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Michael Schumacher

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Michael Schumacher is a German former Formula One racing driver who competed from 1991 to 2006 and returned for a further stint from 2010 to 2012. He won seven Formula One World Drivers Championship titles, a record later matched by Lewis Hamilton, and retired holding the records for most race wins (91), pole positions (68) and podium finishes (155). He also holds the record for most fastest laps in Formula One history, with 77.

Facts
Birth Year
1969 1
Birth Date
1969-01-03 1
Nationality
German 1
Career Highlight
Won a record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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In which years did Michael Schumacher win the Formula One world championship?

1994, 1995 and every year from 2000 to 2004.

Stats F1 lists Schumacher as world champion in 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, seven titles in all. His first Grand Prix was in Belgium in 1991 and his last was in Brazil in 2012.
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Source Wikipedia, Michael Schumacher

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Source Wikipedia, Michael SchumacherLead sentence 1tier 2
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Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012.
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1. Wikipedia, Michael Schumacher
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  • Lead section (introductory paragraph), Wikipedia article, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher
    Michael Schumacher (born 3 January 1969) is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012. Schumacher won a record-setting seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, tied by Lewis Hamilton in 2020, and-at the time of his retirement-held the records for most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155), while he maintains the record for most fastest laps (77), among others.
  • Competed In: Formula One World Championship, Lead
    who competed in Formula One from 1991 to 2006 and from 2010 to 2012
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