JUNE 17, 2002

A statue for Michael?

The local authorities of Kerpen are believed to be behind the plan to unveil a statue of Michael Schumacher in the town.

THE local authorities of Kerpen are believed to be behind the plan to unveil a statue of Michael Schumacher in the town. Kerpen is where Michael grew up and where the family still has a home and where Michael runs a karting center.

The five-foot high statue is slightly smaller than the man himself in which case the sculptor has achieved something that none of Michael's rivals in F1 have yet managed - to cut the man down in size...