Nations' Historical Championship

[teabagyokel]

I'll just leave this here and invite questions, since its late!

 

[mjo]

Wow, I actually get it! Using the points scale on the right-hand-side, the final positions in the championship (drivers) for each country are added up. So in 2010, Hamilton and Button (then the top and only 2 British drivers in the field) finished 4th and 5th. So 5 points and 4 points = 9 points.

 

[Jen]

Keke and Ray won't like that tby

 

[teabagyokel]

Keke and Ray won't like that tby

Canada (read "the Villeneuves") are surprisingly low in the field.

Britain picked up a massive 145 points in the 1960s alone, and would have picked up a lot more if I'd included more than 2 drivers. I used the 2003 system for simplicity.

 

[tooncheese]

I have never seen South Africa abbreviated to Saf. Baffled me for quite a while

 

[teabagyokel]

I have never seen South Africa abbreviated to Saf. Baffled me for quite a while

I have no idea why I didn't pick RSA/SA/ZA as is normal

 

[Slyboogy]

Who was the driver from Thailand in 2004?

 

[Jen]

Think you need a ruler Sly - then you can follow the lines more easily

 

[Slyboogy]

Think you need a ruler Sly - then you can follow the lines more easily

Geeheehee!

 

[mjo]

Who was the driver from Thailand in 2004?

1950, and his name was Prince Bira - or Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh. His best finish was 4th in the 1950 Swiss Grand Prix & the 1954 French Grand Prix. He scored a career total of 8 points.

 

[Slyboogy]

1950, and his name was Prince Bira - or Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh. His best finish was 4th in the 1950 Swiss Grand Prix & the 1954 French Grand Prix. He scored a career total of 8 points.

I said 2004, but that's because I can't read graphs

But thanks

 

[Brogan]

You need to weight it as GB is always going to come out on top due to the number of drivers.

 

[teabagyokel]

Here is the chart showing how the nations have progressed through time. Note the obvious - such the points where the lines go up very quickly (Italy/Arg in the 50s, Britain in the 60s, France in the 80s and Germany in the 90s and forever more...!)

 

[teabagyokel]

Can I just say as well, due to a mistake in the preparation of the spreadsheet (i.e. text format being copied from the row above) the British score should be 499, including the 10 from 1994 and the 6 from 2002.

 

[Josh]

...You guys should give other countries a chance