Seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher has gained eight F1 races in Japan which makes the good German essentially the most profitable driver within the historical past of the Japanese F1 races.
Michael Schumacher has the most effective document in Japan. The seven-time world champion took six wins at Suzuka – one with Benetton, the remainder with Ferrari – and likewise gained each Aida races, once more with Benetton.
Lewis Hamilton, who shares Schumacher’s document for the variety of world titles, is second on the Japanese record, with 5 wins, one at Fuji and 4 at Suzuka.
Of the groups, McLaren tops the chart with 9 wins, adopted by Ferrari and Pink Bull, equal second with seven. Schumacher additionally heads the record for pole positions with eight and Ferrari is essentially the most profitable workforce on this regard with ten.
The Japanese Grand Prix’s transfer to an early date within the calendar has robbed the occasion of the prospect to determine the end result of the drivers’ world championship. Up till 2023, the matter was settled right here no fewer than 14 instances.
Ayrton Senna clinched all three of his crowns at Suzuka, in 1998, 1990 and 1991, Schumacher gained one in Aida in 1995 and two at Suzuka, and Mika Hakkinen gained his two titles in Suzuka in 1998 and 1999. Others to get their palms on the championship in Japan have been James Hunt (1976), Nelson Piquet (1987), Alain Prost (1989), Damon Hill (1996), Sebastian Vettel (2011) and Max Verstappen (2022).
