Michael Schumacher is used to traveling at around 300 kilometers per hour. As a Formula One driver, it's his job.

Like many German racing drivers, Schumacher started out racing go-karts. His father built him a kart when he was only four, and Schumacher's been obsessed with driving ever since. He won his first karting championship when he was six!

His first F1 race was in 1991 at the Belgian Grand Prix, racing for the Jordan-Ford team. It was an unexpected honor; he replaced another driver who'd been arrested for assaulting a cab driver!

Schumacher didn't stay with Jordan-Ford but moved to the Benneton team. In 1994, with them, he won his first Driver's Championship. He won again in 1995, but both seasons were marked by crashes and technical controversies. He was penalized for some of his actions on the track and even disqualified from some races.

In 1996, Schumacher joined Ferrari, which had been struggling to regain its former glory. The Ferrari car wasn't the best, and only Schumacher's skill as a driver helped him win what races he could. One of his wins from that year, at the Spanish Grand Prix, is considered one of the best drives ever. It was a wet race, one of many spectacular drives in the rain that earned Schumacher the title “Rain King.” For the next three years, Schumacher would be in the top three, but he couldn't win again. He placed fifth in 1999, and then his great run began.

From 2000 to 2004, Schumacher could not be stopped. He won the Driver's Championship every one of those years and began accumulating records that still stand. He holds the most Championships, the most consecutive Championships, the most race victories, the most wins with one team and at one track. The list goes on.

In 2006, Schumacher retired, but in 2010, he announced his return. It seems logical to expect more records.

麥可•舒馬克習慣以時速超過三百公里的速度前進。身為一級方程式車手，這是他的工作。

就如許多德國賽車手一般，舒馬克是從開卡丁車開始的。舒馬克父親在他四歲時就為他做了一台卡丁車，自此他就此迷上開車，並在六歲時榮獲第一個卡丁車冠軍！

1991年，他在比利時大賽中首次參加一級方程式賽車，當時是喬登福特隊的車手。這是個令人意想不到的榮耀，他取代了另一個因攻擊計程車司機而遭逮捕的車手！

舒馬克並沒有留在喬登福特車隊，而是轉到班尼頓車隊。1994年，他和這車隊一同奪下他的第一個車手總冠軍，並在1995年再次奪冠，但這兩季都有撞車及技術上的爭議。他因為在車道上的某些行為而受罰，甚至還失去參加部分比賽的資格。

舒馬克在1996年加入努力想奪回舊日榮光的法拉利車隊。法拉利的車子並不是最棒的，唯有舒馬克的駕駛技巧使他在一些比賽中脫穎而出，其中一次是在同一年的西班牙大賽，那次比賽中，舒馬克的表現被公認為是史上最佳的駕駛表現。那天比賽下著雨，那是舒馬克在雨天的眾多絕佳表現之一，他因此被封為「雨王」。在接下來的三年內，舒馬克始終位居前三名，但再也沒取勝。他在1999年落到第五名，然後他的輝煌記錄就此開始。

從2000年到2004年，舒馬克的精采表現無人能擋。他每年都贏得車手總冠軍，並逐漸累積到目前為止無人打破的記錄。他贏得了最多場的總冠軍賽、保有總冠軍連勝最多次的紀錄、贏得最多場賽車比賽、並成為在單一車隊及單一賽車場中獲勝次數最多的紀錄保持者。這紀錄清單還可繼續講下去。

舒馬克在2006年退休，但在2010年宣布重回車壇。我們似乎可預期看到更多創記錄的表現。