It’s been a little over ten years since Michael Schumacher finally ended his unique career in Formula 1. With a seventh place at the Brazilian Grand Prix, he put the lid on his three comeback years at Mercedes, during which he only pursued the music in sport. However, some of his records still stand today and make the record world champion in the premier class of motorsport unforgettable.
Although other Formula 1 superstars such as Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and most recently Max Verstappen have long shaped entire eras and set many records for themselves, Michael Schumacher is still the absolute number one in some statistics.
The motorsport portal “planetf1.com” now listed a number of Schumi’s best marks, which are still the benchmark even a decade after his final career end in Formula 1.
The greatest number in relation to the 54-year-old is undoubtedly his number of world championship titles in Formula 1. His seven world championships were equalized in 2020 by Mercedes superstar Lewis Hamilton. Since then, the German and the Brit have been joint record champions.
Schumacher and Hamilton also share another fabulous record in formula. Both are the only drivers to date to have won at least one Grand Prix in 15 consecutive seasons. An outstanding series, which in the case of Schumacher lasted between 1992 and 2006.
Only in his first Mercedes year in 2010 did this run end with at least one race win per season. Lewis Hamilton followed suit between 2007 and 2021, but for the first time in his career he remained without a first place in the last Formula 1 season.
Schumacher holds hat-trick record – Verstappen still far behind
A special feat on a Formula 1 weekend is to pull in the so-called hat trick of pole position, race win and fastest race lap. A special feature that the two-time world champion and dominator of recent years Max Verstappen has “only” managed five times.
Michael Schumacher, on the other hand, managed this feat an outstanding 22 times, making him the sole record holder to this day. Lewis Hamilton follows in second place in this statistic with 19 hat-tricks.
Probably the most dominant year ever in Formula 1 history was the 2002 season. During this time, Michael Schumacher not only became world champion early in the seventh last race of the season, which also represents a record that is unique to this day.
He also finished on the winner’s podium in each of the 17 races of the season and thus scored more points than World Championship second Rubens Barrichello and third Juan Pablo Montoya combined. This podium rate of 100 percent in an F1 year is still unmatched and guarantees Schumi absolute legend status.