Michael Schumacher won his seventh and final F1 drivers' title at the Belgium Grand Prix on August 29, 2004
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00:00He was a phenomenal driver. We know that.
00:02He expected everybody to perform at the same level that he did.
00:06There is no other word to describe the guy. He is a genius.
00:24He was a phenomenal driver. We know that.
00:26Very, very, very technically savvy.
00:29He took it to another level in many ways.
00:40Being compared to my father was never a problem for me.
00:44It's pretty simple.
00:46For me, being compared to the best driver in F1 history
00:50is the goal you want to achieve.
01:00At the time, there was nobody saying my start was better than Lewis.
01:06It was Michael. No one touched him.
01:09No one got near him.
01:10He was just head and shoulders above everything else.
01:22He expected everybody to perform at the same level that he did
01:26which can be quite difficult.
01:29But the way he treated people was extremely good.
01:36And he really brought out the best in the people around him as well.
01:49Mike is one of them that's going to always stay as one of the top Grand Prix drivers ever.
01:54Every championship that he won, he deserved.
02:06Michael was a phenomenal driver.
02:10And what he achieved in his career, beating Fangio's record
02:13with seven world championships,
02:16it was an unbelievable feat.
02:24Fighting!