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Schumacher confirms his retirement
POSTED: 1337 GMT (2137 HKT), September 10, 2006
MONZA, Italy -- Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher announced his ret
irement from Formula One after winning the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Sund
ay.
The Ferrari driver will leave the sport at the end of this season, following t
he year-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on October 22.
"Michael Schumacher will retire from race driving at the end of the 2006 world
championship," Ferrari said in a statement released immediately after his Mon
za victory..
The 37-year-old Schumacher will retire with every major record in Formula One.
His seven titles are two more than Juan Manuel Fangio's five and he trails Fe
rnando Alonso by only two points in this season's standings with three races r
emaining.
Alonso was forced to retire in the closing stages of Sunday's race.
Schumacher won his first two titles with the Benetton team in 1994 and '95, th
en restored Ferrari to prominence with five consecutive championships from 200
0-04.
Schumacher showed signs of vulnerability when he won the 2003 title by only tw
o points over McLaren-Mercedes' Kimi Raikkonen.
The German responded with another dominant year in 2004, though, winning a rec
ord 12 of the first 13 races.
Alonso ended Schumacher's title run last year, as Schumacher and Ferrari strug
gled to adapt to rule changes intended to stop their dominance.
Ferrari attributed the problems to its Bridgestone tires. Schumacher won only
one race, the United States GP that only six drivers contested due to safety c
oncerns with rival Michelin tires.
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