Highlights

Motor racing-F1 statistics for the German Grand Prix

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-27 08:55

July 26 - Formula One statistics for Sunday's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim.

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WINNERS

Michael Schumacher's French Grand Prix victory for Ferrari was his fourth of the season and second in a row. The seven times champion has now won a record 88 times in Formula One.

The German last won three races in a row in 2004.

Renault's world champion Fernando Alonso, with six wins this season and 14 in total, is the second most successful active driver.

Ferrari have won 187 races since the championship started in 1950. McLaren have won 148, Williams 113 and Renault 32.

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POINTS/PODIUMS

Schumacher's win at Magny-Cours was his 150th appearance on the podium. The nearest other driver was Frenchman Alain Prost with 106 podiums between 1981 and 1993.

The German also holds the record of 19 successive podium finishes, set in 2001-2002.

Alonso remains the only driver to have scored points in every race this season as well as the only one to finish them all. His last retirement was in Canada in June 2005.

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POLE POSITION

Schumacher's Magny-Cours pole was the 68th of his career, also a record.

If Alonso or Italian team mate Giancarlo Fisichella get on pole position at Hockenheim, it will be Renault's 50th in Formula One.