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In the late 1980s, Mercedes initiated a programme destined to seek out young talent. It eventually discovered a 20-year-old F3 driver named Michael Schumacher who was offered the opportunity to hone his skills at the wheel of a Sauber Silver Arrows in the 1990 World Sports Prototype Championship. Mercedes motorsport boss back then, Jochen Neerpasch remembers: 'Michael was like a baby. By that I mean he had a baby's ability to learn. He learnt in one year what other people learn in three or four years...'
