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Altercation, prison: the incredible story that launched Schumacher's career

2021-08-25T16:21:58.149Z


STORY - Thirty years ago, a French pilot named Bertrand Gachot was imprisoned after an altercation in London. An improbable sequence that propelled Michael Schumacher into F1.


August 25, 1991, Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

Betrayed by the clutch of his Jordan, Michael Schumacher throws in the towel from the first hectometers of the Belgian Grand Prix while he battles behind Senna, Prost and Mansell.

Despite this premature retirement, the German debutant managed a smashing entry into Formula 1.

From the height of his 22 years, the future six-time world champion impresses with his speed and his daring.

This opportunity brilliantly seized, “Schumi” owes it to its immense potential but also to a news item involving another driver, Bertrand Gachot.

For a fight with a taxi driver in the streets of London, the French driver is sentenced to eighteen months in prison, leaving the seat of the Jordan empty.

Thirty years later, the ex-runner who became a successful entrepreneur in Dubai tells

Le Figaro about

this embarrassment that shattered his career and launched that of “Schumi”.

LE FIGARO.

- What does summer 1991 mean to you?

Bertrand GACHOT.

-

I can never forget it!

This

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Source: lefigaro

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