Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Schumacher in 2012
Born	(1969-01-03) 3 January 1969
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
Entries	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 entry	1991 Belgian Grand Prix
First win	1992 Belgian Grand Prix
Last win	2006 Chinese Grand Prix
Last entry	2012 Brazilian Grand Prix
2010 position	9th (72 points)

Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969 in Hürth, near Cologne) is a former German Formula 1 driver, which means that he used to drive very fast race cars between 1991 and 2012. He is widely considered the greatest Formula 1(very fast cars) driver of all time. He has won seven world championship titles and has the second most Grand Prix victories in the world after Sir Lewis Hamilton. 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

Jordan (1991)

Debut

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 he burnt the clutch and retired.

Benetton (1991-1995)

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.

1993

Williams dominated the season with its active suspension, and Benetton quickly made a similar one to match Williams. Schumacher won the Portuguese Grand Prix, and finished 9 times on the podium. However, with 7 retirements, he failed to finish 3rd in the championship.

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 in Monaco (but he was stripped of it due to a penalty), 1 fastest lap, and 1 podium. He was replaced by Lewis Hamilton for the 2013 season and retired from Formula One.

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	Constructor / Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	WDC
1991	Jordan-Ford Team 7UP Jordan	USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL Ret										4	14th
	Benetton-Ford Camel Benetton Ford												ITA 5	POR 6	ESP 6	JPN Ret	AUS Ret
1992	Benetton-Ford Camel Benetton Ford	RSA 4	MEX 3	BRA 3	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					53	3rd
1993	Benetton-Ford Camel Benetton Ford	RSA Ret	BRA 3	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					52	4th
1994	Benetton-Ford Mild Seven Benetton Ford	BRA 1	PAC 1	SMR 1	MON 1	ESP 2	CAN 1	FRA 1	VBR DSQ	GER Ret	HUN 1	BEL DSQ	ITA	POR	EUR 1	JPN 2	AUS Ret					92	1st
1995	Benetton-Renault Mild Seven Benetton Renault	BRA 1	ARG 3	SMR Ret	ESP 1	MON 1	CAN 5	FRA 1	GBR Ret	GER 1	HUN Ret	BEL 1	ITA Ret	POR 2	EUR 1	PAC 1	JPN 1	AUS Ret				102	1st
1996	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari	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					59	3rd
1997	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	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				78*	DSQ
1998	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	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					86	2nd
1999	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	AUS 8	BRA 2	SMR 1	MON 1	ESP 3	CAN Ret	FRA 5	GBR DNS	AUT INJ	GER INJ	HUN INJ	BEL INJ	ITA INJ	EUR INJ	MAL 2	JPN 2					44	5th
2000	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	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				108	1st
2001	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	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				123	1st
2002	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	AUS 1	MAL 3	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				144	1st
2003	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	AUS 4	MAL 6	BRA Ret	SMR 1	ESP 1	AUT 1	MON 3	CAN 1	EUR 5	FRA 3	GBR 4	GER 7	HUN 8	ITA 1	USA 1	JPN 8					93	1st
2004	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	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			148	1st
2005	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	AUS Ret	MAL 7	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		62	3rd
2006	Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	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			121	2nd
2010	Mercedes Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	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		72	9th
2011	Mercedes Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	AUS Ret	MAL 9	CHN 8	TUR 12	ESP 6	MON Ret	CAN 4	EUR 17	GBR 9	GER 8	HUN Ret	BEL 5	ITA 5	SIN Ret	JPN 6	KOR Ret	IND 5	ABU 7	BRA 15		76	8th
2012	Mercedes Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	AUS Ret	MAL 10	CHN Ret	BHR 10	ESP Ret	MON Ret	CAN Ret	EUR 3	GBR 7	GER 7	HUN Ret	BEL 7	ITA 6	SIN Ret	JPN 11	KOR 13	IND 22	ABU 11	USA 16	BRA 7	49	13th

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

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