Michael Schumacher's start in the San Marino GP was his 97th in a Ferrari. This is the most for any Ferrari driver, one more than previous record-holder Gerhard Berger.

Since I like stats, here are the number of starts:

Michael Schumacher	1996-2002	97
Gerhard Berger	1987-1995	96
Jean Alesi	1991-1995	79
Michele Alboreto	1984-1988	79
Clay Regazzoni	1970-1976	72
Gilles Villeneuve	1977-1982	66
Eddie Irvine	1996-1999	65
Niki Lauda	1974-1977	57
Jacky Ickx	1968-1973	55
Rubens Barrichello	2000-2002	38

As regards total points scored in a Ferrari, this is the situation:

Michael Schumacher	1996-2002	532
Niki Lauda	1974-1977	242.5
Gerhard Berger	1987-1995	182
Clay Regazzoni	1970-1976	169
Eddie Irvine	1996-1999	156
Alberto Ascari	1950-1954	139
Michele Alboreto	1984-1988	138.5
Rubens Barrichello	2000-2002	124
Jacky Ickx	1968-1973	121
Jean Alesi	1991-1995	121

This brings us to the interesting bit, how many points scored per start:

So, what does this prove? Well, that Schumacher is an outstanding driver or that Ferrari have given him outstanding cars or a bit of both. Then, put Ascari in any old average Ferrari F1 of recent years and he would have finished second in both the 2000 or 2001 World Championships just behind Schumacher. And that Eddie Irvine missed out on Ferrari's best years when he chased the dollars and went to Jaguar - he scored 2.4 points per start whereas Rubens is now up to 3.3. Or maybe Rubens is the better driver, or.........

As always with statistics, you can show anything you want.....

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