JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:mnmracer
If I'm being honest, I cannot be asked to trawl through wikipedia right now to get the stats to say that All the aforementioned drivers have won races placed lower on the starting grid than Vettel, some outside the top 10.
But I do assume that to be the case. If you can point me to Vettel winning a race placed lower on the grid than any of those drivers, can you show me please?
I was just wondering. The certainty with which you made your statements made me wonder, but I am glad that you are open to learning a bit more.
I won't bother you with all the drivers listed, you can refer to the
article here for that, but the highlights:
- Ayrton Senna only won 2 races starting lower than the second row, and finished on the podium only 6 times not starting in the top 6.
- Out of his many wins, Michael Schumacher won only 6 races starting lower than the second row, and finished on the podium only 9 times not starting in the top 6.
- Juan Pablo Montoya, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have never won a race starting lower than p4.
- Fernando Alonso won only 3 races starting outside the top 4, one of which was 'crash gate'.
Fernando Alonso
27 wins, 73 podiums
* Won 48% of his races from pole (13 / 27)
* Won 63% of his races from front row (17 / 27)
* Won 89% of his races from top 4 start (24 / 27)
* Took 27% of his top 3 finishes from pole (20 / 73)
* Took 36% of his top 3 finishes from front row (26 / 73)
* Took 63% of his top 3 finishes from top 4 start (46 / 73)
* Took 82% of his top 3 finishes from top 6 start (60 / 73)
Lewis Hamilton
17 wins, 42 podiums
* Won 53% of his races from pole (9 / 17)
* Won 76% of his races from front row (13 / 17)
* Won all of his races from top 4 start
* Took 33% of his top 3 finishes from pole (14 / 42)
* Took 57% of his top 3 finishes from front row (24 / 42)
* Took 93% of his top 3 finishes from top 4 start (39 / 42)
* Took 98% of his top 3 finishes from top 6 start (41 / 42)
Sebastian Vettel
21 wins, 36 podiums
* Won 76% of his races from pole (16 / 21)
* Won 95% of his races from front row (20 / 21)
* Won all of his races from top 4 start
* Took 67% of his top 3 finishes from pole (24 / 36)
* Took 86% of his top 3 finishes from front row (31 / 36)
* Took 97% of his top 3 finishes from top 4 start (35 / 36)
* Took 97% of his top 3 finishes from top 6 start (35 / 36)