David Schumacher (racing driver)

David Schumacher
Schumacher in 2023
Born	(2001-10-23) 23 October 2001 (age 22) Salzburg, Austria
Nationality	German
Parents	Ralf Schumacher (father) Cora Schumacher (mother)
Relatives	Michael Schumacher (uncle) Corinna Schumacher (aunt) Mick Schumacher (cousin) Sebastian Stahl (step-uncle)
DTM career
Debut season	2022
Current team	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Car number	27
Starts	31
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	25th in 2023
Previous series
2019–2022 2019 2018 2018 2017–18	FIA Formula 3 Championship FR European Championship Euroformula Open ADAC Formula 4 Formula 4 UAE Championship
Championship titles
2018	ADAC F4 - Rookies' Championship

David Schumacher (born 23 October 2001) is a German racing driver currently competing in the 2023 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters with Mercedes-AMG Team Winward. A member of the Schumacher racing family, he is the son of former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher, nephew of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher, and the cousin to racing 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

2019

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.

2020

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.

2021

Schumacher at the 2021 Spielberg Formula 3 round

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] At Zandvoort, Schumacher qualified a career best of 2nd, behind Dennis Hauger. During the feature race, with 3 laps to go, Schumacher was running in 2nd place until Victor Martins made a failed attempt to pass Schumacher, taking him out while trying to overtake him. ^[16] Schumacher's 5th place the race before proved to be his last points finish during the season, as he finished 14th and 15th in the final round. He ended the season with just 55 points, compared to his teammates Doohan and Novalak with 179 and 147 points respectively. He still however, helped Trident clinch the constructors' championship by 4 points. ^[17]

2022

In April 2022 it was announced that Schumacher would return to Charouz Racing System, the team which he drove for in 2020, to replace Ayrton Simmons at the Imola round. ^[18] He started 29th and last for both of the races, but recovered to finish 18th and 12th in the races. ^[19] Due to DTM commitments, Schumacher was replaced by Lirim Zendeli for the Barcelona round. ^[20] At Zandvoort, Schumacher made his second appearance of the season with Charouz, as Christian Mansell returned to his main campaign in the Euroformula Open. ^[21] Schumacher once again returned to DTM that clashed with the Monza season finale and was replaced by Alessandro Famularo. ^[22] Schumacher ended the championship 28th overall, highest of the non-scorers and even ahead of some full-timers. ^[23]

Touring cars

2022

He left Formula 3 at the conclusion of the 2021 season to join the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for its 2022 campaign. His season started in a promising manner, qualifying tenth at the Lausitzring and eventually finishing 14th, ^[24] however a flurry of retirements as a result of crashes, most notably one with three-time DTM champion René Rast at the Nürburgring, led to criticism regarding the German's driving conduct. ^{[25] [26]} The best result of the season came at Spa-Francorchamps, where Schumacher ended up eleventh, a mere second behind the points positions, albeit that weekend also yielded a twelve-place grid penalty for Race 2 caused by multiple track limit infractions. ^[27] At the final event, he was involved in a collision with Thomas Preining, which caused a fracture of Schumacher's lumbar vertebrae. ^{[28] [29]} The German ended the season in 28th place, having failed to score points, summing it up by stating that it "hadn't been a good season". ^{[30] [31]}

2023

After a difficult debut season in the DTM, Schumacher began competing in the GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup. He competed for Winward Racing, driving alongside Marius Zug and Miklas Born. ^[32]

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 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
2022	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	15	0	0	0	0	0	28th
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Charouz Racing System	4	0	0	0	0	0	28th
2023	Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	16	0	0	0	0	16	25th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup	Winward Racing	5	0	0	0	0	9	17th
	GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup - Gold Cup			1	1	0	3	88	3rd
2024	ADAC GT Masters	Haupt Racing Team
	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie - BMW M240i	Teichmann Racing	2	0	0	0	0	*	*

^† 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
2022	Charouz Racing System	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	IMO SPR 18	IMO FEA 12	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	ZAN SPR 20	ZAN FEA 15	MNZ SPR	MNZ SPR				28th	0

^† 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	Sauber Junior Team by Charouz	Dallara F3 2019	23rd	25th	21st

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

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

Year	Entrant	Chassis	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2022	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	ALG 1 20	ALG 2 15	LAU 1 Ret	LAU 2 14	IMO 1 21	IMO 2 Ret	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 Ret	SPA 1 11	SPA 2 20	RBR 1 16	RBR 2 24	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 DNS	28th	0
2023	Mercedes-AMG Team Winward	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	OSC 1 18	OSC 2 13	ZAN 1 Ret	ZAN 2 15	NOR 1 16	NOR 2 Ret	NÜR 1 Ret	NÜR 2 9	LAU 1 DSQ	LAU 2 Ret	SAC 1 17	SAC 2 11	RBR 1 18	RBR 2 18	HOC 1 18	HOC 2 16	25th	16

Complete GT World Challenge results

GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup

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

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pos.	Points
2023	Winward Racing	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	Gold	MNZ 26	LEC 10	SPA 6H 22	SPA 12H 58†	SPA 24H Ret	NÜR 6	CAT 14	3rd	88

^*Season still in progress.

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External links

• David Schumacher career summary at DriverDB.com