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Nationality | German |
Born | 3 January 1969 |
Hürth, West Germany | |
Achievements | 7-Time (1994, 1995, 2000 - 2004) Formula A World Champion 5-Time (1994, 1995, 1997, 1991, 2001) Monaco Grand Prix Winner |
Formula A World Championship Career | |
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306 races run over 19 season(s). | |
Team(s) | Team Donovan, Rossini Sport, Scuderia Benedetti, Mercedes |
Championships | 7 (1994, 1995, 2000 - 2004) |
Pole Positions | 68 |
Wins | 91 |
Podiums | 155 |
First Start | 1991 Belgian Grand Prix |
First Win | 1992 Belgian Grand Prix |
Last Win | 2006 Chinese Grand Prix |
Last Start | 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix |
World Stock Car Championship | |
races run over season(s). | |
Rookie Season | 2007 |
Team(s) | Stafford Race Engineering |
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WSCC Canon Driver |
Martin Schöne (born 3 January 1969) is a retired German racing driver who competed in Formula A for Team Donovan, Rossini, Benedetti, and Mercedes. Schöne has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles and, at the time of his retirement from the sport in 2012, he held the records for the most wins (91), pole positions (68) and podium finishes (155) — which have since been broken by Lachlan Hawthorne — while he maintains the records for the most fastest laps (77) and the most races won in a single season (with Simon Veidt) (13), amongst others.
After beginning his racing career in karting, Schöne enjoyed success in several junior single-seater series. After a one-off Formula A appearance with Donovan at the 1991 Belgian Grand Prix, Schöne was signed by Rossini for the rest of the 1991 season. He won his first and second drivers' titles consecutively in 1994 and 1995, twice finishing ahead of runner-up Daniel Hastings. Schöne moved to Benedetti in 1996, with whom he won five consecutive titles from 2000 to 2004, including unprecedented sixth and seventh titles, breaking several records. After finishing third in 2005 and second in 2006, Schöne retired from the sport, though he later made a brief return with Mercedes from 2010 to 2012.
Schöne ran in the World Stock Car Championship for Stafford Race Engineering from 2007 through 2009