I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

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. During the race weekend team-mate Andrea de Cesaris was meant to show Schumacher the circuit but was held up with contract negotiations. 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.

The two brothers repeated this achievement in four more races (the 2001 French Grand Prix the 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix and the 2004 Japanese Grand Prix). 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. Off the track Schumacher is an ambassador for UNESCO and a spokesman for driver safety.