Keke Rosberg

Finnish · 1978–1986
VS

Michael Schumacher

German · 1991–2012
Championship record
1
World titles
7
0
Runner-up
2
2
Top-3 finishes
12
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Keke Rosberg Michael Schumacher
Championships
1
7
Wins
5
91
Poles
5
68
Podiums
17
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
159.5
1,566
Starts
114
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Keke Rosberg Michael Schumacher
Win rate
4.4%
29.5%
Podium rate
14.9%
50.3%
Pole rate
4.4%
22.1%
Points / start
1.4
5.1
Avg grid
P10.1
P4.9
Avg finish
P11.8
P6.9
Finish rate
53.5%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Keke Rosberg 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
Keke Rosberg Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
41
31
Crash retirements
9
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: 3 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1978
Debut season
1991
1982 · aged 33
First win
1992 · aged 23
1982
First pole
1994
1982 · aged 33
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-1.6
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008
Keke Rosberg Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Keke Rosberg Michael Schumacher
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P4 7 · 12 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · P4 7 · 12 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 2 · P1 5 · 7 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 0 · 0 · P4 6 · 9 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 0 · P4 5 · 8 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P12 5 · 8 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P9 4 · 10 · P1
Hockenheimring 0 · 1 · P3 4 · 7 · P1
Hungaroring 0 · 0 · — 4 · 7 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P11 3 · 7 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 1 · P2 2 · 4 · P1
Autódromo do Estoril 0 · 0 · — 1 · 3 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Adelaide Street Circuit 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Circuito de Jerez 0 · 0 · P4 1 · 1 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3
Team history
Keke Rosberg
ATS 1978Wolf 1978Theodore 1978Wolf 1979Fittipaldi 1980–1981Williams 1982–1985McLaren 1986
Michael Schumacher
FER
Benetton 1991Jordan 1991Benetton 1992–1995Ferrari 1996–2006Mercedes 2010–2012
19782012
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).