Record sixth title for Schumi

Ferrari8217;s Michael Schumacher claimed a record sixth Formula One title on Sunday in a Japanese Grand Prix won by Brazilian team mate Rubens Barrichello.

One point was all the German needed to overtake late Argentine Juan Manuel Fangio8217;s 1950s haul of five championships and in the end the German did not even need that to leap into motor racing history. But he scored it anyway, finishing eighth in a damp season-ending race of fluctuating fortunes and occasional scares.

8220;The feeling hasn8217;t sunk in yet. I am empty and exhausted and just proud of what I have achieved,8221; he said, before being mobbed by mechanics and showered in champagne. McLaren rival Kimi Raikkonen, who had to win and hope Schumacher failed to score to have any chance of becoming the youngest champion at the age of 23, finished second. Reuters