Michael Schumacher is a former Formula One driver, seven-time world champion, and current advisor and occasional test driver for Ferrari. According to the official Formula One website, he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen". He is the only German to win the Formula One World championship, and is credited with popularising Formula One in Germany In a 2006 FIA survey, Michael Schumacher was voted the most popular driver of the season among Formula One fans
Technically both Alberto ascari and michael schumacher are joint on 7, however ascari won them at a period when the indy 500 was classed an f1 race, even though it was a completely different race and category. So If you ignore the Indy 500 which none of the f1 drivers raced in then ascari had 9 wins
Nigel Mainsell won 31 races, and was champion in 1992
Michael Schumacher has won the most number of F1 Grand Prix races. He has won a total of 91 races and 7 drivers' world championships. He did not win any races in the recently concluded 2010 f1 season but still is the driver with the most number of wins.
In 1955, the races were won by; Juan Manuel Fangio, Maurice Trintignant, Bob Sweikert and Stirling Moss. The most races won that season was with Juan Manuel Fangio winning 4 out of the 7 races in the 1955 season.
Jeff Gordon with 13 wins in one season. Dale Earnhardt won 11 races in 1987. Richard Petty holds the all-time record with 27 wins back in 1967.
Micheal Schumacher
Nigel Mansell has won the most Formula One races by a British Driver with 31 wins (fourth-best of all-time) from 1980 to 1993.He won one Formula One World Championship in 1992.
The 2009 driver's world championship was won by Jenson Button driving for the Brawn GP Team. He won a total of 6 races that season. The 2009 constructor's title was won by the Brawn GP team. Their cars won a total of 8 races that season (6 by Button and 2 by his teammate Rubens Barrichello)
Jeff Gordon won 13 races in 1998. The last person to win 13, was Richard Petty in 1975.
In Formula 1 there are 2 drivers per team and 11 teams. Therefore at the moment there are 22 drivers, although most teams have test drivers and in the future it's quite likely for more teams to join therefore lifting the driver total.
Michael Schumacher has won the most F1 drivers championships for a driver. He won it twice with Bennetton in 1994 & 95. And then five times with Ferrari 2000-2004. Schumacher holds many records in Formula One, including most race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season.
Richard Petty won the most races in one season with 27 in 1967.
Lewis won a total of 5 races in the 2008 season :AustraliaMonaco - SpainBritainGermanyChina