David Schumacher (racing driver)

David Schumacher (born 23 October 2001) is a German racing driver currently competing in the 2024 ADAC GT Masters with Haupt Racing Team. A member of the Schumacher racing family, he is the son of former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, nephew of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, and the cousin to racing driver Mick Schumacher.

David Schumacher
Schumacher in 2023
Born (2001-10-23) 23 October 2001 (age 23)
Salzburg, Austria
NationalityGermany German
Parents
RelativesMichael Schumacher (uncle)
Corinna Schumacher (aunt)
Mick Schumacher (cousin)
Sebastian Stahl (step-uncle)
ADAC GT Masters career
Debut season2024
Current teamMercedes-AMG Haupt Racing Team
Racing licence FIA Silver
Car number2
Starts12
Wins4
Podiums6
Poles2
Fastest laps0
Best finish1st in 2024
Championship titles
2018ADAC F4 - Rookies' Championship

Early career

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Karting career

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Schumacher began karting at a young age, alongside his cousin Mick.[1] From there he competed in multiple karting championships under his mother's maiden name Brinkmann. In 2017, David's last year in karts, he chose to race with the Schumacher name and finished as runner-up in the DKM Championship to Dennis Hauger in the senior class.[2]

Lower formulae

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In August 2017, it was announced that Schumacher would graduate to single-seaters, competing for his father's US Racing outfit in the 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship.[3] In January 2018, he made his single-seater debut, contesting the Formula 4 UAE Championship with Rasgaira Motorsports Team from the second round onwards.[4] Claiming three wins, Schumacher ended the season as vice-champion to Charles Weerts.[5]

In ADAC Formula 4, Schumacher scored a consistent string of points finishes, with three 4th places being his best finishes, and ended the season 9th in the championship. His results translated into eight race wins in the Rookies' Cup and he claimed the title of rookie champion.[6]

Euroformula Open Championship & Asian F3 Winter Series

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Schumacher competed in the final two rounds of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship with RP Motorsport. He was ineligible to score points as a guest driver, but claimed two 4th-place finishes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. These results placed him 6th in the Spanish Formula 3 championship, which is made up of three rounds from the Euroformula Open championship.[7]

In January 2019, Schumacher was named as part of Pinnacle Motorsport's three car line-up for the Asian F3 Winter Series.[8] He competed in two of the championship's three rounds, taking a podium finish at the Buriram International Circuit and finishing 8th in the championship.

Formula Regional European Championship

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In March 2019 it was announced that Schumacher would compete in the inaugural season of the Formula Regional European Championship, returning to the US Racing team co-owned by his father.[9] He claimed four race victories over the season, including two consecutively at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as well as five other podium finishes, five pole positions and three fastest laps. He ended the season 4th in the championship.

FIA Formula 3 Championship

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2019

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In September 2019 Schumacher made his debut in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, standing in at Campos Racing for the injured Alex Peroni at the final round in Sochi.[10] Schumacher finished the two races in 22nd and 20th. Schumacher made his first appearance at the Macau Grand Prix in November, racing for Sauber Junior Team by Charouz. He placed 23rd in qualifying, fell back to 25th in the qualifying race and finished 21st in the main race.[11] In December he took part in the second round of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 series at Bahrain International Circuit, taking both pole positions of the weekend and finishing all four races on the podium, including a victory in the second race.

2020

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In February 2020 it was confirmed that Schumacher would return to the FIA Formula 3 Championship, racing full-time with Charouz Racing System.[12] However, following the Spanish round, he left Charouz to join Carlin Racing. He did not score any points, had a best finish of 12th at the Austria feature race, and finished the championship in 28th place.

2021

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Schumacher at the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round

In February 2021 it was announced that Schumacher would race for Trident Racing in the 2021 season.[13] On 4 July 2021 he achieved his first FIA F3 points, podium and victory in race 2 of the third round at the Red Bull Ring, having started the race from reverse-grid pole.[14] Throughout the next two rounds, the German would go on to finish in the points in all but one race, even scoring his second podium of the year in the second race at Spa-Francorchamps, where he and teammate Jack Doohan gave Trident their first one-two finish in their Formula 3 history.[15] At Zandvoort, Schumacher qualified a career best of 2nd, behind Dennis Hauger. During the feature race, with 3 laps to go, Schumacher was running in 2nd place until Victor Martins made a failed attempt to pass Schumacher, taking him out while trying to overtake him.[16] Schumacher's 5th place the race before proved to be his last points finish during the season, as he finished 14th and 15th in the final round. He ended the season with just 55 points, compared to his teammates Doohan and Novalak with 179 and 147 points respectively. He still however, helped Trident clinch the constructors' championship by 4 points.[17]

2022

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In April 2022 it was announced that Schumacher would return to Charouz Racing System, the team which he drove for in 2020, to replace Ayrton Simmons at the Imola round.[18] He started 29th and last for both of the races, but recovered to finish 18th and 12th in the races.[19] Due to DTM commitments, Schumacher was replaced by Lirim Zendeli for the Barcelona round.[20] At Zandvoort, Schumacher made his second appearance of the season with Charouz, as Christian Mansell returned to his main campaign in the Euroformula Open.[21] Schumacher once again returned to DTM that clashed with the Monza season finale and was replaced by Alessandro Famularo.[22] Schumacher ended the championship 28th overall, highest of the non-scorers and even ahead of some full-timers.[23]

Sportscar career

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2022

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He left Formula 3 at the conclusion of the 2021 season to join the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for its 2022 campaign. His season started in a promising manner, qualifying tenth at the Lausitzring and eventually finishing 14th,[24] however a flurry of retirements as a result of crashes, most notably one with three-time DTM champion René Rast at the Nürburgring, led to criticism regarding the German's driving conduct.[25][26] The best result of the season came at Spa-Francorchamps, where Schumacher ended up eleventh, a mere second behind the points positions, albeit that weekend also yielded a twelve-place grid penalty for Race 2 caused by multiple track limit infractions.[27] At the final event, he was involved in a collision with Thomas Preining, which caused a fracture of Schumacher's lumbar vertebrae.[28][29] The German ended the season in 28th place, having failed to score points, summing it up by stating that it "hadn't been a good season".[30][31]

2023

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After a difficult debut season in the DTM, Schumacher began competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in 2023, whilst also remaining in the DTM.[32] He competed for Winward Racing in both series, partnering Marius Zug and Miklas Born in the former.[33] Although his DTM campaign ended with a 25th-placed result in the standings, Schumacher was able to improve his results, getting a best finish of ninth at the Nürburgring. Meanwhile, a class victory at the same track together with two further podiums allowed Schumacher, Zug, and Born to come third in the Gold Cup championship.[34]

2024

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In 2024, Schumacher stepped down to the silver-only ADAC GT Masters, where he would be partnering Salman Owega at the Haupt Racing Team.[35] Having taken a pole during the opening round and a maiden podium in Zandvoort, the duo dominated the weekend at the Nürburgring by winning both races, with Schumacher having taken pole position on Sunday. David Schumacher and Salman Owega went on to collect another win at the Nurburgring and Hockenheimring settling the championship with an overall third place finish.[36][37]

Personal life

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Schumacher's family includes his father, former Formula One driver Ralf, his uncle, seven-time Formula One world champion Michael, and his cousin, FIA World Endurance Championship driver Mick. He is also in a relationship with Hungarian racing driver Vivien Keszthelyi.

Karting record

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Karting career summary

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Season Series Team Position
2011 Ciao Thomas Knopper Memorial — Bambini 2nd
ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini 9th
Euro Wintercup — Bambini 7th
2012 ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini 8th
2014 German Karting Championship — Junior 27th
ADAC Kart Masters — KFJ 16th
2015 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ KSM Racing Team 16th
WSK Super Master SeriesKFJ 32nd
ADAC Kart Masters — Junior 3rd
German Karting Championship — Junior 4th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipKFJ 51st
2016 WSK Champions CupOKJ KSM Schumacher Racing Team 31st
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ NC
WSK Super Master SeriesOK 23rd
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOK 22nd
German Karting Championship — Senior 6th
CIK-FIA World ChampionshipOK 20th
2017 WSK Champions CupOK KSM Schumacher Racing Team 21st
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 27th
WSK Super Master SeriesOK 14th
German Karting Championship — Senior 2nd
CIK-FIA European ChampionshipOK 13th
2019 South Garda Winter Cup — OK 70th

Racing record

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Racing career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Rasgaira Motorsports Team 20 3 5 4 16 325 2nd
2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US RacingCHRS 20 0 0 0 0 103 9th
Euroformula Open Championship RP Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 4 0 0 0 0 38 6th
2019 Formula Regional European Championship US Racing 24 4 5 3 9 285 4th
F3 Asian Winter Series Pinnacle Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1 43 8th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
Macau Grand Prix Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 21st
2019–20 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 4 1 2 2 4 82 9th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Charouz Racing System 12 0 0 0 0 0 28th
Carlin Buzz Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 20 1 0 0 2 55 11th
2022 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 15 0 0 0 0 0 28th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Charouz Racing System 4 0 0 0 0 0 28th
2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-AMG Team Winward 16 0 0 0 0 16 25th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Winward Racing 5 0 0 0 0 9 17th
GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup 1 1 0 3 88 3rd
2024 ADAC GT Masters Haupt Racing Team 13 3 2 2 5 172 3rd
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - BMW M240i Teichmann Racing 2 0 0 0 0 * *
Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - SP9 Team ADVAN x HRT 2 1 0 0 1 * *
Prototype Cup Germany US Racing 2 2 2 2 2 0 NC†
24 Hours of Nürburgring - SP10 Schnitzelalm Racing 1 0 0 0 1 N/A 3rd

As Schumacher was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2017–18 Rasgaira Motorsports Team YMC1
1
YMC1
2
YMC1
3
YMC1
4
YMC2
1

3
YMC2
2

2
YMC2
3

2
YMC2
4

2
DUB1
1

2
DUB1
2

1
DUB1
3

6
DUB1
4

C
YMC3
1

3
YMC3
2

1
YMC3
3

5
YMC3
4

1
YMC4
1

2
YMC4
2

2
YMC4
3

2
YMC4
4

3
DUB2
1

2
DUB2
2

6
DUB2
3

2
DUB2
4

3
2nd 325

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2018 US RacingCHRS OSC
1

5
OSC
2

13
OSC
3

13
HOC1
1

4
HOC1
2

9
HOC1
3

15
LAU
1

9
LAU
2

7
LAU
3

18
RBR
1

6
RBR
2

Ret
RBR
3

7
HOC2
1

5
HOC2
2

12
NÜR
1

4
NÜR
2

4
NÜR
3

8
HOC3
1

6
HOC3
2

14
HOC3
3

5
9th 103

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points
2019 US Racing LEC
1

8
LEC
2

6
LEC
3

3
VLL
1

1
VLL
2

7
VLL
3

C
HUN
1

6
HUN
2

5
HUN
3

7
RBR
1

3
RBR
2

2
RBR
3

6
IMO
1

8
IMO
2

5
IMO
3

6
IMO
4

4
CAT
1

3
CAT
2

1
CAT
3

1
MUG
1

2
MUG
2

14
MUG
3

1
MNZ
1

7
MNZ
2

7
MNZ
3

6
4th 285

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

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(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2019 Campos Racing CAT
FEA
CAT
SPR
LEC
FEA
LEC
SPR
RBR
FEA
RBR
SPR
SIL
FEA
SIL
SPR
HUN
FEA
HUN
SPR
SPA
FEA
SPA
SPR
MNZ
FEA
MNZ
SPR
SOC
FEA

22
SOC
SPR

20
32nd 0
2020 Charouz Racing System RBR
FEA

25
RBR
SPR

15
RBR
FEA

12
RBR
SPR

17
HUN
FEA

16
HUN
SPR

13
SIL
FEA

25
SIL
SPR

15
SIL
FEA

15
SIL
SPR

Ret
CAT
FEA

23
CAT
SPR

25
28th 0
Carlin Buzz Racing SPA
FEA

17
SPA
SPR

14
MNZ
FEA

19
MNZ
SPR

Ret
MUG
FEA

15
MUG
SPR

19
2021 Trident CAT
1

11
CAT
2

Ret
CAT
3

12
LEC
1

16
LEC
2

11
LEC
3

27
RBR
1

12
RBR
2

1
RBR
3

11
HUN
1

8
HUN
2

6
HUN
3

4
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

2
SPA
3

9
ZAN
1

14
ZAN
2

5
ZAN
3

30†
SOC
1

14
SOC
2

C
SOC
3

15
11th 55
2022 Charouz Racing System BHR
SPR
BHR
FEA
IMO
SPR

18
IMO
FEA

12
CAT
SPR
CAT
FEA
SIL
SPR
SIL
FEA
RBR
SPR
RBR
FEA
HUN
SPR
HUN
FEA
SPA
SPR
SPA
FEA
ZAN
SPR

20
ZAN
FEA

15
MNZ
SPR
MNZ
SPR
28th 0

Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results

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Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019   Sauber Junior Team by Charouz Dallara F3 2019 23rd 25th 21st

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year Entrant Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points
2022 Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo ALG
1

20
ALG
2

15
LAU
1

Ret
LAU
2

14
IMO
1

21
IMO
2

Ret
NOR
1

Ret
NOR
2

Ret
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

Ret
SPA
1

11
SPA
2

20
RBR
1

16
RBR
2

24
HOC
1

Ret
HOC
2

DNS
28th 0
2023 Mercedes-AMG Team Winward Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo OSC
1

18
OSC
2

13
ZAN
1

Ret
ZAN
2

15
NOR
1

16
NOR
2

Ret
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

9
LAU
1

DSQ
LAU
2

Ret
SAC
1

17
SAC
2

11
RBR
1

18
RBR
2

18
HOC
1

18
HOC
2

16
25th 16

Complete GT World Challenge results

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GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos. Points
2023 Winward Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo Gold MNZ
26
LEC
10
SPA
6H

22
SPA
12H

58†
SPA
24H

Ret
NÜR
6
CAT
14
3rd 88

*Season still in progress.

Complete ADAC GT Masters results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points
2024 Haupt Racing Team Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo OSC
1

6
OSC
2

Ret1
ZAN
1

62
ZAN
2

3
NÜR
1

1
NÜR
2

11
SPA
1

Ret
SPA
2

7
RBR
1

2
RBR
2

1
HOC
1

1
HOC
2

7
3rd 174

* Season still in progress.

Complete Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie results

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Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points
2024 Teichmann Racing BMW M240i Racing Cup BMW M240i NLS1
6
NLS2
7
24H-Q1 24H-Q2 NLS3 NLS4 NLS5 NLS6 NC† 0
Team Advan x HRT Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo SP9 NLS1 NLS2 24H-Q1 24H-Q2 NLS3
5
NLS4 NLS5 NLS6 * *

As Schumacher was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

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