Germany and it's motorsport success

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This was a very controversial champion, which Benetton and Maclaren being accused of cheating using electrical aids which were banned at the time in Formula One. Schumacher was almost striped of his world championship, although in the end the team was only fined £100,000, which was a lot of money. Furthermore, he was the first German to ever win a World Championship in Formula One. This year, was also marked by the death of Aryton Senna, a Brazilian driver claimed to be "the best that ever lived".

To this day, Schumacher has retired after his 7 world championship titles, the most world championships to one driver ever in Formula One. At this current time, he has been rumoured to come back replacing the injured Felippe Massa for Ferrari, although these rumours were shot down by his supposed "neck and back problems" after a recent motorcycle accident. In team Red Bull, a new German driver has emerged, young Sebastian Vettel who has been claimed to be the successor to Michael Schumacher having almost won the world championship this year (being Jenson Button's second biggest rival after a close battle between him, Vettel and Button's team mate Rubens Barrichelo). Having not won, he is still tipped to become a World Champion very soon.