FORMULA 1 | Inside Michael Schumacher’s Most Dominant F1 World Championship | F1 Beyond The Grid Podcast @Formula1 | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
With 13 wins from 18 races, Michael Schumacher’s seventh and final World Championship was his best season in Formula 1.
Still to this day, Schumacher is the only driver to have won five titles in a row as he and Ferrari dominated F1 from 2000 to 2004.
So why was the German at his most ruthless during that last triumph in ‘04?
20 years on, Tom Clarkson speaks to McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella (Michael’s performance engineer in 2004), Sabine Kehm (Michael’s media and PR consultant) and Ferrari Sporting Director Diego Ioverno (Ferrari’s gearbox engineer in 2004) for unique insight into how Michael obliterated his opposition that season, what he was like to work with and how it felt to be part of the most successful period in Ferrari’s F1 history.
03:21 – Andrea Stella’s role in Ferrari’s success
06:06 – Why were Michael and the car better in 2004?
21:57 – Sabine Kehm on working with Michael off track
27:35 – Why did Michael have self-doubts?
31:25 – What title number seven meant
32:35 – How Michael celebrated in style
34:25 – Why was ‘04 his best season?
38:44 – Diego Ioverno on being part of Ferrari’s dream team
48:04 – How Schumacher compares to other world-class drivers
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With 13 wins from 18 races, Michael Schumacher’s seventh and final World Championship was his best season in Formula 1.
Still to this day, Schumacher is the only driver to have won five titles in a row as he and Ferrari dominated F1 from 2000 to 2004.
So why was the German at his most ruthless during that last triumph in ‘04?
20 years on, Tom Clarkson speaks to McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella (Michael’s performance engineer in 2004), Sabine Kehm (Michael’s media and PR consultant) and Ferrari Sporting Director Diego Ioverno (Ferrari’s gearbox engineer in 2004) for unique insight into how Michael obliterated his opposition that season, what he was like to work with and how it felt to be part of the most successful period in Ferrari’s F1 history.
03:21 – Andrea Stella’s role in Ferrari’s success
06:06 – Why were Michael and the car better in 2004?
21:57 – Sabine Kehm on working with Michael off track
27:35 – Why did Michael have self-doubts?
31:25 – What title number seven meant
32:35 – How Michael celebrated in style
34:25 – Why was ‘04 his best season?
38:44 – Diego Ioverno on being part of Ferrari’s dream team
48:04 – How Schumacher compares to other world-class drivers
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