| David Schumacher | |
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 Schumacher in 2023 | |
| Nationality |  German |
| Born | (2001-10-23)23 October 2001 (age 24) Salzburg, Austria |
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| GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup career | |
| Debut season | 2025 |
| Current team | HRTFord Performance racing team |
| Racing licence |  FIA Silver |
| Car number | 65 |
| Starts | 1 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | TBD in2025 |
| Previous series | |
| 2019–2022 2019 2018 2018 2017–18 | ADAC GT Masters FIA Formula 3 FR European Championship Euroformula Open ADAC Formula 4 Formula 4 UAE Championship |
David Schumacher (born 23 October 2001) is a German racing driver competing in the2025 GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup with HRTFord Performance racing team. A member of the Schumacher racing family, he is the son of formerFormula One driverRalf Schumacher, nephew of seven-time Formula One world championMichael Schumacher and his wifeCorinna, a Western riding European Champion, and the cousin to racing driverMick Schumacher and Western ridingGina-Maria Bethke.
Schumacher began karting at a young age, alongside his cousinMick.[1] From there he competed in multiple karting championships under his mother's maiden name Brinkmann. In 2017, David's last year in karts, he chose to race with the Schumacher name and finished as runner-up in theDKM Championship toDennis Hauger in the senior class.[2]
In August 2017, it was announced that Schumacher would graduate to single-seaters, competing for his father's US Racing outfit in the2018 ADAC Formula 4 Championship.[3] In January 2018, he made his single-seater debut, contesting theFormula 4 UAE Championship with Rasgaira Motorsports Team from the second round onwards.[4] Claiming three wins, Schumacher ended the season as vice-champion to Charles Weerts.[5]
In ADAC Formula 4, Schumacher scored a consistent string of points finishes, with three 4th places being his best finishes, and ended the season 9th in the championship. His results translated into eight race wins in the Rookies' Cup and he claimed the title of rookie champion.[6]
Schumacher competed in the final two rounds of the2018 Euroformula Open Championship withRP Motorsport. He was ineligible to score points as a guest driver, but claimed two 4th-place finishes at theCircuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. These results placed him sixth in the Spanish Formula 3 championship, which is made up of three rounds from the Euroformula Open championship.[7]
In January 2019, David Schumacher was named as part of Pinnacle Motorsport's three car line-up for theAsian F3 Winter Series.[8] He competed in two of the championship's three rounds, taking a podium finish at theBuriram International Circuit and finishing 8th in the championship.
In March 2019, it was announced that Schumacher would compete in theinaugural season of the Formula Regional European Championship, returning to the US Racing team co-owned by his father.[9] He claimed four race victories over the season, including two consecutively at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as well as five other podium finishes, five pole positions and three fastest laps. He ended the season 4th in the championship.
In September 2019, Schumacher made his debut in theFIA Formula 3 Championship, standing in atCampos Racing for the injuredAlex Peroni at the final round inSochi.[10] Schumacher finished the two races in 22nd and 20th. Schumacher made his first appearance at theMacau Grand Prix in November, racing forSauber Junior Team by Charouz. He placed 23rd in qualifying, fell back to 25th in the qualifying race and finished 21st in the main race.[11] In December he took part in the second round of theMRF Challenge Formula 2000 series atBahrain International Circuit, taking both pole positions of the weekend and finishing all four races on the podium, including a victory in the second race.
In February 2020, it was confirmed that Schumacher would return to theFIA Formula 3 Championship, racing full-time with Charouz Racing System.[12] However, following the Spanish round, he left Charouz to join Carlin Racing. He did not score any points, had a best finish of 12th at the Austria feature race, and finished the championship in 28th place.
In February 2021, it was announced that Schumacher would race forTrident Racing in the2021 season.[13] On 4 July 2021 he achieved his first FIA F3 points, podium and victory in race 2 of thethird round at theRed Bull Ring, having started the race from reverse-grid pole.[14] Throughout the next two rounds, the German would go on to finish in the points in all but one race, even scoring his second podium of the year in the second race atSpa-Francorchamps, where he and teammateJack Doohan gaveTrident their first one-two finish in theirFormula 3 history.[15]At Zandvoort, Schumacher qualified a career best of 2nd, behindDennis Hauger. During the feature race, with 3 laps to go, Schumacher was running in 2nd place untilVictor Martins made a failed attempt to pass Schumacher, taking him out while trying to overtake him.[16] Schumacher's 5th place the race before proved to be his last points finish during the season, as he finished 14th and 15th in the final round. He ended the season with just 55 points, compared to his teammates Doohan andNovalak with 179 and 147 points respectively. He still however, helped Trident clinch the constructors' championship by 4 points.[17]
In April 2022 it was announced that Schumacher would return toCharouz Racing System, the team which he drove for in 2020, to replaceAyrton Simmons at theImola round.[18] He started 29th and last for both of the races, but recovered to finish 18th and 12th in the races.[19] Due toDTM commitments, Schumacher was replaced byLirim Zendeli for theBarcelona round.[20] AtZandvoort, Schumacher made his second appearance of the season with Charouz, asChristian Mansell returned to his main campaign in theEuroformula Open.[21] Schumacher once again returned to DTM that clashed with theMonza season finale and was replaced byAlessandro Famularo.[22] Schumacher ended the championship 28th overall, highest of the non-scorers and even ahead of some full-timers.[23]
Schumacher left Formula 3 at the conclusion of the 2021 season to join theDeutsche Tourenwagen Masters for its2022 campaign. His season started in a promising manner, qualifying tenth at theLausitzring and eventually finishing 14th,[24] however a flurry of retirements as a result of crashes, most notably one with three-timeDTM championRené Rast at theNürburgring, led to criticism regarding the German's driving conduct.[25][26] The best result of the season came atSpa-Francorchamps, where Schumacher ended up eleventh, a mere second behind the points positions, albeit that weekend also yielded a twelve-place grid penalty for Race 2 caused by multiple track limit infractions.[27] At the final event, he was involved in a collision withThomas Preining, which caused a fracture of Schumacher'slumbar vertebrae.[28][29] The German ended the season in 28th place, having failed to score points, summing it up by stating that it "hadn't been a good season".[30][31]
After a difficult debut season in the DTM, Schumacher began competing in theGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup in 2023, whilst also remaining in theDTM.[32] He competed forWinward Racing in both series, partneringMarius Zug and Miklas Born in the former.[33] Although his DTM campaign ended with a 25th-placed result in the standings, Schumacher was able to improve his results, getting a best finish of ninth at theNürburgring. Meanwhile, a class victory at the same track together with two further podiums allowed Schumacher, Zug, and Born to come third in the Gold Cup championship.[34]
In 2024, Schumacher stepped down to the silver-onlyADAC GT Masters, where he would be partnering Salman Owega at the Haupt Racing Team.[35] Having taken a pole during the opening round and a maiden podium inZandvoort, the duo dominated the weekend at the Nürburgring by winning both races, with Schumacher having taken pole position on Sunday. David Schumacher and Salman Owega went on to collect another win at the Nurburgring and Hockenheimring settling the championship with an overall third place finish.[36][37]
For 2025, Schumacher returned to theGT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, driving aFord Mustang GT3 for theHRTFord Performance team.
Schumacher's family includes his father, former Formula One driverRalf, his uncle, seven-time Formula One world championMichael, and his cousin,FIA World Endurance Championship driverMick. On 7th November 2025, Schumacher announced via his Instagram that he is engaged to his long term partner and Hungarian racing driverVivien Keszthelyi.
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
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| 2011 | Ciao Thomas Knopper Memorial — Bambini | 2nd | |
| ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini | 9th | ||
| Euro Wintercup — Bambini | 7th | ||
| 2012 | ADAC Kart Masters — Bambini | 8th | |
| 2014 | German Karting Championship — Junior | 27th | |
| ADAC Kart Masters —KFJ | 16th | ||
| 2015 | South Garda Winter Cup —KFJ | KSM Racing Team | 16th |
| WSK Super Master Series —KFJ | 32nd | ||
| ADAC Kart Masters — Junior | 3rd | ||
| German Karting Championship — Junior | 4th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship —KFJ | 51st | ||
| 2016 | WSK Champions Cup —OKJ | KSM Schumacher Racing Team | 31st |
| South Garda Winter Cup —OKJ | NC | ||
| WSK Super Master Series —OK | 23rd | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship —OK | 22nd | ||
| German Karting Championship — Senior | 6th | ||
| CIK-FIA World Championship —OK | 20th | ||
| 2017 | WSK Champions Cup —OK | KSM Schumacher Racing Team | 21st |
| South Garda Winter Cup —OK | 27th | ||
| WSK Super Master Series —OK | 14th | ||
| German Karting Championship — Senior | 2nd | ||
| CIK-FIA European Championship —OK | 13th | ||
| 2019 | South Garda Winter Cup —OK | 70th |
† As Schumacher was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
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| 2017–18 | Rasgaira Motorsports Team | YMC1 1 | YMC1 2 | YMC1 3 | YMC1 4 | YMC2 1 3 | YMC2 2 2 | YMC2 3 2 | YMC2 4 2 | DUB1 1 2 | DUB1 2 1 | DUB1 3 6 | DUB1 4 C | YMC3 1 3 | YMC3 2 1 | YMC3 3 5 | YMC3 4 1 | YMC4 1 2 | YMC4 2 2 | YMC4 3 2 | YMC4 4 3 | DUB2 1 2 | DUB2 2 6 | DUB2 3 2 | DUB2 4 3 | 2nd | 325 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Pos | Points |
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| 2018 | US Racing–CHRS | OSC 1 5 | OSC 2 13 | OSC 3 13 | HOC1 1 4 | HOC1 2 9 | HOC1 3 15 | LAU 1 9 | LAU 2 7 | LAU 3 18 | RBR 1 6 | RBR 2 Ret | RBR 3 7 | HOC2 1 5 | HOC2 2 12 | NÜR 1 4 | NÜR 2 4 | NÜR 3 8 | HOC3 1 6 | HOC3 2 14 | HOC3 3 5 | 9th | 103 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | DC | Points |
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| 2019 | US Racing | LEC 1 8 | LEC 2 6 | LEC 3 3 | VLL 1 1 | VLL 2 7 | VLL 3 C | HUN 1 6 | HUN 2 5 | HUN 3 7 | RBR 1 3 | RBR 2 2 | RBR 3 6 | IMO 1 8 | IMO 2 5 | IMO 3 6 | IMO 4 4 | CAT 1 3 | CAT 2 1 | CAT 3 1 | MUG 1 2 | MUG 2 14 | MUG 3 1 | MNZ 1 7 | MNZ 2 7 | MNZ 3 6 | 4th | 285 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pos | Points |
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| 2019 | Pinnacle Motorsport | CHA 1 7 | CHA 2 3 | CHA 3 5 | SEP1 1 7 | SEP1 2 7 | SEP1 3 Ret | SEP2 1 | SEP2 2 | SEP2 3 | 8th | 43 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
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| 2019 | Campos Racing | CAT FEA | CAT SPR | LEC FEA | LEC SPR | RBR FEA | RBR SPR | SIL FEA | SIL SPR | HUN FEA | HUN SPR | SPA FEA | SPA SPR | MNZ FEA | MNZ SPR | SOC FEA 22 | SOC SPR 20 | 32nd | 0 | |||||
| 2020 | Charouz Racing System | RBR FEA 25 | RBR SPR 15 | RBR FEA 12 | RBR SPR 17 | HUN FEA 16 | HUN SPR 13 | SIL FEA 25 | SIL SPR 15 | SIL FEA 15 | SIL SPR Ret | CAT FEA 23 | CAT SPR 25 | 28th | 0 | |||||||||
| Carlin Buzz Racing | SPA FEA 17 | SPA SPR 14 | MNZ FEA 19 | MNZ SPR Ret | MUG FEA 15 | MUG SPR 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Trident | CAT 1 11 | CAT 2 Ret | CAT 3 12 | LEC 1 16 | LEC 2 11 | LEC 3 27 | RBR 1 12 | RBR 2 1 | RBR 3 11 | HUN 1 8 | HUN 2 6 | HUN 3 4 | SPA 1 11 | SPA 2 2 | SPA 3 9 | ZAN 1 14 | ZAN 2 5 | ZAN 3 30† | SOC 1 14 | SOC 2 C | SOC 3 15 | 11th | 55 |
| 2022 | Charouz Racing System | BHR SPR | BHR FEA | IMO SPR 18 | IMO FEA 12 | CAT SPR | CAT FEA | SIL SPR | SIL FEA | RBR SPR | RBR FEA | HUN SPR | HUN FEA | SPA SPR | SPA FEA | ZAN SPR 20 | ZAN FEA 15 | MNZ SPR | MNZ SPR | 28th | 0 | |||
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
| Year | Team | Car | Qualifying | Quali Race | Main race |
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| 2019 |  Sauber Junior Team byCharouz | Dallara F3 2019 | 23rd | 25th | 21st |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | DC | Points |
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| 2019-20 | DUB 1 | DUB 2 | DUB 3 | DUB 4 | DUB 5 | BHR 1 2 | BHR 2 1 | BHR 3 2 | BHR 4 3 | CHE 1 | CHE 2 | CHE 3 | CHE 4 | CHE 5 | CHE 6 | 9th | 82 |
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points |
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| 2022 | Mercedes-AMGTeam Winward | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | ALG 1 20 | ALG 2 15 | LAU 1 Ret | LAU 2 14 | IMO 1 21 | IMO 2 Ret | NOR 1 Ret | NOR 2 Ret | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 Ret | SPA 1 11 | SPA 2 20 | RBR 1 16 | RBR 2 24 | HOC 1 Ret | HOC 2 DNS | 28th | 0 |
| 2023 | Mercedes-AMGTeam Winward | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | OSC 1 18 | OSC 2 13 | ZAN 1 Ret | ZAN 2 15 | NOR 1 16 | NOR 2 Ret | NÜR 1 Ret | NÜR 2 9 | LAU 1 DSQ | LAU 2 Ret | SAC 1 17 | SAC 2 11 | RBR 1 18 | RBR 2 18 | HOC 1 18 | HOC 2 16 | 25th | 16 |
(Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2023 | Winward Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Gold | MNZ 26 | LEC 10 | SPA 6H 22 | SPA 12H 58† | SPA 24H Ret | NÜR 6 | CAT 14 | 3rd | 88 |
*Season still in progress.
(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
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| 2024 | Haupt Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | OSC 1 6 | OSC 2 Ret1 | ZAN 1 62 | ZAN 2 3 | NÜR 1 1 | NÜR 2 11 | SPA 1 Ret | SPA 2 7 | RBR 1 2 | RBR 2 1 | HOC 1 1 | HOC 2 7 | 3rd | 174 |
* Season still in progress.
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2024 | Teichmann Racing | BMW M240i Racing Cup | BMW M240i | NLS1 6 | NLS2 7 | 24H-Q1 | 24H-Q2 | NLS3 | NLS4 | NLS5 | NLS6 | NC† | 0 |
| Team Advan xHRT | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | SP9 | NLS1 | NLS2 | 24H-Q1 | 24H-Q2 | NLS3 5 | NLS4 | NLS5 | NLS6 | * | * |
†As Schumacher was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
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