David Schumacher (racing driver)

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David Schumacher
David Schumacher Spielberg 2021.jpg
Schumacher in 2021
Born (2001-10-23) 23 October 2001 (age 20)
Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
NationalityGermany German
Parents
RelativesMichael Schumacher (uncle)
Corinna Schumacher (aunt)
Mick Schumacher (cousin)
Sebastian Stahl (step-uncle)
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season2019
Current teamTrident Racing
Car number25
Former teamsCharouz Racing System, Campos Racing, Carlin Buzz Racing
Starts40 (41 entries)
Wins1
Podiums2
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish11th in 2021
Previous series
2019
2018
2018
2017–18		FR European Championship
Euroformula Open
ADAC Formula 4
Formula 4 UAE Championship
Championship titles
2018ADAC F4 - Rookies' Championship

David Schumacher (born 23 October 2001) is a German racing driver, son of former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, nephew of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, and cousin of current Formula One driver Mick Schumacher.

Career[]

Karting career[]

Schumacher began karting at a young age, alongside his cousin Mick.[1] From there he competed in multiple karting championships under his mother's maiden name Brinkmann. In 2017, David's last year in karts, he chose to race with the Schumacher name and finished as runner-up in the DKM Championship to Dennis Hauger in the senior class.[2]

Lower formulae[]

In August 2017, it was announced that Schumacher would graduate to single-seaters, competing for his father's US Racing outfit in the 2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship.[3] In January 2018, he made his single-seater debut, contesting the Formula 4 UAE Championship with Rasgaira Motorsports Team from the second round onwards.[4] Claiming three wins, Schumacher ended the season as vice-champion to Charles Weerts.[5]

In ADAC Formula 4, Schumacher scored a consistent string of points finishes, with three 4th places being his best finishes, and ended the season 9th in the championship. His results translated into eight race wins in the Rookies' Cup and he claimed the title of rookie champion.[6]

Euroformula Open Championship & Asian F3 Winter Series[]

Schumacher competed in the final two rounds of the 2018 Euroformula Open Championship with RP Motorsport. He was ineligible to score points as a guest driver, but claimed two 4th-place finishes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. These results placed him 6th in the Spanish Formula 3 championship, which is made up of three rounds from the Euroformula Open championship.[7]

In January 2019, Schumacher was named as part of Pinnacle Motorsport's three car line-up for the Asian F3 Winter Series.[8] He competed in two of the championship's three rounds, taking a podium finish at the Buriram International Circuit and finishing 8th in the championship.

Formula Regional European Championship[]

In March 2019 it was announced that Schumacher would compete in the inaugural season of the Formula Regional European Championship, returning to the US Racing team co-owned by his father.[9] He claimed four race victories over the season, including two consecutively at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as well as five other podium finishes, five pole positions and three fastest laps. He ended the season 4th in the championship.

FIA Formula 3 Championship[]

In September 2019 Schumacher made his debut in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, standing in at Campos Racing for the injured Alex Peroni at the final round in Sochi.[10] Schumacher finished the two races in 22nd and 20th. Schumacher made his first appearance at the Macau Grand Prix in November, racing for Sauber Junior Team by Charouz. He placed 23rd in qualifying, fell back to 25th in the qualifying race and finished 21st in the main race.[11] In December he took part in the second round of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 series at Bahrain International Circuit, taking both pole positions of the weekend and finishing all four races on the podium, including a victory in the second race.

In February 2020 it was confirmed that Schumacher would return to the FIA Formula 3 Championship, racing full-time with Charouz Racing System.[12] However, following the Spanish round, he left Charouz to join Carlin Racing. He did not score any points, had a best finish of 12th at the Austria feature race, and finished the championship in 28th place.

In February 2021 it was announced that Schumacher would race for Trident Racing in the 2021 season.[13] On 4 July 2021 he achieved his first FIA F3 points, podium and victory in race 2 of the third round at the Red Bull Ring, having started the race from reverse-grid pole.[14] Throughout the next two rounds, the German would go on to finish in the points in all but one race, even scoring his second podium of the year in the second race at Spa-Francorchamps, where him and teammate Jack Doohan gave Trident their first one-two finish in their Formula 3 history.[15]

Personal life[]

Schumacher's family includes his father former Formula One driver Ralf, his uncle seven-time Formula One world champion Michael and his cousin Formula One driver Mick. He is also in a relationship with Hungarian racing driver Vivien Keszthelyi.

Karting record[]

Karting career summary[]

Season Series Team Position
2011 Ciao Thomas Knopper Memorial — Bambini 2nd
ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini 9th
Euro Wintercup — Bambini 7th
2012 ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini 8th
2014 German Karting Championship — Junior 27th
ADAC Kart Masters — KFJ 16th
2015 South Garda Winter Cup — KFJ KSM Racing Team 16th
WSK Super Master Series — KFJ 32nd
ADAC Kart Masters — Junior 3rd
German Karting Championship — Junior 4th
CIK-FIA World Championship — KFJ 51st
2016 WSK Champions Cup — OKJ KSM Schumacher Racing Team 31st
South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ NC
WSK Super Master Series — OK 23rd
CIK-FIA European Championship — OK 22nd
German Karting Championship — Senior 6th
CIK-FIA World Championship — OK 20th
2017 WSK Champions Cup — OK KSM Schumacher Racing Team 21st
South Garda Winter Cup — OK 27th
WSK Super Master Series — OK 14th
German Karting Championship — Senior 2nd
CIK-FIA Karting European Championship — OK 13th
2019 South Garda Winter Cup — OK 70th

Racing record[]

Racing career summary[]

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2017–18 Formula 4 UAE Championship Rasgaira Motorsports Team 20 3 5 4 16 325 2nd
2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship US Racing–CHRS 20 0 0 0 0 103 9th
Euroformula Open Championship RP Motorsport 4 0 0 0 0 0 NC†
Spanish Formula 3 Championship 4 0 0 0 0 38 6th
2019 Formula Regional European Championship US Racing 24 4 5 3 9 285 4th
F3 Asian Winter Series Pinnacle Motorsport 6 0 0 0 1 43 8th
FIA Formula 3 Championship Campos Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 32nd
Macau Grand Prix Sauber Junior Team by Charouz 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 21st
2019–20 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 MRF Racing 4 1 2 2 4 82 9th
2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship Charouz Racing System 12 0 0 0 0 0 28th
Carlin Buzz Racing 6 0 0 0 0 0
2021 FIA Formula 3 Championship Trident 20 1 0 0 2 55 11th

† As Schumacher was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points
2017–18 Rasgaira Motorsports Team YMC1
1 		YMC1
2 		YMC1
3 		YMC1
4 		YMC2
1
3 		YMC2
2
2 		YMC2
3
2 		YMC2
4
2 		DUB1
1
2 		DUB1
2
1 		DUB1
3
6 		DUB1
4
C 		YMC3
1
3 		YMC3
2
1 		YMC3
3
5 		YMC3
4
1 		YMC4
1
2 		YMC4
2
2 		YMC4
3
2 		YMC4
4
3 		DUB2
1
2 		DUB2
2
6 		DUB2
3
2 		DUB2
4
3 		2nd 325

Complete ADAC Formula 4 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points
2018 US Racing–CHRS OSC
1
5 		OSC
2
13 		OSC
3
13 		HOC1
1
4 		HOC1
2
9 		HOC1
3
15 		LAU
1
9 		LAU
2
7 		LAU
3
18 		RBR
1
6 		RBR
2
Ret 		RBR
3
7 		HOC2
1
5 		HOC2
2
12 		NÜR
1
4 		NÜR
2
4 		NÜR
3
8 		HOC3
1
6 		HOC3
2
14 		HOC3
3
5 		9th 103

Complete Formula Regional European Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DC Points
2019 US Racing LEC
1
8 		LEC
2
6 		LEC
3
3 		VLL
1
1 		VLL
2
7 		VLL
3
C 		HUN
1
6 		HUN
2
5 		HUN
3
7 		RBR
1
3 		RBR
2
2 		RBR
3
6 		IMO
1
8 		IMO
2
5 		IMO
3
6 		IMO
4
4 		CAT
1
3 		CAT
2
1 		CAT
3
1 		MUG
1
2 		MUG
2
14 		MUG
3
1 		MNZ
1
7 		MNZ
2
7 		MNZ
3
6 		4th 285

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2019 Campos Racing CAT
FEA 		CAT
SPR 		LEC
FEA 		LEC
SPR 		RBR
FEA 		RBR
SPR 		SIL
FEA 		SIL
SPR 		HUN
FEA 		HUN
SPR 		SPA
FEA 		SPA
SPR 		MNZ
FEA 		MNZ
SPR 		SOC
FEA
22 		SOC
SPR
20 		32nd 0
2020 Charouz Racing System RBR
FEA
25 		RBR
SPR
15 		RBR
FEA
12 		RBR
SPR
17 		HUN
FEA
16 		HUN
SPR
13 		SIL
FEA
25 		SIL
SPR
15 		SIL
FEA
15 		SIL
SPR
Ret 		CAT
FEA
23 		CAT
SPR
25 		28th 0
Carlin Buzz Racing SPA
FEA
17 		SPA
SPR
14 		MNZ
FEA
19 		MNZ
SPR
Ret 		MUG
FEA
15 		MUG
SPR
19
2021 Trident CAT
1
11 		CAT
2
Ret 		CAT
3
12 		LEC
1
16 		LEC
2
11 		LEC
3
27 		RBR
1
12 		RBR
2
1 		RBR
3
11 		HUN
1
8 		HUN
2
6 		HUN
3
4 		SPA
1
11 		SPA
2
2 		SPA
3
9 		ZAN
1
14 		ZAN
2
5 		ZAN
3
30† 		SOC
1
14 		SOC
2
C 		SOC
3
15 		11th 55

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results[]

Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race
2019 Czech Republic Sauber Junior Team by Charouz Dallara F3 2019 23rd 25th 21st

References[]

  1. ^ "Karting: David Schumacher follows father's path". April 23, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "DKM Champions Declared at the Finale in Italy". October 23, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Ehlan, Stefan (August 24, 2017). "Ralf Schumacher's son David makes F4 jump in 2018". Motorsport.com. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Wood, Elliot (January 18, 2018). "David Schumacher to make car racing debut in F4 UAE". FormulaScout. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "Schumacher's nephew is runner-up in debut season despite missing four races". March 5, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  6. ^ Jackson, Connor (September 23, 2018). "SCHUMACHER CLAIMS ROOKIE TITLE DURING CLEAN SWEEP FOR US RACING". The Checkered Flag. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  7. ^ "David Schumacher to make Euroformula debut with RP Motorsport". September 26, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
  8. ^ Suttill, Josh (January 8, 2019). "David Schumacher to races in Asian F3 Winter Series as part of three-car Pinnacle line-up". FormulaScout. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  9. ^ Allen, Peter (1 March 2019). "David Schumacher to race in Formula Regional with father Ralf's team". formulascout.com. Formula Scout. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Schumacher to make F3 debut as Peroni stand-in". Motorsport.com. 24 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Suncity Group Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix – FIA F3 World Cup – Race – Final Classification" (PDF). ITS Events. 17 November 2019. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Ralf Schumacher's son makes full-time step up to F3". formula1.com. 5 February 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  13. ^ Vecchia, Giacomo Della. "David Schumacher correrà con il Trident Mortorsport in F3" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  14. ^ "HIGHLIGHTS: Schumacher surges to first F3 win in Race 2 at the Red Bull Ring". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  15. ^ "2021 Round 5 post-Race 2 press conference". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 2021-09-02.

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