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1. Michael Schumacher

Date of Birth: 3 January 1969

Country: Germany
Team: Ferrari

Debut: 1991 - Belgium Grand Prix (Jordan)
No of GP: 209
Race Wins: 82
Points Scored: 1166
Podiums: 135
Poles: 62

Best Result: 1
First Win: 1992 - Belgium Grand Prix (Benetton)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 1
No. of Drivers Championships: 7

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2. Rubens Barrichello

Date of Birth: 23 May 1972

Country: Brazil
Team: Ferrari

Debut: 1993 - Kyalami
No of GP: 194
Race Wins: 7
Points Scored: 425
Podiums: 54
Poles: 10

Best Result: 1
First Win: 2000 - German Grand Prix (Ferrari)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 4

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3. Juan Pablo Montoya

Date of Birth: 29 September 1975

Country: Colombia
Team: Williams

Debut: 2001 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 64
Race Wins: 3
Points Scored: 197
Podiums: 21
Poles: 11

Best Result: 1
First Win: 2001 - Italian Grand Prix (Williams)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 3

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4. Ralf Schumacher

Date of Birth: 30 June 1975

Country: Germany
Team: Williams

Debut: 1997 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 124
Race Wins: 6
Points Scored: 260
Podiums: 21
Poles: 5

Best Result: 1
First Win: 2001 - (Williams)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 5

At the 2004 US Grand Prix at Indianapolis, Ralf Schumacher was injured in a high speed crash. Since then he has been replaced by Marc Gene and Antino Pizzonia. He is expected to return before the end of the season.

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5. David Coulthard

Date of Birth: 27 March 1971

Country: United Kingdom
Team: McLaren

Debut: 1994 - Spainish Grand Prix
No of GP: 171
Race Wins: 13
Points Scored: 470
Podiums: 60
Poles: 12

Best Result: 1
First Win: 1995 - Potugese Grand Prix (Williams)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 9

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6. Kimi Raikkonen

Date of Birth: 17 October 1979

Country: Finland
Team: McLaren

Debut: 2001 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 63
Race Wins: 2
Points Scored: 142
Podiums: 16
Poles: 3

Best Result: 1
First Win: 2003 - Malaysian Grand Prix (McLaren)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 2

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7. Jarno Trulli

Date of Birth: 13 July 1974

Country: Italy
Team: Renault

Debut: 1997 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 127
Race Wins: 1
Points Scored: 117
Podiums: 4
Poles: 2

Best Result: 1
First Win: 2004 - Monaco Grand Prix (Renault)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 8

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8. Fernando Alonso

Date of Birth: 29 July 1981

Country: Spain
Team: Renault

Debut: 2001 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 47
Race Wins: 1
Points Scored: 104
Podiums: 9
Poles: 3

Best Result: 1
First Win: 2003 - Hungarian Grand Prix (Renault)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 6

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9. Jenson Button

Date of Birth: 19 January 1980

Country: United Kingdom
Team: BAR

Debut: 2001 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 80
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 107
Podiums: 7
Poles: 1

Best Result: 2
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 9

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10. Takuma Sato

Date of Birth: 28 January 1977

Country: Japan
Team: BAR

Debut: 2002 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 31
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 21
Podiums: 1
Poles: 0

Best Result: 3
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 18

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11. Giancarlo Fisichella

Date of Birth: 14 January 1973

Country: Italy
Team: Sauber

Debut: 1996 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 137
Race Wins: 1
Points Scored: 112
Podiums: 10
Poles: 1

Best Result: 1
First Win: 2003 - Brazilian Grand Prix (Jordan)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 12

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12. Felipe Massa

Date of Birth: 25 April 1981

Country: Brazil
Team: Sauber

Debut: 2002 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 30
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 14
Podiums: 0
Poles: 0

Best Result: 4
2003 Drivers Championship Position: --

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14. Mark Webber

Date of Birth: 27 August 1976

Country: Australia
Team: Jaguar

Debut: 2002 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 46
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 26
Podiums: 0
Poles: 0

Best Result: 5
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 10

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15. Christian Klien

Date of Birth: 7 February 1983

Country: Austria
Team: Jaguar

Debut: 2004 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 14
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 3
Podiums: 0
Poles: 0

Best Result: 6
2003 Drivers Championship Position: --

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16. Olivier Panis

Date of Birth: 2 September 1966

Country: France
Team: Toyota

Debut: 1994 - Brazilian Grand Prix
No of GP: 155
Race Wins: 1
Points Scored: 76
Podiums: 5
Poles: 0

Best Result: 1
First Win: 1996 - Monaco Grand Prix (Ligier)
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 15

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17. Critstiano Da Matta

Date of Birth: 19 September 1973

Country: Brazil
Team: Toyota

Debut: 1994 - Brazilian Grand Prix
No of GP: 28
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 13
Podiums: 0
Poles: 0

Best Result: 6
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 13

Da Matta was replaced by Ricardo Zonta for the Hungarin Grand Prix (Round 13) and will not return for Toyota this season.

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18. Nick Heidfeld

Date of Birth: 10 May 1977

Country: Germany
Team: Jordan

Debut: 2000 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 81
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 28
Podiums: 1
Poles: 0

Best Result: 3
2003 Drivers Championship Position: 14

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19. Giorgio Pantano

Date of Birth: 4 February 1979

Country: Italy
Team: Jordan

Debut: 2004 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 13
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 0
Podiums: 0
Poles: 0

Best Result: 13
2003 Drivers Championship Position: --

Pantano was replaced by Timo Glock for the Canadian Grand Prix (Round 8) because of a payment dispute.

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20. Gianmaria Bruni

Date of Birth: 30 May 1981

Country: Italy
Team: Minardi

Debut: 2004 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 14
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 0
Podiums: 0
Poles: 0

Best Result: 14
2003 Drivers Championship Position: --

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21. Zsolt Baumgartner

Date of Birth: 1 January 1981

Country: Hungary
Team: Minardi

Debut: 2004 - Australian Grand Prix
No of GP: 14
Race Wins: 0
Points Scored: 1
Podiums: 0
Poles: 0

Best Result: 8
2003 Drivers Championship Position: --

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