Corinna Schumacher is married to former German former racing driver Michael Schumacher. She was born 2 March 1969.
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Michael Schumacher is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. He was born in the West German town of Hürth, on 3 January 1969, to working-class parents Rolf, a bricklayer who later ran the local kart track and Elisabeth Schumacher, who operated the track’s canteen. In 1989, Schumacher signed with Willi Weber’s WTS Formula Three team. Funded by Weber, he competed in the German Formula Three series, winning the title in 1990. During 1990, along with his Formula Three rivals Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger, he joined the Mercedes junior racing programme in the World Sportscar Championship.
Schumacher made his Formula One debut with the Irish Jordan-Ford team at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, driving car number 32 as a replacement for the imprisoned Bertrand Gachot. Schumacher, still a contracted Mercedes driver. Following his Belgian Grand Prix debut, and despite an agreement in principle between Jordan and Schumacher’s Mercedes management that would see the German race for the Irish team for the remainder of the season, Schumacher was engaged by Benetton-Ford for the next race. Jordan applied for an injunction in the British courts to prevent Schumacher driving for Benetton, but lost the case as they had not yet signed a final contract.
Corinna Schumacher is married to former German former racing driver Michael Schumacher. She was born 2 March 1969 is a German animal rights activist and accomplished horse rider. Corinna is a keen horsewoman, in 2010 Schumacher won the European Championship in western style horse riding. She met Michael back in 1991 through a mutual friend, and in 1995 got married, and has been by his side through thick and through thin. In 1997 she gave birth to Gina-Maria, who is also interested in horse back riding, and later in 1999 gave birth to Mick; who followed his father’s footsteps in Formula One.
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Corinna Schumacher was born Corinna Betsch, on March 2, 1969, in Halver, Germany. Information about her parents and early life is very scant. As a child, Corinna loved animals and dreamt of becoming a veterinary doctor. Though she received training to work as a secretary, she never worked as one. In 2006, Schumacher was named as the ambassador of ‘PETA.’ She fiercely demanded a ban on the horsemeat industry. Schumacher owns a horse ranch in Switzerland, which has won many awards for its exceptional treatment of animals. She owns another horse ranch in Texas, where the ill-treated horses are taken care of.
