F1 legend Michael Schumacher is still in possession of an all-time record at the Chinese Grand Prix, ahead of this year’s event.
The second round of the 2026 F1 season takes place at the Shanghai International Circuit this weekend, for the Chinese Grand Prix, the first of six sprint weekends this season.
It is the site of so far Lewis Hamilton‘s only triumph as a Ferrari driver, when he claimed victory at last year’s sprint race, and he is a six-time winner of the grand prix in China.
But it’s another seven-time world champion in Schumacher whose record set in 2004 at the track still stands.
Schumacher is undoubtedly one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time, having claimed a joint record seven championships during his career, and sitting second behind Hamilton on the all-time lists of grand prix wins, podiums and pole positions.
And the German F1 legend also made an impression immediately in China at the inaugural Chinese Grand Prix in 2004. Schumacher set the fastest lap of the race with a 1:32.238, and that still remains the fastest lap ever recorded during a race at the Shanghai International Circuit.
It’s a staggering statistic, and one that the current drivers will have to go flat out on Sunday in order to get anywhere near, and with the incentive of a word championship point for the fastest lap of the race now gone, it’s arguably even less likely that it will be beaten this weekend.