Pictures: Schumacher, Loeb at Champs Elysees.

These are the first pictures of Michael Schumacher and his world championship winning Ferrari F2004 at the Champs Elysees on Sunday in Paris.

Fresh from competing in this weekend's Race of Champions at the Stade de France, Schumacher got back behind the wheel of the car that took him to his seventh world title for the special parade.

The parade was designed as both a tribute to the 2004 World Champions and to mark the sealing of an agreement between the French Ministry of Solidarity, Health and Family and the ICM (Institut du Cerveau et la Moelle epiniere) which numbers Ferrari managing director Jean Todt and Schumacher amongst its patrons.

Todt himself participated in today's display, on board an Enzo with FIA president Max Mosley, while four other models from the current Ferrari range also took part in the procession from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde.

Those included a 575 Maranello driven by Patrick Tambay, a 360 Spider with Ren? Arnoux and director Luc Besson on board and a F430 occupied by Felipe Massa and Professor Gerard Saillant.

The event was held in front of hundreds of thousands of spectators, whose 'uncontrollable enthusiasm' frequently caused Schumacher to come to a complete standstill.

The Ferrari parade took place after a similar display featuring Citroen's World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb (lower pic).