Championship record
2
World titles
7
1
Runner-up
2
5
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jim Clark
Michael Schumacher
Championships
2
7
Wins
25
91
Poles
33
68
Podiums
32
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
274
1,566
Starts
72
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jim Clark
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
34.7%
29.5%
Podium rate
44.4%
50.3%
Pole rate
45.8%
22.1%
Points / start
3.8
5.1
Avg grid
P3.6
P4.9
Avg finish
P7.1
P6.9
Finish rate
68.1%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jim Clark
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
Jim Clark
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
21
31
Crash retirements
2
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: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1991
1962 · aged 26
First win
1992 · aged 23
1962
First pole
1994
1963 · aged 27
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.5
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Jim Clark
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jim Clark | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 · 4 · P1 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 3 · 3 · P1 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 1 · 2 · P1 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 0 · P4 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 2 · 2 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Kyalami | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
Team history
Jim Clark
Team Lotus 1960Lotus-Climax 1961–1966Lotus-BRM 1966Lotus-Climax 1967Lotus-BRM 1967Lotus-Ford 1967–1968
Michael Schumacher
19602012
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).