Championship record
1
World titles
7
0
Runner-up
2
2
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Jochen Rindt
Michael Schumacher
Championships
1
7
Wins
6
91
Poles
10
68
Podiums
13
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
109
1,566
Starts
61
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Jochen Rindt
Michael Schumacher
Win rate
9.8%
29.5%
Podium rate
21.3%
50.3%
Pole rate
16.4%
22.1%
Points / start
1.8
5.1
Avg grid
P6.5
P4.9
Avg finish
P9.9
P6.9
Finish rate
42.6%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Jochen Rindt
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
Jochen Rindt
Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
30
31
Crash retirements
4
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: 1 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1964
Debut season
1991
1969 · aged 27
First win
1992 · aged 23
1968
First pole
1994
1970 · aged 28
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.2
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
Jochen Rindt
Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Jochen Rindt | Michael Schumacher |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 1 · P2 | 6 · 9 · P1 |
| Circuit de Monaco | 1 · 1 · P1 | 5 · 7 · P1 |
| Nürburgring | 0 · 2 · P3 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 1 · P2 | 5 · 8 · P1 |
| Hockenheimring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 4 · 7 · P1 |
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P4 | 3 · 7 · P1 |
| Red Bull Ring | 0 · 0 · — | 2 · 4 · P1 |
| Kyalami | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P4 |
| Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
Team history
Jochen Rindt
Brabham-BRM 1964Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Maserati 1966–1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970
Michael Schumacher
19642012
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).