Kerpen - The death was faster. Many of the Kartfreunde 25 Rolf died of cancer April Deimel (78) had no opportunity to say goodbye to the longtime youth leader and mentor Michael Schumacher. That they proved the Cologne on Monday in Kerpen-Manheim their last respects.
Funeral service on the kart - it had wanted Deimel. "It's all in the spirit of my father," his daughter Karin Hermes thanked the club for President Gert Brandes, who is also about 100 mourners at the Start-/Ziel-haus Erftlandrings delivered a speech.
Many talents had served Deimel, the Schumacher brothers Michael and Ralf, Nick Heidfeld and Sebastian Vettel. "The best time of my life was as a kid in karting club Kerpen-Manheim with Rolf Deimel," thanked Heidfeld. Schumi sent a greeting message: "Rolf Deimel has sacrificed his leisure karting."
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