Retired Formula One legend Michael Schumacher returned to racing for the first time on Saturday when he took part in a go-kart race in his hometown Kerpen.
Germany’s seven-time Formula One Champion Schumacher, who retired at the end of the season after finishing second behind Fernando Alonso in the title race, was the main attraction at a behind-closed-doors race involving 18 teams and 280 drivers.
Spectators and the media were forbidden from attending the race as Schumacher, 37, strives for privacy after so many years in the limelight.
Schumacher started racing go-karts at the age of four and became European champion before switching to Formula One.
His father, a bricklayer, ran the go-cart track in Kerpen, a town close to Cologne, and helped launch Michael and his brother Ralf on the road to stardom.
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