Michael Schumacher is a racer.
The 2004 Formula One season was the 58th season of FIA Formula One motor racing . Formula König was an open wheel racing series based in Germany and sponsored by German automobile company König Komfort - und Rennsitze GmbH ( König comfort and racing seats GmbH ) . Michael Schumacher . He came close to an eighth title that year , but due to technical problems in the final two races he fell short to Fernando Alonso .