Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher at the 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
Nationality German
Date of birth	3 January 1969 (1969-01-03)
Formula One World Championship career
2011 team	Mercedes GP
2011 car #	7
Races	280 (279 starts)
Championships	7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Wins	91
Podiums	154
Career points	1,473
Pole positions	68
Fastest laps	76
First race	1991 Belgian Grand Prix
First win	1992 Belgian Grand Prix
Last win	2006 Chinese Grand Prix
Last race	2012 British Grand Prix
2010 position	9th (72 points)

Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969 in Hürth, near Cologne) is a German Formula 1 driver. He has won seven world championship titles and has the most Grand Prix victories in the world. This champion, nicknamed campionissimo by Italian fans of Ferrari, is considered the most popular German personality in the world. Michael's younger brother Ralf is also a Formula 1 driver. When he was small, his father gave him a little kart. It had a small motor bike engine in it. He started getting interest from that time.

Pre-F1 career

In 1984 Michael won the German Kart Championship and went on to win many more. In 1987 he won the German and European Kart Championship. Schumacher signed up with Will Weber's Formula 3 race team and won the 1990 championship.

F1 career

1991

He made his debut in the Belgian Grand Prix on 25 August. He impressed many fans as he qualified 7th on a track where he had never previously(before) driven with an inferior car. At the start be burnt the clutch and retired.

He was quickly snapped up by Benetton and finished in 5th place at the Italian Grand Prix. He followed it up with 6th in both Portugal and at the then new Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. He then crashed out in Japan and spun in the torrential rain at the season finale in Australia. In the 6 races he entered, he scored 4 points and 14th in the championship.

1992

He started the season off well with 4th in South Africa followed by his maiden podium finish in 3rd at the Mexican Grand Prix. He followed it up with another 3rd place in Brazil and 2nd in Spain. In San Marino he crashed out, then came 4th in Monaco and 2nd in Canada. He spun off in the rain at the French Grand Prix and finished 4th in Britain and 3rd in Germany. He retired again in Hungary but at Spa Francorchamps, where he made his debut, he won a rain-affected race. He came 3rd in Italy, 7th in Portugal, retired in Japan and came 2nd in Australia. He finished the season in 3rd place overall (in front of Senna) with a total of 53 points.

Comeback 2010-2012

In 2010 Schumacher returned to F1 with the Mercedes team. In total he spent 3 years with the team in which he scored 1 pole(he was stripped of it due to a penalty), 1 fastest lap, and 1 podium. He was replaced by Lewis Hamilton for 2013 so he retired again.

Racing record

Career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
1988	European Formula Ford 1600	Eufra Racing	4	1	1	0	3	50	2nd
	German Formula Ford 1600		7	3	0	0	5	124	6th
	Formula König	Hoecker Sportwagenservice	10	9	1	1	10	192	1st
1989	German Formula Three	WTS Racing	12	2	2	0	7	163	3rd
	European Formula Three Cup		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
1990	World Sportscar Championship	Team Sauber Mercedes	3	1	0	1	3	21	=5th
	German Formula Three	WTS Racing	11	5	6	4	7	148	1st
	European Formula Three Cup		1	0	1	1	0	N/A	NC
	Macau Grand Prix		1	1	0	0	0	N/A	1st
1991	Formula One	Team 7UP Jordan	1	0	0	0	0	0	14th
		Camel Benetton Ford	5	0	0	0	0	4
	World Sportscar Championship	Team Sauber Mercedes	8	1	0	2	2	43	=9th
	Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft	Zakspeed Mercedes	4	0	0	0	0	0	NC
	Japanese Formula 3000	Team Le Mans	1	0	0	0	1	6	12th
1992	Formula One	Camel Benetton Ford	16	1	0	2	8	53	3rd
1993	Formula One	Camel Benetton Ford	16	1	0	5	9	52	4th
1994	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Ford	14	8	6	8	10	92	1st
1995	Formula One	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	17	9	4	8	11	102	1st
1996	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A.	16	3	4	2	8	59	3rd
1997	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	17	5	3	3	8	78	DSQ
1998	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	16	6	3	6	11	86	2nd
1999	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	10	2	3	5	6	44	5th
2000	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	17	9	9	2	12	108	1st
2001	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	17	9	11	3	14	123	1st
2002	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	17	11	7	7	17	144	1st
2003	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	16	6	5	5	9	93	1st
2004	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	18	13	8	10	15	148	1st
2005	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	19	1	1	3	5	62	3rd
2006	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	18	7	4	7	12	121	2nd
2007	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Test Driver
2008	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Test Driver
2009	Formula One	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Test Driver
2010	Formula One	Mercedes GP Petronas	19	0	0	0	0	72	9th
2011	Formula One	Mercedes GP Petronas	11	0	0	0	0	32*	10th*

^* Season in progress.

• Source: Hilton, Christopher (2006). Michael Schumacher: The Whole Story. Haynes. ISBN 1-84425-008-3.

Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	WDC	Points
1991	Team 7UP Jordan	Jordan 191	Ford HBB 4 3.5 V8	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL Ret										14th	4
	Camel Benetton Ford	Benetton B191	Ford HBA 5 3.5 V8												ITA 5	POR 6	ESP 6	JPN Ret	AUS Ret
1992	Camel Benetton Ford	Benetton B191B	Ford HB 3.5 V8	RSA 4	MEX 3	BRA 3																		3rd	53
		Benetton B192					ESP 2	SMR Ret	MON 4	CAN 2	FRA Ret	GBR 4	GER 3	HUN Ret	BEL 1	ITA 3	POR 7	JPN Ret	AUS 2
1993	Camel Benetton Ford	Benetton B193	Ford HB 3.5 V8	RSA Ret	BRA 3																			4th	52
		Benetton B193B				EUR Ret	SMR 2	ESP 3	MON Ret	CAN 2	FRA 3	GBR 2	GER 2	HUN Ret	BEL 2	ITA Ret	POR 1	JPN Ret	AUS Ret
1994	Mild Seven Benetton Ford	Benetton B194	Ford Zetec-R 3.5 V8	BRA 1	PAC 1	SMR 1	MON 1	ESP 2	CAN 1	FRA 1	GBR DSQ	GER Ret	HUN 1	BEL DSQ	ITA	POR	EUR 1	JPN 2	AUS Ret					1st	92
1995	Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton B195	Renault RS7 3.0 V10	BRA 1	ARG 3	SMR Ret	ESP 1	MON 1	CAN 5	FRA 1	GBR Ret	GER 1	HUN 11	BEL 1	ITA Ret	POR 2	EUR 1	PAC 1	JPN 1	AUS Ret				1st	102
1996	Scuderia Ferrari S.p.A.	Ferrari F310	Ferrari 046 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA 3	ARG Ret	EUR 2	SMR 2	MON Ret	ESP 1	CAN Ret	FRA DNS	GBR Ret	GER 4	HUN 9	BEL 1	ITA 1	POR 3	JPN 2					3rd	59
1997	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F310B	Ferrari 046/2 3.0 V10	AUS 2	BRA 5	ARG Ret	SMR 2	MON 1	ESP 4	CAN 1	FRA 1	GBR Ret	GER 2	HUN 4	BEL 1	ITA 6	AUT 6	LUX Ret	JPN 1	EUR Ret				DSQ↓	78
1998	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F300	Ferrari 047 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	BRA 3	ARG 1	SMR 2	ESP 3	MON 10	CAN 1	FRA 1	GBR 1	AUT 3	GER 5	HUN 1	BEL Ret	ITA 1	LUX 2	JPN Ret					2nd	86
1999	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F399	Ferrari 048 3.0 V10	AUS 8	BRA 2	SMR 1	MON 1	ESP 3	CAN Ret	FRA 5	GBR Ret	AUT	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	EUR	MAL 2	JPN 2					5th	44
2000	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F1-2000	Ferrari 049 3.0 V10	AUS 1	BRA 1	SMR 1	GBR 3	ESP 5	EUR 1	MON Ret	CAN 1	FRA Ret	AUT Ret	GER Ret	HUN 2	BEL 2	ITA 1	USA 1	JPN 1	MAL 1				1st	108
2001	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2001	Ferrari 050 3.0 V10	AUS 1	MAL 1	BRA 2	SMR Ret	ESP 1	AUT 2	MON 1	CAN 2	EUR 1	FRA 1	GBR 2	GER Ret	HUN 1	BEL 1	ITA 4	USA 2	JPN 1				1st	123
2002	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2001	Ferrari 050 3.0 V10	AUS 1	MAL 3																			1st	144
		Ferrari F2002	Ferrari 051 3.0 V10			BRA 1	SMR 1	ESP 1	AUT 1	MON 2	CAN 1	EUR 2	GBR 1	FRA 1	GER 1	HUN 2	BEL 1	ITA 2	USA 2	JPN 1
2003	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2002	Ferrari 051 3.0 V10	AUS 4	MAL 6	BRA Ret	SMR 1																	1st	93
		Ferrari F2003-GA	Ferrari 052 3.0 V10					ESP 1	AUT 1	MON 3	CAN 1	EUR 5	FRA 3	GBR 4	GER 7	HUN 8	ITA 1	USA 1	JPN 8
2004	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2004	Ferrari 053 3.0 V10	AUS 1	MAL 1	BHR 1	SMR 1	ESP 1	MON Ret	EUR 1	CAN 1	USA 1	FRA 1	GBR 1	GER 1	HUN 1	BEL 2	ITA 2	CHN 12	JPN 1	BRA 7			1st	148
2005	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2004M	Ferrari 053 3.0 V10	AUS Ret	MAL 7																			3rd	62
		Ferrari F2005	Ferrari 055 3.0 V10			BHR Ret	SMR 2	ESP Ret	MON 7	EUR 5	CAN 2	USA 1	FRA 3	GBR 6	GER 5	HUN 2	TUR Ret	ITA 10	BEL Ret	BRA 4	JPN 7	CHN Ret
2006	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari 248 F1	Ferrari 056 2.4 V8	BHR 2	MAL 6	AUS Ret	SMR 1	EUR 1	ESP 2	MON 5	GBR 2	CAN 2	USA 1	FRA 1	GER 1	HUN 8	TUR 3	ITA 1	CHN 1	JPN Ret	BRA 4			2nd	121
2010	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes MGP W01	Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8	BHR 6	AUS 10	MAL Ret	CHN 10	ESP 4	MON 12	TUR 4	CAN 11	EUR 15	GBR 9	GER 9	HUN 11	BEL 7	ITA 9	SIN 13	JPN 6	KOR 4	BRA 7	ABU Ret		9th	72
2011	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes MGP W02	Mercedes FO 108Y 2.4 V8	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	Please update the F1 race stats templates	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU	BRA		10th*	32*

^* Season in progress.
^↓ Schumacher was disqualified from the 1997 WDC due to dangerous driving in the European Grand Prix, where he caused an avoidable accident with Villeneuve. His points tally would have placed him in second place in that year's standings.

Formula One records

As of the end of the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher holds the following Formula One records:

Record	Number
Championship titles	7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Consecutive titles	5 (2000–2004)
Race victories	91
Consecutive wins[1]	7 (2004, Europe–Hungary)
Wins with one team	72 (Ferrari)
Wins at same GP	8 (France)
Wins at different GPs	22
Longest Time between first and last wins	14 years, 1 month and 2 days
Second places	43
Podiums (Top 3)	154
Consecutive podium finishes	19 (2001 US 2001–2002 Japan 2002)
Total races finished in the points	208
Consecutive points finishes	24 (2001 Hungary 2001–2003 Malaysia 2003)
Laps leading	4741 (22,155 km)
Total pole positions	68
Front row starts	115
Fastest laps	76
Doubles (Pole and win)	40
Perfect Score (Pole, fastest lap and win)	22
Career Championship points	1,469
Most wins in a season for a runner-up[2]	7 (2006)
Wins at Indianapolis (any racing class)	5
Wins at Monza (Formula One)	5
Most wins in a season	13 (72%) (2004)
Most fastest laps in a season[3]	10 (2004)
Most podium positions in a season	17 (100%) (2002)
Championship won with most races left	6 (2002)
Largest championship-winning margin	67 (2002)
Consecutive years with a win	15 (1992–2006)
Most races with 1 team	181 (Ferrari)
Consecutive days as champion	1813 (from 8 October 2000 until 25 September 2005)

^  Record shared with Alberto Ascari (1952 Belgian Grand Prix–1953 Argentine Grand Prix). Some sources credit Ascari with nine consecutive wins, disregarding the 1953 Indianapolis 500 race, in which Ascari did not compete. The American race formed part of the world championship, but was not run to the same regulations as the other races and was very rarely attended by world championship drivers.

^  Record shared with Alain Prost (1984 and 1988) and Kimi Räikkönen (2005).

^  Record shared with Kimi Räikkönen (2005 and 2008).

2013 skiing accident

On December 2013, Schumacher sustained a head injury after a skiing accident in France.