He has the same buoyant walk, the same gleam in his eye, the same level of concentration during an interview or press conference and the same impeccable physical condition.
But two years after the most successful Formula One driver of all time retired from the sport, and now two months short of his 40th birthday, the precise direction of Michael Schumacher’s post-racing career is less easy to define.
That, however, said the man who was almost always in control of his racing car is exactly how he wants it to be at the moment. Rather than devoting himself to a single, second career, he is dividing his life into multiple projects, most of which are powered by the same management company that guided his racing career.
“I don’t want to be focused straightaway on a different project,” said Schumacher. “I just want to be free and see what is the next thing that I want to do in my life. I’m free right now; I choose what I want to do.”
“I have a beautiful family, I have a beautiful home,” said Schumacher, as if to say nothing else is necessary.
Schumacher, who trained as an automobile mechanic, said it would be out of the question for him to go through any kind of retraining for a new career.
“In a way, I hated school when I was young,” he said, “but I enjoyed the school of racing that I went through with all the learning of the data, the acquisition, I really absorbed it - because it was so fascinating for me.”
Indeed, what drives Schumacher is passion.
“I’m sure something will come up that will interest me in a way that I will have passion for,” he said. “I need this passion, otherwise I don’t want to just sit at an office desk and pass the time.”
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