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I retired simply because I didn't have the passion and motivation anymore, I was tired. At the time I thought, 'Well, I had a great time, there is the end.' At some moment there is the right time to call it an end.

Michael Schumacher

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Michael Schumacher
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 3
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