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On This Day: Schumacher's first Ferrari win

Michael Schumacher won his first race for Ferrari at the 1996 Spanish Grand Prix on this day 22 years ago. Not only was it the German's maiden win for the Scuderia, but it underlined his status as one of Formula 1's greatest wet-weather drivers. This was not the Ferrari that would go on to deliver Schumacher five consecutive titles and the famous team entered the '96 season with just two wins in the previous five seasons. World champion in 1994 and 1995 with Benetton, the car awaiting Schumacher in Maranello was far from a title contender, but the German had three podiums to his name in the opening six races. Williams had won five of those six races, Damon Hill taking four of them, and F1...
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