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Schumacher website to be reactivated
Michael Schumacher's personal website wil be re-launched on Thursday to mark the 20-year anniversary of his maiden F1 world championship.
Schumacher, the man the records say is the greatest in the sport's history, remains in a Switzerland rehabilitation clinic as part of his long recovery from a skiing accident in December last year, where he was transferred after waking from a medically-induced coma. On November 13 michael-schumacher.de will be re-launched to celebrate his 1994 triumph, which he clinched on that day at the Australian Grand Prix.
The website is to be re-launched so fans can relive the career of Schumacher, who won 91 grand prix in his career, and send messages of support for his recovery.
Sabine Kehm, Schumacher's manager, said: "To mark the 20th anniversary of his first world champion title we will reactivate Michael's homepage. We hope to thus give the many fans from all over the world, whose sympathy is still unbroken after his accident, a home. The newly designed homepage features many pictures and stories of Michael's unparalleled career, all races, data and facts. There is also a fan-area where fans can send their Twitter messages to."
Schumacher's 1994 triumph was not without controversy. He clinched the title after colliding with Damon Hill at the Adelaide finale, which forced both men out of the race and gave Germany its first world champion. He won his second title in dominant fashion the following season, before moving to Ferrari looking to become its first world champion since 1979.
The years at Ferrari did not bear fruit immediately, with further controversy following a 1997 collision with Jacques Villeneuve which this time saw him disqualified from the championship. In 2000 Schumacher finally ended Ferrari's wait for championship glory and set about on the most dominant era in the sport's history, winning each of the next four titles.
Schumacher retired in 2006 after being beaten to the title by Fernando Alonso but returned to the sport with Mercedes in 2010, though his three years back in the sport yielded just one podium.
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