sourceMichael Schumacher (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaʔeːl ˈʃuːmaxɐ] (
listen); born 3 January 1969) is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Mercedes team. Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time on his performance records alone.[1][2][3][4] He holds many of the formula's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season – 13 in 2004. In 2002 he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes. According to the official Formula One website he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen".[5] In 2009, a poll of 217 Formula One drivers conducted by the British magazine Autosport named Schumacher as "the second-greatest Formula One driver who ever lived", just behind Ayrton Senna, and the most complete driver, just ahead of Senna.[3][6] As of the 2012 Formula One season Schumacher is the only driver left competing in Formula 1 to have raced against Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, whose record of total career wins he beat with his 52nd win at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix.
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