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60 free Michael Schumacher trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
This Michael Schumacher trivia quiz covers the boy from Hurth who started in a pedal kart with a motorcycle engine and ended up with seven world championships and a rebuilt Ferrari behind him. The easy questions cover the titles, the team he made famous, his brother, his nicknames and the record Lewis Hamilton eventually matched. From there the quiz moves through the career: the Belgian Grand Prix debut for Jordan, the court fight with Benetton, the 1994 collision with Damon Hill, the 1997 clash with Jacques Villeneuve, the broken leg of 1999, the Hakkinen years and the five straight titles from 2000 to 2004. The hard end covers the Macau race won without a rear wing, the Sauber sports-car apprenticeship, the black flag at Silverstone, Rory Byrne and Ross Brawn, the Austria 2002 team orders and the $1 million fine, the 0.011-second gift to Barrichello, the tank-tested helmet, the Mercedes comeback with Nico Rosberg, the charity giving and the 2013 skiing accident at Meribel. Every answer was checked against Michael Schumacher's encyclopaedia entry before publishing and the supporting sentence is stored with each question. Our Formula 1, Ferrari and Juan Manuel Fangio quizzes are natural next stops.
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Q 01How many Formula One World Drivers' Championships did Michael Schumacher win?
7
Lewis Hamilton equalled the record in 2020.
Q 02How many Grand Prix wins did Schumacher retire with, a record at the time?
91
He still holds the record for most fastest laps, with 77.
Q 03In which West German town was Schumacher born in 1969?
Hurth
His father was a bricklayer who later ran the local kart track while his mother worked its canteen.
Q 04How did the four-year-old Schumacher's father upgrade his pedal kart?
He fitted a small motorcycle engine
After the boy crashed it into a lamp post, his parents took him to the Kerpen-Horrem kart track.
Q 05In which country did 12-year-old Schumacher get a kart licence, dodging Germany's minimum age of 14?
Luxembourg
He got his German licence in 1983, a year after winning the German Junior Kart Championship.
Q 06Which street race did Schumacher win in 1990 driving the closing laps without a rear wing?
Macau Grand Prix
A Finnish rival crashed into the back of him while trying to pass; Schumacher gave the prize money to his indebted family.
Q 07Which German manufacturer's junior sports-car programme did Schumacher join in 1990?
Mercedes-Benz
He won season finales in Mexico and Japan in Sauber-Mercedes cars and finished fifth at Le Mans in 1991.
Q 08For which team did Schumacher make his Formula One debut at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix?
Jordan
He replaced the imprisoned Bertrand Gachot, and his sports-car employer paid $150,000 for the seat.
Q 09How did Schumacher learn the Belgian circuit before his debut, having never raced there?
He rode round it on a folding bicycle
His teammate Andrea de Cesaris was tied up in contract talks and could not show him round.
Q 10Where did Schumacher qualify on his F1 debut in a midfield car he had tested for half a day?
7th
He retired on the first lap with clutch problems, but Benetton signed him for the very next race.
Q 11Which three-time world champion was Schumacher's teammate at Benetton in late 1991?
Nelson Piquet
Schumacher out-qualified him four times in five and finished ahead of him at Monza in only his second race.
Q 12At which circuit did Schumacher take his first Grand Prix win, in a wet 1992 race?
Spa-Francorchamps
He later called it 'far and away my favourite track'; it was the last win for a car with an H-pattern manual gearbox.
Q 13With whom did Schumacher collide at the final race of 1994 to clinch his first title?
Damon Hill
He had won eight races that season, one overshadowed by a fatal crash directly ahead of him at Imola.
Q 21How many races did Schumacher win in 2002, a record at the time?
11
He finished on the podium in every race that year, an unmatched perfect record.
Q 22How many of the 18 races did Schumacher win in 2004?
13
That season brought his final title.
Q 23What happened at the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix that angered fans?
Barrichello slowed to hand Schumacher the win
Schumacher pushed Barrichello onto the top step of the podium and Ferrari was fined $1 million for the disturbance.
Q 14Why was Schumacher disqualified and banned for two races after the 1994 British Grand Prix?
He ignored a black flag
He had been penalised for overtaking Hill on the formation lap; Benetton blamed a communication error.
Q 15In which year did Schumacher move to Ferrari?
1996
He finished third that season with a struggling car and later brought key Benetton staff with him.
Q 16Which two Benetton men did Schumacher lure to Ferrari in 1997?
Rory Byrne and Ross Brawn
One was the designer and the other the technical director behind all seven of his titles.
Q 17Schumacher was disqualified from the 1997 championship after colliding with which driver at Jerez?
Jacques Villeneuve
He turned in early on lap 48, slid into the gravel and watched his rival score the points he needed.
Q 18Which Finnish driver beat Schumacher to the 1998 title and was his main rival around 2000?
Mika Hakkinen
Schumacher finally beat him to the 2000 crown, ending Ferrari's long wait for a drivers' title.
Q 19What injury did Schumacher suffer after a brake failure in 1999?
A broken leg
He was second in the championship at the time and missed six races.
Q 20How long had Ferrari waited for a drivers' title when Schumacher won it in 2000?
21 years
Jody Scheckter had been the last Ferrari champion, in 1979.
Q 24By what margin did Schumacher hand Barrichello victory at the 2002 United States Grand Prix?
0.011 seconds
It was the second-closest finish in Formula One history, his way of repaying the Austria favour.
Q 25Whose record for most career wins did Schumacher break at the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix, his 52nd victory?
Alain Prost
That record had stood since 1993.
Q 26The 2001 Canadian Grand Prix produced Formula One's first ever 1-2 finish by brothers. Who won it?
Ralf Schumacher
Michael finished second to his younger brother, who drove for Williams.
Q 27To whom did Schumacher narrowly finish runner-up in 2006 before announcing his first retirement?
Fernando Alonso
He had dropped to third in 2005 after regulation changes.
Q 28In what kind of racing did Schumacher compete during 2008, between his F1 careers?
Motorcycle superbikes
He also acted as adviser to Ferrari and Jean Todt's 'super assistant'.
Q 29Which manufacturer's returning works team did Schumacher drive for in his 2010-2012 comeback?
Mercedes
His teammate was the 24-year-old Nico Rosberg, and Ross Brawn was again his team principal.
Q 30How many days had passed between Schumacher's last race for Ferrari and his 2010 comeback in Bahrain?
1,239
He finished sixth on his return, behind new teammate Nico Rosberg.