On a similar note to
Galahad's previous post, another look at consistency in the championship post-Spa. but this time in terms of the number of points finishes.
Finishes outside the points by drivers from the top 5 constructors:
1 - Alonso (Belgium),
Webber (Spain),
Raikkonen (China)
2 - Vettel (Malaysia, Valencia)
3 - Hamilton (Valencia, Germany, Belgium)
4 - Button (Malaysia, Bahrain, Monaco, Canada),
Rosberg (Australia, Malaysia, Britain, Belgium)
6 - Grosjean (Australia, Malaysia, Monaco, Valencia, Germany, Belgium),
Massa (Australia, Malaysia, China, Spain, Valencia, Germany),
Schumacher (Australia, China, Spain, Monaco, Canada, Hungary)
Finishes inside the points by drivers from the bottom 7 constructors:
6 - Hulkenberg (Malaysia, Spain, Monaco, Valencia, Germany, Belgium),
di Resta (Australia, Malaysia, Bahrain, Monaco, Valencia, Belgium),
Senna (Malaysia, China, Monaco, Valencia, Britain, Hungary)
5 - Perez (Australia, Malaysia, Canada, Valencia, Germany),
Kobayashi (Australia, China, Spain, Canada, Germany)
2 - Maldonado (China, Spain),
Vergne (Malaysia, Belgium),
Ricciardo (Australia, Belgium)
0 - Petrov,
Kovalainen,
Glock,
Pic,
Karthikeyan,
de la Rosa
A few things that stood out for me:
- Senna has scored points at six races! Maybe he isn't so useless after all...
- Rosberg has only finished outside the points at four races. The good form of Mercedes seems a long time ago.
- Force India, Sauber and Toro Rosso team-mates evenly matched.
- Force India more consistent than Sauber.
- Bad luck. None of Alonso or Hamilton's finishes outside the points, for example, are their own fault.
I'm sure there's some more that can be learned from it, but I'll leave that to others!