A car dealer from Kent was left with an extra shock after being hit by a van when he discovered💫 that the driver was m🦄ultiple Formula One champion Michael Schumacher.

Schumacher was at the wheel of a FIA♛T Ducato van when the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon, with the German reported to be making his way to a private airfield near Lydd.

Martin Kingham was closing a security gate 𝄹on his premises when he was struck by Schumacher's vehicl💦e, which was overtaking another car at the time.

While he escaped witho𒁏ut injury, he was left with a storꩲy to tell.

"I was putting the security bars up outside the garage before going home," Kingham told the Daily Mirror. "I h𒀰ave to stand on the edge of the road and keep an eye on traffic.

"Out of nowhere I heard a bang from behind me. It spun me round and I was thrown forward on to my face, hitting the bonnet of a parked van. Then I saw a big b𝓀lue van go by and realised they'd hit me. I thought I recognised the driver, but my head was spinning.

"He was screaming, 'What the f*****g heꦫll were you doing in the road?'♔ He seemed cross, as if I was in the wrong. I called the police."

Schumacher passed a breathalyser test before Kingham was informed of who exactly had been at the wheel of theꦫ van.

"The officers asked me to wait in my office while they spoke to him,"ꦦ he said. "An officer came in and said 'This guy's claiming to be Michael Schumacher'. Then another told us she'd seen his ID and it was him.

"Try telling people you were hit by Michael Schumacher and see what response you geꦯt. My wife thought I was winding her up. I guess it shows once a racing driver, always a racing dri꧒ver. The old ladies were probably only doing 30mph and he fancied his chances.

"He probably wasn't expecting me to be in the road. Still, I'm lucky to be in one piece and I suppose it's a great story, so no harm dꦐone."

A spokesperson for Schumacher confirmed the inci�꧙�dent and said the former Ferrari man had co-operated fully with police at the scene.