Oftentimes, Champions on four wheels try to find alternatives for adrenaline rushes after their careers are over. Enter Michael Schumacher. The German sensation retired after the 2007 Formula One season and became Sporting Director for Ferrari F1 until having taken up a new hobby, German Superbike. Schumacher even has entered the German SBK championship and can be found testing regularly and competing with the best Europe has to offer, all while being 40 years of age.
These dreams are fantastic, and real fun for the press to follow, but sometimes dreams DO go wrong…
In an event last week in Cartagena, Schumacher was taking a sharp left turn at 122 mp/h and lost the bike mid corner, flipping over and crashing down in the escape beach to his right.
He was transported to the local hospital where doctors made a 6 hour check on him to make sure nothing was out of the ordinary and was subsequently released with bruised ribs, a lucky compromise for a 120 mp/h fall.
Schumacher is now resting in his Swiss home, recovering and resting and has said that he is “eager to return to the track and continue racing, whether it be the F60 (he frequently tests Ferrari’s new F1s) or the bike”.
We wish him the best of luck.