 Michael Kept in Dark Over Ralf's Wedding Monday October 8th, 2001
"Congratulate me, we've just got married," the 26-year-old Williams driver told his older sibling last Friday in a telephone call. Ralf Schumacher made the call soon after he married Cora Brinkmann in a private civil ceremony in Austria. The four times World Champion had been in a helicopter, leaving Ferrari's test track at Fiorano to catch his plane back to Switzerland when the call came. "We really didn't know anything about this," the stunned Schumacher was quoted as saying. "It's truly wonderful. And the best thing about it is that they succeeded in getting married in secret, which is what they wanted." The brothers' only contact since the wedding had been by telephone but they were expected to enjoy a drink together after the season-ending Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Sunday. Schumacher said he was optimistic about the race and Ferrari were hoping to end 2001 with another win. The German has already won his fourth world title, a record 52nd victory and also scored more points (113) in a single season than any driver in the history of Formula One.
Published at 18:47:03 GMT
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Formula One champion Michael Schumacher did not know his younger brother Ralf had got married last week until after the event.
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