Mario Andretti

American · 1968–1982
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
Mario Andretti Michael Schumacher
Championships
1
7
Wins
12
91
Poles
18
68
Podiums
19
155
Fastest laps
0
21
Career points
180
1,566
Starts
128
308
Rate-adjusted · per start
Mario Andretti Michael Schumacher
Win rate
9.4%
29.5%
Podium rate
14.8%
50.3%
Pole rate
14.1%
22.1%
Points / start
1.4
5.1
Avg grid
P8.6
P4.9
Avg finish
P12.5
P6.9
Finish rate
49.2%
79.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Mario Andretti 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
Mario Andretti Michael Schumacher
Mechanical retirements
49
31
Crash retirements
16
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
1968
Debut season
1991
1971 · aged 31
First win
1992 · aged 23
1968
First pole
1994
1978 · aged 38
First title
1994 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-3.9
Avg places gained
-2.0
Season points trajectory
1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010
Mario Andretti Michael Schumacher
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Mario Andretti Michael Schumacher
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 0 · 0 · P7 7 · 12 · P1
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 0 · 0 · — 7 · 12 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 1 · 2 · P1 5 · 8 · P1
Hockenheimring 1 · 1 · P1 4 · 7 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 0 · P4 5 · 8 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 0 · P5 5 · 7 · P1
Autódromo José Carlos Pace 0 · 0 · P7 4 · 10 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 0 · P12 3 · 7 · P1
Red Bull Ring 0 · 0 · P5 2 · 4 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Kyalami 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Mario Andretti
Lotus-Ford 1968–1969March 1970Ferrari 1971–1972Parnelli 1974–1975Team Lotus 1976Parnelli 1976Team Lotus 1977–1980Alfa Romeo 1981Ferrari 1982Williams 1982
Michael Schumacher
FER
Benetton 1991Jordan 1991Benetton 1992–1995Ferrari 1996–2006Mercedes 2010–2012
19682012
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).