Michael Schumacher just donated 10,000,000 to the Tsunami relief effort

[DS1]

:wow:

Reported on ABC World News Tonight

[redqueen]

1. Wow indeed!

I was impressed with Sandra Bullock's 1,000,000!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

35. Schumacher's lot is about 10-15% of his yearly earnings. THAT's huge. (nt)

[Beaverhausen]

2. OK I'm a dummy- who is that?

[u4ic]

10. Formula One champion

many times over.

Kudos to him.

[d_b]

28. That's the guy who broke Nancy Kerrigan's knee

[TyeDye75]

48. Hes perhaps the most dominant competitior in sports History

and the second richest, after Tiger Woods...whose endorsement deals are phenominal (plus he wins a few tournaments)

This past season he won about 12 races in a 17 race season. However he wrapped up the championship with several races left so he could have won more if hed needed too.

BTW there is a Grand Prix (race) in the US... in Indianapolis, usually around early autumn

The sport gets a lot of stick becuase he dominates so much... but the guy is probably the greatest driver of all time so.. its tough luck really

PS...well done Micheal

[Droopy]

3. That was very generous of him

But who is Michael Schumacher?

[GOPisEvil]

4. Dude's got the cash to be sure. Good for him.

:thumbsup:

[Kellanved]

5. "just"

He did it in a Fundrasing TV show which was unberably boring - no brownie points for him (well maybe a few):

http://www.zdf.de/ZDFde/img/19/0,1886,2432819,00.jpg


ON Edit: The show was probbaly quite successful, the final donations counter after 150 minutes was in the ballpark of €40 Million, with the Deutsche Bank being the largest single contributor.

[DS1]

17. as in "recently"

sheesh

[Kellanved]

19. yup

I was merely stating that he did so several hours ago ;-).
And that he should have picked a more entertaining show to do so.

[Karenina]

26. Whaddya want? it's Fernseh!

GOOOOO MICHA!!!!

We're talkin On Edit 55 MILLION U$D!

[R Hickey]

6. I just donated 20,000,000.00 but I'm not going to brag about it.

That's why I can't afford a DU star at the moment...

[miss_kitty]

7. is that a sports dude?

I ain't heard of 'im

[catzies]

12. Formula One racing, dear

Which, like soccer, is huge everywhere else on the planet but here.

[miss_kitty]

20. Oh. a fuel wasting sport

well most of them are, but I guess the sheeple need their entertainment.
That is good of him to give back

Exxon, rapist of Aceh, is only giving 5,000,000. And they're quite proud of that. I'm sure they'll give theirs to the Indonesian military.

Right on Michael. I am your newest fan:thumbsup:

[Coventina]

33. The gas used by people attending football games

far exceeds the fuel consumption of any auto race.

[miss_kitty]

41. That's what "well most of them are..." meant

:evilgrin:

[candy]

22. Is Formula One the racing that takes place in Watkins Glen,NY

We visited it many years ago but I'm not a racing fan and forget the details.

[jmowreader]

25. No. It takes place all over the world

The United States Grand Prix is at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; they built a road course specifically for the F1 race.

Watkins Glen hosts many forms of racing, but that's not one of them.

[candy]

30. You're right-I was there in the seventies when they still had

Formula 1 racing at Watkins Glen. Quite a sight!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. What year(s) did you attend? (nt)

[candy]

37. Don't remember-----Just went once when we were

vacationing in upstate NY with the family around the mid seventies.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

38. Okay...

If somebody got killed, it was 1973 or 1974.

If a backmarker (in a Ferrari no less) was black-flagged for holding up the 2nd place driver, it was 1975.

If a blond guy withg long hair won, it was 1976 or 1977.

If an Argentinian won, it was 1974 or 1978.

If a Canadian won, it was 1979.

If a Scotsman wearing a plaid cap won, it was 1972.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

32. Used to until 1980

Right now it happens at the Indianapolis infield (uses 2 sides of the oval plus an infield track)

[Renew Deal]

13. He's a race car driver

I believe indy or F1.

http://www.mschumacher.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher

[Beaverhausen]

15. I think he is a race car driver

[catzies]

8. wow

:wow:

[Renew Deal]

9. Nice

This is a global disaster much like 9/11 but on another level. The list of countries with killed or missing is loooonnnnnnnngggggg. I put in my $100 with is about as good as I can do right now, but I am encouraging others to give. Good job Mr. Schumacher.

[GOPisEvil]

11. Michael Schumacher is a Formula One Racecar driver.

For those that have asked.

[DS1]

14. Michael Schuchamer is Ferarri's German driver who just broke the

record for most Grand Prix Championships ever.

He's bigger than Michael Jordan and most other American atheletes around the world.

[smbolisnch]

16. That's great!

I'm not familiar with who he is, but whatever! That's very generous! Wow.

[bigwillq]

18. What a nice thing to do!

Mad props to Michael!:toast:

[buddhamama]

21. wow, indeed

Schumacher is a class act- always has been.

Bless him.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

36. Another tidbit from M. Schumacher

Back in 1995 or 97 (can't remember) he received some death threats, signed by some Islamic group. In an interview, asked about the threats, his response was:

"I don't think it was Arabs. More likely, neo-nazis trying to make Arabs look bad."

[slutticus]

23. Holy Christ!

:wow:

[slutticus]

24. LINK

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3147887a1823,00.html

[tyedyeto]

27. Goooooooooooo Michael

I know there were many people who were flaming him and Ferrari for so many wins, but if he uses his glory for his fellow man, he's all right by me!

[Norbert]

29. Good for him

Nice to see the champ step up. :toast:

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=sportsNews&storyID=648545

[underpants]

31. Wow!

Good for him

[fishwax]

That's excellent

:wow:

Well done, Schumaker!
:toast:

[SKKY]

39. Now that's what I call puttin' out!

[WritersBlock]

40. Wow. Well done for him. I may actually start liking him now.

Greatly respect his talent as a driver; just got so BORED with him winning all the damn time.

But seriously, that's very commendable on his part.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

42. I wish he would invent a different challenge for himself

Like, "Hm, would I be able to make Jordan a winning car?" Or, "Hm, could I become a championship-winning team OWNER?"

[WritersBlock]

45. Too right

We keep hearing how he spearheaded turning Ferrari into such a great team; I'd love to see what he could do with, oh, say... Minardi?

Then maybe Ferrari would let Rubens actually drive a race.

[tjdee]

43. Bush only donated 10,000 because he's a MAJOR JERK.

That's all I have to add.

on edit: There is not a number that is "good" to give, or "bad" to give. Any giving at all is good. Except in Bush's case, because as we know he is always a major jerk. He's spending much more than that on his big "Lookie, me pwesident! Still!" party.

[fujiyama]

44. BTW

To make it clear that's 10 million EURO Dollars, which is 18 million US Dollars.

That's quite a contribution and one of the larger individual donations I've seen.

[Kellanved]

46. he donated 10 Million $ US

Euros aren't Dollars at all, but €uros.

Nonetheless, an admirable action.

:D

Edit: it would be more like 14 Million US anyway ;-)

[fujiyama]

47. My bad

I was accidentally quoting NZ Dollars from the NZ news article.