Win totals for the 2009 - 2013 era

[downforce]

1: Vettel - 38 wins
2: Button - 14 wins
3: Hamilton - 13 wins
4: Alonso - 11 wins
5: Webber - 9 wins
6: Raikkonen and Rosberg - 3 wins
8: Barrichello: 2 wins
9: Maldonado: 1 win

I don't think I've missed any drivers out, thought it would be interesting to see laid out like this.

 

[F1Yorkshire]

What defines these years as an era? Is it the non refuelling V8 era or similar?

 

[sushifiesta]

There were major aero regulation changes after 2008 (most obviously: wider front wings, thinner rear wings and all the talk about diffusers rather than winglets).

 

[Road of Bones]

2009 was also the return to slick tyres.

I had no idea that JB was second behind Winfinger for race victories...

 

[downforce]

I am defining the 2009 - 2013 period as a mini era because of the major Aero regulation change after 2008 and next year we have another massive regulation change.

I think the majority would also consider 2009 - 2013 as a mini era.

Before counting I would also have guessed that Button would be behind Hamilton and Alonso, nice surprise there.

 

[Fenderman]

It's also the era of the engine spec' freeze and thus the domination of aero-engineering over mechanical engineering.

 

[Mephistopheles]

I thought the engine spec freeze started in 2007..

 

[sushifiesta]

The engines were frozen after the 2006 season, although additional changes were made in 2008 when Ferrari and Mercedes managed to find a decent chunk of horse power in "reliability updates".

 

[Mephistopheles]

I was nearly right...

Edit

After 2006 is 2007 isn't it?

Even more...

 

[sushifiesta]

Yes, I just say after 2006 because it's the 2006 engines that were used in the following years, there wasn't any extra development between 2006 and 2007 as far as I'm aware.

 

[F1Yorkshire]

My memory is a little hazy were they still refuelling in 2009?

 

[Brogan]

All the season to season rule changes are at the bottom of each OTDB page: http://cliptheapex.com/overtaking/seasons/2009/

Refuelling was banned in 2010: http://cliptheapex.com/overtaking/seasons/2010/

 

[teabagyokel]

I think when considering eras Button's success surprises simply because we conflate the era of technical stability (09-13) with the era of sporting stability (10-13) I.e. Red Bull at the top, Alonso and Massa at Ferrari, Button at McLaren, "young teams", Sauber not BMW, no Toyota, Mercedes not Brawn...

In the latter era, Button is not 2nd, but including 2009 gives him a boost of 6 compared to Hamilton's 2 and Alonso's jack squat.

It's just a conceptual thing. The hot air era or the Winfinger era? (Christian Horner, of course, both. Both yeah and no, if you like.)

 

[Quintessentially]

That would make Alonso and Hamilton joint second and JB drops to sixth? 09 was a bit of an anomaly.

 

[The Pits]

JB would drop to 4th no? Webber won 2 races in 2006, and would be in fifth.

 

[no-FIAt-please]

The Pits 2009 I think you mean.

 

[sushifiesta]

2010 to 2013 stats:
Vettel - 34 wins
Hamilton - 11 wins
Alonso - 11 wins
Button - 8 wins
Webber - 7 wins
Rosberg - 3 wins
Raikkonen - 2 wins
Maldonado - 1 win

 

[The Pits]

The Pits 2009 I think you mean.

indeed. I was typing Webber and thinking upside down....

 

[Mephistopheles]

The author of this thread gave the time period between 2009 - 2013 for fairly sound reasons you can't just go knocking off years just because it makes your favoured driver look better and saying that 2009 was just an anomaly for your own convenience otherwise what would be the point of the thread..?

 

[Johnny Carwash]

The scary statistic on that list of wins since 2009 is the fact that Maldonado actually won a race.