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<blockquote data-quote="Brian_W_Lawrence" data-source="post: 5528" data-attributes="member: 135">After the Bahrain GP Brawn's WCC lead is 22.5 points, I was asked how often a teamhas lost such a lead.First a bit of background.The WCC began in 1958. From that year until 1978 the scoring matched that in the WDC, except that there were no points for fastest lap, and only the highest-placed finisher in any team scored points. From 1958 to 1960 the maximum score in any race was 8 points, and then from 1961 to 1978 it was 9 points.From 1979 to 2009 both drivers scores were counted. The maximum available in each race was 15 (1979-90), 16 (1991-2002) &amp; 18 (since 2003).These are the infrequent occasions when a team led the WCC by more than Brawn's 22.5 and contrived to lose that lead.1991 - McLaren led by over 30 points, but were caught by Williams.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; They regained and lost the lead, but ended as WCC champions.1994 - Benetton led by more than 30 points, were caught by Williams,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; regained the lead and then lost again.1999 - Ferrari led by 24 points after Monaco, were caught by McLaren,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; but regained the lead and won the WCC.2000 - Ferrari led by 29 points after Imola, were caught by McLaren,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; regained the lead and won the WCC.2005 - Renault led by 23 points after the European GP, but were caught&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; by McLaren, then regained the lead and won the WCC.So in five seasons a lead of at least 22.5 points has been lost, but on only one occasion did the team fail to regain it. The lead was not necessarily over the team which later caught them. In some cases the other team were lying third or lower.In 2007 McLaren 'lost' a large lead, but the official records exclude McLaren from the official tables. They led Ferrari by more than 22.5 points following six of the events, but would have been overtaken by Ferrari at the final race. That scenario assumes that they still lost their 15 points from the Hungarian GP, which were withheld after the Hamilton/Alonso qualifying fiasco.I also wondered if any team had led by as many points after only four events:1981&nbsp; Williams led by 26 points after the 2nd &amp; 3rd events.1989&nbsp; McLaren led by 27 points after 3 events &amp; by 36 after 4.1991&nbsp; McLaren led by 30 after 3 &amp; 34 after 4.1992&nbsp; Williams led by 23 after 2, 37 after 3 &amp; 41 after 4.1996&nbsp; Williams - 29 after 3 &amp; 39 after 4.1998&nbsp; McLaren - 24 after 2.1999&nbsp; Ferrari - 24 after 4.2000&nbsp; Ferrari - 29 after 3.2004&nbsp; Ferrari - 29 after 3 &amp; 33 after 4.2007&nbsp; Ferrari - 26 after 4 [ignoring McLaren].While researching the above I saved the data and did some analysis:Here is a list of the number of events after which teams led the WCC. The bracketed numbers indicate events where they shared the lead by having the same number of points (in some cases it would be possible to rank them depending on results, but I have not done that).[pre]Last TimeTeam&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Events&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GP&nbsp; Year======================================Ferrari&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 228 (6)&nbsp; BRA 2008[/pre][pre]McLaren-Tag&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 29 (2)&nbsp; Det 1987McLaren-Honda&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 61&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AUS 1991McLaren-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 30 (4)&nbsp; Eur 1993McLaren-Mercedes&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 35 (1)&nbsp; SIN 2008&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 155 (7)[/pre][pre]Williams-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 27&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; USA 1981Williams-Honda&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 26 (2)&nbsp; AUS 1987Williams-Renault&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 60 (3)&nbsp; Eur 1997Williams-BMW&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ITA 2003&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 117 (5)[/pre][pre]Lotus-Climax&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 23&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MEX 1965Lotus-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 53 (1)&nbsp; CDN 1978Lotus-Renault&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4 (1)&nbsp; MON 1985&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 80 (2)[/pre][pre]Renault&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 46 (3)&nbsp; BRA 2006[/pre][pre]Cooper-Climax&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 24&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MON 1962Cooper-Maserati&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; RSA 1967&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 25[/pre][pre]Benetton-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 13&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Eur 1994Benetton-Renault&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 12&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AUS 1995&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 25[/pre][pre]Brabham-Repco&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 16 (1)&nbsp; MEX 1967Brabham-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 6 (2)&nbsp; BEL 1975Brabham-BMW&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; BRA 1983&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 23 (3)[/pre][pre]Tyrrell-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 17 (1)&nbsp; ITA 1973BRM&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 14&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MON 1966Matra-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 11&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MEX 1969Ligier-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ESP 1979Brawn-Mercedes&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 4&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; BRN 2009Vanwall&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; MAR 1958March-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 3&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; NED 1970Wolf-Ford&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ARG 1977BMW Sauber&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; BRN 2008--------------------------------------Total Events&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 743[/pre]Also, in 16 seasons one team led the WCC throughout the season:[pre]Cooper-Climax&nbsp;&nbsp; 1959-60Lotus&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1968, 78Matra&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1969Ferrari&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1976, 2001, 04, 07Williams&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1981, 92, 96McLaren&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 1984, 88, 90, 98[/pre]In another four seasons one team led the whole season except after the first event:[pre]1961&nbsp; Ferrari (Lotus)1967&nbsp; Brabham (Cooper)1977&nbsp; Ferrari (Wolf)1989&nbsp; McLaren (Ferrari)[/pre]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Brian_W_Lawrence, post: 5528, member: 135"] After the Bahrain GP Brawn's WCC lead is 22.5 points, I was asked how often a team has lost such a lead. First a bit of background. The WCC began in 1958. From that year until 1978 the scoring matched that in the WDC, except that there were no points for fastest lap, and only the highest-placed finisher in any team scored points. From 1958 to 1960 the maximum score in any race was 8 points, and then from 1961 to 1978 it was 9 points. From 1979 to 2009 both drivers scores were counted. The maximum available in each race was 15 (1979-90), 16 (1991-2002) & 18 (since 2003). These are the infrequent occasions when a team led the WCC by more than Brawn's 22.5 and contrived to lose that lead. 1991 - McLaren led by over 30 points, but were caught by Williams. They regained and lost the lead, but ended as WCC champions. 1994 - Benetton led by more than 30 points, were caught by Williams, regained the lead and then lost again. 1999 - Ferrari led by 24 points after Monaco, were caught by McLaren, but regained the lead and won the WCC. 2000 - Ferrari led by 29 points after Imola, were caught by McLaren, regained the lead and won the WCC. 2005 - Renault led by 23 points after the European GP, but were caught by McLaren, then regained the lead and won the WCC. So in five seasons a lead of at least 22.5 points has been lost, but on only one occasion did the team fail to regain it. The lead was not necessarily over the team which later caught them. In some cases the other team were lying third or lower. In 2007 McLaren 'lost' a large lead, but the official records exclude McLaren from the official tables. They led Ferrari by more than 22.5 points following six of the events, but would have been overtaken by Ferrari at the final race. That scenario assumes that they still lost their 15 points from the Hungarian GP, which were withheld after the Hamilton/Alonso qualifying fiasco. I also wondered if any team had led by as many points after only four events: 1981 Williams led by 26 points after the 2nd & 3rd events. 1989 McLaren led by 27 points after 3 events & by 36 after 4. 1991 McLaren led by 30 after 3 & 34 after 4. 1992 Williams led by 23 after 2, 37 after 3 & 41 after 4. 1996 Williams - 29 after 3 & 39 after 4. 1998 McLaren - 24 after 2. 1999 Ferrari - 24 after 4. 2000 Ferrari - 29 after 3. 2004 Ferrari - 29 after 3 & 33 after 4. 2007 Ferrari - 26 after 4 [ignoring McLaren]. While researching the above I saved the data and did some analysis: Here is a list of the number of events after which teams led the WCC. The bracketed numbers indicate events where they shared the lead by having the same number of points (in some cases it would be possible to rank them depending on results, but I have not done that). [pre]Last Time Team Events GP Year ====================================== Ferrari 228 (6) BRA 2008[/pre][pre]McLaren-Tag 29 (2) Det 1987 McLaren-Honda 61 AUS 1991 McLaren-Ford 30 (4) Eur 1993 McLaren-Mercedes 35 (1) SIN 2008 155 (7)[/pre][pre]Williams-Ford 27 USA 1981 Williams-Honda 26 (2) AUS 1987 Williams-Renault 60 (3) Eur 1997 Williams-BMW 4 ITA 2003 117 (5)[/pre][pre]Lotus-Climax 23 MEX 1965 Lotus-Ford 53 (1) CDN 1978 Lotus-Renault 4 (1) MON 1985 80 (2)[/pre][pre]Renault 46 (3) BRA 2006[/pre][pre]Cooper-Climax 24 MON 1962 Cooper-Maserati 1 RSA 1967 25[/pre][pre]Benetton-Ford 13 Eur 1994 Benetton-Renault 12 AUS 1995 25[/pre][pre]Brabham-Repco 16 (1) MEX 1967 Brabham-Ford 6 (2) BEL 1975 Brabham-BMW 1 BRA 1983 23 (3)[/pre][pre]Tyrrell-Ford 17 (1) ITA 1973 BRM 14 MON 1966 Matra-Ford 11 MEX 1969 Ligier-Ford 4 ESP 1979 Brawn-Mercedes 4 BRN 2009 Vanwall 3 MAR 1958 March-Ford 3 NED 1970 Wolf-Ford 1 ARG 1977 BMW Sauber 1 BRN 2008 -------------------------------------- Total Events 743[/pre] Also, in 16 seasons one team led the WCC throughout the season: [pre]Cooper-Climax 1959-60 Lotus 1968, 78 Matra 1969 Ferrari 1976, 2001, 04, 07 Williams 1981, 92, 96 McLaren 1984, 88, 90, 98[/pre] In another four seasons one team led the whole season except after the first event: [pre]1961 Ferrari (Lotus) 1967 Brabham (Cooper) 1977 Ferrari (Wolf) 1989 McLaren (Ferrari)[/pre] [/QUOTE]

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