Backed by the Alps and facing Lake Geneva, the home of michael schumacher, the seven-time F1 world champion, is located in the Swiss mountains and green waters. Under the aerial view of the helicopter, the "ancient pagoda" of "Shumi Castle" is conspicuous, which is the "indoor climbing ground" of Schumacher’s family. In addition, people can vaguely guess that the big house is Shumi’s indoor swimming pool with Schumacher’s championship trophy hidden in that small window. But Schumacher’s favorite thing is hidden under the "Shumi Castle", which is Schumacher’s parking garage with two floors, enough to park 19 luxury cars.
As a former driver and current consultant of Ferrari, Schumacher always drives only cars from Ferrari and its parent company Fiat Group in public. Although there are many Mercedes-Benz and BMW with pure German descent in Schumacher’s private garage, it is a pity that "professional" Schumacher never reveals only those stories about him and Ferrari …
fiat 500
Dedicated to Fiat 500 for the first time.
Up to now, recalling the story about Fiat 500, Schumacher will smile sweetly, because it was the first time Schumacher drove a car in his life. Can you imagine such a picture? Little Schumacher sat in the driver’s seat of Fiat 500, his ass barely touched the seat, and his hands and feet just reached the steering wheel and brake pedal, so he rushed out with excitement. As a result, before driving far, the car directly hit the lamppost, and little Schumacher was almost bruised.
Perhaps, Schumacher’s love affair with racing car and Ferrari was doomed at that time. Up to now, the Schumacher Museum in Coppen, Germany still houses the first car of Che Wang. Of course, it was not the one that Schumacher crashed when he was a child. After Schumacher came to Ferrari, Fiat President Montezemolo specially sent a brand-new red Fiat 500 to Schumacher for collection. With round headlights and a small and lovely predecessor, Fiat 500 is like Italian chocolate, which will always be an Italian classic and hidden in the sweetest place of Schumacher’s childhood.
Love at first sight for "Super Bugatti"
Now there is no such car in Schumacher’s garage, but it must be mentioned that the Bugatti supercar is actually Schumacher’s first private car. In 1995, Schumacher was the driver of Benetton. In that summer, he took his wife Corinna to Campogalliano, a small town in Modena, Italy, to visit the factory of Bugatti, a top super-running brand. The boss of Bugatti, Romano Attioli, decided to give Schumacher the latest work EB110 SS.
It was a yellow EB110SS. When Schumacher took the car keys from Attioli, he was still very dissatisfied with this car. Unique design and color matching is Bugatti’s consistent style. Schumacher got the EB110SS with a blue leather seat configuration, and the center console is also uniform blue. However, Schumacher raised some questions about the design of EB110SS hollow platform, and Attioli’s answer was that it was the most fashionable at that time.
Car king’s affection for Bugatti didn’t change until after driving. The 3499ml V12 engine has five valves per cylinder. With the help of four superchargers, it can output the maximum power of 611 horsepower (which was quite advanced at that time), accelerate for 3.2 seconds from 0 to 60 miles (about 96.5km) and have a top speed of 350km/h. All these indicators finally make Schumacher’s face smile. Unfortunately, this Mohamme Bourkadi has only been in Schumacher’s hands for less than a year. After joining Ferrari, Schumacher quickly found a reason to ask this car out of his garage.
Spyder will always be like a lady
In October 2003, Schumacher bought a new toy in Italy-the blue Masalati Spyder. Like Enzo, before getting this new car, Schumacher gave a rigorous test to Maserati Spyder at Maranello. The car king, who has always been plain-spoken, used gorgeous words to describe this car: "This is a great sports car, with outstanding design and cutting-edge fashion. The engine provides endless power. Maserati Spyder is like a lady who can surprise you at any time …"
Like other cars, the biggest feature of Schumacher’s car is that it is fast enough. It takes only 5 seconds for the Spyder with 390 horsepower to accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour. In addition, the biggest feature of this car is that it has no clutch and no shift lever. When you want to hang the AUTOmatic gear, just press the "auto" button at the lower part of the center console. If you choose to change gears manually, you don’t have to leave the steering wheel, and you can shift gears with your fingers, which is very similar to Schumacher’s F1 car.
Luxury gift FXX has only 20 cars in the world.
This is a gift from Ferrari to the car king after Schumacher retired. On Ferrari Racing Day in 2006, Fiat President handed the Ferrari FXX to Schumacher in front of more than 30,000 fans.
Ferrari FXX was built in the factory of Maranello, the base of Ferrari racing department, on the basis of Enzo sports car. Its engine displacement has been expanded to 6,262 ml, and its maximum power and peak torque have reached an astonishing 800 HP and 690 N/m respectively, which is also a super GT sports car closest to F1 racing car so far.
Schumacher’s FXX is painted in all black, and the car king undoubtedly likes this car very much. During his stay in France this year, Schumacher attended a charity event. He took Zidane, a famous French football player, for a wild ride on the Magney circuit, and the car he chose was his own Ferrari FXX.
This Ferrari’s top sports car is limited to only about 20 cars in the world. FXX customers will join Ferrari as its test drivers and drive the car under the supervision of Ferrari experts. Ferrari regards FXX as the basic framework of the top-class models to be produced in the future, but FXX is neither a legal streetcar nor a racing car, and it will only become the car of the first customer test drivers on the track in history.
Ferrari’s dream begins with F50.
In 1996, Schumacher joined the Ferrari team. Since then, King Che’s garage has almost only added the brand of Fiat Group, and the F50 is just the beginning of Schumacher’s dream of Ferrari.
The 27-year-old Schumacher is sharp-edged and unruly. When he first appeared in front of the Italians in a black suit embroidered with Ferrari’s prancing logo, the German looked arrogant. Ferrari’s performance at that time was not good, and they needed a car to dispel Schumacher’s suspicious eyes. The F355 is not fashionable enough, and the 456GT is not sporty enough. In the end, Schumacher took a fancy to the fiery red F50. The F50 is an early model launched by Ferrari to celebrate its 50th anniversary. It was designed by local designer Pininfarina. It uses a 4.7-liter naturally aspirated V12 engine with a maximum power of 513 horsepower, and a 6-speed manual gearbox with a rear drive in the middle, which can achieve a performance of 3.7 seconds for 100 kilometers and a top speed of 360 kilometers per hour. The style is divided into convertible and hardtop, and Schumacher chose convertible at that time.
Since Schumacher joined Ferrari, almost every new Ferrari car has been "personally tested" by Schumacher before it came out. In addition to being a driver of Ferrari, Schumacher has gradually become the image ambassador of Fiat Group. At all kinds of large-scale international auto shows, Schumacher often appears next to Fiat’s brands, whether Ferrari or Maserati. Schumacher also often shoots various car advertisements for Ferrari. Of course, no matter which new car Schumacher likes, he can drive it straight home at any time.
ENZO belongs to Schumacher’s "Red Rabbit"
In 2002, Ferrari launched Enzo, a model to commemorate Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari, and Schumacher, as the soul of Ferrari, naturally ranked among the first customers of this car. For Che Wang, ENZO is definitely a "red rabbit horse".
Enzo uses a 5998ml V12 engine with a maximum output of 660 horsepower. It takes only 3.6 seconds to accelerate from 0 to 60 miles. The biggest breakthrough it brings is to learn from the aerodynamic design of F1 racing cars. The body design puts functionality in the first place. Although it has been criticized in aesthetics, it is definitely the super sports car with the best performance in its generation. In order to show Enzo’s king position in civil super-running, Ferrari also put it together with F2002 for Schumacher to test drive. Of course, Schumacher came to an ideal conclusion: "Enzo’s high-speed state is very stable, and the turn is neutral and very powerful. It is the most powerful road model."
The fastest track, the safest road.
Schumacher used to be the fastest man on F1 track, but in real life, Schumacher is a good citizen who abides by traffic rules. As the image ambassador of UNESCO and the FIA’s road safety ambassador, Schumacher has always been active in promoting driving safety.
In 2005, the United Nations held the first "Safe Driving Week" with the theme of "Young People on the Road". As the father of two children, Schumacher looked a little uneasy after the event. "I didn’t know that every day, thousands of children around the world died in car accidents." Schumacher said, "As a father, I can understand the grief of parents when they lose their children. Just this morning, I read a news that a father took his daughter out for a walk and her daughter died in a car accident. Now I can live happily with my children-and if there were not so many car accidents, there would be more happy families in the world like me. "
Schumacher’s driving record never recorded speeding. The only exception was that Schumacher himself took the initiative to admit his mistake. "An interesting thing happened before the race in the United States in 2002. I drove to Indianapolis on the highway. Maybe time was a little urgent and I seemed to drive faster. Then I suddenly found a police car behind me. I think it’s too bad, because I heard that it’s hard to find an excuse to meet a traffic policeman in America. He stopped my car and said very seriously,’ Do you think you are Mansel? Even if it is, you will be fined. I said,’ OK, but I’m michael schumacher.’ "Schumacher said.
According to the reporter’s interview with the policeman afterwards, Schumacher actually didn’t tell the whole story because the policeman didn’t know him, and then said, "Sorry, I don’t know who Schumacher is." Schumacher’s response was even better: "Then, I don’t understand what speeding is."
Send children to school without driving a luxury car.
Schumacher will drive his youngest son Mick to see his favorite idol, Barak, and will drive a Ferrari to accompany Corinna to travel, but in daily life, Schumacher insists on driving the most humble Lancia. The reason is simple. Schumacher wants to live like an ordinary person, and he wants his children to grow up like ordinary children.
At home, Schumacher is a good father. He will personally take his two children to and from school, play their favorite songs on the way and even sing with them. When the whole family goes out, Schumacher is the obligatory driver: "I am a loyal and relaxed driver, and we will laugh and laugh all the way like ordinary families." On long trips, Gina and Mick are very cooperative passengers, and they usually fall asleep in a short time. " However, at Schumacher’s house, Corinna is also willing to be her husband’s driver. "I absolutely believe in her driving skills," Schumacher said.
Editor: Shuo Yang