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Merkel pays tribute to Schumacher's `German virtues'

Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, calling him one of the ``real greats of German sport.''

Schumacher retired Sunday after finishing fourth in the Brazilian Grand Prix and second in this year's championship.

``Michael Schumacher stands together with the other real greats of German sports: with Max Schmeling and Fritz Walter, Franz Beckenbauer, Boris Becker and Steffi Graf,'' Merkel said in a statement Monday.

Like them, she said, Schumacher was helped by ``what are called `German virtues' in sport: hard work, meticulous preparation and above all the absolute will to make it.''

Merkel said Schumacher ``enriched his sport with a touch of genius.''

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