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Schumacher kart track to close
The kart track where 7-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher honed his skills looks set to close. Originally named in honour of Wolfgang Von Tripps, who perished at Monza in the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, the Kerpen track is where Schumacher - who reportedly owns a two-thirds stake in the facility - his brother Ralf, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Sebastian Vettel got their racing careers underway. However, plans to mine for coal in the area mean the famous kart track, which hosted its first events in 1965 and was built by fans in honour of Von Tripps, is to be torn up. The situation is not helped by the fact that in recent years membership has dropped to around 550, the club admitting that...
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