2010 Driver & Chump of the Weekend
- Thread starter Brogan
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Drivers who starts on the back always have to overtake more than the drivers who starts first.
ATL11
Pole Sitter
Okay good overtaking stats for 2008. I still though don't rate him, we can revert back to 2008 and pull out good and bad about him to cover either side of the argument.
In 2008 Massa had:
6 Poles
4 Front row starts
4 2nd Row starts
3 3rd Row starts
& a 9th (Silverstone - remember that race, was it 5 spins?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekx5bTSXjos
Total 53, so with 6 Poles he had 47 chances in 12 races to overtake people, assuming he had a good start for such a good driver (being Ferrari & all that). He also started 6 times behind Kimi, so going to reduce that down to 43 (assuming he couldn't & then could overtake Kimi in Japan & China). So he converted 21 of 43 chances, which is just under 50%. So even with a superior car (they won the constructors) he still couldn't overtake half the drivers in front of him with! - Ok Ok Ok I know some of them would be a McLaren so it would be difficulter....
6 Wins (compared to Lewis' 5) - Lewis won the Championship, wo with less wins was more consistent.
5 DNF's (compared to 4) - or didn't score aka Silverstone (we revert back to...imagine an 8th there instead of Torvill & Dean)
Think the final point is that Lewis made that 26th pass for position in the final corner of the final lap of the final race (Massa couldn't give himeself that opportunity, win or bust etc).
I myself was on the M25 at the time of the Brazil GP, driving home from watching Truck racing @ Brands, and had to listen to the Radio 5 commentator tell us he's lost and then won again, cause he hadn't seen the overtaking of Trulli.
In 2008 Massa had:
6 Poles
4 Front row starts
4 2nd Row starts
3 3rd Row starts
& a 9th (Silverstone - remember that race, was it 5 spins?) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekx5bTSXjos
Total 53, so with 6 Poles he had 47 chances in 12 races to overtake people, assuming he had a good start for such a good driver (being Ferrari & all that). He also started 6 times behind Kimi, so going to reduce that down to 43 (assuming he couldn't & then could overtake Kimi in Japan & China). So he converted 21 of 43 chances, which is just under 50%. So even with a superior car (they won the constructors) he still couldn't overtake half the drivers in front of him with! - Ok Ok Ok I know some of them would be a McLaren so it would be difficulter....
6 Wins (compared to Lewis' 5) - Lewis won the Championship, wo with less wins was more consistent.
5 DNF's (compared to 4) - or didn't score aka Silverstone (we revert back to...imagine an 8th there instead of Torvill & Dean)
Think the final point is that Lewis made that 26th pass for position in the final corner of the final lap of the final race (Massa couldn't give himeself that opportunity, win or bust etc).
I myself was on the M25 at the time of the Brazil GP, driving home from watching Truck racing @ Brands, and had to listen to the Radio 5 commentator tell us he's lost and then won again, cause he hadn't seen the overtaking of Trulli.
Ahhh I remember now, I know both Toyota's stayed out in the race and didn't change there tyres, when did he overtake Trulli?
How would this work with a points system? [I'll suggest anything to get the World Champion out of Top Chumps' position!]
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