Wel Come To Site Of Phenomenon In F1.....Michael And Ralf Schumacher

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Brothers in Formula 1

Note : Younger brother is mentioned first in each case.

Top row of two-row entries for a driver are to do with that driver's first attempt to qualify, while the bottom row is for the first successful qualification.

Also note that the Jacques Villeneuve that features here is not the current Formula 1 driver and 1997 World Champion. It is in fact Gilles' brother, which makes the Jacques Villeneuve mentioned here the 1997 World Champion's uncle.

The race numbers in brackets indicates the number of unsuccessful attempts to qualify for that driver ie. they never qualified. Those not in brackets indicate only successful attempts to qualify ie. they don't include unsuccessful qualifying attempts.

Note that Michael Schumacher, Gilles Villeneuve and Pedro Rodriguez are the only older brothers to win a race! And all the World Champions are the younger brothers (except Michael again), who are generally the better performers.

No pair of brothers have had both win a race, or set a pole position, or even set a fastest lap, let alone a World Championship! In fact, it seems that the Schumachers (8 times) and Fittipaldis (twice) are the only brothers who have scored points in the same race. Coincidentally, both achieved their first double points score with the established brother winning, and the new kid on the block finishing 6th. At Monza in 1998, the Schumachers became the only brothers to share the podium, Michael in 1st and Ralf in 3rd position.

Also note that only 6 pairs have had both brothers actually race, with only 3 of these (Fittipaldi, Scheckter and Schumacher) actually contesting the same race at least once. Please note that 1 other pair (Villeneuve) had one brother fail to qualify at the same race that the other brother raced in.