Head To Head Nico Rosberg vs Lewis Hamilton
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Olivier
Race Winner
You should have seen the Brazilian / Australian F1 forum explode at the time. Multi 2-1 anyone?
Not bad for a number 2 driver, mate.
Il_leone
World Champion
SOme interesting stats for Rosberg at the moment
i) No driver has not won the world championship after winning 4 races in a row
ii) He is the most successful non world championship driver with 22 wins which is 6 more than Stirling Moss - in other words any driver who has won 20 races more has been a world champion
iii) The most races won by any driver without becoming a world champion has been 7 by Raikkonen 2005 . Schumacher 2006, and Prost 1985 and 1988. So winning 8 races and not winning the world title would be some unwanted stat seeing that is how many Senna (1988), Hill (1996) and Hakkinen (1998) won to become world champions
So for him not to win the title would take some herculean effort from another driver to deny him with all these records
i) No driver has not won the world championship after winning 4 races in a row
ii) He is the most successful non world championship driver with 22 wins which is 6 more than Stirling Moss - in other words any driver who has won 20 races more has been a world champion
iii) The most races won by any driver without becoming a world champion has been 7 by Raikkonen 2005 . Schumacher 2006, and Prost 1985 and 1988. So winning 8 races and not winning the world title would be some unwanted stat seeing that is how many Senna (1988), Hill (1996) and Hakkinen (1998) won to become world champions
So for him not to win the title would take some herculean effort from another driver to deny him with all these records
mrk-cj94
Learner
you are quite right... but, there has never been a so long season
i mean.. 8 wins out of 16 races is 50% but 8 out of 21 isn't far from 33%
Wombcat
Podium Finisher
on i): There will be one driver this year who will break that 'record', since both Hamilton and Rosberg have won 4 in a row this season
on ii): technically Mansell still holds that record in my book, since he clinched his first world championship after winning 29 races.
on iii): with Hamilton already having won 6 races, it's likely he will get more than 7 racewins this season as well, so I'm pretty sure this is another 'record' that will be broken this year
So no herculean effort at all. With 6 races to go, and 8 points between Rosberg and Hamilton, it can go either way.
The stats you're pointing at in i) and iii) can easily be broken this year, due to the dominance of Mercedes and the fact that they have drivers that are pretty evenly matched.
The problem is that the teammate has the same car. Barrichello had a chance several times, he was just nowhere near Schumacher.
Il_leone
World Champion
Wombcat Schumacher had it written in his contract he was no 1 and Todt duly obliged although sometimes I feel Rubens could have not moved over because at the end of the day they cant take away his win if he did not break a rule
But Rosberg has won a lot of races and many chances he won't get again you feel . So far a lot of the races have been down to that the Mercedes starts and unreliability has been woeful and costly for Hamilton so he's never challenged
BUT the last two races he's shown on race day he was the fastest driver around the track which should be commended
But Rosberg has won a lot of races and many chances he won't get again you feel . So far a lot of the races have been down to that the Mercedes starts and unreliability has been woeful and costly for Hamilton so he's never challenged
BUT the last two races he's shown on race day he was the fastest driver around the track which should be commended
I think by default then we can add 1989 as well.
The first person that any driver, regardless of how dominant his or her car is, should be looking to beat is their teamate. They've got the same equipment as you and are therefore the person you can really be measured against.
In motorsport the most difficult question to assess is how much is the man and how much is the car. Between teammates that line is almost invisible due to the fact they both have the same kit.
Yes there will be times when one driver is favoured with mods and upgrades but even in those circumstances we've seen what a number 2 can do.
It will be an intriguing end to the season (thankfully).
In motorsport the most difficult question to assess is how much is the man and how much is the car. Between teammates that line is almost invisible due to the fact they both have the same kit.
Yes there will be times when one driver is favoured with mods and upgrades but even in those circumstances we've seen what a number 2 can do.
It will be an intriguing end to the season (thankfully).
It's a strange thing the 2 of them have going on. They have a period of dominance putting together a run of winning weekends, where the other guy fails to look even a little threatening, then they loose the plot and it switches.
So Rosberg had the first block, Hamilton the next block (1 blip) now Rosberg is back on it. Question is how long can he make it last.
Although the Merc dominance is trying me some what we do at least have a cracking fight for the driver championship.
So Rosberg had the first block, Hamilton the next block (1 blip) now Rosberg is back on it. Question is how long can he make it last.
Although the Merc dominance is trying me some what we do at least have a cracking fight for the driver championship.
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