Capital: € a hundred and ten million
Age: 44
Born: June 30, 1975
Country of origin: Germany
Source of wealth: former Formula 1 driving force, now an entrepreneur
Last updated: 2023

Short introduction

Ralf Schuhmacher turned into a Formula 1 racing driving force till 2007 after which a DTM driving force till he ended his lively profession as a driving force in 2013. Today he works as an entrepreneur and Formula 1 professional on television.

Early life

Ralf Schuhmacher turned into born on June 30, 1975 in Hürth close to Cologne and grew up withinside the neighboring municipality of Kerpen. He is the more youthful brother of 7-time Formula 1 international champion Michael Schuhmacher and son of Rolf Schuhmacher, who labored on the now well-known kart song in Kerpen.

Career

Ralf did his first laps with a kart in Kerpen while he turned into three years antique and observed withinside the footsteps of his older brother Michaels, who already had wonderful achievement withinside the junior classes. Ralf desired to do the identical to his huge brother and in 1989 he gained his first name as German junior karting champion.

In the subsequent 3 years he made the Gold Cup, the NRW Cup and the Junior Kart Championship. In 1992 he switched to Formula Junior, a racing class for single-seat, open racing cars. The following yr he turned into runner-up withinside the ADAC Formula Junior after which acquired a settlement for Formula three, all below the watchful eye of his then supervisor Willi Weber.

There he finished his first victory in Formula three together along with his crew WTS and finished 0.33 vicinity withinside the usual class on the stop of the season. The following yr he turned into even capable of enhance his placement withinside the very last class and climbed to 2nd vicinity, the runner-up. With this achievement Ralf Schuhmacher should have switched to the European Formula 3000, however on the recommendation of Willi Weber he drove withinside the Japanese Formula Nippon, wherein he gained the championship name in opposition to Norberto Fontana withinside the closing race of the 1996 season.

With this achievement, the doorways to Formula 1 opened for the younger talent. There turned into not anything status withinside the manner of a settlement with Eddie Jordan`s racing crew (Jordan F1) and he made his debut in 1997 withinside the foremost magnificence of motorsport.

Career highlights

Already in his first yr in Formula 1, Ralf Schuhmacher confirmed a sturdy will and made it to his first podium withinside the 0.33 race of the season in Argentina. In the stop, Schuhmacher scored thirteen factors and Jordan F1 completed 5th withinside the constructors` international championship. The following yr there has been an engine alternate at Jordan F1. The Peugeot engines had been distributed with and Mugen-Honda pressure devices had been used. Schuhmacher scored 14 factors, which turned into sufficient for tenth vicinity on the stop of the season, and his racing crew made fourth vicinity usual.

But there has been a disaster withinside the crew and so the transfer to Williams F1 then got here in 1999. A yr later, Williams F1 then have become the BMW works crew and a profession improve got here from Ralf Schuhmacher. In Imola he gained his first Formula 1 victory in 2001 and withinside the identical season observed via way of means of victories in Montreal and Hockenheim. Together together along with his crew-mate Juan Pablo Montoya, Schuhmacher turned into celebrated because the first-rate driving force crew withinside the worldwide press that yr.

A yr later, he gained the Malaysian Grand Prix and completed fourth usual on the stop of the season, simply as he had the yr earlier than. In the 2003 season, Schuhmacher celebrated victories on the European Grand Prix and the French Grand Prix. The following season Ralf then had a severe twist of fate on the Grand Prix withinside the USA and needed to pause for numerous months. He simplest drove the closing 4 races of the yr.

With the alternate to the Toyota crew in 2005, Ralf Schuhmacher advanced financially, however his degree turned into as an alternative mediocre for the crew primarily based totally in Cologne. The F1 driving force, who commenced with name hopes, simplest finished a 6th and 10th vicinity withinside the usual rating the subsequent yr. His settlement turned into now no longer renewed in 2007.

Ralf Schuhmacher celebrated 6 Formula 1 victories and scored 329 Grand Prix factors. From 2008 he drove withinside the DTM earlier than retiring as an lively driving force 5 years later.

Famous quotes

• “Even if I now bitterly disappoint some: I am no extra homosexual than the Danube is an island.”
• “The entire village gossip receives on my nerves. It`s sufficient for me, I need to go. ”
• “It wears out my humor while requested approximately my brother. I am Ralf Schumacher and I do now no longer outline myself thru my relatives. ”
• “I am a current guy and alternate diapers at night.”
• “At domestic little David screams, the engines roar here. Don`t ask what`s louder. . . ”

Success tips

“Three wins thus far are quite nice, however now no longer tremendous yet. What topics isn’t the character victory, however the international championship name. ”