Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher (; German: [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl ˈʃuːmaxɐ] (listen); born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Schumacher has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles (tied with Lewis Hamilton) and, at the time of his retirement from the sport in 2012, he held the records for the most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155)—which have since been broken by Hamilton—while he maintains the record for the most fastest laps (77), among others. After beginning his racing career in karting, Schumacher enjoyed success in several junior single-seater series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Schumacher has received more than 23,166,381 page views. His biography is available in 112 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 109 in 2019). Michael Schumacher is the 5th most popular racing driver (up from 6th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Germany (down from 196th in 2019) and the most popular German Racing Driver.

Michael Schumacher is a German racing driver who is most famous for winning seven Formula One World Championships.