Michael Schumacher: “I Owe Everything To Karting”

Michael Schumacher:
 

Michael Schumacher: “I Owe Everything To Karting”

Feb 04, 2008

Michael Schumacher:

The seven-time Formula One World Champion, who rejected an offer to run Ferrari’s Formula One operation, will run the team with his friends and business partners Peter Kaiser and Thomas Munchov, whose names contribute to the team’s identity of KMS Racing.

“I still drive karts with a passion because I grew up with them, “ The 39-year-old German told Italian sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport. “I owe everything to karting and I never gave it up.

“When I was still a boy, and Formula One was still very far away, I thought that one day I would have worked in karting.

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