The Everland kart circuit, located in Coppen, Germany, where Michael Schumacher's racing career began, has been in the fate of potential demolition in recent years due to coal mining.
In order to mine the coal needed for power generation, the German power group RWE acquired a large amount of land in the Hambach Forest Area including the Everland Circuit in 2010 and carried out mining work, although the Hambach Forest Area was included in the scope of the German Federal Government's decarbonization policy in 2020 under the impetus of local environmental groups, but the land was still held by RWE and alternative locations were difficult to find, and the Everland Circuit was in a crisis of closed demolition.
By 2022, Gerhard Noyak, President of the Coppen Karting Club, had the good news that the Karting Club had signed a 10+5 year land lease agreement with RWE to keep the Everland Circuit and carry out the necessary hardware renewal works:
"Although we were unable to buy back the land because the track is still owned by RWE and is still planned as a mining area, we were able to successfully enter into a lease agreement with RWE and be able to use the proceeds from the sale of the land for hardware updates."
"At present, we have embarked on the renewal of the road and track outside the united, the most important of which is the laying of CIK standard curb stones and the erection of double guardrails, so that we can once again host international karting events such as the European Championships, the World Championships and the WSK, and we will continue to realize Schumacher's dream and retain the birthplace of his racing career."
Coppen's last international karting event dates back to 2001, when the venue was a star of the future, with the exception of Loic Duval, the 2013 Le Mans 24 Hours, and Italian F1 driver Vittetonio Rieuz, who played for Red Bull, Force India and HRT, two F1 world champions aided by Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, who were also active on the field.
In addition, Schumacher also competed in the FSA class as a driver and won the second place with a full 5,000 fans.
As for Schumacher's recent situation, Noyak also kept his mouth shut: "I don't know how Schumacher is doing, and for the sake of privacy, I didn't ask his father, but I'm sure Michael and Mick would be quite happy to hear about it." ”