Schumi son marks anniversary with emotional lap
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Marking the 25th anniversary of Michael Schumacher鈥檚 first Formula One win, his teenage son Mick drove demonstration laps in an old F1 car ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix yesterday.
Schumacher, who is 18, drove 1994 F1 model of the Benetton B194 that his father drove that year to the first of his record seven world championships. The German driver鈥檚 91 wins and 68 pole positions are also records, although Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton equaled the qualifying mark on Saturday.
鈥淚t was awesome,鈥 Mick said after applause from the crowd in Spa. 鈥淭o be able to drive the F1 car is amazing and I鈥檓 really honored.鈥
Michael won his first career race on the vast Spa-Francorchamps track nestled in the Ardennes forest in 1992. He also made his debut there the year before and has a special affinity with the track. He has a record six wins 鈥 one more than another F1 great, the late Ayrton Senna of Brazil.
鈥淵ou can鈥檛 come to Spa without thinking about Michael,鈥 said Ross Brawn, the F1 managing director of motorsports, who was technical director on the Benetton team when Schumacher won in 鈥92. 鈥淚t was his circuit.鈥
Mick, meanwhile, is driving in the F3 championship, and is touted for a bright future.
It was while skiing with his teenage son on a family holiday that Michael sustained severe head injuries in France on December 29, 2013. He has been cared for at his home in Switzerland since September 2014.
His accident happened at the Meribel ski resort in the French Alps. The avid skier hit the right side of his head on a rock, cracking his helmet. Doctors operated to remove blood clots from his brain, but some were left because they were too deeply embedded.
His condition stabilized after he was placed in a drug-induced coma, from which he later emerged. The current condition of the 48-year-old Schumacher鈥檚 health remains closely guarded among family and close associates.
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