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Lucky sevens for Michael Schumacher in 2004

It was on June 13 2004 that Michael Schumacher clinched his 77th career win in Formula 1. It was his seventh win out of eight races so far that season, and also his seventh (and last) win in Canada.

No one had taken more victories in Montreal than Schumacher, although Lewis Hamilton is now only one behind.

The 2004 Canadian Grand Prix almost didn't happen. The race had originally dropped dropped from the calendar in a row over tobacco sponsorship, but was later reinstated. At the finish line, Schumacher took the chequered flag ahead of his brother Ralf who was driving for Williams. Schumacher's Ferrari team mate Rubens Barrichello was third place. However a post-race technical inspection led to the disqualification of both the Williams and Toyota teams due to an irregularity in their brake ducts.

That gave Ferrari a 1-2 success, and above is a shot of Michael, Rubens and Ferrari race engineer Chris Dyer celebrating their success. BAR's Jenson Button retrospectively took the final podium position.

 
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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.

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