Stirling Moss Trophy

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1986 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Nigel Mansell (70 points)
Alain Prost (64 points)
Nelson Piquet (63 points)
Ayrton Senna (55 points)
Keke Rosberg (22 points)
Stefan Johansson (19 points)

Race Report
After qualifying on pole ahead of his teammate Piquet, the Championship looked to be in Mansell's grasp. Senna, Prost and Rosberg were still within reach, while Johansson had comfortably qualified in last. However, Mansell's start was shocking, dropping him to fourth while Piquet inherited the lead. Prost also got bogged down and dropped to fifth. After jumping both Mansell and Prost off the line, Rosberg got past Senna on Lap 2 and Piquet on Lap 7 to take a lead that he would not give up. Instead, his tyre gave up on him some 55 laps later, relinquishing his lead back to Piquet. Piquet's lead would again be short-lived as Prost - fourth of the five remaining runners on Lap 62 climbed past Rosberg, Mansell and Piquet into the lead on Lap 65. It was a lead he would never give up, claiming the World Championship by four seconds.

World Champion - Alain Prost
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1987 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Nelson Piquet (76 points)
Nigel Mansell (61 points - absent)
Ayrton Senna (57 points)
Alain Prost (46 points)
Stefan Johansson (30 points)
Gerhard Berger (27 points)

Race Report
Fresh off the back of a win in Suzuka, Gerhard Berger confounded expectations to put his Ferrari F1/87 on pole position ahead of Prost's McLaren. He would go on to lead the race from lights out to the chequered flag, though behind him the race would "brake" down - Johansson, Prost and Piquet all retired with brake failures, while Senna was disqualified for having oversized brakes. Not that it mattered, because none of them could even get near Gerhard Berger.

World Champion - Gerhard Berger
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1988 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Ayrton Senna (87 points)
Alain Prost (84 points)
Gerhard Berger (41 points)
Thierry Boutsen (25 points)
Michele Alboreto (24 points)
Nelson Piquet (18 points)

Race Report
After qualifying on pole ahead of fellow title protagonist Alain Prost, the 1988 Stirling Moss Trophy looked to be Ayrton Senna's to lose. The other four drivers involved (Berger, Piquet, Boutsen and Alboreto) couldn't get within 1.7 seconds of the two McLarens, so nobody really paid them much attention. A poor start from Senna saw him slip behind his teammate, but the Ferrari of Berger had its turbo turned up as far as it would go. He overtook first Senna, then Prost, then held the lead for thirteen laps. Unfortunately for Berger, he was blameless in the incident that damaged his suspension, and which cleared the way for an unopposed World Championship for Alain Prost.

World Champion - Alain Prost
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1989 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Alain Prost (76 points)
Ayrton Senna (60 points)
Nigel Mansell (38 points)
Riccardo Patrese (36 points)
Thierry Boutsen (28 points)
Alessandro Nannini (26 points)

Race Report
With Prost edging out Senna to claim pole in Adelaide, he was the favourite to claim this year's World Championship. However, following a chaotic start in which the grid had not fully formed, the Frenchman withdrew from the race in protest, and in so doing waived the chance to fight for the title. It therefore looked like Senna's race to lose, only for Senna to return to the pits on Lap 13 with only three wheels on his wagon. This allowed Thierry Boutsen to inherit a lead that he never relinquished as he claimed his first Championship.

World Champion - Thierry Boutsen
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1990 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Ayrton Senna (78 points)
Alain Prost (69 points)
Gerhard Berger (40 points)
Nelson Piquet (35 points)
Thierry Boutsen (32 points)
Nigel Mansell (31 points)

Race Report
For 61 laps, this race was a foregone conclusion. Ayrton Senna, who had qualified in his customary pole position, had pulled away from the rest of the field and it looked impossible that anyone could reel him in. Impossible, that is, until his gearbox failed with 20 laps to go. This handed the lead to his compatriot Nelson Piquet, who had overtaken Prost (Lap 3), Berger (Lap 9) and Mansell (Lap 46) to convert his starting position of fifth into a hard-earned win.

World Champion - Nelson Piquet
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1991 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Ayrton Senna (91 points)
Nigel Mansell (69 points)
Riccardo Patrese (52 points)
Gerhard Berger (41 points)
Alain Prost (34 points - absent)
Nelson Piquet (25 points)

Race Report
After qualifying his McLaren Honda on pole position, Ayrton Senna got a clean getaway and was able to hold his lead in the pouring rain of Adelaide. As it turned out, he needed only to hold his lead for 30 miles or so, as the race organisers decided that it was simply too dangerous to continue. In the words of Nigel Mansell (a second off the lead as the race ended) "everything was okay except that it was a complete joke."

World Champion - Ayrton Senna
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1992 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Nigel Mansell (108 points)
Riccardo Patrese (56 points)
Ayrton Senna (50 points)
Michael Schumacher (47 points)
Gerhard Berger (39 points)
Martin Brundle (34 points)

Race Report
After a hugely dominant season, Nigel Mansell put his car on pole in the Grand Final by nearly half a second: it was very much his World Championship to lose. Behind him were Senna, Patrese, Berger, Schumacher and finally Brundle, nearly three seconds slower than the dominant Williams. Senna and Mansell dominated the first eighteen laps of the race, before Senna attempted to overtake; the collision eliminating both drivers and gifting the lead to Riccardo Patrese. Sadly for him, his Renault engine gave up the ghost, leaving Gerhard Berger to fend off Michael Schumacher, which he eventually did by just 0.7 seconds to claim his second World Championship.

World Champion - Gerhard Berger
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Re: Stirling Moss Trophy

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Huge fan of Boutsen and Berger winning championships tbh.
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Re: Stirling Moss Trophy

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takagi_for_the_win wrote:Huge fan of Boutsen and Berger winning championships tbh.

Yep, that and Stirling Moss going from winning no Championships to winning more than anyone else in history.

This Championship does get a little boring post-2010 though, because of the increase in points-paying positions and hyper-reliability
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1993 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Alain Prost (93 points)
Damon Hill (65 points)
Ayrton Senna (63 points)
Michael Schumacher (52 points)
Riccardo Patrese (20 points)
Jean Alesi (13 points)

Race Report
As one might expect from one of Formula One's greatest ever qualifiers, Ayrton Senna put his car on pole position nearly half a second ahead of the Williams duo of Prost and Hill who had dominated the regular season. The cars retained their qualifying order through the first corner, and more or less to the end of the race. Schumacher, who had qualified fourth, was forced out of the race by an engine failure, but otherwise the cars finished the race in the order they had qualified: Senna, Prost, Hill, Schumacher, Alesi, Patrese.

World Champion: Ayrton Senna
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1994 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Michael Schumacher (92 points)
Damon Hill (91 points)
Gerhard Berger (35 points)
Mika Hakkinen (26 points)
Jean Alesi (23 points)
Rubens Barrichello (16 points)

Race Report
After its tragic beginnings when the sport lost its reigning World Champion at Imola, 1994 became a season dominated entirely by two drivers: Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill. Despite essentially missing out on four Grands Prix, the dominant German finished the regular season with a one-point lead over Hill, with the next-nearest rival being Berger 57 points off the lead. It was only ever going to be a battle between the two of them. Schumacher had the advantage all weekend, qualifying six tenths ahead of Hill with Hakkinen, Barrichello, Alesi and Berger making up the rest of the grid. Those four were irrelevant however, compared to the pace of Schumacher and Hill. For the first 36 laps, they raced ahead on their own until Schumacher clipped the wall, lost momentum and collected Hill's Williams as he tried to overtake. This handed the lead to Berger, who had climbed past Alesi on Lap 17, then both Barrichello and Hakkinen on Lap 28. The Austrian did not relinquish it, seizing his third World Championship.

World Champion - Gerhard Berger
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1995 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Michael Schumacher (102 points)
Damon Hill (59 points)
David Coulthard (49 points)
Johnny Herbert (45 points)
Jean Alesi (42 points)
Gerhard Berger (31 points)

Race Report
In a word, reliability. Damon Hill qualified on pole, and behind him Coulthard qualified second but retired on Lap 19 by crashing into the pit wall; Schumacher qualified third but collided with Alesi on lap 23; Berger qualified fourth but suffered an engine failure on Lap 34; Alesi qualified fifth but collided with Schumacher, and Herbert qualified in sixth and retired on Lap 69 due to a transmission failure. As only one driver was still circulating, the chequered flag was brought out a little early and taken by Damon Hill.

World Champion - Damon Hill
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1996 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Damon Hill (87 points)
Jacques Villeneuve (78 points)
Michael Schumacher (53 points)
Jean Alesi (47 points)
Mika Hakkinen (27 points)
Gerhard Berger (18 points)

Race Report
Despite qualifying in second behind his teammate, Damon Hill led into the first turn owing to his teammate dropping behind not only him, but also the entire rest of the field apart from Alesi, who spun his Benetton into the wall while trying to make up places from last on the grid. Despite not actually being the fastest car on the track, Hill managed to retain his lead for the rest of the race, holding off both Schumacher (one second back) and Hakkinen (three seconds back) in order to become only the fourth driver to retain the Stirling Moss Trophy after Moss himself, Jacky Ickx and Alan Jones.

World Champion - Damon Hill
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1997 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Michael Schumacher (78 points)
Jacques Villeneuve (77 points)
Heinz-Harald Frentzen (41 points)
Jean Alesi (36 points)
David Coulthard (30 points)
Gerhard Berger (24 points)

Race Report
This Grand Final was always going to be a strange one from the moment that Villeneuve, then Schumacher, then Frentzen all set identical qualifying times, with Coulthard, Alesi and Berger some way back. A good start from Schumacher saw him lead the field away, holding the lead until Lap 47 when Villeneuve outbraked him. Schumacher apparently panicked, seeming to steer into the Canadian, but managing only to damage his own car. Villeneuve took the lead, which he still held to the very last lap. Here, he slowed down, showboating for the crowd, only to be caught right at the line by David Coulthard's McLaren. Official timings showed Coulthard to be Champion by 0.149 seconds; had this happened 20 years later, Villeneuve would have become a meme. Instead, he has become a different meme.

World Champion - David Coulthard
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1998 Stirling Moss Trophy

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Qualified Drivers
Mika Hakkinen (90 points)
Michael Schumacher (86 points)
David Coulthard (52 points)
Eddie Irvine (41 points)
Jacques Villeneuve (20 points)
Damon Hill (17 points)

Race Report
The final race at Japan gave another pole position for Schumacher, who then followed by the championship leader Hakkinen, Coulthard, Irvine, Villeneuve, and Hill. But Schumacher was not able to start on pole because it's Ferrari moved forward from his starting position and stalled as he put his car into gear, which make Schumacher start from the back of the grid while Hakkinen moved to pole. At the start, Hakkinen pulled away while Irvine overtook Coulthard for second. He was unable to attack the Flying Finn. By lap four, Schumacher is still stuck behind Hill and Villeneuve. He lost thirty seconds in the following laps over Hakkinen, damaging his hopes for victory and the title. On lap 28, Schumacher suffered a slow puncture that blew up his right tyre three laps later, causing him to retire and ensuring Hakkinen to take his first Stirling Moss Trophy.

World Champion - Mika Hakkinen
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2018 Stirling Moss Trophy: Qualified Drivers

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The ten qualified drivers for the 2018 Stirling Moss Trophy at Abu Dhabi have been finalised

Fernando Alonso (McLaren, 50 points)
A one-time Stirling Moss Trophy champion in 2005, he won't be adding to that tally unless all the other cars get hit by meteors or something. And even then he might DNF.

Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes, 237 points)
It has been a slightly indifferent season this year for the reigning champion, who has been winless all year. Not that he hasn't been capable of winning: Baku and Sochi showed that he could still be capable of pulling a Gerhard Berger.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes, 383 points)
By far and away this season's outstanding performer, Hamilton must surely be the favourite for this year's Stirling Moss Trophy. He has already won two: one in 2014, and one in 2016.

Nico Hulkenberg (Renault, 69 points)
Hulkenberg is flying the flag for Formula 1.5 here, but he isn't likely to make a huge impact.

Kevin Magnussen (Haas, 55 points)
This is the first time a Haas driver has ever made it to the Stirling Moss Trophy, a proud achievement for the team.

Sergio Perez (Force India, 58 points)
A renowned burglar of podiums, Perez is the most likely driver to spring a Winkelhock-esque surprise. But it won't happen.

Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari, 251 points)
2018 has seen a return to the form for the grid's oldest driver, who has had a tough time of things with the Scuderia. On one occasion in 2014 he even failed to qualify, but the 2007 winner could spring a surprise this year.

Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull, 158 points)
It seems a long time ago now that Daniel Ricciardo won two races this season. Cursed by poor reliability and sub-optimal qualifying runs, the Australian is definitely not the bookies' favourite.

Max Verstappen (Red Bull, 234 points)
Arguably the sport's form driver, he was one lunatic Frenchman away from going into the Stirling Moss Trophy on the back of consecutive wins. As it is, his race pace and race craft are world class and he is a strong competitor.

Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari, 302 points)
He has gone off the boil since the summer break, but could still mount a very real title challenge at a track where overtaking isn't easy. He also knows how to win a Stirling Moss Trophy with previous titles in 2009, 2010 and 2013.
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2018 Stirling Moss Trophy: Starting Grid

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1/ Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:34.794
-------------------------------------------------------------2/ Valtteri Bottas
-------------------------------------------------------------Mercedes
-------------------------------------------------------------+0.162
3/ Sebastian Vettel
Ferrari
+0.331
-------------------------------------------------------------4/ Kimi Raikkonen
-------------------------------------------------------------Ferrari
-------------------------------------------------------------+0.571
5/ Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
+0.607
-------------------------------------------------------------6/ Max Verstappen
-------------------------------------------------------------Red Bull
-------------------------------------------------------------+0.795
7/ Nico Hulkenberg
Renault
+1.748
-------------------------------------------------------------8/ Kevin Magnussen
-------------------------------------------------------------Haas
-------------------------------------------------------------+2.515
9/ Sergio Perez
Racing Point
+2.747
-------------------------------------------------------------10/ Fernando Alonso
-------------------------------------------------------------McLaren
-------------------------------------------------------------+2.949
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2018 Stirling Moss Trophy: Race Result

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Race Results

1/ Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes
1:39:40.382
-----2/ Sebastian Vettel
-----Ferrari
-----+2.581
----------3/ Max Verstappen
----------Red Bull
----------+12.706
---------------4/ Daniel Ricciardo
---------------Red Bull
---------------+15.379
--------------------5/ Valtteri Bottas
--------------------Mercedes
--------------------+47.957
-------------------------6/ Sergio Perez
-------------------------Racing Point
-------------------------+1:31.275
------------------------------7/ Kevin Magnussen
------------------------------Haas
------------------------------+1 lap
-----------------------------------8/ Fernando Alonso
-----------------------------------McLaren
-----------------------------------+1 lap
-----------------------------------------/ Kimi Raikkonen
----------------------------------------Ferrari
----------------------------------------did not finish
----------------------------------------------/ Nico Hulkenberg
---------------------------------------------Renault
---------------------------------------------did not finish

Report
In many ways, this was quite a dull title race as Lewis Hamilton raced away to an unassailable lead after Nico Hulkenberg's dramatic rolling crash brought out the safety car. Add to that a virtual safety car later on which helped Hamilton to retain his standing in this race thanks to an early pit-stop, there was never any real doubt who would win the World Championship. It could have been so different if Max Verstappen, who eventually finished third a dozen seconds back, hadn't spent much of the opening phase of the Grand Prix grappling with power deployment issues.

This is Lewis Hamilton's third title, bringing him one behind the legendary Moss, and level with the likes of Fangio, Prost, Berger, Schumacher and Vettel.
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