Sport 13-10-2003 Schumacher Wins Record 6th Title who: Michael Schumacher what: Wins record sixth world championship title where: Japan when: Yesterday snippet: "Michael Schumacher, despite finishing eighth at the Japanese Grand Prix, yesterday became the most successful driver in Formula 1 history by winning his sixth World Championship," says The Scotsman. The victory, his fourth in succession, eclipsed the record held by Juan Manuel Fangio for 46 years. "An error on the sixth lap saw him pit for a new nose after hitting the rear of the local hero Takuma Sato`s BAR-Honda in the chicane," says The Independent`s David Tremayne, "and later there was another near miss there as he just avoided hitting Cristiano da Matta`s Toyota." "The feelings haven`t yet sunk in," says the German, quoted in The Telegraph. "I`m empty and exhausted. It has been a tough year but the team did an incredible job. Elsewhere in motor sport Valentino Rossi "sauntered to a third successive world title by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix yesterday," says The Times. Spaniard Sete Gibernau, who started seventh on the grid, surged into first place early on but Rossi ultimately won by 2.042 seconds with Max Biaggi in third place. [... more]

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