Formula One icon Michael Schumacher named the 2000 Japan Grand Prix as the best race of his profession.
The German is regarded by many as the best F1 driver of all-time and has a joint-record seven championships to his title all through his 17-year profession. Just 5 years into his profession in F1, Schumacher had received two consecutive titles in 1994 and 1995 with Benetton.
He made the transfer to a struggling Ferrari crew in 1996, and subsequently went and not using a title for the following 4 years. With stress persevering with to mount on Schumacher, he lastly broke his championship drought in 2000 when his victory within the Japan Grand Prix confirmed his first title with Ferrari, and the crew’s first since 1979.
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Prior to struggling a traumatic mind harm in a ski accident in 2013, Schumacher, 54, had chosen the Grand Prix in Japan because the race of his life and opened up about his expertise on October eighth that noticed him clinch a 3rd general F1 title.
“All my life, I will never forget that radio signal from Ross [Brawn]. I was driving down the pitlane after my second stop, and he said over the radio: ‘It’s looking good, it’s looking good’,” the German admitted. “I was very tense, and fully expecting him to say: ‘It was looking good,’ but suddenly he said: ‘It’s looking bloody good!’”
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Schumacher had been battling with Mika Hakkinen all through the race with the 2 vying it out for the title in what was the penultimate race of the season. Schumacher admitted that even when he crossed the ending line, he did not wish to rejoice.
“And then the moment when I crossed the line – crazy! Up to then I hadn’t dared feel any joy, because I wanted to be absolutely sure and get that finishing line behind me,” he added. He quipped that the get together that occurred after his title-clinching victory took him days to bodily get better from.
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“I have never suffered so badly after a party,” he continued. “From Japan we went on holiday to Thailand and it took me two days to get over the after-effects.” Schumacher went on to win 4 consecutive titles earlier than retiring in 2006 however returning for a two-year stint with Mercedes from 2010 to 2012.