His testing and one-off appearance in the series caught the attention of WTS Racing, allowing Schumacher to enter the German Formula Three Championship in 1994, where he finished third.

[2] For 1996, Schumacher's manager Willi Weber secured him a seat in the Formula Nippon Series, driving for the Team Le Mans alongside experienced driver Naoki Hattori.

[5] In January 1997, Giancarlo Fisichella was confirmed as Schumacher's teammate replacing Martin Brundle, who expressed a desire to remain with the team.

[8] Outside Formula One, Schumacher participated in the FIA GT Championship as a guest driver for the AMG Mercedes team at the Spa 4 Hours and was partnered by Klaus Ludwig.

He was forced to retire from the San Marino Grand Prix due to a fuel system issue but managed to clinch consecutive fourth-place finishes in the next two races.

[14] Schumacher was passed fit to participate in the Canadian Grand Prix,[15] where he was classified 14th after being hit in the closing stages by BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve.

[7] At the opening round in Australia, Schumacher retired after a collision with BAR driver Jacques Villeneuve, which resulted in the death of race marshal Graham Beveridge.

[19] In the succeeding round at the San Marino Grand Prix, Schumacher started from third on the grid and led every lap of the race to take his first Formula One victory.

[24] This result marked a good run of form as Schumacher scored points in three of the remaining five races, including a third-place finish in Italy.

[28] His season started in Australia with a first lap accident where his car was launched into the air after colliding with Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello.

[32] At the Spanish Grand Prix, Schumacher ran wide on lap 29 while under pressure from teammate Montoya and eventually retired from an engine failure, although he was classified 11th.

He was unable to take part in winter testing in January, prior to the season because of reoccurring back pains,[35] although he later returned in February.

[39] Although he had participated in the event's first qualifying session, Schumacher decided to withdraw and his place was taken by Williams test driver Marc Gené.

[40] He returned for the United States Grand Prix, where he retired having suffered an accident resulting from his car sliding on a wet track surface.

"[43] He made a good start to his season by finishing fourth in the opening round in Australia,[44] although he retired from the next race in Malaysia from an engine failure.

[46] At the Canadian Grand Prix, Schumacher qualified on pole position and went on to finish second in the race, but was later disqualified for irregularities on his car's brake ducts.

[59] During the second practice session of the United States Grand Prix, Schumacher lost control of his car entering the final corner of the circuit, which resulted from a tyre failure.

At the Spanish Grand Prix, he was involved in a collision with Williams driver Alexander Wurz and eventually retired with a mechanical issue.

After finishing 16th at the Monaco Grand Prix, it was reported that Toyota were unhappy with his performances and faced pressure of possibly being replaced before the season concluded.

[70] Despite taking eighth place in Canada, Toyota Motorsport vice-chairman Tadashi Yamashina publicly urged Schumacher to improve his performances as he had qualified 18th for the race.

[71] At the next Grand Prix in the United States,Schumacher spun off in the first corner and collided with the cars of David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello.

[77] Schumacher's final participation in Formula One came at a test held for the newly formed Force India team in December 2007.

[82] He secured 15th place at the round held at Brands Hatch, before he backed the result up with a seventh-place finish at the Circuit de Catalunya.

[7] For 2009, it was announced that Schumacher had extended his contract to drive for Mercedes-Benz and would move to the HWA Team,[84] and was partnered by Paul di Resta, Bruno Spengler, and Gary Paffett.

[7] Schumacher managed to secure his second point scoring position with a seventh place at the Nürburgring, and followed the result up by clinching consecutive finishes in the next two rounds at Brands Hatch and the Circuit de Catalunya.

Schumacher's season started with a ninth-place finish at the Hockenheimring, before he was forced into retirement due to a failure in his car's electronic control in Valencia resulting in an misfire.

[7] On 20 October 2011, it was announced that Schumacher would remain at HWA for the 2012 season, and was once again partnered by Green and Paffett who were joined by new signing Christian Vietoris.

[105] He made a one-off return to racing when he entered the Nürburgring round of the Prototype Cup Germany and shared a US Racing-fielded Ligier JS P320 LMP3 car with his son David in August 2024.

[108] In April 2001, Schumacher became engaged to Cora-Caroline Brinkmann, a former model;[109] they were married on 5 October that year in a private civil ceremony at the couple's home in Hallwang, Austria.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) criticized Schumacher as he was accused of paying £35,000 to shoot three deer in a defined area in 2007.