F1 Grand Slam masters (vid)
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Another statistic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBYf6K-KCSU
No, despite his car advantage, Schumi doesn't feature. A shame that.
Did you guess right?
No, despite his car advantage, Schumi doesn't feature. A shame that.
Did you guess right?
He only came second in a World championship GP once. He either won or there was a problem with the car. In the 1963 German GP at the Nurburgring he led from pole position only for his engine to go down to 7 cylinders towards the end of the race.
I truely believe he was the greatest driver that we have ever seen.
O/T isn't it strange how his career is so entwined with Lotus, even down the the numbers in the statistics.
He won 25 Grands Prix. The Lotus 25 was the championship winning car in 1963.
He won 33 Pole positions. The Lotus 33 was the championship winning car in 1965.
He started in 72 Grands Prix. The Lotus 72 was, arguably, one of Lotus' greatest racing cars.
I truely believe he was the greatest driver that we have ever seen.
O/T isn't it strange how his career is so entwined with Lotus, even down the the numbers in the statistics.
He won 25 Grands Prix. The Lotus 25 was the championship winning car in 1963.
He won 33 Pole positions. The Lotus 33 was the championship winning car in 1965.
He started in 72 Grands Prix. The Lotus 72 was, arguably, one of Lotus' greatest racing cars.
After thinking about this over the aternoon, possibly the most impressive member of that quintet is Senna. He managed to keep that statistic in an era when pit-stops for tyres (if not fuel) could drop the leader down the order. In Clark's era going into the pits was normallý a lengthy affair for either a puncture or a problem with the car. Mind you, Senna knew exactly how to keep rivals behind him!
Senna's position seems all the more impressive to me considering his relatively low fastest lap score.
Schumi might not figure simply because of the sheer volume of wins he had. Something in the back of my head is suggesting that it would be harder to keep the grand slam ratio up when adding more and more wins, but I can't put any logic behind that, so perhaps there isn't any. Still, Schumi also seemed to have a talent for maximising his race result.. coming 2nd when stuck in 5th gear, so many podium finishes.. perhaps his race win count is inflated by an unusually high number of opportunist wins, where he just made sure he was in the right place at the right time. Of course, he / Brawn also had a habit of winning races in the pits rather than by simply driving away from the field.
2nd edit: And no, I didn't guess right! Was surprised when Jackie Stewart popped up in the list too.
Schumi might not figure simply because of the sheer volume of wins he had. Something in the back of my head is suggesting that it would be harder to keep the grand slam ratio up when adding more and more wins, but I can't put any logic behind that, so perhaps there isn't any. Still, Schumi also seemed to have a talent for maximising his race result.. coming 2nd when stuck in 5th gear, so many podium finishes.. perhaps his race win count is inflated by an unusually high number of opportunist wins, where he just made sure he was in the right place at the right time. Of course, he / Brawn also had a habit of winning races in the pits rather than by simply driving away from the field.
2nd edit: And no, I didn't guess right! Was surprised when Jackie Stewart popped up in the list too.
Edited by Alfanatic on Friday 26th February 19:01
^ It's Senna's fastest lap score that does the most damage to his Grand Slam rate actually! Maybe the Senna of '84 or '85.
Tyre stops was the other main damager.
Then the lap distance of a circuit - 'Ring, Spa etc were longer laps back in Clark's day too, which can work as a double whammy with tyre stops, if only a simple tyre stop.
In truth, it's much harder to get a Grand Slam in modern racing.
I'll have a look at the Triple Crown rates later...
Tyre stops was the other main damager.
Then the lap distance of a circuit - 'Ring, Spa etc were longer laps back in Clark's day too, which can work as a double whammy with tyre stops, if only a simple tyre stop.
In truth, it's much harder to get a Grand Slam in modern racing.
I'll have a look at the Triple Crown rates later...
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