IIRC??beelsebob wrote:Coulthard IIRC has this honor.mike wrote:most wins without a world championship = 7
im pretty sure in 2005 and 2006 Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher had a second place, mathematically anything can happen if Vettel gets 8 wins, then he is the world champion
Nope I am partially right. I should have been more precise.richard_leeds wrote:Wrong!n smikle wrote:Hamilton has the lowest DNF rate of any driver in the last 20 or so years.
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I have!richard_leeds wrote:I haven't been able to find most number of wins in a season without a WDC
Sorry, I was going to work out the %ages, then I someone phoned me and I completely forgot (must have been the 7 mile walk on a very hot beach this afternoon - I'm sure I heard my skin sizzling at one point).richard_leeds wrote:Thanks Andrew. How does that translate to a 19 race season?
McLaren fan, right? ^^Redmondo wrote:It's already becoming obvious that Vettel is a comparative slowpoke during the races and he apparently had a ridiculous amount of luck in Monaco.
It's only obvious if you don't fully understand what is happening in the race. When you are ahead you need to manage your tires and make it on the prescribed number of pitstops. If he gains 1 extra second per lap on a 15 lap stint, but you have to come in for an extra stop, you have just added more then 20 seconds to your race for a net los of 5seconds. That would have given Alonso or Button the win. It's quite obvious that he can pull a gap at the beginning of the race, and he does that to get ahead by a couple of seconds on the first lap then manage the race from the front. It is how he wins, and how he stays dominant, but it requires the absolutely fastest car o the bunch, and he won't always have that.Redmondo wrote:This season is shaping up to be more competitive than it looks. It's already becoming obvious that Vettel is a comparative slowpoke during the races and he apparently had a ridiculous amount of luck in Monaco. We're only 1/3 there. He will probably win the title (based on historical precedent) but he'll be pushed a lot harder than most people think at the moment...
Perspective is a difficult thing for humans to come by.
I guess that's what they call "champion's luck".Redmondo wrote:
As for me being a McLaren fan, I am not in particular. Hasn't it been established that numerous incidents went Vettel's way over the weekend? Two separate red flags and a bungled pit stop that turned out to be genius.
