Did You Know? .....F1.....

[ToraToraTora]

The first F1 drivers champion was Giuseppe Farina in 1950. He has the distinction of being the only driver to clinch the title at his home grand prix, in this case Monza.

[THECORBYLOON]

NJ, you've given the number of different winners but without knowing how many drivers there were in the periods you mention, the numbers are not meaningful.

[Spicerack]

Blimey. That'd bring the safety car out. (Everest)

[ToraToraTora]

I have no idea why my post about David Purley was removed. This site gets madder by the day.

[davebro]

Douglas - Everest (and a few other peaks) are a special case. If you go to other climbing sites around the world you will find little or no rubbish. (I think!)

[Spicerack]

Was the video a bit gruesome, Tora?
Like I say, I didn't click on it.

[davebro]

//I have no idea why my post about David Purley was removed. This site gets madder by the day.//

Maybe pics of someone burning to death are little hard to take? (I didn't view it)

[ToraToraTora]

spice: possibly but they could have left the wording and deleted the video. Gulliver's Troll posts get left I see.

[Stickybottle]

ToraToraTora
I have no idea why my post about David Purley was removed. This site gets madder by the day.
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Indeed
A video readily and freely available on YouTube to all and sundry
Must be the same mod who was on the other weekend and got a bit power crazy
Is this really called the Answerbank ?!

[Khandro]

// they used to die quite regularly in that era.//

Not having even seat belts may have contributed to the numbers somewhat!
& Mike Hawthorn used to drive in a gabardine raincoat wearing a bowtie

[Spicerack]

Anybody know if somebody came from nowhere to win an F1 race and then drifted back into obscurity. I'm determined not to google now.

[New Judge]

//Any 1 hit wonders, as it were, NJ.//

Yes, spicey. Thirty-four drivers have won one race but no more. Two of them (Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon) are still active, so there’s time for them.

//NJ, you've given the number of different winners but without knowing how many drivers there were in the periods you mention, the numbers are not meaningful.//

The point I was trying to make, Corby, is that the victories have been confined to a relatively small number of drivers. Just taking the last ten seasons, in each of them there were variously twenty, twenty-two and twenty-four drivers, They took part in 198 races. In six seasons only five different drivers won a race, in two there were four different victors and in the remaining two there were just three. Just twelve drivers shared those 198 races.

Many sports see periods of domination by individual competitors or teams but F1 seems prone to seeing its race victories shared between quite a small pool of drivers.

[THECORBYLOON]

NJ, the point I was making was the twenty-six different winning drivers since 2000 could have been a very small percentage of those competing or three-quarters, hence the need for context.

[Spicerack]

Cheers, NJ. Thought there may have been a couple. Surprised there have been so many.

[10ClarionSt]

Spicerack @ 21.32:

//Anybody know if somebody came from nowhere to win an F1 race and then drifted back into obscurity.//

Not quite but James Hunt only had a short career, as did Phil Hill, although he had later success in Indy 500.

I read that Juan Manuel Fangio was considered the best technical driver ever. In one race, he was so far ahead that he stopped for a drink and a sandwich. I still find that hard to believe, though, but I haven't Googled it.

[New Judge]

//NJ, the point I was making was the twenty-six different winning drivers since 2000 could have been a very small percentage of those competing or three-quarters, hence the need for context.//

Point taken, Corby. But you can see from each of the ten years I have analysed, that where there were only 3, 4 or 5 different winners, there were at least 20 different drivers and up to 24. In the early days of F1 I believe (though have not checked) that there were far more entrants.