Most Undeserved Grand Prix Winner

FB said:
Thierry Boutsen (remember him? No, thought not) .

Yeah i remember him won 3 races, 2 in the wet & and one quite epicly in Hungry 1990 with Senna kissing his jacksy for almost the entire race!
 
The great thing about knowing of Thierry Boutsen is if anyone poses the infamous "name 3 famous Belgians" question you can respond with Boutsen, Jacky Ickx and Eddie Mercx. After those three I'm onto Tin Tin :snigger:
 
Here's a file I maintain that shows the race winners in each decade.

Champions are in bold red, while the Indy 500
winners are in green.

%age is the percentage races won in that decade only
0-4 & 5-9 indicate wins in each half of the decade
* shared wins
+ won again in following decade

Race Winners 1950-59

[b]Pos. Driver      1950  51  52  53  54  55  56  57  58  59 Total   %age   0-4 5-9[/b]
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1. JM Fangio 3 [color=#FF0000][b]*3[/b][/color] - 1 [color=#FF0000][b]6 4 *3 4[/b][/color] - - 24 28.57% 13 11
2. A Ascari - 2 [color=#FF0000][b]6 5[/b][/color] - - - - - - 13 15.48 13 -
3. S Moss - - - - - 1 2 *3 4 2 12 + 14.28 - 12
4. T Brooks - - - - - - - *1 3 2 6 7.14 - 6
5. G Farina [color=#FF0000][b]3[/b][/color] 1 - 1 - - - - - - 5 5.95 5 -
6. M Hawthorn - - - 1 1 - - - [color=#FF0000][b]1[/b][/color] - 3 3.57 2 1
P Collins - - - - - - 2 - 1 - 3 3.57 - 3
[color=#008000] 8. B Vukovich - - - 1 1 - - - - - 2 2.38 2 -[/color]
JF Gonzalez - 1 - - 1 - - - - - 2 2.38 2 -
M Trintignant - - - - - 1 - - 1 - 2 2.38 - 2
J Brabham - - - - - - - - - [color=#FF0000][b]2[/b][/color] 2 + 2.38 - 2
[color=#008000]12. J Parsons 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 1.19 1 -[/color]
[color=#008000] L Wallard - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1.19 1 -[/color]
L Fagioli - *1 - - - - - - - - 1 1.19 1 -
P Taruffi - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 1.19 1 -
[color=#008000] T Ruttman - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 1.19 1 -[/color]
[color=#008000] B Sweikert - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 1.19 - 1[/color]
L Musso - - - - - - *1 - - - 1 1.19 - 1
[color=#008000] P Flaherty - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 1.19 - 1[/color]
[color=#008000] S Hanks - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1.19 - 1[/color]
[color=#008000] J Bryan - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1.19 - 1[/color]
[color=#008000] R Ward - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1.19 - 1[/color]
J Bonnier - - - - - - - - - 1 1 1.19 - 1
B McLaren - - - - - - - - - 1 1 + 1.19 - 1
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7 *8 8 9 9 7 *8 *8 11 9 84 41 43

Race Winners 1960-69

[b]Pos. Driver      1960  61  62  63  64  65  66  67  68  69  Total   %age  0-4 5-9[/b]
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1. J Clark - - 3 [color=#FF0000][b]7[/b][/color] 3 [color=#FF0000][b]6[/b][/color] 1 4 1 - 25 25.00 13 12
2. NG Hill - - [color=#FF0000][b]4[/b][/color] 2 2 2 - - [color=#FF0000][b]3[/b][/color] 1 14 14.00 8 6
3. J Brabham [color=#FF0000][b]5[/b][/color] - - - - - [color=#FF0000][b]4[/b][/color] 2 - - 11 + 11.00 5 6
JY Stewart - - - - - 1 1 - 3 [color=#FF0000][b]6[/b][/color] 11 + 11.00 - 11
5. J Surtees - - - 1 [color=#FF0000][b]2[/b][/color] - 2 1 - - 6 6.00 3 3
6. D Hulme - - - - - - - [color=#FF0000][b]2[/b][/color] 2 1 5 + 5.00 - 5
7. S Moss 2 2 - - - - - - - - 4 4.00 4 -
D Gurney - - 1 - 2 - - 1 - - 4 4.00 3 1
9. B McLaren 1 - 1 - - - - - 1 - 3 3.00 2 1
P Hill 1 [color=#FF0000][b]2[/b][/color] - - - - - - - - 3 3.00 3 -
J Ickx - - - - - - - - 1 2 3 + 3.00 - 3
12. W von Trips - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 2.00 2 -
[color=#008000]13. J Rathmann 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 1.00 1 -[/color]
G Baghetti - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1.00 1 -
I Ireland - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1.00 1 -
L Bandini - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 1.00 1 -
R Ginther - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 1.00 - 1
L Scarfiotti - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 1.00 - 1
P Rodriguez - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 + 1.00 - 1
J Siffert - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 + 1.00 - 1
J Rindt - - - - - - - - - 1 1 + 1.00 - 1
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10 8 9 10 10 10 9 11 12 11 100 47 53



Race Winners 1970-79

[b]Pos. Driver      1970  71  72  73  74  75  76  77  78  79  Total   %age  0-4 5-9[/b]
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1. NA Lauda - - - - 2 [color=#FF0000][b]5[/b][/color] 5 [color=#FF0000][b]3[/b][/color] 2 - 17 + 11.80 2 15
2. JY Stewart 1 [color=#FF0000][b]6[/b][/color] 4 [color=#FF0000][b]5[/b][/color] - - - - - - 16 11.11 16 -
3. E Fittipaldi 1 - [color=#FF0000][b]5[/b][/color] 3 [color=#FF0000][b]3[/b][/color] 2 - - - - 14 9.72 12 2
4. M Andretti - 1 - - - - 1 4 [color=#FF0000][b]6[/b][/color] - 12 8.33 1 11
5. R Peterson - - - 4 3 - 1 - 2 - 10 6.94 7 3
J Scheckter - - - - 2 1 1 3 - [color=#FF0000][b]3[/b][/color] 10 6.94 2 8
J Hunt - - - - - 1 [color=#FF0000][b]6[/b][/color] 3 - - 10 6.94 - 10
8. C Reutemann - - - - 3 1 - 1 4 - 9 + 6.25 3 6
9. J Rindt [color=#FF0000][b]5[/b][/color] - - - - - - - - - 5 3.47 5 -
J Ickx 3 1 1 - - - - - - - 5 3.47 5 -
G Regazzoni 1 - - - 1 1 1 - - 1 5 3.47 2 3
A Jones - - - - - - - 1 - 4 5 + 3.47 - 5
13. G Villeneuve - - - - - - - - 1 3 4 + 2.78 - 4
14. D Hulme - - 1 1 1 - - - - - 3 2.08 3 -
J Laffite - - - - - - - 1 - 2 3 2.08 - 3
16. P Revson - - - 2 - - - - - - 2 1.39 2 -
P Depailler - - - - - - - - 1 1 2 + 1.39 - 2
18. J Brabham 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 0.69 1 -
P Rodriguez 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 0.69 1 -
J Siffert - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0.69 1 -
P Gethin - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0.69 1 -
F Cevert - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 0.69 1 -
J-P Beltoise - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 0.69 1 -
C Pace - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 0.69 - 1
J Mass - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 0.69 - 1
V Brambilla - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 0.69 - 1
J Watson - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 + 0.69 - 1
G Nilsson - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 0.69 - 1
J-P Jabouille - - - - - - - - - 1 1 + 0.69 - 1
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13 11 12 15 15 14 16 17 16 15 144 66 78



Race Winners 1980-89

[b]Pos. Driver      1980  81  82  83  84  85  86  87  88  89  Total   %age  0-4 5-9[/b]
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1. A Prost - 3 2 4 7 [color=#FF0000][b]5 4[/b][/color] 3 7 [color=#FF0000][b]4[/b][/color] 39 + 25.00 16 23
2. N Piquet 3 [color=#FF0000][b]3[/b][/color] 1 [color=#FF0000][b]3[/b][/color] 2 1 4 [color=#FF0000][b]3[/b][/color] - - 20 12.82 12 8
A Senna - - - - - 2 2 2 [color=#FF0000][b]8[/b][/color] 6 20 + 12.82 - 20
4. N Mansell - - - - - 2 5 6 - 2 15 + 9.62 - 15
5. NA Lauda - - 2 - [color=#FF0000][b]5[/b][/color] 1 - - - - 8 5.13 7 1
6. A Jones [color=#FF0000][b]5[/b][/color] 2 - - - - - - - - 7 4.49 7 -
R Arnoux 2 - 2 3 - - - - - - 7 4.49 7 -
8. K Rosberg - - [color=#FF0000][b]1[/b][/color] 1 1 2 - - - - 5 3.20 3 2
M Alboreto - - 1 1 1 2 - - - - 5 3.20 3 2
G Berger - - - - - - 1 2 1 1 5 + 3.20 - 5
11. J Watson - 1 2 1 - - - - - - 4 2.56 4 -
12. D Pironi 1 - 2 - - - - - - - 3 1.92 3 -
C Reutemann 1 2 - - - - - - - - 3 1.92 3 -
J Laffite 1 2 - - - - - - - - 3 1.92 3 -
15. G Villeneuve - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 1.28 2 -
R Patrese - - 1 1 - - - - - - 2 + 1.28 2 -
P Tambay - - 1 1 - - - - - - 2 1.28 2 -
E de Angelis - - 1 - - 1 - - - - 2 1.28 1 1
T Boutsen - - - - - - - - - 2 2 + 1.28 - 2
20. J-P Jabouille 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 0.64 1 -
A Nannini - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0.64 - 1
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14 15 16 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 156 76 80



Race Winners 1990-99

[b]Pos. Driver      1990  91  92  93  94  95  96  97  98  99  Total    %age 0-4 5-9[/b]
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1. M Schumacher - - 1 1 [color=#FF0000][b]8 9[/b][/color] 3 5 6 2 35 + 21.60 10 25
2. D Hill - - - 3 6 4 [color=#FF0000][b]8[/b][/color] - 1 - 22 13.58 9 13
3. A Senna [color=#FF0000][b]6 7[/b][/color] 3 5 - - - - - - 21 12.96 21 -
4. N Mansell 1 5 [color=#FF0000][b]9[/b][/color] - 1 - - - - - 16 9.88 16 -
5. M Häkkinen - - - - - - - 1 [color=#FF0000][b]8 5[/b][/color] 14 + 8.64 - 14
6. A Prost 5 - - [color=#FF0000][b]7[/b][/color] - - - - - - 12 7.41 12 -
7. J Villeneuve - - - - - - 4 [color=#FF0000][b]7[/b][/color] - - 11 6.79 - 11
8. D Coulthard - - - - - 1 - 2 1 2 6 + 3.70 - 6
9. G Berger - 1 2 - 1 - - 1 - - 5 3.09 4 1
10. R Patrese 1 2 1 - - - - - - - 4 2.47 4 -
E Irvine - - - - - - - - - 4 4 2.47 - 4
12. N Piquet 2 1 - - - - - - - - 3 1.85 3 -
H-H Frentzen - - - - - - - 1 - 2 3 1.85 - 3
J Herbert - - - - - 2 - - - 1 3 1.85 - 3
15. T Boutsen 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 0.62 1 -
J Alesi - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 0.62 - 1
O Panis - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 0.62 - 1
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16 16 16 16 16 17 16 17 16 16 162 80 82



Race Winners 2000-09

[b]Pos. Driver      2000  01  02  03  04  05  06  07  08  09  Total   %age  0-4 5-9[/b]
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1. M Schumacher [color=#FF0000][b]9 9 11 6 13[/b][/color] 1 7 - - - 56 32.18 48 8
2. F Alonso - - - 1 - [color=#FF0000][b]7 7[/b][/color] 4 2 - 21 + 12.07 1 20
3. K Räikkönen - - - 1 1 7 - [color=#FF0000][b]6[/b][/color] 2 1 18 10.34 2 16
4. F Massa - - - - - - 2 3 6 - 11 6.32 - 11
R Barrichello 1 - 4 2 2 - - - - 2 11 6.32 9 2
L Hamilton - - - - - - - 4 [color=#FF0000][b]5[/b][/color] 2 11 6.32 - 11
7. D Coulthard 3 2 1 1 - - - - - - 7 4.02 7 -
JP Montoya - 1 - 2 1 3 - - - - 7 4.02 4 3
J Button - - - - - - 1 - - [color=#FF0000][b]6[/color][/b] 7 4.02 - 7
10. M Häkkinen 4 2 - - - - - - - - 6 3.45 6 -
R Schumacher - 3 1 2 - - - - - - 6 3.45 6 -
12. S Vettel - - - - - - - - 1 4 5 2.87 - 5
13. G Fisichella - - - 1 - 1 1 - - - 3 1.72 1 2
14. M Webber - - - - - - - - - 2 2 1.15 - 2
15. J Trulli - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 0.57 1 -
R Kubica - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 0.57 - 1
H Kovalainen - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 0.57 - 1
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17 17 17 16 18 19 18 17 18 17 174 85 89



Race Winners 2010-19

[b]Pos. Driver      2010  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  Total   %age  0-4 5-9[/b]
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1. F Alonso 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 100.00 1 -
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Interesting stats too - It adds support (not that any were needed) to the usual entries in the eternal question of 'Best drivers ever', and the commonly-recognized best of each era clearly lead each decade, with the caveat of Jackie Stewart and Ayrton Senna crossing decades.
 
The Nelson Piquet figures make me smile. Won at least one race every year between 1980 and 1987. Go to Lotus as reigning world champion to replace Ayrton Senna. The car uses the same Honda engines as Mclaren and is an update of the previous years race winning 99T. What do you get? Two rubbish years in two rubbish cars, failing to qualify alongside Nakajima and not a great deal else. Move to Beneton for 1990 and resume winning again.

Funny world.
 
And here's another table showing the winners in each season.

Indy 500 excluded
Shared wins marked with *

First wins are in bold italic, champions are in red, solo wins are in bold green.

[b]Year  GPs #  Winners[/b]
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1950 6 2 [color=#FF0040][b][i]Farina[/color][/b][/i] 3, [b][i]Fangio[/b][/i] 3
1951 7 5* [color=#FF0040]Fangio[/color] 3*, [b][i]Ascari[/i][/b] 2, Farina, [b][i]Gonzalez[/i][/b], [b][i][color=#008040]Fagioli*[/color][/i][/b]
1952 7 2 [color=#FF0040]Ascari[/color] 6, [b][i][color=#008040]Taruffi[/color][/i][/b]
1953 8 4 [color=#FF0040]Ascari[/color] 5, [b][i]Hawthorn[/b][/i], Farina, Fangio
1954 8 3 [color=#FF0040]Fangio[/color] 6, Gonzalez, Hawthorn
1955 6 3 [color=#FF0040]Fangio[/color] 4, [b][i]Trintignant[/b][/i], [b][i]Moss[/b][/i]
1956 7 4* [color=#FF0040]Fangio[/color] 3*, Moss 2, [b][i]Collins[/b][/i] 2, [b][i][color=#008040]Musso*[/color][/i][/b]
1957 7 3* [color=#FF0040]Fangio[/color] 4, Moss 3*, [b][i]Brooks*[/b][/i]
1958 10 5 Moss 4, Brooks 3, Trintignant, [color=#FF0040]Hawthorn[/color], Collins
1959 8 5 [b][color=#FF0040][i]Brabham[/color][/i][/b] 2, Moss 2, Brooks 2, [b][i][color=#008040]Bonnier[/b][/i][/color], [b][i]McLaren[/b][/i]
1960   9  4  [color=#FF0040]Brabham[/color] 5, Moss 2, McLaren, [b][i]P Hill[/b][/i]
1961 8 5 [color=#FF0040]P Hill[/color] 2, [b][i]von Trips[/b][/i] 2, Moss 2, [b][i][color=#008040]Baghetti[/i][/color][/b], [b][color=#008040][i]Ireland[/b][/color][/i]
1962 9 4 [b][color=#FF0040][i]G Hill[/color][/i][/b] 4, [b][i]Clark[/b][/i] 3, McLaren, [b][i]Gurney[/b][/i]
1963 10 3 [color=#FF0040]Clark[/color] 7, G Hill 2, [b][i]Surtees[/b][/i]
1964 10 5 Clark 3, G Hill 2, Gurney 2, [color=#FF0040]Surtees[/color] 2, [b][i][color=#008040]Bandini[/b][/i][/color]
1965 10 4 [color=#FF0040]Clark[/color] 6, G Hill 2, [b][i]Stewart[/b][/i], [b][i][color=#008040]Ginther[/b][/i][/color]
1966 9 5 [color=#FF0040]Brabham[/color] 4, Surtees 2, Stewart, Clark, [b][i][color=#008040]Scarfiotti[/color][/b][/i]
1967 11 6 Clark 4, Brabham 2, [b][color=#FF0040][i]Hulme[/color][/i][/b] 2, [b][i]Rodriguez[/b][/i], Gurney, Surtees
1968 12 7 [color=#FF0040]G Hill[/color] 3, Stewart 3, Hulme 2, Clark, McLaren, [b][i]Ickx[/b][/i], [b][i]Siffert[/i][/b]
1969 11 5 [color=#FF0040]Stewart[/color] 6, Ickx 2, G Hill, [b][i]Rindt[/b][/i], Hulme
1970  13  7  [color=#FF0040]Rindt[/color] 5, Ickx 3, Brabham, Stewart, Rodriguez, [b][i]Regazzoni[/b][/i], [b][i]Fittipaldi[/i][/b]
1971 11 6 [color=#FF0040]Stewart[/color] 6, [b][i]Andretti[/b][/i], Ickx, Siffert, [b][color=#008040][i]Gethin[/color][/i][/b], [b][color=#008040][i]Cevert[/color][/b][/i]
1972 12 5 [color=#FF0040]Fittipaldi[/color] 5, Stewart 4, Hulme, [b][color=#008040][i]Beltoise[/color][/b][/i], Ickx
1973 15 5 [color=#FF0040]Stewart[/color] 5, [b][i]Peterson[/b][/i] 4, Fittipaldi 3, [b][i]Revson[/b][/i] 2, Hulme
1974 15 7 [color=#FF0040]Fittipaldi[/color] 3, Peterson 3, [b][i]Reutemann[/b][/i] 3, [b][i]Lauda[/b][/i] 2, [b][i]Scheckter[/b][/i] 2, Hulme, Regazzoni
1975 14 9 [color=#FF0040]Lauda[/color] 5, Fittipaldi 2, [b][i][color=#008040]Pace[/color][/i][/b], Scheckter, [b][color=#008040][i]Mass[/color][/i][/b], [b][i]Hunt[/b][/i], Reutemann, [b][color=#008040][i]Brambilla[/color][/i][/b], Regazzoni
1976 16 7 [color=#FF0040]Hunt[/color] 6, Lauda 5, Regazzoni, Scheckter, [b][i]Watson[/b][/i], Peterson, Andretti
1977 17 8 Andretti 4, Hunt 3, Scheckter 3, [color=#FF0040]Lauda[/color] 3, Reutemann, [b][i][color=#008040]Nilsson[/color][/i][/b], [b][i]Laffite[/i][/b], [b][i]Jones[/i][/b]
1978 16 6 [color=#FF0040]Andretti[/color] 6, Reutemann 4, Peterson 2, Lauda 2, [b][i]Depailler[/b][/i], [b][i]G Villeneuve[/i][/b]
1979 15 7 Jones 4, [color=#FF0040]Scheckter[/color] 3, G Villeneuve 3, Laffite 2, Depailler, [i][b]Jabouille[/i][/b], Regazzoni
1980  14  7  [color=#FF0040]Jones[/color] 5, [b][i]Piquet[/b][/i] 3, [b][i]Arnoux[/b][/i] 2, [b][i]Pironi[/b][/i], Reutemann, Laffite, Jabouille
1981 15 7 [color=#FF0040]Piquet[/color] 3, [b][i]Prost[/i][/b] 3, Jones 2, Reutemann 2, G Villeneuve 2, Laffite 2, Watson
1982 16 11 Prost 2, Lauda 2, Pironi 2, Watson 2, Arnoux 2, [b][i]Patrese[/b][/i], Piquet, [b][i]Tambay[/b][/i], [b][i]de Angelis[/b][/i], [b][i][color=#FF0040]Rosberg[/color][/b][/i], [b][i]Alboreto[/b][/i]
1983 15 8 Prost 4, [color=#FF0040]Piquet[/color] 3, Arnoux 3, Watson, Tambay, Rosberg, Alboreto, Patrese
1984 16 5 Prost 7, [color=#FF0040]Lauda[/color] 5, Piquet 2, Alboreto, Rosberg
1985 16 8 [color=#FF0040]Prost[/color] 5, Alboreto 2, Rosberg 2, [b][i]Mansell[/b][/i] 2, [b][i]Senna[/b][/i] 2, de Angelis, Piquet, Lauda
1986 16 5 Mansell 5, [color=#FF0040]Prost[/color] 4, Piquet 4, Senna 2, [b][i]Berger[/b][/i]
1987 16 5 Mansell 6, Prost 3, [color=#FF0040]Piquet[/color] 3, Senna 2, Berger 2
1988 16 3 [color=#FF0040]Senna[/color] 8, Prost 7, Berger
1989 16 6 Senna 6, [color=#FF0040]Prost[/color] 4, Mansell 2, [b][i]Boutsen[/b][/i] 2, Berger, [b][color=#008040][i]Nannini[/color][/i][/b]
1990  16  6  [color=#FF0040]Senna[/color] 6, Prost 5, Piquet 2, Patrese, Boutsen, Mansell
1991 16 5 [color=#FF0040]Senna[/color] 7, Mansell 5, Patrese 2, Piquet, Berger
1992 16 5 [color=#FF0040]Mansell[/color] 9, Senna 3, Berger 2, [b][i]M Schumacher[/b][/i], Patrese
1993 16 4 [color=#FF0040]Prost[/color] 7, Senna 5, [b][i]D Hill[/b][/i] 3, M Schumacher
1994 16 4 [color=#FF0040]M Schumacher[/color] 8, D Hill 6, Berger, Mansell
1995 17 5 [color=#FF0040]M Schumacher[/color] 9, D Hill 4, [b][i]Herbert[/i][/b] 2, [b][i][color=#008040]Alesi[/color][/i][/b], [b][i]Coulthard[/b][/i]
1996 16 4 [color=#FF0040]D Hill[/color] 8, [b][i]J Villeneuve[/b][/i] 4, M Schumacher 3, [b][i][color=#008040]Panis[/color][/i][/b]
1997 17 6 [color=#FF0040]J Vlleneuve[/color] 7, M Schumacher 5, Coulthard 2, [b][i]Frentzen[/i][/b], Berger, [b][i]Häkkinen[/i][/b]
1998 16 4 [color=#FF0040]Häkkinen[/color] 8, M Schumacher 6, Coulthard, D Hill
1999 16 6 [color=#FF0040]Häkkinen[/color] 5, [b][i]Irvine[/i][/b] 4, M Schumacher 2, Coulthard 2, Frentzen 2, Herbert
2000  17  4  [color=#FF0040]M Schumacher[/color] 9, Häkkinen 4, Coulthard 3, [b][i]Barrichello[/i][/b]
2001 17 5 [color=#FF0040]M Schumacher[/color] 9, [b][i]R Schumacher[/i][/b] 3, Coulthard 2, Häkkinen 2, [b][i]Montoya[/b][/i]
2002 17 4 [color=#FF0040]M Schumacher[/color] 11, Barrichello 4, R Schumacher, Coulthard
2003 16 8 [color=#FF0040]M Schumacher[/color] 6, R Schumacher 2, Montoya 2, Barrichello 2, Coulthard, [b][i]Räikkönen[/i][/b], [b][i]Fisichella[/b][/i], [b][i]Alonso[/i][/b]
2004 18 5 [color=#FF0040]M Schumacher[/color] 13, Barrichello 2, [b][i][color=#008040]Trulli[/i][/color][/b], Räikkönen, Montoya
2005 19 5 [color=#FF0040]Alonso[/color] 7, Räikkönen 7, Montoya 3, Fisichella, M Schumacher
2006 18 5 [color=#FF0040]Alonso[/color] 7, M Schumacher 7, [b][i]Massa[/b][/i] 2, Fisichella, [b][i]Button[/i][/b]
2007 17 4 [color=#FF0040]Räikkönen[/color] 6, Alonso 4, [b][i]Hamilton[/b][/i] 4, Massa 3
2008 18 7 Massa 6, [color=#FF0040]Hamilton[/color] 5, Räikkönen 2, Alonso 2, [b][i][color=#008040]Kubica[/i][/color][/b], [b][i][color=#008040]Kovalainen[/i][/color][/b], [b][i]Vettel[/b][/i]
2009 17 6 [color=#FF0040]Button[/color] 6, Vettel 4, Barrichello 2, Hamilton 2, [b][i]Webber[/b][/i] 2, Räikkönen
2010  19  1  Alonso
 
cider_and_toast said:
The Nelson Piquet figures make me smile. Won at least one race every year between 1980 and 1987. Go to Lotus as reigning world champion to replace Ayrton Senna. The car uses the same Honda engines as Mclaren and is an update of the previous years race winning 99T. What do you get? Two rubbish years in two rubbish cars, failing to qualify alongside Nakajima and not a great deal else. Move to Beneton for 1990 and resume winning again.

Funny world.

The return to form at Benetton may have been influenced by Nelson's pay-per-point contract...
 
Brian_W_Lawrence said:
[Bold doesn't show up very well!]
You can also use italics and underline if you want something to stand out better, e.g.
[color=#AA0000]Normal[/color]
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Great stuff, Brian, good to see you back.

Has anyone mentioned Giancarlo Baghetti in connection with this thread?

Debuted in 1961 in a Ferrari that was far superior to anything else out there; qualified slower than his three team-mates at Reims (5 1/2 seconds off pole in the same car..!) and yet inherited victory when they all ran into problems. Even then he tried his best to throw it away, battling with Dan Gurney's far inferior Porsche.

OK, he won on his debut, which is rare, but he never looked remotely like winning again in a career that went quite steeply downhill.

And I think some of you have been a little harsh with poor Thierry Boutsen. :D
 
teabagyokel said:
Shall we have a vote at some point people?


I'm going to look at the 21 'one hit wonders' (excludes the Indy 500 winners), and see if they
ever started from pole position:

Alesi did twice, and Bonnier, Pace, Brambilla, Kubica & Kovalainen did once.

Of the others, who set a fastest lap?

Beltoise (4), Ginther (3), Bandini, Cevert, Mass, Nannini (all 2), Taruffi, Musso, Baghetti, Ireland, Scarfiotti &
Nilsson (once each).

That leaves three others:

Luigi Fagioli, who did lead 3 GPs (8 laps),
Peter Gethin, one GP, 3 laps,
Olivier Panis, one GP, 16 laps

It has to be Peter Gethin.
 
A win by a comfortable margin of 00.01 seconds from Ronnie Peterson!

His best grid start was 5th, and he only scored 2 other points in Formula One.

In 33 GPs, he scored 1 win and 2 sixths, qualifying in the top 10 three times.

That is a pretty persuasive case BWL!
 
And I think some of you have been a little harsh with poor Thierry Boutsen

I read in Tommy Byrnes Autobiog that Boutsen was one of the drivers he was up against at the 1980 year end Mclaren try out. Byrne beat Boutsen by a considerable margin despite the Mclaren mechanics being ordered to put throttle stops in the car before Byrne had a go. Boutsen wins 3 Grand Prix, Byrne disappears into oblivion - life just ain't fair.

Can I just throw back in Jochen Mass. His one win was half points in at the tragic Spanish GP of 1975 and thats because all the good drivers had crashed or refused to race (I may be embelishing a little here LOL ). At least Peter Gethin won a race fair and square rather than happening to be in the lead when the race was stopped.
 
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