when did michael schumacher win his first title?
1995
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 Schumacher holds many of Formula One 's driver records , including most championships , race victories , fastest laps , pole positions and most races won in a single season – 13 in 2004 ( the last of these records was equalled by fellow German Sebastian Vettel nine years later ) . In 2002 , he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes . According to the official Formula One website , he is " statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen " . 

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 In 1996 , Schumacher joined Ferrari , a team that had last won the Drivers ' Championship in 1979 and the Constructors ' Championship in 1983 , for a salary of $ 60 million over 2 years . He left Benetton a year before his contract with them expired ; he later cited the team 's damaging actions in 1994 as his reason for opting out of his deal . A year later Benetton employees Rory Byrne ( designer ) and Ross Brawn ( Technical Director ) joined Ferrari . 

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 Schumacher was honoured many times during his career . In April 2002 , for his contributions to sport and his contributions in raising awareness of child education , he was named as one of the UNESCO Champions for sport , joining the other eight , which include Pelé , Sergey Bubka and Justine Henin . He won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award twice , in 2002 and 2004 for his performances in the 2001 and 2003 seasons respectively . He also received nominations for the 2001 , 2003 , 2005 and 2007 awards . He shares the record for having the second @-@ most nominations for the award with Roger Federer with six nominations , and is eclipsed only by Tiger Woods who has been nominated seven times . He holds the distinction of having the most nominations for a motorsport athlete , ( Fernando Alonso has been nominated only twice , Sebastian Vettel three times , and Valentino Rossi five times ) and being the only motorsport athlete to have won the award more than once . 

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 Michael Schumacher ( German pronunciation : [ ˈmɪçaʔɛl ˈʃuːmaxɐ ] ; born 3 January 1969 ) is a German retired racing driver . He is a seven @-@ time Formula One World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time . He was named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year twice . He won two titles with Benetton in 1994 and 1995 before moving to Ferrari where he drove for eleven years . His time with Ferrari yielded five consecutive titles between 2000 and 2004 . 

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 Schumacher 's surprise return to F1 was compared to Niki Lauda 's in 1982 aged 33 and Nigel Mansell 's return in 1994 at age 41 . Schumacher turned 41 in January 2010 and his prospects with Mercedes were compared with the record set by the oldest F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio who was 46 when he won his fifth championship . 
