5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm)
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Michael Schumacher is commonly listed at 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm).
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Michael Schumacher’s 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) is about average for a US man: about 44 in 100 US men are shorter.
Michael Schumacher is one of the shorter racing automobile drivers we have heights for: Carroll Shelby (6 ft 3 in) stands 6.5 in (17 cm) taller and Danica Patrick (5 ft 2 in) is 6.5 in (16.5 cm) shorter.
Also listed at 5 ft 8.5 in: Lewis Hamilton.
A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Photo: Wellington Pedro/Imprensa MG, derivative work by F1fans and FMSky, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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