The following year, he moved to Formula Three driving – where the cars are less powerful than those in Formula One – and two years later won the German F3 title. He captured the German junior karting championship in 19 two years later he won both the German and European karting titles.
Michael’s career started on a go-kart track in Kerpen-Manheim, Germany, a town near Cologne. He is the only driver in history to win seven F1 World Championships, including five consecutively. Michael Schumacher is considered one of the greatest Formula One drivers in history. Would you be surprised to know that many professional racers started on go-karts? Today we’ll introduce you to three of them. At VB Motorworld, we know people that aren’t familiar with go-karting sometimes think it’s a kids’ pastime.