1995 Formula One World Championship
The 1995 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 49th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1995 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1995 Formula One World Championship for Constructors, which were contested concurrently over a seventeen-race series that commenced on 26 March and ended on 12 November.
Defending world champion Michael Schumacher (pictured in 2005) won a second consecutive title with Benetton in his last year with the team.
Damon Hill finished as runner-up 33 points behind with Williams.
Hill's teammate, David Coulthard, finished the season ranked third, scoring his 1st win.
Nigel Mansell retired from Formula One after 15 seasons.
Michael Schumacher is a German former racing driver who competed in Formula One for Jordan, Benetton, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Schumacher has a joint-record seven World Drivers' Championship titles ; at the time of his retirement from the sport in 2012, he also held the records for the most wins (91), pole positions (68), and podium finishes (155)—which have since been broken by Hamilton—while he maintains the record for consecutive Drivers' Championships and number of total fastest laps (77), among others.
Schumacher in 2005
Schumacher's title-winning German Formula Three car from 1990
Schumacher (left) in 1991, the year he joined Formula One
Schumacher driving for Benetton in at the Monaco Grand Prix. In 1992, he achieved the first of his 91 wins.
