher signed with Willi Weber's WTS Formula Three team. Funded by Weber, he competed in the German Formula 3 series, winning the title in 1990. He won also the Macau Grand Prix. At the end of 1990, along with his Formula 3 rivals Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger, he joined the Mercedes junior racing programme in the World Sports-Prototype Championship. This was unusual for a young driver: most of Schumacher's contemporaries would compete in Formula 3000 on the way to Formula One. However, Weber advised Schumacher that being exposed to professional press conferences and driving powerful cars in long distance races would help his career.[14] In the 1990 World Sportscar Championship season, Schumacher won the season finale at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in a Sauber–Mercedes C11, and finished fifth in the drivers' championship despite only driving in 3 of the 9 races. He continued with the team in the 1991 World Sportscar Championship season, winning again at the final race of the season at Autopolis in Japan with a Sauber–Mercedes-Benz C291, leading to a ninth place finish in the drivers championship. He also competed at Le Mans during that season, finishing 5th in a car shared with Karl Wendlinger and Fritz Kreutzpointner. In 1991, he competed in one race in the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship, finishing second.[15]
Formula One career[link]
Overview[link]
Schumacher was noted throughout his career for his ability to produce fast laps at crucial moments in a race, to push his car to the very limit for sustained periods.[16] Motor sport author Christopher Hilton observed in 2003 that "A measure of a driver's capabilities is his performance in wet races, because the most delicate car control and sensitivity are needed", and noted that like other great drivers, Schumacher's record in wet conditions shows very few mistakes: up to the end of the 2003 season, Schumacher won 17 of the 30 races in wet conditions he contested.[17] Some of Schumacher's best performances occurred in such conditions, earning him the nicknames "Regenkönig" (rain king)[18] or "Regenmeister" (rain master).[16][19], even in the non-German-language media. He is known as "the Red Baron", because of his red Ferrari and in reference to the German Manfred von Richthofen, the famous flying ace of World War I. Schumacher's nicknames include "Schumi",[20] "Schuey"[21] and "Schu".[22] Schumacher is often credited with popularising Formula One in Germany, where it was formerly considered a fringe sport.[23] When Schumacher retired in 2006, three of the top ten drivers were German, more than any other nationality and more than have ever been present in Formula One history. Younger German drivers, such as Sebastian Vettel, felt Schumacher was key in their becoming Formula One drivers.[24] In the latter part of his Formula One career, and as one of the senior drivers, Schumacher was the president of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association.[25] In a 2006 FIA survey, Michael Schumacher was voted the most popular driver of the season among Formula One fans.[26]
Debut[link]
Schumacher made his Formula One debut with the Jordan-Ford team at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, driving car number 32 as a replacement for the imprisoned Bertrand Gachot. Schumacher, still a contracted Mercedes driver, was signed by Eddie Jordan after Mercedes paid Jordan $150,000 for his debut.[27] The week before the race, Schumacher impressed Jordan designer Gary Anderson and team manager Trevor Foster during a test drive at Silverstone. His manager Willi Weber assured Jordan that Schumacher knew the challenging Spa track well, although in fact he had only seen it as a spectator. During the race weekend, team-mate Andrea de Cesaris was meant to show Schumacher the circuit but was held up with contract negotiations. Schumacher then learned the track on his own, by cycling around the track on a fold-up bike he had brought with him.[28] He impressed the paddock by qualifying seventh in this race. This matched the team's season-best grid position, and out-qualified 11-year veteran de Cesaris. Motorsport journalist Joe Saward reported that after qualifying "clumps of German journalists were talking about 'the best talent since Stefan Bellof'".[29] Schumacher retired on the first lap of the race with clutch problems.[30]
Benetton[link]
After his debut, and despite Jordan's signed agreement in principle with Schumacher's Mercedes management for the remainder of the season, Schumacher was signed by Benetton-Ford for the following race. Jordan applied for an injunction in the UK courts to prevent Schumacher driving for Benetton, but lost the case as they had not yet signed a contract.[31] Schumacher finished the 1991 season with four points out of six races. His best finish was fifth in his second race, the Italian Grand Prix, in which he finished ahead of his team-mate and three-time World Champion Nelson Piquet.
At the start of the 1992 season the Sauber team, planning their Formula One debut with Mercedes backing for the following year, invoked a clause in Schumacher's contract which stated that if Mercedes entered Formula One, Schumacher would drive for them. It was eventually agreed that Schumacher would stay with Benetton, Peter Sauber said that "[Schumacher] didn't want to drive for us. Why would I have forced him?".[32] The year was dominated by the Williams of Nigel Mansell and Riccardo Patrese, featuring powerful Renault engines, semi-automatic gearboxes and active suspension to control the car's ride height.[33] In the "conventional" Benetton B192 Schumacher took his place on the podium for the first time, finishing third in the Mexican Grand Prix. He went on to take his first victory at the Belgian Grand Prix, in a wet race at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, which by 2003 he would call "far and away my favourite track".[34] He finished third in the Drivers' Championship in 1992 with 53 points, three points behind runner-up Patrese.
The Williams of Damon Hill and Alain Prost also dominated the 1993 season. Benetton introduced their own active suspension and traction control early in the season, last of the frontrunning teams to do so.[35] Schumacher won one race, the Portuguese Grand Prix where he beat Prost, and had nine podium finishes, but retired in seven of the other 15 races. He finished the season in fourth, with 52 points.
1994–1995: World Championship years[link]
The 1994 season was Schumacher's first Drivers' Championship. The season, however, was marred by the deaths of Ayrton Senna (witnessed by Schumacher, who was directly behind in 2nd position) and Roland Ratzenberger during the San Marino Grand Prix, and by allegations that several teams, but most particularly Schumacher's Benetton team, broke the sport's technical regulations.[36][37]
Schumacher won six of the first seven races and was leading the Spanish Grand Prix, before a gearbox failure left him stuck in fifth gear. Schumacher finished the race in second place.[38] Following the San Marino Grand Prix, the Benetton, Ferrari and McLaren teams were investigated on suspicion of breaking the FIA-imposed ban on electronic aids. Benetton and McLaren initially refused to hand over their source code for investigation. When they did so, the FIA discovered hidden functionality in both teams' software, but no evidence that it had been used in a race. Both teams were fined $100,000 for their initial refusal to cooperate. However, the McLaren software, which was a gearbox program that allowed automatic shifts, was deemed legal. By contrast, the Benetton software was deemed to be a form of "launch control" that would have allowed Schumacher to make perfect starts, which was explicitly outlawed by the regulations. However, there was no evidence to suggest that this software was actually used.[39] At the British Grand Prix, Schumacher was penalised for overtaking on the formation lap. He then ignored the penalty and the subsequent black flag, which indicates that the driver must immediately return to the pits, for which he was disqualified and later given a two-race ban. Benetton blamed the incident on a communication error between the stewards and the team.[40] Schumacher was also disqualified after winning the Belgian Grand Prix after his car was found to have illegal wear on its skidblock, a measure used after the accidents at Imola to limit downforce and hence cornering speed.[41] Benetton protested that the skidblock had been damaged when Schumacher spun over a kerb, but the FIA rejected their appeal because of the pattern of wear and damage visible on the block.[42] These incidents helped Damon Hill close the points gap, and Schumacher led by a single point going into the final race in Australia. On lap 36 Schumacher hit the guardrail on the outside of the track while leading. Hill attempted to pass but as Schumacher's car returned to the track there was a collision on the corner causing them both to retire.[43] As a result Schumacher won a very controversial championship, the first German to do so (Jochen Rindt raced under the Austrian flag).
In 1995 Schumacher successfully defended his title with Benetton. He now had the same Renault engine as Williams. He accumulated 33 more points than second-placed Damon Hill. With team-mate Johnny Herbert, he took Benetton to its first Constructors' Championship and became the youngest two-time world champion in Formula One history.
The season was marred by several collisions with Hill, in particular an overtaking manoeuvre by Hill took them both out of the British Grand Prix on lap 45[44] and again on lap 23 of the Italian Grand Prix.[45] Schumacher won nine of the 17 races, and finished on the podium 11 times. Only once did he qualify worse than fourth; at the Belgian Grand Prix, he qualified 16th, but went on to win the race.
Ferrari[link]
In 1996, Schumacher joined Ferrari for a salary of $60 million over 2 years, a team which had last won the Drivers' Championship with Jody Scheckter in 1979 and which had not won the Constructors' Cup since 1983 with drivers René Arnoux and Patrick Tambay at the wheel. He left Benetton a year before his contract with them expired; he later cited the team's damaging actions in 1994 as his reason for opting out of his deal.[46] A year later, ex-Benetton employees Rory Byrne and Ross Brawn, who had been Technical Director at Benetton since 1991,[47] and who was one of the key members behind Schumacher's title successes with the team in 1994 and 1995, decided to join Schumacher at Ferrari. This increased Schumacher's motivation to build a more experienced and potentially championship-winning team around him.
Ferrari had previously come close to the championship in 1982 and 1990. The team had suffered a disastrous downturn in the early 1990s, partially as their famous V12 engine was no longer competitive against the smaller, lighter and more fuel efficient V10s of their competitors. Various drivers, notably Alain Prost, had given the vehicles labels such as "truck", "pig", and "accident waiting to happen".[48] The poor performance of the Ferrari pit crews was considered a running joke.[23] At the end of 1995, though the team had improved into a solid competitor, it was still considered inferior to front-running teams such as Benetton and Williams.[49] Schumacher declared the Ferrari 412T good enough to win the Championship.
Schumacher, Ross Brawn, Rory Byrne, and Jean Todt (hired in 1993), have been credited as turning this once struggling team into the most successful team in Formula One history.[50][51] Three-time World Champion Jackie Stewart believes the transformation of the Ferrari team was Schumacher's greatest feat.[52] Eddie Irvine also joined the team, moving from Jordan.
1996–1999[link]
"It was not a race. It was a demonstration of brilliance."
Schumacher finished third in the Drivers' Championship in 1996, and helped Ferrari to second place in the constructors' championship ahead of his old team Benetton. He won three races, more than the team's total tally for the period from 1991 to 1995. During the initial part of the 1996 season, the car had had reliability trouble and Schumacher did not finish 6 of the 16 races. He took his first win for Ferrari at the Spanish Grand Prix, where he lapped the entire field up to third place in the wet.[14] In the French Grand Prix Schumacher qualified in pole position, but suffered engine failure on the race's formation lap.[54] However at Spa-Francorchamps, Schumacher used well-timed pit-stops to fend off the Williams' Jacques Villeneuve. Following that, at Monza, Schumacher won in front of the tifosi. Schumacher's ability, combined with the improving reliability of Ferrari, enabled him to end the season, putting up a challenge to eventual race and championship winner Damon Hill at Suzuka.
Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve vied for the title in 1997. Villeneuve, driving the superior Williams FW19, led the championship in the early part of the season.[55] However, by mid-season, Schumacher had taken the Championship lead, winning five races, and entered the season's final Grand Prix with a one-point advantage. Towards the end of the race, held at Jerez, Schumacher's Ferrari developed a coolant leak and loss of performance indicating he may not finish the race. As Villeneuve approached to pass his rival, Schumacher attempted to provoke an accident[56] but got the short end of the stick, retiring from the race. Villeneuve went on and scored four points to take the championship. Schumacher was punished for unsportsmanlike conduct for the collision and was disqualified from the Drivers' Championship.[57]
In 1998, Finnish driver Mika Häkkinen became Schumacher's main title competition. Häkkinen won the first two races of the season, gaining a 16 point advantage over Schumacher. Schumacher then won in Argentina and, with the Ferrari improving significantly in the second half of the season, Schumacher took six victories and had five other podium finishes. Ferrari took a 1–2 finish at the French Grand Prix, the first Ferrari 1–2 finish since 1990, and the Italian Grand Prix, which tied Schumacher with Häkkinen for the lead of the Drivers' Championship with 80 points, but Häkkinen won the Championship by winning the final two races. There were two controversies; at the British Grand Prix Schumacher was leading on the last lap when he turned into the pit lane, crossed the start finish line and stopped for a ten second stop go penalty. There was some doubt whether this counted as serving the penalty, but, because he had crossed the finish line when he came into the pit lane, the win was valid. At Spa, Schumacher was leading the race by 40 seconds in heavy spray, but collided with David Coulthard's McLaren when the Scot, a lap down, slowed in very poor visibility to let Schumacher past. After both cars returned to the pits, Schumacher leaped out of his car and headed to McLaren's garage in an infuriated manner and accused Coulthard of trying to kill him.[58]
Rumours circulated that Coulthard may be replaced by Schumacher for the 1999 season and beyond and, in a previous edition of the F1 Racing magazine, Ron Dennis revealed that he had approached Schumacher to sign a deal with McLaren. However, peripheral financial issues that tied Schumacher with Ferrari, such as sponsorship agreements and payment, could not be rectified in a move to the rival team and so, no deal came to fruition.
Schumacher's efforts helped Ferrari win the Constructors title in 1999. He lost his chance to win the Drivers' Championship at the British Grand Prix at the high-speed Stowe Corner, his car's rear brake failed, sending him off the track and resulting in a broken leg.[59] During his 98 day absence, he was replaced by Finnish driver Mika Salo. After missing six races, he made his return at the inaugural Malaysian Grand Prix, qualifying in the pole position by almost a second. He then assumed the role of second driver, assisting team mate Eddie Irvine's bid to win the Drivers' Championship for Ferrari.[60] In the last race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix, Häkkinen won his second consecutive title. Schumacher would later say that Häkkinen was the opponent he respected the most.[61]
2000–2004: World Championship years[link]
During this period Schumacher won more races and championships than any other driver in the history of the sport. Schumacher won his third World Championship in 2000 after a year-long battle with Häkkinen. Schumacher won the first three races of the season and five of the first eight. Mid-way through the year, Schumacher's chances suffered with three consecutive non-finishes, allowing Häkkinen to close the gap in the standings. Häkkinen then took another two victories, before Schumacher won at the Italian Grand Prix. At the post race press conference, after equalling the number of wins (41) won by his idol, Ayrton Senna, Schumacher broke into tears.[62] The championship fight would come down to the penultimate race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix. Starting from pole position, Schumacher lost the lead to Häkkinen at the start. After his second pit-stop, however, Schumacher came out ahead of Häkkinen and went on to win the race and the championship.
In 2001, Schumacher took his fourth drivers' title. Four other drivers won races, but none sustained a season-long challenge for the championship. Schumacher scored a record-tying nine wins and clinched the world championship with four races yet to run. He finished the championship with 123 points, 58 ahead of runner-up Coulthard. Season highlights included the Canadian Grand Prix, where Schumacher finished 2nd to his brother Ralf, thus scoring the first ever 1–2 finish by brothers in Formula One;[63] and the Belgian Grand Prix in which Schumacher scored his 52nd career win, breaking Alain Prost's record for most career wins.[64]
In 2002, Schumacher used the Ferrari F2002 to retain his Drivers' Championship. There was again some controversy, however, at the Austrian Grand Prix, where his teammate, Rubens Barrichello was leading but in the final metres of the race, under team orders, slowed down to allow Schumacher to win the race.[65] The crowd broke into outraged boos at the result and Schumacher tried to make amends by allowing Barrichello to stand on the top step of the podium. At the United States Grand Prix later that year, Schumacher dominated the race and was set for a close finish with Barrichello. At the end he slowed down to create a formation finish with Barrichello, but slowed too much allowing Barrichello to take the victory. In winning the Drivers' Championship he equalled the record set by Juan Manuel Fangio of five world championships. Ferrari won 15 out of 17 races, and Schumacher won the title with six races remaining in the season, which is still the earliest point in the season for a driver to be crowned World Champion.[66] Schumacher broke his own record, shared with Nigel Mansell, of nine race wins in a season, by winning eleven times and finishing every race on the podium. He finished with 144 points, a record-breaking 67 points ahead of the runner-up, his teammate Rubens Barrichello. This pair finished 9 of the 17 races in the first two places.
Schumacher broke Juan Manuel Fangio's record of five World Drivers' Championships by winning the drivers' title for the sixth time in 2003, a closely contested season. The biggest competition came once again from the McLaren Mercedes and Williams BMW teams. In the first race, Schumacher ran off track, and in the following two, was involved in collisions.[67][68][69] He fell 16 points behind Kimi Räikkönen. Schumacher won the San Marino Grand Prix and the next two races, and closed within two points of Räikkönen. Aside from Schumacher's victory in Canada, and Barrichello's victory in Britain, the mid-season was dominated by Williams drivers Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya, who each claimed two victories. After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher led Montoya and Kimi Räikkönen by only one and two points, respectively. Ahead of the next race, the FIA announced changes to the way tyre widths were to be measured: this forced Michelin, supplier to Williams and McLaren among others, to rapidly redesign their tyres before the Italian Grand Prix.[70] Schumacher, running on Bridgestone tyres, won the next two races. After Montoya was penalised in the United States Grand Prix, only Schumacher and Räikkönen remained in contention for the title. At the final round, the Japanese Grand Prix, Schumacher needed only one point whilst Räikkönen needed to win. By finishing the race in eighth place, Schumacher took one point and assured his sixth World Drivers' title, ending the season two points ahead of Räikkönen.
In 2004, Schumacher won a record twelve of the first thirteen races of the season, only failing to finish in Monaco after an accident with Juan Pablo Montoya during a safety car period when he briefly locked his car's brakes. He clinched a record seventh drivers' title at the Belgian Grand Prix. He finished that season with a record 148 points, 34 points ahead of the runner-up, teammate Rubens Barrichello, and set a new record of 13 race wins out of a possible 18, surpassing his previous best of 11 wins from the 2002 season.[71]
2005–2006[link]
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Rule changes for the 2005 season required tyres to last an entire race,[72] tipping the overall advantage to teams using Michelins over teams such as Ferrari that relied on Bridgestone tyres.[73] The rule changes were partly in an effort to dent Ferrari's dominance and make the series more interesting.[23] The most notable moment of the early season for Schumacher was his battle with Fernando Alonso in San Marino, where he started 13th and finished only 0.2 seconds behind the Spanish driver.[74] Less than half-way through the season, Schumacher said "I don't think I can count myself in this battle any more. It was like trying to fight with a blunted weapon.... If your weapons are weak you don't have a chance."[75] Schumacher's sole win in 2005 came at the United States Grand Prix. Prior to that race, the Michelin tyres were found to have significant safety issues. When no compromise between the teams and the FIA could be reached, all but the six drivers using Bridgestone tyres dropped out of the race after the formation lap.[76] Schumacher retired in six of the 19 races. He finished the season in third with 62 points, fewer than half the points of world champion Alonso.
2006 became the last season of Schumacher's Ferrari career. After three races, Schumacher had just 11 points and was already 17 points behind Alonso. He won the following two races. His pole position at San Marino was his 66th, breaking Ayrton Senna's 12 year old record.
Schumacher was stripped of pole position at the Monaco Grand Prix and started the race at the back of the grid. This was due to him stopping his car and blocking part of the circuit while Alonso was on his qualifying lap; he still managed to work his way up to 5th place on the notoriously cramped Monaco circuit. By the Canadian Grand Prix, the ninth race of the season, Schumacher was 25 points behind Alonso, but he then won the following three races to reduce his disadvantage to 11. His win at Hockenheim was the last home win for a German as of now. After his victories in Italy (in which Alonso had an engine failure)[77] and China, in which Alonso had tyre problems,[78] Schumacher led in the championship standings for the first time during the season. Although he and Alonso had the same point total, Schumacher was in front because he had won more races.
The Japanese Grand Prix was led by Schumacher with only 16 laps to go, when, for the first time since the 2000 French Grand Prix, Schumacher's car suffered an engine failure. Alonso won the race, giving himself a ten point championship lead. With only one race left in the season, Schumacher could only win the championship if he won the season finale and Alonso scored no points.
Before the Brazilian Grand Prix, Schumacher conceded the title to Alonso.[79] In pre-race ceremonies, football legend Pelé presented a trophy[80] to Schumacher for his years of dedication to Formula One.[81] During the race's qualifying session, Schumacher had the best time of all drivers through the first two sessions; but a fuel pressure problem prevented him from completing a single lap during the third session, forcing him to start the race in tenth position.[82] Early in the race Schumacher moved up to sixth place. However, in overtaking Alonso's teammate, Giancarlo Fisichella, Schumacher experienced a tyre puncture caused by the front wing of Fisichella's car.[83] Schumacher pitted and consequently fell to 19th place, 70 seconds behind teammate and race leader Felipe Massa. Schumacher recovered and overtook both Fisichella and Räikkönen to secure fourth place. His performance was classified in the press as "heroic",[84] an "utterly breath-taking drive",[85] and a "performance that ... sums up his career".[86]
2007–2009: First Retirement[link]
While Schumacher was on the podium after winning the 2006 Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari issued a press release stating that he would retire from racing at the end of the 2006 season.[87] Schumacher confirmed his retirement.[6] The press release stated that Schumacher would continue working for Ferrari. It was revealed on 29 October 2006 that Ferrari wanted Schumacher to act as assistant to the newly appointed CEO Jean Todt.[88] This would involve selecting the team's future drivers. After Schumacher's announcement, leading Formula One figures such as Niki Lauda and David Coulthard hailed Schumacher as the greatest all-round racing driver in the history of Formula One.[89] The tifosi and the Italian press, who did not always take to Schumacher's relatively cold public persona, displayed an affectionate response after he announced his retirement.[90]
2007: Advisor at Ferrari[link]
He attended several Grands Prix during the season. Schumacher drove the Ferrari F2007 for the first time on 24 October at Ferrari's home track in Fiorano, Italy. He ran no more than five laps and no lap times were recorded. A Ferrari spokesman said the short drive was done for the Fiat board of directors who were holding their meeting in Maranello.[91]
During the 2007 season Schumacher acted as Ferrari's advisor and Jean Todt's 'super assistant'.[92] On 13 November 2007 Schumacher, who had not driven a Formula One car since he had retired a year earlier, undertook a formal test session for the first time aboard the F2007. He returned in December 2007 to continue helping Ferrari with their development program at Jerez circuit. He focused on testing electronics and tyres for the 2008 Formula One season.
2008: Car development[link]
In 2007, former Ferrari top manager Ross Brawn said that Schumacher was very likely and also happy to continue testing in 2008. Michael Schumacher later explained his role further saying that he would "deal with the development of the car inside Gestione Sportiva" and as part of that "I'd like to drive, but not too often.".[93]
During 2008 Schumacher also competed in motorcycle racing in the IDM Superbike-series, but stated that he had no intention of a second competitive career in this sport.[94] He was quoted as saying that riding a Ducati was the most exhilarating thing he had done in his life, the second most being sky diving.[95]
2009: Planned substitution for injured Massa[link]
In his capacity as racing advisor to Ferrari, Schumacher was present in Budapest for the Hungarian Grand Prix when Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was seriously injured after being struck by a suspension spring during qualifying. As it became clear that Massa would be unable to compete in the next race at Valencia Schumacher was chosen as a replacement for the Brazilian driver[96] and on 29 July 2009, Ferrari announced that they planned to draft in Schumacher for the European Grand Prix and subsequent Grands Prix until Massa was able to race again.[7] Schumacher tested in a modified F2007 to prepare himself[97] as he had been unable to test the 2009 car due to testing restrictions. Ferrari appealed for special permission for Schumacher to test in a 2009 spec car but Williams, Red Bull and Toro Rosso were against this test.[98][99] Schumacher was forced to call off his return due to the severity of the neck injury he had received in a motorcycle accident earlier in the year.[100] Massa's place at Ferrari was instead filled by Luca Badoer and Giancarlo Fisichella.
Mercedes GP[link]
On 23 December 2009 it was announced Schumacher would be returning to Formula One in the 2010 season alongside fellow German driver Nico Rosberg in the new Mercedes GP team.[9] On 16 November Mercedes had taken over the Brawn GP team which was their first majority involvement in an F1 team since 1955. Schumacher stated that his preparations to replace the injured Massa for Ferrari had initiated a renewed interest in F1 which, combined with the opportunity to fulfil a long-held ambition to drive for Mercedes and to be working again with team principal Ross Brawn, led Schumacher to accept the offer once he was passed fit.[9][101] After a period of intensive training medical tests, it was confirmed that the neck injury that had prevented him driving for Ferrari the year before had fully healed.[9]
Ross Brawn had contacted Schumacher over a potential return to F1 with Mercedes involvement in November 2009, seeking a substitute for the possibly outgoing driver Jenson Button.[9] On 2 November Rubens Barrichello had left Brawn GP followed by Button on 18 November with Rosberg announced by Mercedes as the first replacement driver on 23 November. The possible return of Schumacher began being reported in the German press on 13 December and, ten days later, Mercedes confirmed Schumacher's return completing their line-up.[9][102][103][104] Schumacher signed a three year contract, reportedly worth £20m, with Mercedes who were thought to want 22-year-old German driver Sebastian Vettel as a long term replacement afterwards.[9] In March 2010, The Daily Mail reported that Schumacher's deal was closer to £21m (€24m, $32m) a year.[105]
Schumacher's surprise re-entry to the sport was compared to Niki Lauda's return in 1982 aged 33 and Nigel Mansell's return in 1994 at age 41. Schumacher turned 41 on 3 January 2010 and his prospects with Mercedes were compared with the record set by the oldest F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio who was 46 when he won his fifth championship.[9]
2010: Return to Formula One[link]
Schumacher's first drive of the 2010 Mercedes car – the Mercedes MGP W01 – was at the official test on 2 February 2010 in Valencia. He finished sixth in the first race of the season at the Bahrain Grand Prix. A fortnight later at the Australian Grand Prix Schumacher, after running as high as third on the opening lap, was caught up in a tangle between Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button at the start and had to pit for a new front wing. He came from the back to finish in the points in tenth position after spending 20 laps behind Toro Rosso's Jaime Alguersuari. In the Malaysian Grand Prix Schumacher retired early in the race with a faulty wheel nut. Schumacher qualified 9th in the Chinese Grand Prix and finished 10th after being passed by several other drivers in the wet conditions towards the end of the race. After the race former driver Stirling Moss suggested that Schumacher, who had finished behind his team-mate in each of the first four qualifying sessions and races, might be "past it."[106] Many other respected former Formula One drivers thought otherwise, including former rival Damon Hill, who warned "you should never write Schumacher off."[107] GrandPrix.com identified the inherent understeer of the Mercedes car, exacerbated by the narrower front tyres introduced for the 2010 season, as contributing to Schumacher's difficulties.[108] Jenson Button shed some more light on Schumacher's car trouble when he confessed that the Mercedes 2010 car was designed for him, and that his driving style is poles apart from Schumacher.[109]
For the first European race of the season, the Spanish Grand Prix, Mercedes upgraded their car with revised aerodynamics and a longer wheelbase. Schumacher was ahead of Rosberg in qualifying and the race finishing fourth after defending his position from reigning world champion Jenson Button after the pit stops. At the Monaco Grand Prix Schumacher qualified seventh and finished sixth after passing Ferrari's Fernando Alonso on the final corner of the race when the safety car returned to the pits. However he was penalised 20 seconds after the race by the race stewards dropping him to 12th and thus out of the points. The stewards, advised by former world champion Damon Hill, judged the pass to be in breach of rule 40.13 of the sporting code stating that "If the race ends whilst the safety car is deployed it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking."[110] Mercedes GP had interpreted "the race control messages 'Safety Car in this lap' and 'Track Clear' and the green flags and lights shown by the marshals after safety car line one" to mean that the race would not finish under the safety car. The FIA subsequently outlined plans to clarify the regulations and Mercedes GP dropped their plans to appeal.[111]
In Turkey, Schumacher had his best qualifying session since his return qualifying fifth ahead of team mate Rosberg in sixth. In the race Schumacher finished fourth which was his best race finish since his return. However 2 races later at the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Schumacher finished a lowly 15th – his lowest recorded finish in his career – after being caught up in a controversial safety-car ruling, which also ruined the race of Fernando Alonso.[112] Schumacher was near the front of the field until he was stuck at the end of the pit lane, following the safety car, while the majority of the field passed him. In Hungary, Schumacher finished outside the points in eleventh, but was found guilty of dangerous driving at 180 mph (290 km/h) while unsuccessfully defending tenth position against Rubens Barrichello. As a result he was demoted ten places on the grid for the following race, the Belgian Grand Prix, where he finished seventh, despite starting 21st after his grid penalty.
In the Italian Grand Prix, Schumacher missed out on the top ten in qualifying but managed to finish ninth. A fortnight later at the Singapore Grand Prix, Schumacher finished 13th after the Sauber of Nick Heidfeld collided with him on Lap 36, knocking Heidfeld out of the race. At the Japanese Grand Prix, Schumacher finished sixth before a fourth and seventh in the next two races in Korea and Brazil. At the season finale in Abu Dhabi, Schumacher was involved in a major accident on the first lap, which occurred after Schumacher was spun around by his teammate Nico Rosberg. As Schumacher was trying to maneuver his car back around, Vitantonio Liuzzi's Force India ploughed into his Mercedes head-on, barely missing his head.[113][114] Nobody was hurt in the crash, but Schumacher said the crash had been "frightening."[115]
It was the first season since his début season in 1991 that Schumacher finished without a win, pole position, podium or fastest lap. He finished the season 9th with 72 points.
At the 2011 Wroom meeting in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, Fernando Alonso, the second most successful Formula One driver still racing, said of Schumacher: "He will be always super class; if the car is right, he will be a contender that we will fear most."[116]
2011[link]
After an unsuccessful Australian Grand Prix, where he retired due to puncture damage, Schumacher had an average race in Malaysia, finishing in ninth place to score his team's only points, generally battling it out with the midfield of the pack but ahead of team mate Rosberg, who finished 12th. A problem with his movable rear wing, also known as the drag reduction system resulted in Schumacher qualifying only 14th in China, but he worked his way up to 8th place during the race. He added more points with sixth place in Spain, and at the Canadian Grand Prix, Schumacher had arguably his best performance since returning from retirement. He finished in fourth position, but ran as high as second in a race which was almost entirely contested in wet conditions. Schumacher was passed late in the race by both Jenson Button, who went on to win the race, and Mark Webber, by the use of the DRS.
In Valencia, he crashed into the side of Vitaly Petrov's Renault while exiting the pit lane, breaking his own front wing, meaning he had to pit again the following lap. This incident left him outside of the points, and eventually finished 17th. In Britain Schumacher locked his front tyres while running behind Kamui Kobayashi, attempted to take avoiding action, and again broke his front wing spinning Kobayashi 180 degrees. As well as pitting to replace the wing, Schumacher served a 10 second stop-go penalty for the incident. Although working his way up to ninth, Schumacher was unhappy with the result and described the Kobayashi incident as his misjudgement. He finished eighth at his home race in Germany, and retired in Hungary with gearbox failure.
Schumacher marked the 20th anniversary of his Formula One début at the Belgian Grand Prix. He set the fastest time in the first free practice session, but after a wheel came loose in qualifying, he had start last on the grid. Despite this, Schumacher put in a very strong performance, ending the race in fifth place and ahead of his team mate Rosberg. Schumacher continued his run of form at the Italian Grand Prix, qualifying eighth and finishing fifth. This race saw a notable duel with Lewis Hamilton for fourth place. Schumacher defended expertly against Hamilton's faster car, but was also criticised for leaving insufficient overtaking space. After a retirement in Singapore due to contact with Sergio Pérez, Schumacher finished in sixth place at the Japanese Grand Prix, having led three laps during the race, the first time he had led a race since the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix.[117] In doing so, he became the oldest driver to lead a race since Jack Brabham in 1970.
In Korea, Schumacher started the race from twelfth, and was well within the points scoring positions when he was hit from behind by Vitaly Petrov, forcing both drivers to retire. In India, Schumacher struggled in qualifying and qualified twelfth, although he moved up to eleventh after Petrov was given a five-place grid penalty for the incident in Korea; Schumacher blamed his lack of pace on tyre vibrations he experienced on his final run.[citation needed] After making up three places on the opening lap, Schumacher remained in the top ten for the entire race, eventually finishing fifth, ahead of team-mate Rosberg after overtaking him during the final round of pit-stops. At the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Schumacher qualified eighth and had moved up to sixth after a few corners. He was ahead of Rosberg, and the pair battled over the position for the remainder of the first lap. Rosberg's overtake eventually meant that he finished in sixth and Schumacher in seventh. Schumacher finished the season with a fifteenth place at the season finale at the Brazilian Grand Prix, following a collision early in the race with Bruno Senna which had forced him to pit for repairs. Schumacher finished the season in eighth place in the Drivers' Championship standings with 76 points; his best result was fourth place at the Canadian Grand Prix.
2012[link]
Schumacher is again driving for Mercedes AMG in the 2012 Formula One season, alongside Nico Rosberg.[118] At the Australian Grand Prix, Schumacher qualified in fourth place.[119] He moved up to third place at the start of the race, which he held until he suffered a terminal gearbox failure on lap 11.[120] At the second race in Malaysia, Schumacher qualified third,[121] but only managed to collect one point after being hit from behind on the first lap of the race by Romain Grosjean in wet conditions. For the third race of the season in China, Schumacher qualified 3rd but started in 2nd place due to Lewis Hamilton being penalised. This was the first time since 1955 that Mercedes occupied the front row of the grid, since his team-mate Nico Rosberg scored the first pole position of his career. A mechanic's error during the first pit-stop forced Schumacher to retire after 13 laps. The fourth race was in Bahrain. Schumacher suffered with a defective DRS mechanism in qualifying, which was compounded by a grid-penalty for a gearbox replacement. He started 23rd on the grid, and finished in 10th position. Schumacher had his third retirement of the season in Barcelona, receiving a five place penalty for Monaco after causing a collision with Bruno Senna. Schumacher was fastest in qualifying at Monaco. However, owing to the penalty for his incident with Senna at Barcelona, he started sixth on the grid. At the start of the race, Schumacher was hit by Romain Grosjean as he attempted to move down the outside, dropping to eighth, before retiring from seventh position late in the race due to falling fuel pressure.
Helmet[link]
Schumacher, in conjunction with Schuberth, helped develop the first lightweight carbon helmet. In 2004, a prototype was publicly tested by being driven over by a tank; it survived intact.[122] The helmet keeps the driver cool by funneling directed airflow through fifty holes.[123]
Schumacher's original helmet sported the colours of the German flag and his sponsor's decals. On the top was a blue circle with white astroids. When Jos Verstappen was his team-mate, Schumacher added 4 red diagonal strokes over the visor to differentiate his helmet from his team-mate. After Schumacher joined Ferrari a prancing horse was added on the back. From the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix, in order to differentiate his colours from new teammate Rubens Barrichello, Schumacher changed the upper blue colour and some of the white areas to red.[124]Since 2004, the helmet sported a white diagonal line with a white vertical line in the zone of the German Flag colors (originally to accommodate sponsor AMD), but then these lines remained in the Suzuka 2006 design. He sported one-off helmet designs four times. For the 1998 Japanese Grand Prix, a title decider with Mika Häkkinen, he replaced the German flag with a chequered flag motif and reflective silver replacing the white areas. At the 2004 Italian Grand Prix the German flag design was replaced with an Italian flag in honour of his team's home race. For the Brazilian Grand Prix race of 2006 (at the time intended to be his final Grand Prix), he wore an all-red helmet that included the names of his ninety-one Grand Prix victories.the helmet featured also[125] For the 2011 Belgian Grand Prix, Schumacher's 20th anniversary in Formula One, he wore a special gold plated helmet.[126] The helmet, very similar to his current helmet, included the year of his début to the present, and the years of his seven world titles.
Honours[link]
Schumacher has been honoured many times during his career. In April 2002, for his contributions to sport and his contributions in raising awareness of child education, he was named as one of the UNESCO Champions for sport,[127] joining the other eight which include Pelé, Sergey Bubka and Justine Henin. He won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award twice, in 2002 and 2004 for his performances in the 2001 and 2003 seasons respectively. He has also received nominations for the 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2007 awards.[128] No-one has been nominated more times than Schumacher in the award's seven-year history.
In honour of Schumacher's racing career and his efforts to improve safety and the sport, he was awarded an FIA Gold Medal for Motor Sport in 2006.[129] In 2007, in recognition of his contribution to Formula One racing, the Nürburgring racing track renamed turns 8 and 9 (the Audi and Shell Kurves) as the Schumacher S,[130] and a month later he presented A1 Team Germany with the A1 World Cup at the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport 2007 awards ceremony.[131] He was nominated for the Prince of Asturias Award for Sport for 2007, which he won both for sporting prowess and for his humanitarian record.[132][133]
In 2008 the Swiss Football Association appointed Schumacher as the Swiss ambassador for the 2008 European football championship.[134]
On 30 April 2010, Schumacher was honored with the Officier of Légion d'honneur title from French prime minister François Fillon.[135]
Controversy[link]
During his long career Schumacher has been involved in several incidents, which have caused considerable controversy.
Championship deciding collisions[link]
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Hill (left) and Schumacher (right) crash at the Flinders Street corner during the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
Going into the 1994 Australian Grand Prix, the final race of the 1994 season, Schumacher led Damon Hill by a single point in the Drivers' Championship. Schumacher led the race from the beginning, but on lap 35 he went off track and brushed the wall with his right side wheels,[136] returning to the track at reduced speed but still leading the race. At the next corner Hill attempted a pass on the inside while Schumacher was turning into the corner, and Schumacher and Hill collided. Both cars were eliminated from the race and, as neither driver scored, Schumacher took the title.[137] The race stewards judged it a racing accident and took no action against either driver, but public opinion is divided over the incident, and Schumacher was vilified in the British media.[138][139][140]
At the 1997 European Grand Prix at Jerez, the last race of the season, Schumacher led Williams' Jacques Villeneuve by one point in the Drivers' Championship. As Villeneuve attempted to pass Schumacher at the Dry Sack Corner on lap 48, Schumacher turned in and the right-front wheel of Schumacher's Ferrari hit the left side pod of Villeneuve's car. Schumacher retired from the race as a result but Villeneuve finished in third place, taking four points and so becoming the World Champion.[136] The race stewards did not award any penalty, but two weeks after the race Schumacher was disqualified from the entire 1997 season after a FIA disciplinary hearing found that his "manoeuvre was an instinctive reaction and although deliberate not made with malice or premeditation. It was a serious error."[57] Schumacher accepted the decision[141] and admitted having made a mistake.[142] Schumacher's actions were widely condemned in British, German, and Italian newspapers.[138][142] This made Schumacher the only driver in the history of the sport, as of 2011[update], to be disqualified from a Driver's World Championship,[143] although the McLaren team was disqualified from the 2007 Constructor’s Championship and fined $100m for illegal possession of Ferrari technical information.[144]
Team orders[link]
Historically, team orders have always been an accepted part of Formula One. However, in the final metres of the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, Schumacher's teammate, Rubens Barrichello, slowed his car under orders from Ferrari to allow Schumacher to pass and win the race.[65] Although the switching of positions did not break any actual sporting or technical regulation, it angered fans and it was claimed that the team's actions showed a lack of sportsmanship and respect to the spectators. Many argued that Schumacher did not need to be "given" wins in only the 6th race of the season, particularly given that he had already won 4 of the previous 5 grands prix, and that Barrichello had dominated the race weekend up to that point. At the podium ceremony, Schumacher pushed Barrichello onto the top step,[65] and for this disturbance, the Ferrari team incurred a US $1 million fine.[145] Later in the season at the end of the 2002 United States Grand Prix, Schumacher slowed down within sight of the finishing line, allowing Barrichello to win by 0.011 seconds, the 2nd closest margin in F1 history. Schumacher's explanation varied between it being him "returning the favour" for Austria (now that Schumacher's title was secure), or trying to engineer a dead-heat (a feat derided as near-impossible in a sport where timings are taken to within a thousandth of a second).[146] The FIA subsequently banned "Team orders which interfere with the race result",[147][148] but the ban was lifted for the 2011 season because the ruling was difficult to enforce.[149]
Dangerous driving[link]
Toward the end of the 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix, Rubens Barrichello attempted to pass Schumacher down the inside on the main straight. Schumacher closed the inside line to force Barrichello onto the outside, but Barrichello persisted on the inside at 180 mph (290 km/h), despite the close proximity of a concrete wall and Schumacher leaving him only inches to spare. Barrichello said ‘It is the most dangerous thing that I have been through’, and ‘There is not a rule for that but between ourselves we should take a line, stick to it and that's it.’ Schumacher said that ‘Obviously there was space enough to go through. We didn't touch, so I guess I just left enough space for him to come through.’ Ross Brawn said ‘at the end of the day he gave him enough space. You can argue that it was marginal, but it was just tough – tough racing.’ A range of ex-drivers and commentators were highly critical of Schumacher. Although there was no accident, the incident was ruled to be dangerous and Schumacher received a 10 place grid penalty for the next race. Schumacher accepted the decision, and apologised.[150][151][152][153][154]
Other incidents[link]
In 1995, Schumacher and Williams driver David Coulthard were disqualified for fuel irregularities, after a switch to Renault engines and Elf oils. On appeal, both drivers had their results and points reinstated, but both teams lost the points the results would normally have earned in the constructors championship.
The 1998 Canadian Grand Prix saw Schumacher accused of dangerous driving when his exit from the pit-lane forced Heinz-Harald Frentzen off the track and into retirement. Despite receiving a 10 second penalty, Schumacher recovered and won the race. In the press conference, he publicly accused Damon Hill of weaving dangerously as they fought for position, stating "If you want to kill me, find some other way", a statement widely condemned as either hypocritical, or a cynical ploy to divert attention from his actions with Frentzen.[155]
Two laps from the finish of the 1998 British Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher was leading the race when he was issued a stop-and-go penalty for overtaking a lapped car (Alexander Wurz) during the early moments of a Safety Car period. This penalty involves going into the pit lane and stopping for 10 seconds, and the rules state that a driver must serve his penalty within three laps of the penalty being issued. On the third lap after receiving the penalty, Schumacher turned into the pit lane to serve his penalty, but as this was the last lap of the race, and as Ferrari's pit box was located after the start/finish line, Schumacher technically finished the race before serving the penalty. The stewards initially resolved that problem by adding 10 seconds to Schumacher's race time, then later rescinded the penalty completely due to the irregularities in how the penalty had been issued.[156]
In the Belgian Grand Prix, Schumacher was involved in a race-ending collision whilst trying to lap David Coulthard in heavy spray. After the race he stormed into the McLaren garage and accused Coulthard of trying to kill him, and McLaren and Ferrari team members had to separate the drivers. Coulthard admitted some 5 years later that the accident had been his fault.[58]
During qualifying for the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix Schumacher set the fastest time, but stopped his car in the Rascasse corner on the racing line, leaving the corner partially blocked, while his main contender for the season title, Fernando Alonso, was on his final qualifying lap. Schumacher stated that he simply locked up the wheels going into the corner and that the car then stalled while he attempted to reverse out.[157] Alonso believed he would have been on pole if the incident had not happened,[158] and Schumacher was stripped of pole position by the race stewards and started the race at the back of the grid.[157] In the same qualifying session, Giancarlo Fisichella was similarly found to have blocked David Coulthard from improving his time, but Fisichella was only demoted five places on the grid.[159]
At the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix, the safety car was deployed after an accident, involving Karun Chandhok and Jarno Trulli, and pulled into the pits on the last lap. Schumacher passed Alonso before the finish line. Mercedes held that "the combination of the race control messages ‘Safety Car in this lap’ and ‘Track Clear’ and the green flags and lights shown by the marshals after safety car line one indicated that the race was not finishing under the safety car and all drivers were free to race. This opinion appears to have been shared by the majority of the teams with cars in the top ten positions who also gave their drivers instructions to race to the finish line."[160] However an FIA investigation found Schumacher guilty of breaching Safety Car regulations and awarded him a 20-seconds penalty, which cost him 6 places.
Family and off-track life[link]
Schumacher's younger brother Ralf was a Formula One driver until the end of 2007.[12] Their stepbrother Sebastian Stahl has also been competing as a race car driver.[161] In August 1995, Michael married Corinna Betsch. They have two children, Gina-Maria (born on 20 February 1997) and Mick (born on 22 March 1999). He has always been very protective of his private life[162] and is known to dislike the celebrity spotlight, preferring a simple life. The family moved to a house near Gland, Switzerland in 2007, a 650 m2 mansion with its own underground garage and petrol station, situated on a private beach on Lake Geneva.[163] The family has two dogs – one stray that Corinna fell in love with in Brazil, and an Australian Shepherd named "Ed" whose entrance to the family made headlines. Schumacher personally drove a taxi through the Bavarian town of Coburg after collecting the dog, enabling the family to catch their return flight to Switzerland.[164] Both Schumacher and the taxi driver were reprimanded by local police.[165]
One of his main hobbies is horse riding, and he plays football for his local team FC Echichens. He has appeared in several football charity games[166] and organised games between Formula One drivers.[167] He is a fan of FC Koln.
On 23 June 2003, Schumacher was appointed as an Ambassador at Large for the Most Serene Republic of San Marino.[168][169]
Schumacher is a special ambassador to UNESCO and has donated 1.5 million Euros to the organization.[170] Additionally, he paid for the construction of a school for poor children and for area improvements in Dakar, Senegal. He supports a hospital for child victims of war in Sarajevo, which specialises in caring for amputees. In Lima, Peru he funded the "Palace for the Poor", a centre for helping homeless street children obtain an education, clothing, food, medical attention, and shelter. He stated his interest in these various efforts was piqued both by his love for children and the fact that these causes had received little attention. While an exact figure for the amount of money he has donated throughout his life is unknown, it is known that in his last four years as a driver, he donated at least $50 million.[11] In 2008 it was revealed that he had donated between $5M and $10M to the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park of Bill Clinton.[171]
Since his participation in an FIA European road safety campaign, as part of his punishment after the collision at the 1997 European Grand Prix, Schumacher has continued to support other campaigns, such as Make Roads Safe, which is led by the FIA Foundation and calls on G8 countries and the UN to recognise global road deaths as a major global health issue. In 2008, Schumacher was the figurehead of an advertising campaign by Bacardi to raise awareness about responsible drinking, with a focus on communicating an international message 'drinking and driving don't mix'. He featured in an advertising campaign for television, cinema and online media, supported by consumer engagements, public relations and digital media across the world.[172]
On the eve of the 2002 British Grand Prix, on behalf of Fiat, Schumacher presented a Ferrari 360 Modena to legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar at Silverstone.[173]
On 21 June 2009, Schumacher appeared on the BBC's motoring programme Top Gear as The Stig.[174] Presenter Jeremy Clarkson hinted later in the programme that Schumacher was not the regular Stig. The BBC has since confirmed that this is the case; Schumacher was there on that occasion because Ferrari would not allow anyone else to drive the one-of-a-kind black Ferrari FXX which was featured in the show.[175] The FXX was presented to Schumacher upon his retirement at Monza in 2006.
When Schumacher appeared on Top Gear in 2009, he told Clarkson during his interview that the road cars that he drives are a Fiat 500 Abarth, and a Fiat Croma which is his family car.[176]
Finance and sponsorship[link]
In 2004, Forbes magazine listed him as the 2nd highest paid athlete in the world.[177] In 2005 Eurobusiness magazine identified Schumacher as the world's first billionaire athlete. His 2004 salary was reported to be around US $80 million.[178] Forbes magazine ranked him 17th in their "The World's Most Powerful Celebrities" list.[179] A significant share of his income came from advertising. For example, Deutsche Vermögensberatung paid him $8 million over three years from 1999 for wearing a 10 by 8 centimetre advertisement on his post-race cap.[180] The deal was extended until 2010.[181] He donated $10 million for aid after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.[182] His donation surpassed that of any other sports person, most sports leagues, many worldwide corporations and even some countries.[183] Schumacher's bodyguard Burkhard Cramer was killed in the tsunami along with his two sons.[184]
In 2010, his personal fortune was estimated at £515 million.[185]
Racing record[link]
Career summary[link]
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | European Formula Ford 1600 | Eufra Racing | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 2nd |
| German Formula Ford 1600 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 124 | 6th | ||
| Formula König | Hoecker Sportwagenservice | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 192 | 1st | |
| 1989 | German Formula Three | WTS Racing | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 163 | 3rd |
| European Formula Three Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| 1990 | World Sportscar Championship | Team Sauber Mercedes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 21 | =5th |
| German Formula Three | WTS Racing | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 148 | 1st | |
| European Formula Three Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | N/A | NC | ||
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1st | ||
| 1991 | Formula One | Team 7UP Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14th |
| Camel Benetton Ford | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| World Sportscar Championship | Team Sauber Mercedes | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 9th | |
| Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft | Zakspeed Mercedes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC | |
| Japanese Formula 3000 | Team Le Mans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12th | |
| 1992 | Formula One | Camel Benetton Ford | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 3rd |
| 1993 | Formula One | Camel Benetton Ford | 16 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 52 | 4th |
| 1994 | Formula One | Mild Seven Benetton Ford | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 92 | 1st |
| 1995 | Formula One | Mild Seven Benetton Renault | 17 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 102 | 1st |
| 1996 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A. | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 59 | 3rd |
| 1997 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 17 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 78 | DSQ |
| 1998 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 16 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 86 | 2nd |
| 1999 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 5th |
| 2000 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 17 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 108 | 1st |
| 2001 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 17 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 123 | 1st |
| 2002 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 17 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 144 | 1st |
| 2003 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 93 | 1st |
| 2004 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 18 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 148 | 1st |
| 2005 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 3rd |
| 2006 | Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 121 | 2nd |
| 2010 | Formula One | Mercedes GP Petronas | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 9th |
| 2011 | Formula One | Mercedes GP Petronas | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 8th |
| 2012 | Formula One | Mercedes AMG Petronas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18th* |
* Season in progress.
- Source: Hilton, Christopher (2006). Michael Schumacher: The Whole Story. Haynes. ISBN 1-84425-008-3.
Complete Formula One results[link]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Team 7UP Jordan | Jordan 191 | Ford HBB 4 3.5 V8 | USA | BRA | SMR | MON | CAN | MEX | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL Ret |
14th | 4 | |||||||||
| Camel Benetton Ford | Benetton B191 | Ford HBA 5 3.5 V8 | ITA 5 |
POR 6 |
ESP 6 |
JPN Ret |
AUS Ret |
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| 1992 | Camel Benetton Ford | Benetton B191B | Ford HB 3.5 V8 | RSA 4 |
MEX 3 |
BRA 3 |
3rd | 53 | |||||||||||||||||
| Benetton B192 | ESP 2 |
SMR Ret |
MON 4 |
CAN 2 |
FRA Ret |
GBR 4 |
GER 3 |
HUN Ret |
BEL 1 |
ITA 3 |
POR 7 |
JPN Ret |
AUS 2 |
||||||||||||
| 1993 | Camel Benetton Ford | Benetton B193 | Ford HB 3.5 V8 | RSA Ret |
BRA 3 |
4th | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benetton B193B | EUR Ret |
SMR 2 |
ESP 3 |
MON Ret |
CAN 2 |
FRA 3 |
GBR 2 |
GER 2 |
HUN Ret |
BEL 2 |
ITA Ret |
POR 1 |
JPN Ret |
AUS Ret |
|||||||||||
| 1994 | Mild Seven Benetton Ford | Benetton B194 | Ford Zetec-R 3.5 V8 | BRA 1 |
PAC 1 |
SMR 1 |
MON 1 |
ESP 2 |
CAN 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR DSQ |
GER Ret |
HUN 1 |
BEL DSQ |
ITA |
POR |
EUR 1 |
JPN 2 |
AUS Ret |
1st | 92 | ||||
| 1995 | Mild Seven Benetton Renault | Benetton B195 | Renault RS7 3.0 V10 | BRA 1 |
ARG 3 |
SMR Ret |
ESP 1 |
MON 1 |
CAN 5 |
FRA 1 |
GBR Ret |
GER 1 |
HUN 11† |
BEL 1 |
ITA Ret |
POR 2 |
EUR 1 |
PAC 1 |
JPN 1 |
AUS Ret |
1st | 102 | |||
| 1996 | Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A. | Ferrari F310 | Ferrari 046 3.0 V10 | AUS Ret |
BRA 3 |
ARG Ret |
EUR 2 |
SMR 2 |
MON Ret |
ESP 1 |
CAN Ret |
FRA DNS |
GBR Ret |
GER 4 |
HUN 9† |
BEL 1 |
ITA 1 |
POR 3 |
JPN 2 |
3rd | 59 | ||||
| 1997 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F310B | Ferrari 046/2 3.0 V10 | AUS 2 |
BRA 5 |
ARG Ret |
SMR 2 |
MON 1 |
ESP 4 |
CAN 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR Ret |
GER 2 |
HUN 4 |
BEL 1 |
ITA 6 |
AUT 6 |
LUX Ret |
JPN 1 |
EUR Ret |
DSQ‡ | 78 | |||
| 1998 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F300 | Ferrari 047 3.0 V10 | AUS Ret |
BRA 3 |
ARG 1 |
SMR 2 |
ESP 3 |
MON 10 |
CAN 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
AUT 3 |
GER 5 |
HUN 1 |
BEL Ret |
ITA 1 |
LUX 2 |
JPN Ret |
2nd | 86 | ||||
| 1999 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F399 | Ferrari 048 3.0 V10 | AUS 8 |
BRA 2 |
SMR 1 |
MON 1 |
ESP 3 |
CAN Ret |
FRA 5 |
GBR Ret |
AUT |
GER |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
EUR |
MAL 2 |
JPN 2 |
5th | 44 | ||||
| 2000 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F1-2000 | Ferrari 049 3.0 V10 | AUS 1 |
BRA 1 |
SMR 1 |
GBR 3 |
ESP 5 |
EUR 1 |
MON Ret |
CAN 1 |
FRA Ret |
AUT Ret |
GER Ret |
HUN 2 |
BEL 2 |
ITA 1 |
USA 1 |
JPN 1 |
MAL 1 |
1st | 108 | |||
| 2001 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F2001 | Ferrari 050 3.0 V10 | AUS 1 |
MAL 1 |
BRA 2 |
SMR Ret |
ESP 1 |
AUT 2 |
MON 1 |
CAN 2 |
EUR 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 2 |
GER Ret |
HUN 1 |
BEL 1 |
ITA 4 |
USA 2 |
JPN 1 |
1st | 123 | |||
| 2002 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F2001 | Ferrari 050 3.0 V10 | AUS 1 |
MAL 3 |
1st | 144 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ferrari F2002 | Ferrari 051 3.0 V10 | BRA 1 |
SMR 1 |
ESP 1 |
AUT 1 |
MON 2 |
CAN 1 |
EUR 2 |
GBR 1 |
FRA 1 |
GER 1 |
HUN 2 |
BEL 1 |
ITA 2 |
USA 2 |
JPN 1 |
|||||||||
| 2003 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F2002 | Ferrari 051 3.0 V10 | AUS 4 |
MAL 6 |
BRA Ret |
SMR 1 |
1st | 93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ferrari F2003-GA | Ferrari 052 3.0 V10 | ESP 1 |
AUT 1 |
MON 3 |
CAN 1 |
EUR 5 |
FRA 3 |
GBR 4 |
GER 7 |
HUN 8 |
ITA 1 |
USA 1 |
JPN 8 |
||||||||||||
| 2004 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F2004 | Ferrari 053 3.0 V10 | AUS 1 |
MAL 1 |
BHR 1 |
SMR 1 |
ESP 1 |
MON Ret |
EUR 1 |
CAN 1 |
USA 1 |
FRA 1 |
GBR 1 |
GER 1 |
HUN 1 |
BEL 2 |
ITA 2 |
CHN 12 |
JPN 1 |
BRA 7 |
1st | 148 | ||
| 2005 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari F2004M | Ferrari 053 3.0 V10 | AUS Ret |
MAL 7 |
3rd | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ferrari F2005 | Ferrari 055 3.0 V10 | BHR Ret |
SMR 2 |
ESP Ret |
MON 7 |
EUR 5 |
CAN 2 |
USA 1 |
FRA 3 |
GBR 6 |
GER 5 |
HUN 2 |
TUR Ret |
ITA 10 |
BEL Ret |
BRA 4 |
JPN 7 |
CHN Ret |
|||||||
| 2006 | Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari 248 F1 | Ferrari 056 2.4 V8 | BHR 2 |
MAL 6 |
AUS Ret |
SMR 1 |
EUR 1 |
ESP 2 |
MON 5 |
GBR 2 |
CAN 2 |
USA 1 |
FRA 1 |
GER 1 |
HUN 8† |
TUR 3 |
ITA 1 |
CHN 1 |
JPN Ret |
BRA 4 |
2nd | 121 | ||
| 2010 | Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team | Mercedes MGP W01 | Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 | BHR 6 |
AUS 10 |
MAL Ret |
CHN 10 |
ESP 4 |
MON 12 |
TUR 4 |
CAN 11 |
EUR 15 |
GBR 9 |
GER 9 |
HUN 11 |
BEL 7 |
ITA 9 |
SIN 13 |
JPN 6 |
KOR 4 |
BRA 7 |
ABU Ret |
9th | 72 | |
| 2011 | Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team | Mercedes MGP W02 | Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 V8 | AUS Ret |
MAL 9 |
CHN 8 |
TUR 12 |
ESP 6 |
MON Ret |
CAN 4 |
EUR 17 |
GBR 9 |
GER 8 |
HUN Ret |
BEL 5 |
ITA 5 |
SIN Ret |
JPN 6 |
KOR Ret |
IND 5 |
ABU 7 |
BRA 15 |
8th | 76 | |
| 2012 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | Mercedes F1 W03 | Mercedes FO 108Z 2.4 V8 | AUS Ret |
MAL 10 |
CHN Ret |
BHR 10 |
ESP Ret |
MON Ret |
CAN |
EUR |
GBR |
GER |
HUN |
BEL |
ITA |
SIN |
JPN |
KOR |
IND |
ABU |
USA |
BRA |
18th* | 2* |
‡ Schumacher was disqualified from the 1997 WDC due to dangerous driving in the European Grand Prix, where he caused an avoidable accident with Villeneuve. His points tally would have placed him in second place in that year's standings.[57]
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
* Season in progress.
Formula One records[link]
Schumacher holds the following Formula One records:
| Record | Number |
|---|---|
| Championship titles | 7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) |
| Consecutive titles | 5 (2000–2004) |
| Championship won with most races left | 6 (2002) |
| Largest championship-winning margin (pre-2010 points system) |
67 points (2002) |
| Race wins | 91 |
| Consecutive wins[3] | 7 (2004, Europe–Hungary) |
| Wins in a season | 13 (72%) (2004) |
| Wins in a season for a runner-up[4] | 7 (2006) |
| Wins at Monza (Formula One) | 5 |
| Wins with one team | 72 (Ferrari) |
| Wins at the same Grand Prix | 8 (France) |
| Different Grands Prix won | 22 |
| Longest time between first and last wins | 14 years, 32 days |
| Total years with a win | 15 (1992–2006) |
| Consecutive years with a win | 15 (1992–2006) |
| Second places | 43 |
| Consecutive top two finishes | 15 (Brazil 2002–Japan 2002) |
| Podiums (Top 3 finishes) | 154 |
| Podium finishes in a season | 17 (100%) (2002) |
| Consecutive podium finishes | 19 (US 2001–Japan 2002) |
| Championship points | 1,519 |
| Points finishes | 215 |
| Consecutive points finishes | 24 (Hungary 2001–Malaysia 2003) |
| Races / Laps / Distance led | 142 races / 5,111 laps / 24,144 km[186] |
| Pole positions | 68 |
| Front row starts | 116 |
| Fastest laps | 76 |
| Fastest laps in a season[5] | 10 (2004) |
| Doubles (Pole and win) | 40 |
| Hat tricks (Pole, win and fastest lap) | 22 |
| Hat tricks in a season | 5 in 2004 [6] |
| Races with one team | 181 (Ferrari) |
^ Record shared with Alberto Ascari (1952 Belgian GP–1953 Argentine GP). Some sources credit Ascari with nine consecutive wins, disregarding the 1953 Indianapolis 500 race, in which Ascari did not compete. The American race formed part of the world championship, but was not run to the same regulations as the other races and was very rarely attended by world championship drivers.
^ Record shared with Alberto Ascari in 1952.
^ Record shared with Alain Prost (1984 and 1988) and Kimi Räikkönen (2005).
^ Record shared with Kimi Räikkönen (2005 and 2008).[187]
Books and movies[link]
- Allen, James (1999). Michael Schumacher: Driven to Extremes. Bantam Books. ISBN 0-553-81214-9.
- Allen, James (2007). Edge of Greatness. Headline. ISBN 978-0-7553-1678-6.
- Collings, Timothy (2004). The Piranha Club. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0965-2.
- Collings, Timothy (2005). Team Schumacher. Highdown. ISBN 1-905156-03-0.
- Domenjoz, Luc (2002). Michael Schumacher: Rise of a genius. Parragon. ISBN 0-7525-9228-9.
- Henry, Alan (ed.) (1992). Autocourse 1992 – 93. Hazleton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-96-1.
- Henry, Alan (1996). Wheel to Wheel: Great Duels of Formula One Racing. Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated. ISBN 0-7538-0522-7.
- Hilton, Christopher (2003). Michael Schumacher: The greatest of all. Haynes. ISBN 1-84425-044-X.
- Hilton, Christopher (2006). Michael Schumacher: The Whole Story. Haynes. ISBN 1-84425-008-3.
- Kehm, Sabine (2003). Michael Schumacher. Driving Force. Random House. ISBN 0-09-189435-2.
- Matchett, Steve (1995). Life in the Fast Lane: The Story of the Benetton Grand Prix Year. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. ISBN 0-297-81610-1.
- Matchett, Steve (1999). The Mechanic's Tale: Life in the Pit Lanes of Formula One. Osceola, Wisconsin: MBI Pub.. ISBN 0-7603-0754-7.
- Williams, Richard (1999). The Death of Ayrton Senna. Bloomsbury. ISBN 0-7475-4495-6.
Schumacher had a voice in the Disney/Pixar movie Cars. His character is himself as a car (Ferrari F430). He also appeared as himself in a French movie Asterix and Obelix at the Olympic Games.
References and notes[link]
- ^ Benson, Andrew (12 October 2003). "Who is the greatest ever?". BBC Sport (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3168114.stm. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "The final five could all have been No. 1, but only Foyt gets the prize". ESPN. 23 May 2008. http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/racing/columns/story?columnist=blount_terry&id=3407489. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ "Formula 1's Greatest Drivers: 1. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 10 December 2009. http://f1greatestdrivers.autosport.com/?driver=2. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
- ^ Rice, Simon (12 March 2010). "The ten best Formula One drivers". The Independent (UK: Independent Print Limited). http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/the-ten-best-formula-one-drivers-1920034.html. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Michael Schumacher – the end of an era". The Official Formula 1 Website. 10 September 2006. http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2006/9/4932.html. Retrieved 24 October 2006.
- ^ a b "It's official: Schumi to retire". ITV. 11 September 2006. http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=37307. Retrieved 24 October 2006.
- ^ a b "Michael happy to help". Michael Schumacher – Official Website. http://www.michaelschumacher.de/?page=news&story_id=82078&lang=uk. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
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| Name | Schumacher, Michael |
| Alternative names | Schumi |
| Short description | Racing driver, Formula 1 driver, 7 times world champion |
| Date of birth | 3 January 1969 |
| Place of birth | Hürth Hermülheim, Germany |
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