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 file in Japan. The seven-time world champion took six wins at Suzuka – one with Benetton, the remaining with Ferrari – and in addition gained each Aida races, once more with Benetton.
Lewis Hamilton, who shares Schumacher’s file for the variety of world titles, is second on the Japanese listing, with 5 wins, one at Fuji and 4 at Suzuka.
Of the groups, McLaren tops the chart with 9 wins, adopted by Ferrari and Crimson Bull, equal second with seven. Schumacher additionally heads the listing 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 possibility to resolve 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 arms on the championship in Japan had been James Hunt (1976), Nelson Piquet (1987), Alain Prost (1989), Damon Hill (1996), Sebastian Vettel (2011) and Max Verstappen (2022).
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