http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7534890.stm

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A Kent car dealer who was sent flying when a van struck a barrier was shocked to discover the driver was the German ex-Formula 1 ace, Michael Schumacher.
Martin Kingham, 39, said he was closing the security gate at his premises in Lydd on Sunday afternoon when a Fiat van struck the end of it.
The barrier hit his leg "sending him spinning" on to the bonnet of a car.
Police called to the incident said they helped both men to swap details and no further action was needed.
Mr Kingham was unhurt, while only minor damage was caused to Schumacher's van in the collision outside Millfield Motors, just before 1600 BST.
'Penny dropped'
He recalled how the police officer called to the scene said: "That chap is claiming to be Michael Schumacher, and I said, 'You know what, he doesn't half look like him'.
"Then the penny suddenly dropped. When I phoned my business partner later and told him that you'll never guess who I've been run over by, he wouldn't believe me.
"Obviously being a car salesman we do like a wind up but the difference with this story is that it is actually true.
"Michael's entourage turned up and he left."
A spokesman for the seven-time Formula 1 world champion confirmed the incident had taken place and that Schumacher had co-operated with police.

I laughed.

erm...lol

Could of been worse, he could of missed the salesman.

What on Earth was Schumacher doing driving a Van in a rather remote part of Kent?!

Sounds too odd to be true to me.

anyone who lives in kent, Just look out for a Fiat Van, Most probally going at atleast 100 mph with someone driving it who Looks like michael schumacher

I thought he would have enough money to be driving a nice car and not a van. What did he have to pick his kids up from school or something?

Hes signed up to Ferrari/Fiat ent he, so he probally dont want any attention driving a ferrari, he picked the worst fiat u can drive should of atleast drove a fiat uno!

Maybe he was testing Ferrari's new racecar for upcoming Formula Van serie.

Or maybe he was going to Lydden Hill, thats a bit closer to Lydd than Brands.

But Lydden Hill is owned by Mclaren.

Perhaps the van was full of secret Ferrari doccuments and blueprints?

I think it was actually Jean Todt rushing to get home before midnight when his van would turn into a pumpkin.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

Could of been worse, he could of missed the salesman.

or even worse, he could of been lewis hamiltons dad.

Quote from BenjiMC :

or even worse, he could of been lewis hamiltons dad.

Don't be silly, that would be a much better result, best case scenario would of been Hamilton's dad crashing a Bugatti into a conference for Estate Agents.

Quote :

Michael Schumacher's spokeswoman has confirmed the retired seven time world champion was involved in a road accident in England.

A car dealer in Kent, a county in southeast England, told the Mirror newspaper that he was struck as a pedestrian on Sunday by a modest Fiat Ducato van - which had the former Ferrari racer at the wheel.

The dealer said Schumacher, who was on his way to a private jet at a nearby airfield, was overtaking a slower vehicle at the time.

"(Schumacher) was screaming, 'What the ****ing hell were you doing in the road?' He seemed cross, as if I was in the wrong. I called the police."

The police breath-tested and questioned Schumacher, but at first did not believe the 39-year-old German was actually the legendary winner of 91 Grand Prix.


The dealer, who said his worst injury was a bruised leg, explained: "An officer came in and said 'This guy's claiming to be Michael Schumacher'. Then another told us she'd seen his id and it was him.

"He still didn't apologise. He just got back in the van and drove off without even looking at me. He was arrogant."

Schumacher's spokeswoman Sabine Kehm said: "There was a collision but nobody was injured. Michael cooperated with police. There is nothing else we wish to say."

wat a nice guy.
not.

Weird - the yarn you posted has nothing to do with that the guy who was actually hit says in the video interview on the BBC report (see first link on page).

i thought i read on the TSN website that the mirror hit the guy in the ass, what's the big deal here? imo it was just an accident.

That guy can now boast about how he got run over by Michael Schumacher

Most F1 drivers drive boring cars because nothing will ever compete with their company car

it would have been so funny if ron denis was in the van with MS,...

"car dealer" i just couldnt belive it when i saw with my own eyes it was really MS and RD, i mean what are the chances... "

imagin explaining that to the boys in red LMAO!

soooo thats how mclarean was so mutch faster last race

"sighs" we havent had a good scandle for how many races now??

common F1 peeps we need a good one.. i duno lewis found giving DC a BJ or somthng anything!!!!!

I heard Casey Stoner stole the blueprints for Alonso's 2007 spec Dummy.


There you go, F1 and MotoGP scandel in one easy sentence.

LOL QS

i may be able to sleep now F1 just aint the same without a good scandel