Q 01/05

How many Formula One World Drivers' Championships did Michael Schumacher win?

A) 7

B) 4

C) 5

D) 6

Answer · why

A) 7

Lewis Hamilton equalled the record in 2020.

Q 02/05

How many Grand Prix wins did Schumacher retire with, a record at the time?

A) 91

B) 68

C) 77

D) 85

Answer · why

A) 91

He still holds the record for most fastest laps, with 77.

Q 03/05

In which West German town was Schumacher born in 1969?

A) Kerpen

B) Hurth

C) Dusseldorf

D) Cologne

Answer · why

B) Hurth

His father was a bricklayer who later ran the local kart track while his mother worked its canteen.

Q 04/05

How did the four-year-old Schumacher's father upgrade his pedal kart?

A) He fitted a small motorcycle engine

B) He fitted racing slick tyres

C) He added a sail for downhill runs

D) He fitted a lawnmower cutting blade

Answer · why

A) He fitted a small motorcycle engine

After the boy crashed it into a lamp post, his parents took him to the Kerpen-Horrem kart track.

Q 05/05

In which country did 12-year-old Schumacher get a kart licence, dodging Germany's minimum age of 14?

A) Luxembourg

B) Belgium

C) Austria

D) Netherlands

Answer · why

A) Luxembourg

He got his German licence in 1983, a year after winning the German Junior Kart Championship.