Championship record
2
World titles
7
2
Runner-up
2
4
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Emerson Fittipaldi
Michael Schumacher
Championships
2
7
Wins
14
91
Poles
6
68
Podiums
35
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
281
1,566
Starts
146
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Emerson Fittipaldi
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
9.6%
29.5%
Podium rate
24%
50.3%
Pole rate
4.1%
22.1%
Points / start
1.9
5.1
Avg grid
P11.9
P4.9
Avg finish
P10.8
P6.9
Finish rate
66.4%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Emerson Fittipaldi
Michael Schumacher
Overtakes
0
1,503
Overtakes / race
0.0
6.5
Places lost
0
1,353
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded.
Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Emerson Fittipaldi
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
39
31
Crash retirements
5
31
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 5 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1970
Debut season
1991
1970 · aged 23
First win
1992 · aged 23
1972
First pole
1994
1972 · aged 25
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
+1.2
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Emerson Fittipaldi
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Emerson Fittipaldi | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | 0 · 0 · P8 | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 0 · 0 · — | 7 · 12 · P1 |
| Autódromo José Carlos Pace | 2 · 3 · P1 | 4 · 10 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 4 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 3 · P2 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P6 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 1 · 2 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 0 · 0 · P4 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 1 · 2 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 2 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Emerson Fittipaldi
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
Michael Schumacher
19702012
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).