Michael Schumacher: The Making of a Legend

Jan 13, 2019

0h 50m

★ 6.0

The Making of a Legend

Overview

How did Michael Schumacher go from being a karting hopeful to a seven-time Formula 1 world champion? A new feature-length documentary, created by F1 and available exclusively to F1 TV subscribers, tells the story of the German’s rise to the very top of the sport, with friends, rivals and former colleagues all offering their views on how Schumacher grew to become the most successful F1 driver of all time.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

F1TV

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Michael Schumacher

Self

Martin Brundle

Self

Sabine Kehm

Self

Ross Brawn

Self

Fernando Alonso

Self

David Coulthard

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