🇩🇪 Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher was an elite professional competing in Formula 1 between 1991 and 2012. He drove for Mercedes in his indexed career, though his record shows 181 starts across seven championships won with Benetton and Ferrari. He also raced in Formula 3 Macau in the late 1980s, winning three of four starts, and made a single karting appearance at the 2009 SKUSA SuperNationals.[1]

His Formula 1 record across 308 starts comprised 91 wins and 155 podiums, yielding seven world championships: two with Benetton in 1994 and 1995, and five consecutive titles with Ferrari from 2000 to 2004. He regularly finished ahead of established professionals; Rubens Barrichello, a multiple champion in Stock Car Pro Series and a 326-start Formula 1 veteran, was his frequent opponent and usual inferior, as was David Coulthard across 247 Formula 1 starts. Schumacher beat Nico Rosberg, an elite professional and 2016 Formula 1 champion, 23 times in their meetings. He finished ahead of Lewis Hamilton, a generational driver and seven-time Formula 1 champion, on four occasions.[2]

Ferrari, his primary team across 181 starts, fielded 99 drivers over its indexed history, among them the generational talent Charles Leclerc. The field Schumacher raced in across two decades of Formula 1 ranged from amateurs and semi-professionals to graded professionals, and he sat clearly at its head.