Michael Schumacher
Team: Ferrari
Nationality:German
DOB: 03/01/1969
Place: Hürth-Hermülheim
Grand Prix entered: 187
Highest grid position: 1 (x54)
World Championships: 5
Podiums: 119
Highest race finish: 1 (x68)
Points: 999
Career Highlights
2000 2002 Wins a hat-trick of Drivers' titles, rewriting the record books of the sport in the process. Draws level
with Juan Manuel Fangio on five World Championships and helps Ferrari to take the Constructors' crown in each
season as well.
1999 Crashes at the British Grand Prix and breaks his leg. Returns for the Malaysian Grand Prix and helps Ferrari to it
first Constructors' Championship since 1983.
1998 Takes the Drivers' title to the last race of the season but then stalls on the grid at Suzuka, losing the
Championship to Mika Hakkinen.
1997 Finishes second in the Drivers' Championship - but is disqualified after a collision with eventual champion
Villeneuve at the final race of the season.
1996 Joins Ferrari and starts on the long process of turning the team's fortunes around. Finishes third in the Drivers'
Championship.
1995 Wins his second Drivers' title with Benetton.
1994 Wins his first Drivers' Championship amidst controversy - colliding with nearest rival Damon Hill in the last race
of the season.
1992 Wins the Belgian Grand Prix and finishes third in the Drivers' Championship driving for Benetton.
1991 Formula One debut for Jordan, but moves to Benetton after one race. Takes four Drivers' Championship points.
1990 Wins German Formula 3 Championship.
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Rubens Barrichello
Team: Ferrari
Nationality:Brazilian
DOB: 23/05/1972
Place:Sao Paulo
Grand Prix entered: 173
Highest grid position: 1 (x7)
World Championships:0
Podiums: 39
Highest race finish: 1 (x5)
Points: 303
Career Highlights
2002 Second in the Drivers' Championship in Ferrari's most dominant season to date. Takes four victories.
2001 Still at Ferrari, third in the Drivers' Championship.
2000 Goes to Ferrari as second driver, replacing Eddie Irvine. Manages an emotional - and popular - win at the
German Grand Prix. Finishes the season fourth in the Drivers' Championship with 62 points.
1999 Best season with Stewart. Third places in the San Marino, French and European Grands Prix. Seventh in the
Drivers' Championship with 21 points.
1998 Fifth places in Spain and Canada the best performances of the season. 13th in the Drivers' Championship.
1997 Signs for Stewart and finishes 13th in the Drivers' Championship after a brilliant second place at Monaco.
1994 Still with Jordan, finishes sixth in the Drivers' Championship. Scores his first podium finish with a third place at
the Pacific Grand Prix at TI Aida.
1993 Signs for the Jordan team and makes his debut at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Juan Pablo Montoya
Team: Williams
Nationality:Colombian
DOB: 20/09/1975
Place: Bogota
Grand Prix entered: 42
Highest grid position: 1 (x10)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 14
Highest race finish: 1 (x2)
Points: 112
Career Highlights
2002 A strong season sees him finish third in the Drivers' Championship. Outstanding qualifying performance sees him
grab seven pole positions and the record for all time fastest lap.
2001 Moves to Formula One motor racing with the Williams team. Starts the season badly with several big accidents
but takes his first victory in Italy.
2000 Competes in CART with the Chip Ganassi team. Takes three victories and six poles. Wins the Indianapolis 500 at
his first attempt.
1999 He becomes the youngest CART FedEx Series Champion ever, winning the title after seven wins and seven pole
positions.
1998 Takes the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship.
1997 Runner-up in the FIA Formula 3000 Championship. Becomes Williams test driver.
1995 Third place in the British Formula Vauxhall Championship.
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Ralf Schumacher
Team:Williams
Nationality:German
DOB: 30/06/1975
Place: Hürth-Hermülheim
Grand Prix entered: 108
Highest grid position: 1 (x3)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 21
Highest race finish: 1 (x4)
Points: 210
Career Highlights
2002 Wins the Malaysian Grand Prix. Finishes fourth in the Drivers' Championship behind team mate Montoya.
2001 Still with Williams. Takes first victory of his career at the San Marino Grand Prix, follows this with wins in Canada
and Germany. 49 points puts him fourth in the Drivers' Championship.
2000 Finishes fifth in the Drivers' Championship.
1999 Moves to Williams. Scores 35 championship points, takes three podiums.
1998 Still driving with Jordan, takes second place at Spa and third place at Monza.
1997 Makes debut in Australia with Jordan. He is involved in a series of crashes but finishes third in Argentina.
1996 Wins the Japanese Formula 3000 Championship.
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David Coulthard
Team:McLaren
Nationality:British
DOB: 27/03/1971
Place: Twynholm, Scotland
Grand Prix entered: 149
Highest grid position: 1 (x12)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 58
Highest race finish: 1 (x13)
Points: 425
Career Highlights
2002 Coulthard finishes in fifth place in the Drivers' Championship, and wins in Monaco.
2001 Stays at McLaren where he claims runner-up spot in the Drivers' Championship.
2000 Third in the Driver's Championship, 73 points putting him just eight behind team mate Mika Hakkinen.
1999 Two victories but fourth in the Drivers' Championship.
1998 Takes one victory and six second places helping McLaren take the Constructors' Championship.
1997 Victory in Australia and Italy sees him take third place in the Drivers' Championship.
1996 Moves to McLaren. Finishes second in Monaco and seventh in the Drivers' Championship.
1995 Wins first Grand Prix in Portugal, and finishes third in the Drivers' Championship.
1994 Promoted from test driver to race driver at Williams, following the tragic death of Ayrton Senna.
1993 Test driver for Williams-Renault. Finishes third in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship with
Paul Stewart Racing. GT Class Winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours with Jaguar.
1991 Runner-up in the British Formula 3 Championship. Wins the 'European Marlboro Masters of Formula 3' and
the Macau Grand Prix.
1990 Winner of the McLaren Autosport Young Driver Of The Year award.
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Kimi Räikkönen
Team: McLaren
Nationality:Finnish
DOB: 17/10/1979
Place: Espoo
Grand Prix entered: 42
Highest grid position: 2 (x3)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 10
Highest race finish: 1 (x1)
Points: 84
Career Highlights
2002 Joins McLaren and takes three third places and a second.
2001 Makes a strong debut season for Sauber. He takes nine points to finish 10th in the Drivers' Championship and
manages ten top-ten qualifying performances.
2000 British Formula Renault champion. Competes in three rounds of the European Formula Renault Championship and
takes two wins, two poles and two fastest laps.
1998 Finnish Karting Champion and shows strong performances in numerous other international karting series.
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Jarno Trulli
Team: Renault
Nationality:Italian
DOB: 13/07/1974
Place: Pescara
Grand Prix entered: 105
Highest grid position: 2 (x3)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 1
Highest race finish: 2 (x1)
Points: 51
Career Highlights
2002 Moves to Renault to partner Jenson Button. Scores nine points to finish the Drivers' Championship in eighth
position.
2000 Moves to Jordan. Finishes Championship in 10th position.
1999 Second in the European Grand Prix with Prost, his first podium finish. Finishes ninth in the Drivers' Championship.
1997 Makes debut with Minardi, and then transfers to Prost after Olivier Panis is injured. Finishes ninth in the Drivers'
Championship having won three points at the German Grand Prix for his new team.
1996 Wins the German Formula 3 Championship and becomes a test driver for Benetton.
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Fernando Alonso
Team: Renault
Nationality:Spanish
DOB: 29/07/1981
Place: Oviedo
Grand Prix entered: 25
Highest grid position: 1 (x1)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 3
Highest race finish: 2 (x1)
Points: 34
Career Highlights
2002 Official test driver for Renault. Puts in thousands of test kilometers.
2001 Makes debut with Minardi. Best finish is a tenth place in Germany.
2000 Moves to Formula 3000 with the Astromega team and scores a victory at the challenging Spa-Francorchamps
circuit. Finishes the Championship in fourth place.
1999 Dominant performance in the Euro-Open Movistar Nissan single-seater series with nine poles and six wins on his
way to Championship victory.
1998 Runner-up in the European Kart Championship.
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Nick Heidfeld
Team: Sauber
Nationality:German
DOB: 10/05/1977
Place: Monchengladbach
Grand Prix entered: 59
Highest grid position: 4 (x1)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 1
Highest race finish: 3 (x1)
Points: 20
Career Highlights
2002 A fourth, a fifth and two sixth places in his second season with Sauber. He finishes tenth in the Drivers'
Championship.
2001 Now with Sauber, scores 12 points and ends up eighth in the Drivers' Championship.
1999 FIA International Formula 3000 Champion with West team, also McLaren test driver.
1997 German Formula 3 Champion.
1995 Runner-up in the German Formula Ford Championship.
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Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Team:Sauber
Nationality:German
DOB: 18/05/1967
Place: Monchengladbach
Grand Prix entered: 152
Highest grid position: 1 (x2)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 17
Highest race finish: 1 (x3)
Points: 168
Career Highlights
2002 Moves to the Arrows team, taking two sixth places. The team fails to enter any Grands Prix after Germany, and
Frentzen sits out the remainder of the season.
2001 Dropped by Jordan mid-season, transfers to Prost.
2000 Still with Jordan. Ninth in the Drivers' Championship.
1999 Moves to Jordan and takes two wins - in Italy and France - making him third in the Drivers' Championship.
Scored points in more races than anyone except Eddie Irvine.
1998 Still with Williams, equal seventh in Championship. Best result is third place in Australia.
1997 First year with Williams, Villeneuve's Championship season. Wins San Marino Grand Prix and takes second
position in the Drivers' Championship after Michael Schumacher is disqualified.
1995 Scores his first podium - third in the Italian Grand Prix - driving for Sauber. Finishes the Drivers' Championship
ninth overall with 15 points.
1994 Makes debut for Sauber.
1991 Competes in FIA International Formula 3000 Championship.
1989 Runner-up in the German Formula 3 Championship, behind Karl Wendlinger but ahead of Michael Schumacher.
1988 Formula Opel Lotus German Champion.
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Giancarlo Fisichella
Team: Jordan
Nationality:Italian
DOB: 14/01/1973
Place: Rome
Grand Prix entered: 116
Highest grid position: 1 (x1)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 10
Highest race finish: 1 (x1)
Points: 92
Career Highlights
2002 Moves back to the Jordan team. Finishes the Drivers' Championship in 11th position.
2001 Third place in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa is the highlight of his final season with Benetton.
2000 Best year with Benetton - sixth in the Drivers' Championship.
1999 Still with Benetton. Finishes second in the Canadian Grand Prix. Ninth in the Drivers' Championship.
1998 Moves to Benneton, takes two second places and his first career pole. Ninth in the Drivers' Championship.
1997 Finishes eighth in his first full season and takes second place in the Belgian Grand Prix.
1996 After testing with Ferrari he makes debut with Minardi, competing in eight races. Strong performances are
enough to win him a contract with Jordan.
1995 Test driver with Minardi.
1994 Italian Formula 3 Champion.
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Ralph Firman
Team: Jordan
Nationality:British
DOB: 20/05/1975
Place:Norwich
Grand Prix entered: 8
Highest grid position: 0 (x0)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 0
Highest race finish: 0 (x0)
Points: 1
Career Highlights
2002 Wins the Formula Nippon Championship. Puts in a promising test with BAR.
2001 Takes two race wins in Formula Nippon.
1996 Becomes British Formula 3 Champion with Paul Stewart Racing.
1993 Wins the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship and is named McLaren Autosport Young Driver of the Year.
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Mark Webber
Team: Jaguar
Nationality:Australian
DOB: 27/08/1976
Place: Queanbeyan, New South Wales
Grand Prix entered: 25
Highest grid position:3 (x1)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 0
Highest race finish: 5 (x1)
Points: 8
Career Highlights
2002 Debut with Minardi. Dream start as he scores fifth place in his first ever race. Puts in impressive performances
through the rest of the season.
2001 Second overall in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship having taken three wins. Becomes a
Benetto test driver.
2000 Third in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship with the Eurobet Arrows team.
1999 Races at Le Mans with Mercedes AMG. The team is withdrawn from the event after aerodynamic problems are
discovered.
1998 Partners Bernd Schneider in the FIA GT Championship, runner-up with five wins.
1996 Runner-up in the British Formula Ford Championship.
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Antonio Pizzonia
Team: Jaguar
Nationality:Brazilian
DOB: 11/09/1980
Place: Manaus
Grand Prix entered: 8
Highest grid position: 0 (x0)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 0
Highest race finish: 0 (x0)
Points: 0
Career Highlights
2002 Continues in Formula 3000 and as a Williams test driver. Actively seeks a Formula One race seat.
2001 Combines racing in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship for the Petrobras Junior Team with a
Williams testing role. Frank Williams and Patrick Head are very impressed by his performance.
2000 Competes in British Formula 3 and takes the championship.
1999 Switches to Formula Renault. Wins the British Championship and finishes second in the European series.
1998 Wins the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship in the UK.
1997 Runner-up, Formula Vauxhall Junior.
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Jacques Villeneuve
Team: BAR
Nationality:Canadian
DOB: 09/04/1971
Place: St-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Grand Prix entered: 124
Highest grid position: 1 (x13)
World Championships: 1
Podiums: 23
Highest race finish: 1 (x11)
Points: 216
Career Highlights
2002 Villeneuve takes only four points, and finishes 12th in the Drivers' Championship.
2001 Two third places, in Spain and Germany, give BAR its first podium finishes. They also help Villeneuve to another
7th place in the Drivers' Championship, this time with 12 points.
2000 Villeneuve finishes 7th in the championship with 17 points.
1999 First year with British American Racing. He scores no points.
1998 Stays with Williams. Finishes the championship 5th, with 2 podiums.
1997 Takes 7 victories to win the Drivers' Championship and give WIlliams the Constructors' Championship.
1996 Finishes 2nd in Australia in his debut Grand Prix with Williams. Runner-up behind Damon Hill in the Drivers'
Championship.
1995 After winning 4 races, including the Indianapolis 500, he becomes the youngest ever IndyCar World Champion.
Signed by Williams to partner Damon Hill in 1996.
1994 Enters IndyCar, named 'Rookie Of The Year.' Finishes 6th overall with 94 points.
1992 Moves to Japan and competes in Japanese Formula Three, finishing the championship in second place.
1989 Makes his debut in Italian Formula Three.
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Jenson Button
Team: BAR
Nationality:British
DOB: 19/01/1980
Place: Frome, Somerset - UK
Grand Prix entered: 58
Highest grid position: 3 (x1)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 0
Highest race finish: 4 (x4)
Points: 36
Career Highlights
2002 Benetton is renamed Renault and Button enjoys a successful season taking seventh in the Driver's Championship.
2001 Dropped by Williams, he moves to Benetton.
2000 Debut with Williams Team.
1999 Third in the British Formula 3 Championship.
1998 First in the British Formula Ford Championship and second in the European Formula Ford Championship.
1997 Karting - wins the Ayrton Senna Memorial Cup in Suzuka. Also becomes the youngest ever winner of the European Super A Championship.
1989 Karting - 1st in the British Super Prix at the age of nine.
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Justin Wilson
Team: Minardi
Nationality:British
DOB: 31/07/1978
Place: Sheffield
Grand Prix entered: 8
Highest grid position: 0 (x0)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 0
Highest race finish: 0 (x0)
Points: 0
Career Highlights
2001 FIA International Formula 3000 Champion. Wilson becomes the first British
driver to ever achieve the title.
1999 FIA International Formula 3000 - two points finishes.
1998 Formula Palmer Audi Champion with four poles, nine wins and 10 fastest laps.
1996 British Formula Vauxhall - runner-up in the Championship with the Paul Stewart Racing Team. Finishes every round in the top five.
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Jos Verstappen
Team: Minardi
Nationality:Dutch
DOB: 04/03/1972
Place: Montfort
Grand Prix entered: 99
Highest grid position: 6 (x1)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 2
Highest race finish: 3 (x2)
Points: 17
Career Highlights
2002 After resigning from Arrows he is replaced just before the season starts by Heinz-Harald Frentzen.Sits the season out.
2001 Stays with Arrows. Wins a single point at the Austrian Grand Prix.
2000 Moves to Arrows. Best result of fourth in the Italian Grand Prix.
1999 Without a race seat, he tests for Honda Racing Development. They decide not to launch their own Formula One car.
1998 Replaces Jan Magnussen at Stewart after the French Grand Prix. Finishes four out of the nine races he enters.
1997 Moves to Tyrell. Best result of the season is an eighth place.
1996 Drives for Footwork / Arrows with a best result of sixth in the Argentinian Grand Prix.
1995 Loaned to Simtek to gain experience. The team folds mid-season and Verstappen goes back to testing for Benetton and Ligier.
1994 Begins as a test driver for Benetton. Steps into a race seat when J.J. Lehto
is injured in a testing shunt.Takes ten points from ten races with a best
result of third in Hungary.
1992 Formula Opel Lotus Champion with 10 race wins.
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Olivier Panis
Team: Toyota
Nationality:French
DOB: 02/09/1966
Place: Oullins, Lyon
Grand Prix entered: 133
Highest grid position: 3 (x1)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 5
Highest race finish: 1 (x1)
Points: 65
Career Highlights
2002 Stays with BAR and finishes the Drivers' Championship in 14th place with
three points.
2001 Signs for BAR to accompany Jacques Villeneuve. Finishes 14th in the Drivers' Championship.
2000 Signed by McLaren as a test driver where his development skills come to the fore.
1999 Scores two championship points and is dropped by Prost.
1997 A big crash in Canada breaks both of his legs (while running third in the Drivers' Championship). Misses the
second half of the season.
1996 Takes his maiden Grand Prix victory with a brilliant win at Monaco. Finishes ninth in the Drivers' Championship.
1995 Still with Ligier. Takes second place in the Australian Grand Prix.
1994 Makes debut with Ligier. Finishes in second place at the German Grand Prix, 11th in the Drivers' Championship.
1993 FIA International Formula 3000 Champion with DAMS Motorsport.
1991 Competes in French Formula 3, runner-up in the championship.
1989 Wins French Formula Renault Championship.
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Cristiano da Matta
Team: Toyota
Nationality:Brazilian
DOB: 19/09/1973
Place: Belo Horizonte
Grand Prix entered: 8
Highest grid position: 0 (x0)
World Championships: 0
Podiums: 0
Highest race finish: 0 (x0)
Points: 3
Career Highlights
2002 FedEx CART Champion with Newman-Haas Racing. Takes seven wins and seven poles.
2001 Fifth in the FedEx CART Championship with Newman Haas team.
2000 10th in the FedEx CART Championship with PPI Motorsports / Toyota. Takes maiden win.
1999 FedEx CART Championship - 18th with Arciero Wells / Toyota, runner up to Juan Pablo Montoya for Rookie Of
The Year award.
1998 Wins the Indy Lights Championship.
1997 Third in the Indy Lights Championship and named Rookie Of The Year.
1994 Brazilian Formula 3 Champion.
1993 Brazilian Formula Ford Champion.
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