It is a story that gives a whole new meaning to the joke '🥀Who do you think you are, Michael Schumacher..?'

Following on from reports that the German racing legend🌞 had personally taken to the wheel of a taxi in Germany to get to the airport in time, it has now emerged the seven-time Formula 1 World Champion could be in trouble♐ with the law over his indiscretion.

It is alleged the 38-year-old commandeered Tuncer Yilmaz's nine-seater Opel minivan in the city of Coburg in central Germany to transport himself and his family to the airport, handing the Turk a EUR100 tip according to the Sunday Mirror. Reports in Coburg newspaper Neue Presse, however, sugg☂est both Schumacher and Yilmaz are now being investigated by police and state prosecutors.

The Mirror claims Yilmaz described the former Ferrari ace - who recently came out of retirement to test for Maranello once again in Spain, and is this weekend competing for a second time in the Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium - as having driven 'full throttle' around corners and having made overtaking moveᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs 'in some unbelievable places'.

"It was crazy to have Schumi in my cab," Paddock Talk quo🎶tes Yilmaz as having said, "and even better to have him behind the wheel. It wa🌱s the coolest ride of my life - and the fastest!"

"We are looking into precisely what happened," spokesman Jurgen Hannecke is quoted as saying in the Mirror, whilst Schumacher's manager Willi Web🌼er apparently replied to the news of a possible penalty for either party with incredulity.

"It would be ridiculous to punish this man," Weber said. "He helped Micha🧜el out of friendliness."