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Schumacher at Spa in a record-breaking year

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Looking forward to Formula One getting back to action at Spa-Francorchamps soon? To tide you over, here's a flashback to the 2002 race which was dominated by the Ferraris of Michael Schumacher (pictured) and Rubens Barrichello, who were joined on the podium at the end of the race by Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya.

By this point in the season, Schumacher had already clinched the world championship. He went on to finish on the podium in every race in 2002 including 11 race wins, which was a new record surpassing the previous one held jointly by himself (in 1995, 2000 and 2001) and Nigel Mansell (1992).

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.