“Keep Fighting Michael, We Miss You”: Michael Schumacher remembered by team Sweden ahead of the Race of champions event

Janmeyjay Shukla | 06/02/2022
"Keep Fighting Michael, We Miss You": Before the commencement of the Race of Champions event on Saturday, Team Sweden sent a heartfelt greeting to former seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.

The Swedes team paid tribute and wished speedy recovery to the iconic Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher before the start of Race Of Champions.

Team Sweden shared a motivational message, “Keep Fighting Michael. We Miss You”, waving and smiling at the photographer. The team also supports the charitable institute Keep Fighting Foundation and the Paris Brain & Spine Institute.

Schumacher first participated in the Race Of Champions back in 2004. He competed with 2004 World rally champion Sebastien Loeb in a special “World Champions Challenge”, which he won.

The 2012 ROC was Schumacher’s last competitive appearance and win. He was the first confirmed name for the 2013 edition. However, the event was cancelled due to political unrest in Bangkok.

Michael Schumacher and his last competitive appearance

Schumacher, alongside Sebastian Vettel, represented Germany in ROC and won six titles together. Speaking with the media in 2012, he said:

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“We are always excited to come to the Race Of Champions as it’s always a highlight for us at the end of the year. We’re happy to be over here in Bangkok this time, and we’re very much looking forward to showing what we can do down on the track later on.”

In 2022,  Vettel partnered with his son Mick Schumacher to represent the German heritage. Speaking about driving with his son Mick, he said:

“Michael Schumacher and I won the ROC Nations Cup six times. Mick and I reached the final in Mexico in 2019. With Michael, we won a couple of times. I need to stretch, with Mick, and we’ll try to keep that rhythm. Progressing as much as you can is always fun because you get more driving. That’s the target.”

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Former FIA president Jean Todd in an interview, said: “I’m always careful with such statements, but it’s true. I saw the race together with Michael Schumacher at his home in Switzerland.

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“Michael is in the best hands and is well looked after in his house. He does not give up and keeps fighting.” Corinna Schumacher continues to make decisions for the family, and the world continues to pray for one of the greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time.
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Health update Michael Schumacher Race of Champions

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Janmeyjay Shukla

Janmeyjay Shukla is an artist who contributes his expressions through words as an F1 writer and editor at The SportsRush. He is an F1 historian who has been watching the sport since he was a baby. Passed on from generation to generation, he has seen the prime of Michael Schumacher to the rise of Max Verstappen. A Mercedes fan from the days of the Brawn GP era, the sport runs in his blood. Besides Formula One, Janmeyjay is a Marketing Head and a musician who loves to sing and play Rock & Pop songs on guitar. His love for sports will never die as he is a loyal Liverpool Football Club fan as well!

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