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'''Ralf Schumacher''' (born [[June 30]], [[1975]] in [[Hürth|Hürth-Hermülheim]] near Cologne is a [[Germany|German]] racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time [[Formula One]] World Champion [[Michael Schumacher]]. His own [[Formula One]] career spanned 11 seasons from [[1997 Formula One season|1997]] to [[2007 Formula One season|2007]], during which time he won 6 races from 180 starts and achieved 27 podium finishes, before retiring from Grand Prix racing after failing to secure a drive for [[2008 Formula One season|2008]]. Since 2008 he has been racing in the [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters]] series with Mercedes.
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==Early career==
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He started racing at age three on his parents' go-kart track in their home town of [[Kerpen]]. After finishing runner-up in the national karting series, Schumacher graduated German [[Formula Three]] in 1995. Finishing runner up in this series was not the highlight of the year for him though, as he also won the [[Macau]] street race, a feat also accomplished by his brother [[Michael Schumacher|Michael]]. In the race he beat future F1 team-mate [[Jarno Trulli]], [[Pedro de la Rosa]] and [[Norberto Fontana]], the driver he finished runner-up to in German Formula 3.
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Schumacher then moved on to the Japanese [[Formula Nippon]] series in 1996, which he won, earning himself a [[Formula One]] drive with [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] for the following year.
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==Formula One Career==
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===Jordan===
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Ralf Schumacher made his Formula One debut in {{F1|1997}} with the [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan team]].  In his first race, Ralf qualified 12th on the grid. He made up a couple of positions in the race and was holding 8th place before retiring with a gearbox failure after just two laps. The young Schumacher finished on the podium in just his third race, at [[1997 Argentine Grand Prix|Argentina]]. However Schumacher retired in more than half his races that season and ended up behind team-mate [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] having also been out-qualified 10 times during the season by the Italian. The two had an uneasy relationship after Schumacher took Fisichella out of the Argentine Grand Prix when they were competing for 2nd place. They collided again at the Luxembourg Grand Prix later in the season. Schumacher finished 11th in the drivers championship standings with 13 points, behind Fisichella.
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The following season, Jordan was powered by [[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] and proved capable of race wins when Schumacher followed team mate [[Damon Hill]] to second place in the rain-soaked [[1998 Belgian Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]]. Schumacher was reportedly unhappy at not being allowed to pass Hill late in the race as the team demanded he hold station. He finished 3rd in the next race at the Italian Grand Prix. Ralf finished 10th overall in his second Formula One season.
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===Williams===
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[[Image:Ralf Schumacher 1999 Canada.jpg|thumb|right|Schumacher driving for [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] at the [[1999 Canadian Grand Prix]].]]
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===1999===
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In the knowledge that a deal had been done with BMW in 1999 he changed to the [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] team and scored three podium finishes and sixth in the World Drivers Championship with the underpowered, obsolete [[Supertec]] engine. A tyre puncture at the European GP prevented him from achieving his first Grand Prix win. Schumacher was regarded among the paddock as the next future star for his determination in a  underachieving Williams car. However, [[Heinz-Harald Frentzen]] who replaced him at Jordan scored two wins and four podiums that year.
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[[Image:Ralf Schumacher Indianapolis 2003.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Ralf Schumacher driving for the [[WilliamsF1|Williams-BMW F1 team]] in 2003.]]
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===2000===
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Schumacher's performance in the 2000 season was considered by many to be a disappointment. Running the powerful new BMW engine, he was expected to compete for wins, but he was only able to match the three podium finishes of the previous year, despite being the senior driver in the team and suffering only four mechanical failures.
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===2001===
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In 2001, Ralf emerged as a future star achieving his first three Grand Prix wins at [[2001 San Marino Grand Prix|Imola]], [[2001 Canadian Grand Prix|Montreal]] and [[2001 German Grand Prix|Hockenheim]]. The San Marino Grand Prix was the first win for the Williams team  since 1997. Montreal was the first sibling 1-2 in the history of Formula 1. This time Michael Schumacher was out-raced by his younger brother Ralf who had a much more powerful car for this race. The Schumacher brothers would finish 1-2 in the 2003 edition as well. At his home Grand Prix, Ralf earned an easy win finishing 46 seconds ahead of Rubens Barichello.
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Ralf Schumacher finished the 2001 Drivers Standing in 4th position ahead of Team mate Juan Pablo Montoya.
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===2002===
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In 2002, Williams was left fighting for podiums as Ferrari's domination prove to be unstoppable during the season. Still Ralf managed to score Williams only win of the season at the [[2002 Malaysian Grand Prix|Malaysian Grand Prix]] from 4th on the grid. This race marked as one of only 2 races not won by Ferrari. Ralf collected another 5 podiums including a second place at the Brazillian Grand Prix. He finished the championship again in 4th behind team mate [[Juan-Pablo Montoya]].
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[[Image:Ralf Schumacher 2002.jpg|thumb|upright|Ralf Schumacher, 2002]]
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===2003===
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After a slow but confident start and despite scoring at every race, Ralf didn't manage to get onto the podium until the eighth round in Montreal, where he finished 2nd. By then, he seemed, for much of the European season, to have perhaps the only realistic shot at the drivers' title of his career after he won the [[2003 European Grand Prix|European Grand Prix]] (at the [[Nürburgring]]) and the [[2003 French Grand Prix|French Grand Prix]] within the space of a week. However, his form and luck eluded him subsequently and his challenge had faded by the time of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. As a result, the final six races of the season yielded one points finish. An accident in testing at Monza ended his championship hopes. Schumacher finished the season 5th and his contribution, alongside Juan Pablo Montoya did, however, help the Williams team to finish second in the Constructors Championship in 2002 and 2003, narrowly missing out on the title to Ferrari on the latter occasion.
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Schumacher became the third highest paid driver in Formula 1 in 1999, when his pay after the 2000 season was raised to $15.5 million US. His brother Michael was the highest paid racing driver in the world and second highest earning sportsman in the world behind [[Tiger Woods]].
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At the [[2001 European Grand Prix]], Schumacher's brother Michael made a poor start and veered across the track, forcing Schumacher to back off.
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====Crash At Indianapolis====
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On June 20, 2004, Schumacher was seriously injured in an accident at the [[2004 United States Grand Prix|United States Grand Prix]].  The deceleration was measured at 78 [[g-force|g]] (765 m/s²), one of the most severe in all of motor racing history, resulting in a [[concussion]] as well as two minor fractures to his [[spinal column]]. He was taken to a nearby hospital and spent almost four days there and several months at home in bed. This caused him to be sidelined for the majority of the season.  He crashed in almost the same manner in {{F1|2005}}, revealing the tyre troubles that would lead to the fiasco at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]].
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===Toyota===
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[[Image:Ralf Schumacher 2005.jpg|thumb|right|Schumacher driving for [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] at the [[2005 Canadian Grand Prix]], a race in which he finished sixth.]]
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In 2005, Schumacher transferred to the [[Toyota F1]] team after Williams refused his salary demands. In the first 12 races of the season he was out-performed by team mate [[Jarno Trulli]], however in [[2005 Belgian Grand Prix|Spa-Francorchamps]], he was able to challenge for the lead most of the race and ended up setting the fastest lap. Schumacher earned his first podium with Toyota F1 at the [[2005 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian Grand Prix]], finishing in third place, less than a second behind his brother. The Toyota team brought the "B" specification of their TF105 car to the last three races of the season. Schumacher took pole position [[2005 Japanese Grand Prix|in Japan]] after a wet one-shot qualifying session prevented many drivers from setting competitive laps. He then finished the [[2005 Chinese Grand Prix|Chinese Grand Prix]] in third position a week later. This modified version of the car secured sixth position in the Drivers Championship for Schumacher, two points ahead of Trulli.
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[[Image:Toyota F1 Canada 2006 (crop).jpg|thumb|left|250px|Schumacher leading [[Jarno Trulli]] at the [[2006 Canadian Grand Prix]].]]
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Schumacher remained with Toyota for 2006, however the team was off the pace in early races, though he managed eighth in [[2006 Malaysian Grand Prix|Malaysia]]. At the third race of the season in [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|Australia]] he finished a strong third. He never mounted the podium again that season, although opportunities to do so were lost through mechanical failure. A fourth position in [[2006 French Grand Prix|France]] was his only other significant finish in 2006, while he scored 6th place in [[2006 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungary]], and earned seventh place in both [[2006 Turkish Grand Prix|Turkey]] and [[2006 Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]]. Overall, he outscored Trulli again, but admitted it was a disappointing season for himself and for the Toyota F1 team, as he finished only 10th in the drivers' championship. 
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Ralf Schumacher earned Toyota their first point of the 2007 season by finishing in eighth place in the [[2007 Australian Grand Prix|Australian Grand Prix]], one place ahead of team-mate Jarno Trulli. However, Trulli then finished in seventh place in both of the following two races in [[2007 Malaysian Grand Prix|Malaysia]] and [[2007 Bahrain Grand Prix|Bahrain]], scoring 2 points in each. Schumacher, meanwhile, failed to score in either. In the [[2007 Spanish Grand Prix|Spanish Grand Prix]], he was involved in a collision with [[Alexander Wurz]] of [[WilliamsF1|Williams]], dropping him to the back of the field. He eventually retired with a mechanical problem. [[2007 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]] proved to be another struggle for Schumacher, as he qualified 20th and finished the race in 16th, 0.9 seconds behind Trulli. It was rumoured at this point that the Toyota team were unhappy with his performance, and seemed likely to drop the driver when his contract expired at the end of the 2007 season.
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[[Image:Ralf Schumacher 2007 Britain.jpg|thumb|right|Schumacher in his third season with Toyota, at the [[2007 British Grand Prix]].]]
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Schumacher scored a point by finishing 8th in the [[2007 Canadian Grand Prix|Canadian Grand Prix]], a race from which Trulli was forced to retire after crashing out. This was not enough to prevent [[Toyota Motorsport]] vice-chairman [[Tadashi Yamashina]] publicly urging Schumacher to up his game or risk losing his seat, having only qualified for the race in 18th place. He then lost control at the first corner of the [[2007 United States Grand Prix|next race]], removing himself from the race as well as the cars of [[Rubens Barrichello]] and [[David Coulthard]]. In an attempt to retain his place at Toyota for 2008, he offered to accept a $17m pay cut. He retired from top 10 positions in both the [[2007 British Grand Prix|British Grand Prix]] and the [[2007 European Grand Prix|European Grand Prix]]. The first was due to mechanical failure and the latter was caused by a collision with the [[BMW Sauber]] of [[Nick Heidfeld]].
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A change in fortunes seemed to occur at the [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungarian Grand Prix]] (the scene of his first podium finish for Toyota). Schumacher started 5th on the grid after setting the 6th fastest time ([[Fernando Alonso]] was relegated to 6th). He held off Alonso for much of the race until the third sector and went on to finish 6th. This fortune, however, was short lived as at the [[2007 Turkish Grand Prix|Turkish Grand Prix]] Schumacher put in an inexpicably poor qualifying performance to start 16th for the race while Trulli was up in 9th. Schumacher finished 12th and ahead of his team mate but only after Trulli was punted off the track at the first corner of the race by [[Giancarlo Fisichella]].
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On 1 October, Schumacher announced that he would be leaving Toyota at the end of the 2007 season for a new challenge. That year, he had the second biggest salary after Ferrari's [[Kimi Räikkönen]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/drivers/4250087.stm]
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===Retirement from F1===
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Before and after Schumacher's official resignation from Toyota, there were rumours linking him to several Formula One teams. He approached [[McLaren]] to enquire about the seat being vacated by [[Fernando Alonso]], but was turned down. He held talks with friend and [[Scuderia Toro Rosso]] team boss [[Franz Tost]] about a possible drive for that team, but Toro Rosso instead opted for [[Sebastian Vettel]] and [[Sébastien Bourdais]]. Despite this, Schumacher remained certain he would be racing in Formula One in 2008.
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Schumacher's final outing in a Formula One car came in December 2007 when he participated in a test for the uncompetitive [[Force India]] outfit in a bid to secure the second race drive alongside [[Adrian Sutil]]. However, after being the slowest of all the Force India testers on the day he tested, Schumacher stated that he was no longer interested in driving for that team, and that he would likely not be back into another Formula One car in 2008. The seat eventually went to [[Giancarlo Fisichella]], Schumacher's team mate during his debut Grand Prix season in 1997.
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==DTM career==
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[[Image:Ralf Schumacher Brands Hatch DTM 2008.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Ralf Schumacher at [[Brands Hatch]] in 2008 with AMG class Mercedes [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters|DTM]].]]
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On January 17, 2008, Schumacher participated in a test for the [[Mercedes-AMG|Mercedes]] [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters]] (DTM) team at [[Autódromo do Estoril|Estoril Circuit]] in Portugal.
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It was his first outing with an AMG Mercedes since 20th July 1997 when he was a guest driver in a race of the FIA GT Championship in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium with an AMG Mercedes CLK-GTR. This was also Schumacher’s last opportunity to drive a race car with a roof.
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Early in February Schumacher participated in a second test for the Mercedes team at [[Autódromo do Estoril|Estoril]].  Later in the month, he announced that he would race for Mercedes during the [[2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season|2008 DTM season]].
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About his switch to DTM for the 2008 season, Ralf had much to say :
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"Of course I know that neither the media nor the spectators consider me the greatest race driver of all times and this is not what I’m aiming for.”
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“During my last three years in Formula 1, I didn’t have much success and it almost sounded strange to me when Norbert mentioned in our conversation, that short before this time I had managed to win two Formula 1 Grands Prix within only eight days.”
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“However, I am still the same Ralf as at those times, the same racer who has fun in motor sports and who wants to compete with the best.”
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“Now I am able to do so in the DTM which I know very well since the mid-nineties when I was a young up-coming driver racing in Formula Junior and Formula 3 which had been staged as a supporting programme of the DTM. Then I dreamed of racing in the main event sometime.”
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“I like the series, I like the environment, I like the enthusiastic and positive spectators. And I like Mercedes – with them I got my first chance to test a Formula 1 car in 1996 and who knows how my Formula 1 career had turned out if I had accepted the McLaren Mercedes offer to become their test driver for 1997.“
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“But then I wanted to drive races, and that’s what I still want today, more than ten years later.”
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“I will learn in the DTM, I will work hard and I will put it behind me if people will criticize me if I should have problems during the first couple of races.”
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Ralf made 2 point-scoring appearances in the [[2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season|2008 DTM season]], highlighting a 7th place in Barcelona and 8th place at the Nurburgring. He quietly finished his rookie DTM season in 14th place, with 3 points as the second best driver in a year old Mercedes C-Class behind Gary Paffett.
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==Personal life==
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In October 2001, Schumacher married Cora-Caroline Brinkmann a former model. On October 23, 2001, their son David was born.
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==Racing record==
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===Career summary===
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|align="center"| '''1992'''
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| [[Formula BMW]] Junior
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| ?
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|align="center"| ?
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|align="center"| ?
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|align="center"| ?
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|align="center"| 66
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|align="center"| 6th
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|align="center"| '''1993'''
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| [[Formula BMW]] Junior
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| ?
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|align="center"| ?
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|align="center"| ?
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|align="center"| ?
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|align="center"| ?
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|align="center" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|<font color=black> 2nd
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|align="center" rowspan=4| '''1994'''
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| [[German Formula Three Championship|German Formula Three]]
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| [[Opel Team WTS]]
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|align="center"| 19
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|align="center"| 2
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 158
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFDF9F"|<font color=black> 3rd
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|-
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| [[Macau Grand Prix]]
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| [[Mild Seven WTS Racing]]
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| N/A
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|align="center"| 4th
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|-
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| [[List of Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race winners|Grand Prix de Monaco F3]]
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| [[Opel Team WTS]]
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| N/A
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|align="center"| 15th
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|-
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| [[Ultimate Masters of Formula 3|Masters of Formula Three]]
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| [[WTS Motorsport]]
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| N/A
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|align="center"| 30th
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|align="center" rowspan=4| '''1995'''
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| [[German Formula Three Championship|German Formula Three]]
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| [[Opel Team WTS]]
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|align="center"| 15
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|align="center"| 2
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|align="center"| 3
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|align="center"| 171
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|align="center" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|<font color=black> 2nd
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|-
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| [[Macau Grand Prix]]
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| [[Mild Seven Opel Team WTS]]
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| N/A
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|<font color=black> 1st
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|-
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| [[List of Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race winners|Grand Prix de Monaco F3]]
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| [[Opel Team WTS]]
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| N/A
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|align="center" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|<font color=black> 2nd
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| [[Ultimate Masters of Formula 3|Masters of Formula Three]]
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| [[WTS Motorsport]]
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| N/A
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|align="center" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|<font color=black> 2nd
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|align="center" rowspan=2| '''1996'''
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| [[1996 Formula Nippon season|Formula Nippon]]
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| [[X Japan Team Le Mans]]
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|align="center"| 10
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|align="center"| 2
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|align="center"| 3
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|align="center"| 40
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FBFFBF"|<font color=black> 1st
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|-
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| [[Super GT|All-Japan GT Championship]]
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| [[Team Lark]]
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|align="center"| 6
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|align="center"| 4
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|align="center"| 3
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|align="center"| 60
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|align="center" bgcolor="#DFDFDF"|<font color=black> 2rd
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|align="center" rowspan=2| '''1997'''
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| [[1997 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]]
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|align="center"| 17
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 13
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|align="center"| 11th
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| [[1997 FIA GT Championship season|FIA GT Championship]]
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| [[Mercedes-AMG|AMG Mercedes]]
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 2
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|align="center"| 29th
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|align="center"| '''1998'''
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| [[1998 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]]
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|align="center"| 16
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 14
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|align="center"| 10th
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|align="center"| '''1999'''
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| [[1999 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]
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|align="center"| 16
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 35
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|align="center"| 6th
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|align="center"| '''2000'''
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| [[2000 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]
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|align="center"| 17
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 24
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|align="center"| 5th
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|-
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|align="center"| '''2001'''
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| [[2001 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]
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|align="center"| 17
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 3
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|align="center"| 49
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|align="center"| 4th
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|-
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|align="center"| '''2002'''
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| [[2002 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]
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|align="center"| 17
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 42
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|align="center"| 4th
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|-
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|align="center"| '''2003'''
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| [[2003 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]
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|align="center"| 15
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|align="center"| 3
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|align="center"| 2
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|align="center"| 58
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|align="center"| 5th
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|-
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|align="center"| '''2004'''
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| [[2004 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]
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|align="center"| 12
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 24
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|align="center"| 9th
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|-
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|align="center"| '''2005'''
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| [[2005 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[Toyota F1|Toyota]]
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|align="center"| 18
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|align="center"| 1
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 45
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|align="center"| 6th
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|-
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|align="center"| '''2006'''
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| [[2006 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[Toyota F1|Toyota]]
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|align="center"| 18
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 20
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|align="center"| 10th
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|-
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|align="center"| '''2007'''
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| [[2007 Formula One season|Formula One]]
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| [[Toyota F1|Toyota]]
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|align="center"| 17
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 5
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|align="center"| 16th
 
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|align="center"| '''2008'''
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| [[2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season|DTM]]
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| [[Mercedes-AMG|TRILUX AMG Mercedes]]
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|align="center"| 11
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 0
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|align="center"| 3
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|align="center"| 14th
 
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|Last position  || 6th (45 pts)
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}}
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| [[2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season|DTM]]
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| [[Mercedes-AMG|TRILUX AMG Mercedes]]
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===Complete Formula One results===
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([[:Template:F1 driver results legend 2|key]]) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
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|- tr BGCOLOR=darkred
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! Year
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! Entrant
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! Chassis
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! Engine
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! 1
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! 2
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! 3
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! 4
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! 5
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! 6
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! 7
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! 8
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! 9
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! 10
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! 11
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! 12
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! 13
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! 14
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! 15
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! 16
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! 17
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! 18
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! 19
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! WDC
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! Points
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|-
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| [[1997 Formula One season|1997]]
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! [[Benson & Hedges]] [[Total S.A.|Total]]<br />[[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] [[Peugeot]]
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! [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] [[Jordan 197|197]]
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! [[Peugeot]] A14 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1997 Argentine Grand Prix|<font color=black>ARG]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1997 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1997 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1997 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1997 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1997 Austrian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUT]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix|<font color=black>LUX]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1997 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]<br/><font color=black><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1997 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|
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|
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! 11th
 +
! 13
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|-
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| [[1998 Formula One season|1998]]
 +
! [[Benson & Hedges]] [[Total S.A.|Total]]<br/><font color=black>[[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]]
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! [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] [[Jordan 198|198]]
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! [[Mugen-Honda]] MF-301<br/>HC 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1998 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1998 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1998 Argentine Grand Prix|<font color=black>ARG]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1998 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1998 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>11</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1998 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1998 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1998 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>16</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1998 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1998 Austrian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUT]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1998 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1998 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[1998 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br/><font color=black><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1998 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix|<font color=black>LUX]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1998 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|
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|
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|
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! 10th
 +
! 14
 +
|-
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| [[1999 Formula One season|1999]]
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! [[Winfield (cigarette)|Winfield]] [[WilliamsF1]]
 +
! [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] [[Williams FW21|FW21]]
 +
! [[Supertec]] FB01 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1999 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1999 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1999 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1999 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1999 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1999 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1999 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[1999 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1999 Austrian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUT]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1999 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[1999 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1999 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| ''[[1999 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]''<br/><font color=black><small>2</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1999 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[1999 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[1999 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|
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|
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|
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! 6th
 +
! 35
 +
|-
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| [[2000 Formula One season|2000]]
 +
! [[BMW]] [[WilliamsF1|WilliamsF1 Team]]
 +
! [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] [[Williams FW22|FW22]]
 +
! [[BMW]] E41 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2000 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2000 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2000 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2000 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2000 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2000 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2000 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2000 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>14</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2000 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2000 Austrian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUT]]<br/><font color=black><small>14</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2000 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2000 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2000 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2000 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2000 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2000 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2000 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|
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|
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! 5th
 +
! 24
 +
|-
 +
| [[2001 Formula One season|2001]]
 +
! [[BMW]] [[WilliamsF1|WilliamsF1 Team]]
 +
! [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] [[Williams FW23|FW23]]
 +
! [[BMW]] P80 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2001 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2001 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| ''[[2001 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]''<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| ''[[2001 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]''<br/><font color=black><small>1</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2001 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2001 Austrian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUT]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2001 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| ''[[2001 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]''<br/><font color=black><small>1</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2001 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''[[2001 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]'''<br/><font color=black><small>2</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2001 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| [[2001 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>1</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2001 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2001 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| ''[[2001 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]''<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2001 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| ''[[2001 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]''<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
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|
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|
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! 4th
 +
! 49
 +
|-
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| [[2002 Formula One season|2002]]
 +
! [[BMW]] [[WilliamsF1|WilliamsF1 Team]]
 +
! [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] [[Williams FW24|FW24]]
 +
! [[BMW]] P82 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2002 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| [[2002 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>1</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[2002 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>2</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2002 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2002 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>11</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2002 Austrian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUT]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2002 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2002 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2002 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2002 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2002 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2002 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2002 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2002 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2002 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2002 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br/><font color=black><small>16</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2002 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]<br/><font color=black><small>11</small>
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|
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|
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! 4th
 +
! 42
 +
|-
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| [[2003 Formula One season|2003]]
 +
! [[BMW]] [[WilliamsF1|WilliamsF1 Team]]
 +
! [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] [[Williams FW25|FW25]]
 +
! [[BMW]] P83 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2003 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2003 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2003 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2003 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2003 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2003 Austrian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUT]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| '''[[2003 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]'''<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| '''[[2003 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]'''<br/><font color=black><small>2</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| [[2003 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>1</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFFFBF"| '''[[2003 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]'''<br/><font color=black><small>1</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2003 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>9</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2003 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2003 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#F0F8FF"| [[2003 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>PO</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2003 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| ''[[2003 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]''<br/><font color=black><small>12</small>
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|
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|
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|
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! 5th
 +
! 58
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|-
 +
| [[2004 Formula One season|2004]]
 +
! [[BMW]] [[WilliamsF1|WilliamsF1 Team]]
 +
! [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] [[Williams FW26|FW26]]
 +
! [[BMW]] P84 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2004 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2004 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2004 Bahrain Grand Prix|<font color=black>BHR]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2004 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2004 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2004 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>10</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2004 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white;"| '''[[2004 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=white>CAN]]'''<br/><font color=white><small>DSQ</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2004 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
| [[2004 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Inj</small>
 +
| [[2004 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Inj</small>
 +
| [[2004 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>Inj</small>
 +
| [[2004 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Inj</small>
 +
| [[2004 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br/><font color=black><small>Inj</small>
 +
| [[2004 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Inj</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2004 Chinese Grand Prix|<font color=black>CHN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFDFDF"| [[2004 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]<br/><font color=black><small>2</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2004 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
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|
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! 9th
 +
! 24
 +
|-
 +
| [[2005 Formula One season|2005]]
 +
! [[Panasonic]] [[Toyota F1|Toyota Racing]]
 +
! [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] [[Toyota TF105|TF105]]<br/><font color=black>[[Toyota F1|Toyota]] [[Toyota TF105|TF105B]]
 +
! [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] RVX-05 3.0 [[V10 engine|V10]]
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2005 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>12</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>5</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 Bahrain Grand Prix|<font color=black>BHR]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2005 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>9</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2005 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#F0F8FF"| [[2005 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br/><font color=black><small>PO</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2005 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2005 Turkish Grand Prix|<font color=black>TUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>12</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
 +
|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| ''[[2005 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]''<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2005 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| '''[[2005 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]'''<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2005 Chinese Grand Prix|<font color=black>CHN]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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! 6th
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! 45
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|-
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| [[2006 Formula One Season|2006]]
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! [[Panasonic]] [[Toyota F1|Toyota Racing]]
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! [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] [[Toyota TF106|TF106]]<br/><font color=black>[[Toyota F1|Toyota]] [[Toyota TF106|TF106B]]
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! [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] RVX-06 2.4 [[V8 engine|V8]]
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2006 Bahrain Grand Prix|<font color=black>BHR]]<br/><font color=black><small>14</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2006 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#FFDF9F"| [[2006 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>3</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2006 San Marino Grand Prix|<font color=black>SMR]]<br/><font color=black><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2006 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2006 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2006 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2006 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2006 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2006 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2006 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>4</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2006 German Grand Prix|<font color=black>GER]]<br/><font color=black><small>9</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2006 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2006 Turkish Grand Prix|<font color=black>TUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2006 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>15</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2006 Chinese Grand Prix|<font color=black>CHN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2006 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2006 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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! 10th
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! 20
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|-
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| [[2007 Formula One season|2007]]
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! [[Panasonic]] [[Toyota F1|Toyota Racing]]
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! [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] [[Toyota TF107|TF107]]
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! [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] RVX-07 2.4 [[V8 engine|V8]]
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2007 Australian Grand Prix|<font color=black>AUS]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2007 Malaysian Grand Prix|<font color=black>MAL]]<br/><font color=black><small>15</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2007 Bahrain Grand Prix|<font color=black>BHR]]<br/><font color=black><small>12</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2007 Spanish Grand Prix|<font color=black>ESP]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2007 Monaco Grand Prix|<font color=black>MON]]<br/><font color=black><small>16</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2007 Canadian Grand Prix|<font color=black>CAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2007 United States Grand Prix|<font color=black>USA]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2007 French Grand Prix|<font color=black>FRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>10</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2007 British Grand Prix|<font color=black>GBR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2007 European Grand Prix|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix|<font color=black>HUN]]<br/><font color=black><small>6</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2007 Turkish Grand Prix|<font color=black>TUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>12</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2007 Italian Grand Prix|<font color=black>ITA]]<br/><font color=black><small>15</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BEL]]<br/><font color=black><small>10</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2007 Japanese Grand Prix|<font color=black>JPN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[2007 Chinese Grand Prix|<font color=black>CHN]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>11</small>
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! 5
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! 11
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| [[2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season|2008]]
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! [[Mercedes-AMG|Mercedes]]
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Hockenheimring|<font color=black>HOC]]<br/><font color=black><small>14</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Motorsport Arena Oschersleben|<font color=black>OSC]]<br/><font color=black><small>10</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Mugello Circuit|<font color=black>MUG]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[EuroSpeedway|<font color=black>EUR]]<br/><font color=black><small>13</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Norisring|<font color=black>NOR]]<br/><font color=black><small>16</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Circuit Park Zandvoort|<font color=black>ZAN]]<br/><font color=black><small>12</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Nürburgring|<font color=black>NÜR]]<br/><font color=black><small>8</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Brands Hatch|<font color=black>BRA]]<br/><font color=black><small>15</small>
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|bgcolor="#DFFFDF"| [[Circuit de Catalunya|<font color=black>CAT]]<br/><font color=black><small>7</small>
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|bgcolor="#EFCFFF"| [[Bugatti Circuit|<font color=black>BUG]]<br/><font color=black><small>Ret</small>
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|bgcolor="#CFCFFF"| [[Hockenheimring|<font color=black>HOC]]<br/><font color=black><small>14</small>
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| '''14th'''
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| '''3'''
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|-
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| [[2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season|2009]]
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! [[Mercedes-AMG|Mercedes]]
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| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[EuroSpeedway|EUR]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[Norisring|NOR]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[Circuit Park Zandvoort|ZAN]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[Motorsport Arena Oschersleben|OSC]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[Nürburgring|NÜR]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[Brands Hatch|BRA]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[Circuit de Catalunya|CAT]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[Dijon-Prenois|DIJ]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[Hockenheimring|HOC]]<br /><small></small>
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'''Ralf Schumacher''' (born [[June 30]], [[1975]]) is a [[Germany|German]] [[Formula One]] racing driver for the [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] team. He is the younger brother of seven-time World Champion [[Michael Schumacher]] and has been one of the top runners in the sport, specially in his [[Williams F1|BMW Williams]] days.
 
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Started racing at age three on his parents' go-kart track in their hometown of [[Kerpen]].
 
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In [[1995]], he finished third in the German [[Formula 3]] championship, and then won the Japanese [[Formula Nippon]] championship (ex Japanese [[Formula 3000|F3000]]) Championship in [[1996]] with two race wins.
 
  
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Ralf made his Formula One debut in [[1997]] with the [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]] team and finished on the podium in just his third race, at [[Argentine Grand Prix|Argentina]]. However Ralf retired in more than half his races that season and ended up behind team-mate [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]. The following season Jordan was powered by [[Honda]] and proved capable of race wins when Ralf followed team mate [[Damon Hill]] to second place in  [[Belgium Grand Prix|Belgium]]. In the knowledge that a deal had been done with BMW in [[1999]] he changed to the [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] team and scored three podium finishes and sixth in the World Drivers Championship with the underpowered Supertec engine. However [[Heinz-Harald Frentzen]] who replaced him at Jordan scored two wins and four podiums that year.
 
  
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[[Image:Williams f1.jpg|thumb|350px|Ralf Schumacher driving for the Williams-BMW F1 team in 2003]] The [[2000]] season was considered by many a bit of a disappointment for Ralf. Running the powerful new BMW engine, he was expected to compete for wins, but despite only four mechanical failures and being the senior driver in the team, he was only able to match the three podium finishes of the previous year. In [[2001]], however, he broke through with his first three Grand Prix wins at [[San Marino Grand Prix|Imola]], [[Canadian Grand Prix|Montreal]] and [[German Grand Prix|Hockenheim]]. In [[2002]], he won the [[Malaysian Grand Prix]] but finished the championship behind team mate [[Juan-Pablo Montoya]], and in [[2003]], he won the [[European Grand Prix]] (at the [[Nurburgring]]) and the [[French Grand Prix]], helping, along with teammate [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] the Williams team finish second in the Constructors Championship in 2002 and 2003.
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* [http://www.ralf-schumacher.de/ The official site for Ralf Schumacher]
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*[http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-schral.html Ralf Schumacher Formula 1 profile]
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*[http://ralfs.250free.com/ Ralf Schumacher Fan page]
  
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On [[June 20]] [[2004]], Ralf was seriously injured in a severe [[accident]] at the [[United States Grand Prix]].  The acceleration was measured at 78 [[Gee|g]] (765 m/s²), one of the most severe in all of motor racing history, resulting in a concussion as well as two minor fractures to his spinal column. The accident effectively ended Ralf's career with Williams. 
 
  
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[[Image:Ralf Schumacher.jpg|thumb|350px|Ralf Schumacher at an autograph session at the [[2005 United States Grand Prix]]]]
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In [[2005]], Ralf transferred to the [[Toyota F1|Toyota]] team. In the first 12 races of the season he performed worse than team mate [[Jarno Trulli]], however in Spa he was able to challenge for the lead most of the race and ended up setting the fastest lap. Toyota team brought "b" version of TF105 car to 3 last races of the season which allowed Ralf to take pole position in Japan, and finish China GP in the brilliant third position a week later. Modified version of the car secured 6 position in Drivers Championship for Ralf, just 2 points before his team mate Jarno Trulli.
 
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Latest revision as of 00:29, 14 March 2009

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Ralf Schumacher
Nationality 22px-Flag of Germany.png German
Car number 8
Teams Jordan, Williams, Toyota
Races 182
Championships 0
Wins 6
Podiums 26
Poles 6
Fastest laps 8
First race 1997 Australian Grand Prix
First win 2001 San Marino Grand Prix


Ralf Schumacher (born June 30, 1975 in Hürth-Hermülheim near Cologne is a German racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher. His own Formula One career spanned 11 seasons from 1997 to 2007, during which time he won 6 races from 180 starts and achieved 27 podium finishes, before retiring from Grand Prix racing after failing to secure a drive for 2008. Since 2008 he has been racing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series with Mercedes.

Early career

He started racing at age three on his parents' go-kart track in their home town of Kerpen. After finishing runner-up in the national karting series, Schumacher graduated German Formula Three in 1995. Finishing runner up in this series was not the highlight of the year for him though, as he also won the Macau street race, a feat also accomplished by his brother Michael. In the race he beat future F1 team-mate Jarno Trulli, Pedro de la Rosa and Norberto Fontana, the driver he finished runner-up to in German Formula 3.

Schumacher then moved on to the Japanese Formula Nippon series in 1996, which he won, earning himself a Formula One drive with Jordan for the following year.

Formula One Career

Jordan

Ralf Schumacher made his Formula One debut in 1997 with the Jordan team. In his first race, Ralf qualified 12th on the grid. He made up a couple of positions in the race and was holding 8th place before retiring with a gearbox failure after just two laps. The young Schumacher finished on the podium in just his third race, at Argentina. However Schumacher retired in more than half his races that season and ended up behind team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella having also been out-qualified 10 times during the season by the Italian. The two had an uneasy relationship after Schumacher took Fisichella out of the Argentine Grand Prix when they were competing for 2nd place. They collided again at the Luxembourg Grand Prix later in the season. Schumacher finished 11th in the drivers championship standings with 13 points, behind Fisichella.

The following season, Jordan was powered by Honda and proved capable of race wins when Schumacher followed team mate Damon Hill to second place in the rain-soaked Belgian Grand Prix. Schumacher was reportedly unhappy at not being allowed to pass Hill late in the race as the team demanded he hold station. He finished 3rd in the next race at the Italian Grand Prix. Ralf finished 10th overall in his second Formula One season.

Williams

Schumacher driving for Williams at the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix.

1999

In the knowledge that a deal had been done with BMW in 1999 he changed to the Williams team and scored three podium finishes and sixth in the World Drivers Championship with the underpowered, obsolete Supertec engine. A tyre puncture at the European GP prevented him from achieving his first Grand Prix win. Schumacher was regarded among the paddock as the next future star for his determination in a underachieving Williams car. However, Heinz-Harald Frentzen who replaced him at Jordan scored two wins and four podiums that year.

Ralf Schumacher driving for the Williams-BMW F1 team in 2003.

2000

Schumacher's performance in the 2000 season was considered by many to be a disappointment. Running the powerful new BMW engine, he was expected to compete for wins, but he was only able to match the three podium finishes of the previous year, despite being the senior driver in the team and suffering only four mechanical failures.

2001

In 2001, Ralf emerged as a future star achieving his first three Grand Prix wins at Imola, Montreal and Hockenheim. The San Marino Grand Prix was the first win for the Williams team since 1997. Montreal was the first sibling 1-2 in the history of Formula 1. This time Michael Schumacher was out-raced by his younger brother Ralf who had a much more powerful car for this race. The Schumacher brothers would finish 1-2 in the 2003 edition as well. At his home Grand Prix, Ralf earned an easy win finishing 46 seconds ahead of Rubens Barichello.

Ralf Schumacher finished the 2001 Drivers Standing in 4th position ahead of Team mate Juan Pablo Montoya.

2002

In 2002, Williams was left fighting for podiums as Ferrari's domination prove to be unstoppable during the season. Still Ralf managed to score Williams only win of the season at the Malaysian Grand Prix from 4th on the grid. This race marked as one of only 2 races not won by Ferrari. Ralf collected another 5 podiums including a second place at the Brazillian Grand Prix. He finished the championship again in 4th behind team mate Juan-Pablo Montoya.

Ralf Schumacher, 2002

2003

After a slow but confident start and despite scoring at every race, Ralf didn't manage to get onto the podium until the eighth round in Montreal, where he finished 2nd. By then, he seemed, for much of the European season, to have perhaps the only realistic shot at the drivers' title of his career after he won the European Grand Prix (at the Nürburgring) and the French Grand Prix within the space of a week. However, his form and luck eluded him subsequently and his challenge had faded by the time of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. As a result, the final six races of the season yielded one points finish. An accident in testing at Monza ended his championship hopes. Schumacher finished the season 5th and his contribution, alongside Juan Pablo Montoya did, however, help the Williams team to finish second in the Constructors Championship in 2002 and 2003, narrowly missing out on the title to Ferrari on the latter occasion.

Schumacher became the third highest paid driver in Formula 1 in 1999, when his pay after the 2000 season was raised to $15.5 million US. His brother Michael was the highest paid racing driver in the world and second highest earning sportsman in the world behind Tiger Woods.

At the 2001 European Grand Prix, Schumacher's brother Michael made a poor start and veered across the track, forcing Schumacher to back off.

Crash At Indianapolis

On June 20, 2004, Schumacher was seriously injured in an accident at the United States Grand Prix. The deceleration was measured at 78 g (765 m/s²), one of the most severe in all of motor racing history, resulting in a concussion as well as two minor fractures to his spinal column. He was taken to a nearby hospital and spent almost four days there and several months at home in bed. This caused him to be sidelined for the majority of the season. He crashed in almost the same manner in 2005, revealing the tyre troubles that would lead to the fiasco at the 2005 United States Grand Prix.

Toyota

Schumacher driving for Toyota at the 2005 Canadian Grand Prix, a race in which he finished sixth.

In 2005, Schumacher transferred to the Toyota F1 team after Williams refused his salary demands. In the first 12 races of the season he was out-performed by team mate Jarno Trulli, however in Spa-Francorchamps, he was able to challenge for the lead most of the race and ended up setting the fastest lap. Schumacher earned his first podium with Toyota F1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, finishing in third place, less than a second behind his brother. The Toyota team brought the "B" specification of their TF105 car to the last three races of the season. Schumacher took pole position in Japan after a wet one-shot qualifying session prevented many drivers from setting competitive laps. He then finished the Chinese Grand Prix in third position a week later. This modified version of the car secured sixth position in the Drivers Championship for Schumacher, two points ahead of Trulli.

Schumacher leading Jarno Trulli at the 2006 Canadian Grand Prix.

Schumacher remained with Toyota for 2006, however the team was off the pace in early races, though he managed eighth in Malaysia. At the third race of the season in Australia he finished a strong third. He never mounted the podium again that season, although opportunities to do so were lost through mechanical failure. A fourth position in France was his only other significant finish in 2006, while he scored 6th place in Hungary, and earned seventh place in both Turkey and Japan. Overall, he outscored Trulli again, but admitted it was a disappointing season for himself and for the Toyota F1 team, as he finished only 10th in the drivers' championship.

Ralf Schumacher earned Toyota their first point of the 2007 season by finishing in eighth place in the Australian Grand Prix, one place ahead of team-mate Jarno Trulli. However, Trulli then finished in seventh place in both of the following two races in Malaysia and Bahrain, scoring 2 points in each. Schumacher, meanwhile, failed to score in either. In the Spanish Grand Prix, he was involved in a collision with Alexander Wurz of Williams, dropping him to the back of the field. He eventually retired with a mechanical problem. Monaco proved to be another struggle for Schumacher, as he qualified 20th and finished the race in 16th, 0.9 seconds behind Trulli. It was rumoured at this point that the Toyota team were unhappy with his performance, and seemed likely to drop the driver when his contract expired at the end of the 2007 season.

Schumacher in his third season with Toyota, at the 2007 British Grand Prix.

Schumacher scored a point by finishing 8th in the Canadian Grand Prix, a race from which Trulli was forced to retire after crashing out. This was not enough to prevent Toyota Motorsport vice-chairman Tadashi Yamashina publicly urging Schumacher to up his game or risk losing his seat, having only qualified for the race in 18th place. He then lost control at the first corner of the next race, removing himself from the race as well as the cars of Rubens Barrichello and David Coulthard. In an attempt to retain his place at Toyota for 2008, he offered to accept a $17m pay cut. He retired from top 10 positions in both the British Grand Prix and the European Grand Prix. The first was due to mechanical failure and the latter was caused by a collision with the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld.

A change in fortunes seemed to occur at the Hungarian Grand Prix (the scene of his first podium finish for Toyota). Schumacher started 5th on the grid after setting the 6th fastest time (Fernando Alonso was relegated to 6th). He held off Alonso for much of the race until the third sector and went on to finish 6th. This fortune, however, was short lived as at the Turkish Grand Prix Schumacher put in an inexpicably poor qualifying performance to start 16th for the race while Trulli was up in 9th. Schumacher finished 12th and ahead of his team mate but only after Trulli was punted off the track at the first corner of the race by Giancarlo Fisichella.

On 1 October, Schumacher announced that he would be leaving Toyota at the end of the 2007 season for a new challenge. That year, he had the second biggest salary after Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen.[1]

Retirement from F1

Before and after Schumacher's official resignation from Toyota, there were rumours linking him to several Formula One teams. He approached McLaren to enquire about the seat being vacated by Fernando Alonso, but was turned down. He held talks with friend and Scuderia Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost about a possible drive for that team, but Toro Rosso instead opted for Sebastian Vettel and Sébastien Bourdais. Despite this, Schumacher remained certain he would be racing in Formula One in 2008.

Schumacher's final outing in a Formula One car came in December 2007 when he participated in a test for the uncompetitive Force India outfit in a bid to secure the second race drive alongside Adrian Sutil. However, after being the slowest of all the Force India testers on the day he tested, Schumacher stated that he was no longer interested in driving for that team, and that he would likely not be back into another Formula One car in 2008. The seat eventually went to Giancarlo Fisichella, Schumacher's team mate during his debut Grand Prix season in 1997.

DTM career

Ralf Schumacher at Brands Hatch in 2008 with AMG class Mercedes DTM.

On January 17, 2008, Schumacher participated in a test for the Mercedes Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) team at Estoril Circuit in Portugal. It was his first outing with an AMG Mercedes since 20th July 1997 when he was a guest driver in a race of the FIA GT Championship in Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium with an AMG Mercedes CLK-GTR. This was also Schumacher’s last opportunity to drive a race car with a roof.

Early in February Schumacher participated in a second test for the Mercedes team at Estoril. Later in the month, he announced that he would race for Mercedes during the 2008 DTM season.

About his switch to DTM for the 2008 season, Ralf had much to say :
"Of course I know that neither the media nor the spectators consider me the greatest race driver of all times and this is not what I’m aiming for.” “During my last three years in Formula 1, I didn’t have much success and it almost sounded strange to me when Norbert mentioned in our conversation, that short before this time I had managed to win two Formula 1 Grands Prix within only eight days.” “However, I am still the same Ralf as at those times, the same racer who has fun in motor sports and who wants to compete with the best.”

“Now I am able to do so in the DTM which I know very well since the mid-nineties when I was a young up-coming driver racing in Formula Junior and Formula 3 which had been staged as a supporting programme of the DTM. Then I dreamed of racing in the main event sometime.” “I like the series, I like the environment, I like the enthusiastic and positive spectators. And I like Mercedes – with them I got my first chance to test a Formula 1 car in 1996 and who knows how my Formula 1 career had turned out if I had accepted the McLaren Mercedes offer to become their test driver for 1997.“

“But then I wanted to drive races, and that’s what I still want today, more than ten years later.” “I will learn in the DTM, I will work hard and I will put it behind me if people will criticize me if I should have problems during the first couple of races.”


Ralf made 2 point-scoring appearances in the 2008 DTM season, highlighting a 7th place in Barcelona and 8th place at the Nurburgring. He quietly finished his rookie DTM season in 14th place, with 3 points as the second best driver in a year old Mercedes C-Class behind Gary Paffett.

Personal life

In October 2001, Schumacher married Cora-Caroline Brinkmann a former model. On October 23, 2001, their son David was born.


Racing record

Career summary

Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Points Final Placing
1992 Formula BMW Junior ? ? ? ? 66 6th
1993 Formula BMW Junior ? ? ? ? ? 2nd
1994 German Formula Three Opel Team WTS 19 2 1 158 3rd
Macau Grand Prix Mild Seven WTS Racing 1 0 0 N/A 4th
Grand Prix de Monaco F3 Opel Team WTS 1 0 0 N/A 15th
Masters of Formula Three WTS Motorsport 1 0 0 N/A 30th
1995 German Formula Three Opel Team WTS 15 2 3 171 2nd
Macau Grand Prix Mild Seven Opel Team WTS 1 1 1 N/A 1st
Grand Prix de Monaco F3 Opel Team WTS 1 0 0 N/A 2nd
Masters of Formula Three WTS Motorsport 1 1 0 N/A 2nd
1996 Formula Nippon X Japan Team Le Mans 10 2 3 40 1st
All-Japan GT Championship Team Lark 6 4 3 60 2rd
1997 Formula One Jordan 17 0 0 13 11th
FIA GT Championship AMG Mercedes 1 0 0 2 29th
1998 Formula One Jordan 16 0 0 14 10th
1999 Formula One Williams 16 0 0 35 6th
2000 Formula One Williams 17 0 0 24 5th
2001 Formula One Williams 17 1 3 49 4th
2002 Formula One Williams 17 0 1 42 4th
2003 Formula One Williams 15 3 2 58 5th
2004 Formula One Williams 12 1 0 24 9th
2005 Formula One Toyota 18 1 0 45 6th
2006 Formula One Toyota 18 0 0 20 10th
2007 Formula One Toyota 17 0 0 5 16th
2008 DTM TRILUX AMG Mercedes 11 0 0 3 14th
2009 DTM TRILUX AMG Mercedes

Complete Formula One results

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

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 WDC Points
1997 Benson & Hedges Total
Jordan Peugeot 		Jordan 197 Peugeot A14 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		ARG
3 		SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
6 		GBR
5 		GER
5 		HUN
5 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
Ret 		AUT
5 		LUX
Ret 		JPN
9 		EUR
Ret 		11th 13
1998 Benson & Hedges Total
Jordan 		Jordan 198 Mugen-Honda MF-301
HC 3.0 V10 		AUS
Ret 		BRA
Ret 		ARG
Ret 		SMR
7 		ESP
11 		MON
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
16 		GBR
6 		AUT
5 		GER
6 		HUN
9 		BEL
2 		ITA
3 		LUX
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		10th 14
1999 Winfield WilliamsF1 Williams FW21 Supertec FB01 3.0 V10 AUS
3 		BRA
4 		SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		ESP
5 		CAN
4 		FRA
4 		GBR
3 		AUT
Ret 		GER
4 		HUN
9 		BEL
5 		ITA
2 		EUR
4 		MAL
Ret 		JPN
5 		6th 35
2000 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW22 BMW E41 3.0 V10 AUS
3 		BRA
5 		SMR
Ret 		GBR
4 		ESP
4 		EUR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		CAN
14 		FRA
5 		AUT
14 		GER
7 		HUN
5 		BEL
3 		ITA
3 		USA
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		MAL
Ret 		5th 24
2001 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW23 BMW P80 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret 		MAL
5 		BRA
Ret 		SMR
1 		ESP
Ret 		AUT
Ret 		MON
Ret 		CAN
1 		EUR
4 		FRA
2 		GBR
Ret 		GER
1 		HUN
4 		BEL
7 		ITA
3 		USA
Ret 		JPN
6 		4th 49
2002 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW24 BMW P82 3.0 V10 AUS
Ret 		MAL
1 		BRA
2 		SMR
3 		ESP
11 		AUT
4 		MON
3 		CAN
7 		EUR
4 		GBR
8 		FRA
5 		GER
3 		HUN
3 		BEL
5 		ITA
Ret 		USA
16 		JPN
11 		4th 42
2003 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW25 BMW P83 3.0 V10 AUS
8 		MAL
4 		BRA
7 		SMR
4 		ESP
5 		AUT
6 		MON
4 		CAN
2 		EUR
1 		FRA
1 		GBR
9 		GER
Ret 		HUN
4 		ITA
PO 		USA
Ret 		JPN
12 		5th 58
2004 BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW26 BMW P84 3.0 V10 AUS
4 		MAL
Ret 		BHR
7 		SMR
7 		ESP
6 		MON
10 		EUR
Ret 		CAN
DSQ 		USA
Ret 		FRA
Inj 		GBR
Inj 		GER
Inj 		HUN
Inj 		BEL
Inj 		ITA
Inj 		CHN
Ret 		JPN
2 		BRA
5 		9th 24
2005 Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF105
Toyota TF105B 		Toyota RVX-05 3.0 V10 AUS
12 		MAL
5 		BHR
4 		SMR
9 		ESP
4 		MON
6 		EUR
Ret 		CAN
6 		USA
PO 		FRA
7 		GBR
8 		GER
6 		HUN
3 		TUR
12 		ITA
6 		BEL
7 		BRA
8 		JPN
8 		CHN
3 		6th 45
2006 Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF106
Toyota TF106B 		Toyota RVX-06 2.4 V8 BHR
14 		MAL
8 		AUS
3 		SMR
9 		EUR
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		MON
8 		GBR
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		USA
Ret 		FRA
4 		GER
9 		HUN
6 		TUR
7 		ITA
15 		CHN
Ret 		JPN
7 		BRA
Ret 		10th 20
2007 Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF107 Toyota RVX-07 2.4 V8 AUS
8 		MAL
15 		BHR
12 		ESP
Ret 		MON
16 		CAN
8 		USA
Ret 		FRA
10 		GBR
Ret 		EUR
Ret 		HUN
6 		TUR
12 		ITA
15 		BEL
10 		JPN
Ret 		CHN
Ret 		BRA
11 		16th 5

Complete DTM results

(key)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Points
2008 Mercedes HOC
14 		OSC
10 		MUG
Ret 		EUR
13 		NOR
16 		ZAN
12 		NÜR
8 		BRA
15 		CAT
7 		BUG
Ret 		HOC
14 		14th 3
2009 Mercedes HOC
 EUR
 NOR
 ZAN
 OSC
 NÜR
 BRA
 CAT
 DIJ
 HOC


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