Well it had to happen sometime

One of the best formula one racing drivers Michael Schumacher has retired.

Yesterday was his final race.

Check these stats out for a hell of a career.

He has been in F1 for 15 years from 1991 to 2006.
Raced for 3 teams, Jorden (1 race only), Benetton (1991 to 1995) and Ferrari (1995 to 2005)

He has amassed 91 race wins, 68 Pole positions, and 76 fastest laps. He has been in an amazing 250 races and finally has been world champion 7 times.

He hold the following records for his career:

Most championship titles: 7
Most consecutive championship titles: 5
Most race wins: 91
Most consecutive race wins: 7
Most race wins with one team: 72 with Ferrari
Most race wins at the same GP: 8 at the French Grand Prix (Magny-Cours)
Most different GPs (by country) won: 20
Most time between first and last race wins: 14 years, 1 month and 2 days
Most second place finishes: 43
Most podium finishes: 154
Most consecutive podium finishes: 19 (from the 2001 United States Grand Prix, until the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix)
Most points finishes: 190
Most laps leading: 4741 (with a total of 22,155 km in 131 Grands Prix) [27]
Most pole positions: 68
Most starts from first row: 108
Most fastest laps: 76
Most doubles (pole position and race win): 40
Most hat-trick (pole position, race win and fastest lap): 22
Most championship points: 1,369
Most consecutive race finished without retirement: 24 (from the 2001 Hungarian Grand Prix, until the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix)
Most championship points in a season for a twice-world champion: 121 (out of a maximum of 180)
Most Wins in a season for a twice-world champion
Only racing driver ever, in any racing class, to win 5 times at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Only racing driver ever, in any racing class, to win 5 times at Autodromo Nazionale Monza (his favorite track and the home race for his team)
Most race wins in a season: 13 (out of 18 races)
Most fastest laps in a season: 10
Most championship points in a season: 148 (out of a maximum of 180)
Most podium finishes in a season: 17 (out of 17 races)

He will always be remembered as one of the best i think. Even though he only finished 4th in his last race. A puncture on the second lap forced him down to last but he managed to claw his way back through the field. At one point he was taking a place every lap. As he crossed the line the entire crowd was on its feet cheering him. It will long be remembered as the best race of the season i think.

Farewell Micheal, you will be missed

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Very impressive. I knew of him, of course, but not of all those statistics. Wow!

mayhem1978,

Tough when it does, but you are right - he was one of the great F1 drivers!

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