Ralph Schumacher, race driver: biography, achievements, photo

Ralf Schumacher is a racer from Germany. Performs in the "Formula-1". The brother of the legendary racing driver Michael Schumacher.

early years

Ralph was born in the summer of 1975 in Germany. Even at an early age began to get involved in motorsport. In part, this is due to the enthusiasm of the elder brother, who was also involved in racing.

As a teenager, he begins to studykarting. It is in this sport that Schumacher gets the first driving skills of the car. Kartingom he is fond of up to nineteen years and already then decides that his life will connect with the race. The youngster understands that go-karting is not exactly the kind of sport that will achieve a lot, and then he decides to move to "Formula-3". This event occurred in 1994. He begins to play for the WTS team. In the first season, he expected nothing to win. However, already in the next I managed to achieve some success. Ralf Schumacher took second place at the German championship in Formula-3. The first was Norberto Fontana. Already in the next period the racer performs in "Formula Nippon" in Japan and wins in this championship.

The main stage of the career

In 1997, Ralph was firmly entrenched in the"Formula 1". The first team is Jordan from Ireland. He performed quite well, despite his young age. The problem was that the athlete did not have enough stability to achieve the highest possible results. In the first season, he only once will rise on the podium, it will happen in the third race of the season. It is worth noting that he very often stopped races because of accidents.

Next year he is a teammate andfans he received a nickname. Ralph Schumacher was called Wet Ralph. But this title can be considered respectful, since he was awarded it because he managed to cope with the management on the wet track. The nickname will be fixed for him throughout his career, in the race on the road after the rain he will bring his team not only the first point, but also will be able to take the final second place. It happened in Belgium.

The season of 1999, Schumacher begins in anothera team called Williams. He will perform in tandem with Alessandro Zanardi. A young German will be able to outshine the more experienced Italian, who was once considered one of the strongest riders in the category CART.

The first victory in the race will have to wait a long time. Only in 2001, Ralf Schumacher For the first time in a professional career will win the race. In the same season, he will be able to gain a few more triumphs. Three wins per season will result in the German becoming the fourth, and this result will be very good for him at that time.

In the 2002 season, the German will win only onerace, and in 2003 will be able to win several important victories. Perhaps, if he acted more stably, he could claim the first place at the end of the season. But because of frequent accidents and simply bad races, Ralph did not manage to do this and remained in the shadow of his more star brother.

The next period will fail as forSchumacher, and for the whole team. Despite the fact that in one of the first races he finishes second, further serious problems will begin: all the results of the team will be canceled due to some violations, and the German will get into a serious accident and will suffer injuries, due to which you will have to skip several races. A tragic event will happen on the track in America.

Season-2005, he begins as part of Toyota andperforms alongside Jarno Trulli, a famous Italian racer. The contract with the Japanese team will be signed for two years. After it ends, the parties will not pass an agreement, and the thirty-year-old German will leave the team.

This is his career in the "Formula 1" will come to an end. The athlete will try himself in other categories of races.

As you can see, nothing serious was won by Ralf Schumacher. His photos show a very strong resemblance to his older brother.

Career after the "F-1"

In 2008, the German decides to switch to anothercategory of races. He begins to participate in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. In the debut season will represent the team Mücke Motorsport. Serious results the driver will not achieve and will take only the fourteenth place at the end of the season, his asset will have only three credits.

In 2009, he joins the HWA Team. Again shows nothing supernatural and takes the eleventh place, in the asset - nine points.

In the next season again performs poorly: the fourteenth place and only three earned points.

In the 2011 season, Ralph gave fanshis team a lot of positive emotions. In two races, he managed to climb the podium. I took the second and third place. Based on the results of the period showed his best result in his career and took the final eighth place.

And ended the racing career for the athleteby the name of Ralf Schumacher. His biography, as you can see, has both ups and downs. Unfortunately, he did not manage to achieve serious victories. 2012 turned out to be completely disastrous. The driver did not score any asset in the personal standings and took the seventeenth place.

Hobby of Ralph Schumacher

A German is a very versatile personality. He was never obsessed with racing alone, unlike his older brother. In his free time he loves to play tennis and ride a bicycle.

Despite the fact that a man is a big fan of outdoor activities, sometimes he prefers to stay at home and just play backgammon with someone close to him.

Personal life of an athlete

The driver for a long time met with a German CoraBrickman. The girl worked as a model, and also on television. In the fall of 2001, young people officially legalized the marriage. Just a few weeks later the couple had a son. The child was called David. Ralph and Cora lived in marriage for three years, after which they decided to divorce.

The athlete has an older brother, who was also a driver. His name is Michael Schumacher, and he is a living legend of "Formula 1".

Life outside sports

Many are interested in what Ralf Schumacher did besides racing. And the situation is as follows.

After completing his sports career, he plannedto invest money in the sex industry. However, the venture failed. Too many people were interested in this, and the rider decided not to deal with this case. Despite the refusal of such activities, the former sportsman received the nickname Porno-Ralph.

Schumacher managed to appear in several films.

Summarizing

Despite their questionable sportsachievements, a man will always go down in the history of racing. It is more connected with his brother than directly with him. Sadly, but when they remember the name of Schumacher, Michael is always the first to be mentioned. Alas, this is often the case, especially because the brothers are very similar in appearance.

Today Ralf Schumacher works as a director at Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, for which he once performed.