FRANCE: MOTOR RACING - FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPION DRIVER MICHAEL SCHUMACHER DRIVES HIS FERRARI IN PARIS IN FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR BRAIN AND SPINE CHARITY.

Record ID: 647362

  • Title: FRANCE: MOTOR RACING - FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPION DRIVER MICHAEL SCHUMACHER DRIVES HIS FERRARI IN PARIS IN FUNDRAISING EVENT FOR BRAIN AND SPINE CHARITY.
  • Date: 5th December 2004
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (DECEMBER 5, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. MECHANICS PREPARE MICHAEL SCHUMACHERS FERRARI (VARIOUS) 2. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER ARRIVING AT HIS FORMULA ONE CAR, GETTING INSIDE 3. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER IN HIS FERRARI DRIVING DOWN STREET, TOWARDS CHAMPS ELYSEES 4. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER ARRIVING AT CHAMPS ELYSEES, PEOPLE SURROUNDING HIM 5. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER DRIVING DOWN, CHANGING CARS AT LA CONCORDE 6. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER LEAVING AS PASSENGER IN CAR, ESCORTED BY POLICE 7. EXTERIOR HEALTH MINISTRY, PEOPLE WAITING OUTSIDE 8. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER WALKING INSIDE HEALTH MINISTRY 9. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER AND OTHERS INSIDE HEALTH MINISTRY, LISTENING TO SPEECH BY HEALTH MINISTER 10. (SOUNDBITE) (French) JEAN TODT SAYING: "When we summarise our lives or our careers, even as we look into the future, I believe some obligations remain, and this engagement by this exceptional group of people for an equally exceptional goal, can only make us dream. We know the road ahead will be long and difficult, but this is probably one of the most beautiful goals existing today." 11. EXTERIOR HEALTH MINISTRY, FERRARI VEHICLE LEAVING Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 20th December 2004 12:00
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  • Location: PARIS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Reuters ID: LVA7J9O18OXLB878DOUUWDBIZG0U
  • Story Text: Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher drives his
    Ferrari down Champs Elysee for fund-raising event,
    delighting crowds.



    The roar of a Ferrari Formula One engine
    reverberated down the Champs Elysees and around the Place
    de la Concorde in Paris on Sunday (5 December) as Formula
    One world champion Michael Schumacher led a special victory
    parade in Paris.

    Schumacher, who won his seventh title this year in the
    F2004 car, was part of a five-car traffic-stopping parade
    from the Arc de Triomphe to the Health Ministry.

    Ferrari's chairman Jean Todt, who is French, ex-Formula
    One drivers Rene Arnoux and Patrick Tambay, and Sauber's
    Felipe Massa accompanied the German in road-going Ferraris.

    Schumacher was in Paris having taken part in a 'Race of
    Champions' event at the Stade de France on Saturday (4
    December), pitting circuit drivers against rally aces. The
    event raised funds to create an Institute for Brain and
    Spinal Cord Disorders ((ICM), a brain and spine charity
    backed by Todt and Schumacher.

    On arrival at the Health ministry Schumacher and Todt
    listened to a presentation by the French Health Minister.

    On Saturday Schumacher was beaten as top racer by the
    young Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen who then went on to
    beat World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb and be crowned
    race champion. However Schumacher was pitted against Loeb,
    in a clash billed as Champion of Champions, and the German
    won over three heats.


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