SCHUMACHER | Documentary of Michael Schumacher

Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns, Vanessa Nöcker, and Michael Wech co-directed Schumacher's upcoming sports documentary about German Formula One racing driver Michael Schumacher.
On September 15, 2021, 30 years after Schumacher's debut in Formula One, the film will be released on Netflix.

Storyline |SCHUMACHER

Thousands of people followed him from all around the world. Michael Schumacher has become the focus of global attention due to his strong will and triumphant struggle to win despite all odds. Michael Schumacher's journey has captivated millions of people. Still, there is a lot more than motor racing to the success of this very private man. On the other hand, Michael Schumacher's battling spirit and desire for perfection identify him as a person; his self-doubt and insecurities round out the picture of a sensitive and reflective guy. Michael's biography revolves around his parents, children, and Corinna Schumacher, his childhood sweetheart and life partner. They're all set to tell his narrative now.

Production |SCHUMACHER

The film was produced with Schumacher's family using private family archives, Formula One archive footage, and interviews.

Interviews with Schumacher's wife Corinna, father Rolf, brother Ralf, and children Gina-Maria and Mick, as well as crucial Formula One figures like as Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone, Sebastian Vettel, Mika Häkkinen, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, and Flavio Briator, are included in the film.

The film is co-directed by Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns, Vanessa Nöcker, and Michael Wech and produced by Vanessa Nöcker and Benjamin Seikel for B14 Film.

Cast |SCHUMACHER

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher (born January 3, 1969) is a retired German racing driver who raced for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes in Formula One.
When he retired from racing in 2012, he held the records for most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155)—all of which have since been surpassed by Lewis Hamilton—as well as the fastest laps (77) and most races, won in a single season (13), both of which have also been surpassed by Lewis Hamilton.

Mika Häkkinen

Mika Pauli Häkkinen (born September 28, 1968) is a former Finnish racing driver known as "The Flying Finn." He won the Formula One World Championships in 1998 and 1999 while racing for McLaren. He is one of three Finnish Formula One drivers to win the World Championship and the only one to do so multiple times. He is currently employed as a driver manager and serves as a brand ambassador for several brands.

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987) is a German racing driver who currently competes in Formula One for Aston Martin. He has previously raced for BMW Sauber, Toro Rosso, Red Bull, and Ferrari.
Vettel has four World Drivers' Championship championships, all of which he won in a row between 2010 and 2013.
Vettel is Formula One's youngest World Champion.
He also has the third-most race victories (53), podium finishes (122), and pole positions (fourth) (57).

Jean Todt

Jean Todt (born February 25, 1946) is the current President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, as well as a former rally co-driver (FIA). Previously, he was the Director of Peugeot Talbot Sport and later the Team Principal of Scuderia Ferrari in Formula One, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2004 until 2008.

David Coulthard

David Marshall Coulthard MBE (born March 27, 1971) is a British racing driver who later became a broadcaster, analyst, and journalist. Between 1994 and 2008, he competed in 15 Formula One seasons, winning 13 races and finishing on the podium 62 times. Driving for McLaren, he finished second in the 2001 championship.

Flavio Briatore

Flavio Briatore is an Italian businessman who was born on April 12, 1950. He began his career in Italy as a restaurant manager and insurance salesman. Briatore was convicted of various fraud charges in Italy in the 1980s and sentenced to two years in prison. However, an amnesty later extinguished the convictions. Briatore developed several profitable Benetton franchisees as a fugitive in the Virgin Islands and the United States. Luciano Benetton appointed him to lead the Benetton Formula One racing team in 1990, which later became Renault F1 in 2002. He was a part-owner and chairman of Queens Park Rangers F.C. in London from 2007 to 2010. Due to his race manipulation at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, Briatore was forced to resign from the ING Renault F1 team on September 16, 2009. Briatore was banned indefinitely from any FIA-sanctioned events after the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) completed its inquiry. However, a French Tribunal de Grande Instance later overturned this ban.

Bernie Ecclestone

Bernard Charles Ecclestone is a British business entrepreneur who was born on October 28, 1930.
He was the previous CEO of the Formula One Group, which oversees Formula One racing and controls the sport's economic rights.
He owns a portion of Delta Topco, the Formula One Group's previous ultimate parent corporation.
As a result, he was dubbed the 'F1 Supremo' by the press.

Mark Webber

Mark Alan Webber AO (born August 27, 1976) is a former professional racing driver from Australia who participated in Formula One from 2002 to 2013 and the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2014 to 2016.
With German Timo Bernhard and New Zealander Brendon Hartley, he won Porsche's 2015 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC).

Mick Schumacher

Mick Schumacher was born in Switzerland on March 22, 1999, and is a German racing driver.
He competes in Formula One with Haas under the German flag.
He is a Ferrari Driver Academy graduate.
He began his career in karting in 2008 and advanced to the German ADAC Formula 4 by 2015.
Schumacher moved to Formula 2 in 2019 after winning the FIA F3 European Championship in 2018. He won the 2020 Formula 2 Championship.
He is the nephew of Ralf Schumacher and the son of Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula One World Champion.

Eddie Irvine

Edmund Irvine Jr., a former racing driver from Northern Ireland, was born on November 10, 1965. He raced in Formula One from 1993 to 2002, finishing second in the World Drivers' Championship in 1999 while driving for Scuderia Ferrari.

Damon Hill

Damon Graham Devereux Hill, OBE, is a former British racing driver born on September 17, 1960.
He is the son of Formula One world champions Graham Hill and Nico Rosberg. He is one of only two offspring of a world champion who has himself won the championship. He began racing bikes in 1981, then moved on to single-seater racing cars after some minor success. Despite steadily rising through the ranks to compete in the International Formula 3000 championship by 1989, he never won a race at that level.

Luca Cordero

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (born August 31, 1947) is an Italian businessman who was previously Chairman of Ferrari and Chairman of Fiat S.p.A., as well as President of Confindustria and FIEG. He is descended from an Italian noble family from the Piedmont region. In 1971, he earned a law degree from La Sapienza University in Rome. After that, he went to Columbia University to get a master's degree in international commercial law. He is a former President of NTV and one of its founders. This Italian company is Europe's first private open access operator of 300 km/h (186 mph) high-speed trains.

Ralf Schumacher

Ralf Schumacher is a former German racing driver who was born on June 30, 1975.
Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula One World Champion, is his younger brother.
They are the only siblings to have ever won a Formula One race.

Piero Ferrari

Piero Lardi Ferrari (born May 22, 1945) is an Italian businessman, and sports figure worth a billion dollars. He is Enzo Ferrari's second and only living son and a 10% shareholder in the Ferrari car firm, of which he is vice-chairman. He is the owner of 13.2 percent of Ferretti Group.

Ross Brawn

Ross James Brawn OBE (born November 23, 1954) is a British Formula One managing director, motorsports, and technical director.