Schumacher joined Ferrari in . He finished third in the championship, winning three races, in a season dominated by the Williams team. His victory at the , which Schumacher won by 45 seconds, is noted as one of the great Formula One wet weather drives. In the season, Schumacher won five races but was disqualified from the championship after the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile concluded that he had deliberately collided with Jacques Villeneuve, his championship rival, at the in Jerez. The following year, he won six races. Schumacher won his third world championship in ; the first for a Ferrari driver since . He followed this with four consecutive championships from to . During the 2001 season, at the , Schumacher won his 52nd Grand Prix, breaking Alain Prost's record for the most career Grand Prix wins. His season, in which he was on the podium in every race, included eleven race victories. The latter broke the record for the most wins in a single season. Schumacher surpassed this with thirteen race victories in 2004. His final Grand Prix win was at the 2006 Chinese Grand Prix; at the end of that season he retired from Formula One. He came out of retirement and made a return to Formula One racing with Mercedes between and , this did not result in any further victories.