Nostalgia is a dangerous thing but, 25 years ago, Schumacher drove our imagination

There is a glorious allure to revisiting the past — even the red burst of the Ferrari uniform seems brighter in memory

On October 8, 2000, Michael Schumacher won his first Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship with Ferrari, clinching it at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. Picture: Chiaki Tsukumo/AP

In the hall of fame of our childhood, sporting heroes were canonised on the cover of a game case. 

To grace the front of a console title was to conquer the sport. This is how legends were made.