The Peter Collins Cup

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The Peter Collins Cup

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Inspired by a discussion on the Discord server, the rules for this one are simple:

The driver who finishes on the podium with the most different drivers over the course of the season wins the championship. No point having 10 podiums if they're all HAM-BOT-VER! Should be interesting especially with shared drives.

Champions
Podium Diversity Championship
1950 - Image Luigi Fagioli
1951 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio
1952 - Image Alberto Ascari
1953 - Image Alberto Ascari (2)
1954 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio (2)
1955 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio (3)
1956 - Image Peter Collins
1957 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio (4)

Peter Collins Cup | Named in honour of the deceased 1956 Champion.
1958 - Image Mike Hawthorn

100% Seasons
1951 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio *
1952 - Image Alberto Ascari *
1953 - Image Alberto Ascari *
1957 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio *

* Excluding Indianapolis 500 drivers
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1950 Podium Diversity Championship

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1. Image Luigi Fagioli - 7
(Farina, Parnell, Fangio, Rosier, Whitehead, Ascari, Serafini)
=2. Image Alberto Ascari - 5
(Fangio, Chiron, Farina, Serafini, Fagioli)
=2. Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 5
(Ascari, Chiron, Fagioli, Rosier, Whitehead)
=2. Image Giuseppe Farina - 5
(Fagioli, Parnell, Rosier, Ascari, Serafini)
=5. Image Louis Rosier - 3
(Farina, Fagioli, Fangio)
=5. Image Dorino Serafini - 3
(Farina, Ascari, Fagioli)
=7. Image Louis Chiron - 2
(Fangio, Ascari)
=7. Image Bill Holland - 2
(Parsons, Rose)
=7. Image Reg Parnell - 2
(Farina, Fagioli)
=7. Image Johnnie Parsons - 2
(Holland, Rose)
=7. Image Mauri Rose - 2
(Parsons, Holland)
=7. Image Peter Whitehead - 2
(Fangio, Fagioli)

Not much to say about such a short season where there's one guy who podiums in almost every race, except that Dorino Serafini offers us a glimpse at the fun to come as we enter the era of the shared drive.
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1951 Podium Diversity Championship

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1. Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 7
(Taruffi, Farina, Fagioli, Ascari, Gonzalez, Villoresi, Bonetto)
=2. Image Alberto Ascari - 6
(Farina, Villoresi, Fangio, Gonzalez, Bonetto, Farina)
=2. Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 6
(Fangio, Fagioli, Ascari, Villoresi, Farina, Bonetto)
=2. Image Giuseppe Farina - 6
(Fangio, Taruffi, Ascari, Villoresi, Gonzalez, Bonetto)
5. Image Luigi Villoresi- 5
(Farina, Ascari, Fangio, Fagioli, Ascari)
6. Image Luigi Fagioli - 4
(Fangio, Ascari, Gonzalez, Villoresi)
=7. Image Felice Bonetto - 3
(Ascari, Gonzalez, Farina)
=7. Image Manny Ayulo - 3
(Wallard, Nazaruk, McGrath)
=7. Image Jack McGrath - 3
(Wallard, Nazaruk, Ayulo)
=7. Image Mike Nazaruk - 3
(Wallard, Ayulo, McGrath)
=7. Image Lee Wallard - 3
(Nazaruk, Ayulo, McGrath)
12. Image Piero Taruffi - 2
(Fangio, Farina)

Things were close at the top, but ultimately Fangio was the only contender to catch all three of Taruffi, Fagioli and Bonetto and therefore one the Championship. Big shout out to Fagioli again though, as his four co-podium finishers were all collected at the same Grand Prix.
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1952 Podium Diversity Championship

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1. Image Alberto Ascari - 7
(Farina, Manzon, Taruffi, Hawthorn, Fischer, Gonzalez, Villoresi)
=2. Image Giuseppe Farina - 5
(Ascari, Manzon, Taruffi, Fischer, Villoresi)
=2. Image Piero Taruffi - 5
(Fischer, Behra, Ascari, Farina, Hawthorn)
4. Image Rudi Fischer - 4
(Taruffi, Behra, Ascari, Farina)
5. Image Luigi Villoresi - 3
(Ascari, Farina, Gonzalez)
=6. Image Jean Behra - 2
(Taruffi, Fischer)
=6. Image Jose Froilan Gonzlez - 2
(Ascari, Villoresi)
=6. Image Sam Hanks - 2
(Ruttman, Rathman)
=6. Image Robert Manzon - 2
(Ascari, Farina)
=6. Image Jim Rathman - 2
(Ruttman, Hanks)
=6. Image Troy Ruttman - 2
(Rathman, Hanks)

There's not much stopping someone who wins more or less every race in the season, even if most of them saw his teammate Farina in second place. He also gambled to try to rack up some extra points by running in the Indy 500, but he didn't reach the finish after qualifying 25th so that came to nought.
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1953 Podium Diversity Championship

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1. Image Alberto Ascari - 7
(Villoresi, Gonzalez, Farina, Bonetto, Marimon, Fangio, Hawthorn)
=2. Image Giuseppe Farina - 6
(Ascari, Gonzalez, Bonetto, Fangio, Hawthorn, Villoresi)
=2. Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 6
(Ascari, Villoresi, Farina, Bonetto, Hawthorn, Fangio)
=4. Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 5
(Hawthorn, Gonzalez, Ascari, Farina, Villoresi)
=4. Image Luigi Villoresi - 5
(Ascari, Gonzalez, Marimon, Fangio, Farina)
6. Image Mike Hawthorn - 4
(Fangio, Gonzalez, Farina, Ascari)
=7. Image Felice Bonetto - 3
(Ascari, Farina, Gonzalez)
=7. Image Duane Carter- 3
(Vukovich, Cross, Hanks)
=7. Image Art Cross - 3
(Vukovich, Hanks, Carter)
=7. Image Sam Hanks - 3
(Vukovich, Cross, Carter)
=7. Image Bill Vukovich - 3
(Cross, Hanks, Carter)
12. Image Onofre Marimon - 2
(Ascari, Villoresi)

This season offered a little bit of an insight into the value of finishing as a part of some weird podiums. With the benefit of three really weird podiums, Jose Froilan Gonzalez managed joint second for the season. Of course, five wins from Ascari rendered this point moot.
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1954 Podium Diversity Championship

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1. Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 10
(Farina, Gonzalez, Trintignant, Moss, Kling, Manzon, Hawthorn, Herrman, Magioli, Musso)
2. Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 7
(Fangio, Farina, Hawthorn, Marimon, Trintignant, Herrman, Magioli)
3. Image Mike Hawthorn - 6
(Gonzalez, Marimon, Fangio, Trintignant, Magioli, Musso)
4. Image Maurice Trintignant - 4
(Fangio, Moss, Gonzalez, Hawthorn)
5. Image Umberto Magioli - 3
(Fangio, Hawthorn, Gonzalez)
=6. Image Jimmy Bryan - 2
(Vukovich, McGrath)
=6. Image Giuseppe Farina - 2
(Fangio, Gonzalez)
=6. Image Hans Herrmann - 2
(Fangio, Gonzalez)
=6. Image Karl Kling - 2
(Fangio, Manzon)
=6. Image Robert Manzon - 2
(Fangio, Kling)
=6. Image Onofre Marimon - 2
(Gonzalez, Hawthorn)
=6. Image Jack McGrath - 2
(Vukovich, Bryan)
=6. Image Stirling Moss - 2
(Fangio, Trintignant)
=6. Image Luigi Musso - 2
(Hawthorn, Fangio)
=6. Image Bill Vukovich - 2
(Bryan, McGrath)

Well that certainly was a wild season. Not a great one for the Championship fight as despite all the wild podiums, there was still one man who finished on all but one of them: Juan Manuel Fangio. So far it has been a bit of a "who finished on the most podiums" championship, but hopefully things will get a bit more nuanced as we progress towards the 1955 Argentine Grand Prix.
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1955 Podium Diversity Championship

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1. Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 9
(Trintignant, Farina, Gonzalez, Magioli, Moss, Musso, Kling, Taruffi, Castellotti)
2. Image Maurice Trintignant - 7
(Fangio, Farina, Gonzalez, Magioli, Castellotti, Behra, Perdisa)
3. Image Eugenio Castellotti - 6
(Trintignant, Behra, Perdisa, Fangio, Taruffi)
4. Image Giuseppe Farina - 6
(Fangio, Trintignant, Gonzalez, Magioli, Moss)
=5. Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 4
(Fangio, Trintignant, Farina, Magioli)
=5. Image Umberto Magioli - 4
(Fangio, Trintignant, Farina, Gonzalez)
=5. Image Stirling Moss - 4
(Fangio, Farina, Musso, Kling)
=8. Image Jean Behra - 3
(Trintignant, Castellotti, Perdisa)
=8. Image Tony Bettenhausen - 3
(Sweikert, Russo, Davies)
=8. Image Jimmy Davies - 3
(Sweikert, Bettenhausen, Russo)
=8. Image Cesare Perdisa - 3
(Trintighant, Castellotti, Behra)
=8. Image Paul Russo - 3
(Sweikert, Bettenhausen, Davies)
=8. Image Bob Sweikert - 3
Bettenhausen, Russo, Davies)
=14. Image Karl Kling - 2
(Moss, Fangio)
=14. Image Luigi Musso - 2
(Fangio, Moss)
=14. Image Piero Taruffi - 2
(Fangio, Castellotti)

For a moment there, it looked as if Maurice Trintignant had just scrounged together the scummiest of all alt-championships, only for Fangio to come in clutch by catching Karl Kling at the penultimate round to draw level, then Taruffi and Castellotti at Monza to take the title outright. A true shame, as Trintignant's seven co-podium finishers from the first two rounds of the season is literally unbeatable across any other pair of consecutive races in F1 history.
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1956 Podium Diversity Championship

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1. Image Peter Collins - 8
(Moss, Fangio, Behra, Frere, Perdisa, Castellotti, de Portago, Flockhart)
=2. Image Jean Behra - 7
(Fangio, Musso, Hawthorn, Moss, Collins, Castellotti, de Portago)
=2. Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 7
(Musso, Behra, Hawthorn, Moss, Collins, de Portago, Flockhart)
4. Image Stirling Moss - 5
(Fangio, Collins, Behra, Frere, Flockhart)
=5. Image Alfonso de Portago - 3
(Fangio, Collins, Behra)
=5. Image Ron Flockhart - 3
(Collins, Fangio, Moss)
=5. Image Paul Frere - 3
(Collins, Moss, Perdisa)
=5. Image Mike Hawthorn - 3
(Fangio, Musso, Behra)
=5. Image Luigi Musso - 3
(Behra, Fangio, Hawthorn)
=5. Image Cesare Perdisa - 3
(Collins, Frere, Moss)
=11. Image Eugenio Castelloti - 2
(Colins, Behra)
=11. Image Pat Flaherty - 2
(Hanks, Freeland)
=11. Image Don Freeland - 2
(Flaherty, Hanks)
=11. Image Sam Hanks - 2
(Flaherty, Freeland)

Finally, we have our first big upset! I really didn't see this one coming given that Juan Manuel Fangio finished on the podium in five of the seven races he competed in, but it turned out that Collins did too. And not only did Collins match the quantity of podium finishes, the two he scored that Fangio did not saw him catch Cesare Perdisa, Paul Frere and Eugenio Castellotti. In the first race of the season, Behra and Fangio caught Musso and Hawthorn, but that still left them one behind Collins in the Championship table, and the Briton claimed a memorable title.
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1957 Podium Diversity Championship

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1. Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 10
(Behra, Menditeguy, Brooks, Gregory, Musso, Collins, Hawthorn, Moss, Schell, von Trips)
2. Image Stirling Moss - 6
(Brooks, Musso, Hawthorn, Fangio, Schell, von Trips)
=3. Image Tony Brooks - 5
(Fangio, Gregory, Moss, Musso, Hawthorn)
=3. Image Mike Hawthorn - 5
(Moss, Brooks, Musso, Fangio, Collins)
=3. Image Luigi Musso - 5
(Fangio, Collis, Moss, Brooks, Hawthorn)
6. Image Peter Collins - 3
(Fangio, Musso, Hawthorn)
=7. Image Jean Behra - 2
(Fangio, Mendetiguy)
=7. Image Jimmy Bryan - 2
(Hanks, Rathmann)
=7. Image Sam Hanks - 2
(Rathmann, Bryan)
=7. Image Carlos Mendetiguy - 2
(Fangio, Behra)
=7. Image Jim Rathmann - 2
(Hanks, Bryan)
=7. Image Harry Schell - 2
(Moss, Fangio)
=7. Image Wolfgang von Trips - 2
(Moss, Fangio)

Again, not the most dramatic of seasons: Fangio caught everyone else who podiumed (excluding the Indy 500) because he was on all but one podium (excluding the Indy 500). I've no idea if this is something that has happened before because I've honestly only just thought to look for it and haven't checked the other seasons yet. I should probably create a "100%" stat to cover that, and this one will have an Indy 500 shaped asterisk next to it. A truly excellent way to go out in this Championship (because Monza was of course his last visit to the podium).

UPDATE - Looks like Fangio and Ascari have each 100%ed twice - but with asterisks. And they say modern F1 is predictable!
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1958 Peter Collins Cup

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1. Image Mike Hawthorn - 8
(Moss, Musso, Brooks, Lewis-Evans, von Trips, Collins, Salvadori, P. Hill)
2. Image Stirling Moss - 7
(Musso, Hawthorn, Schell, Behra, von Trips, Lewis-Evans, P. Hill)
=3. Image Tony Brooks - 4
(Hawthorn, Lewis-Evans, Salvadori, Trintignant)
=3. Image Luigi Musso - 4
(Moss, Hawthorn, Trintignant, Collins)
=3. Image Roy Salvadori - 4
(Collins, Hawthorn, Brooks, Trintignant)
=3. Image Maurice Trintignant - 4
(Musso, Collins, Brooks, Salvadori)
=7. Image Phil Hill - 3
(Brooks, Hawthorn, Moss)
=7. Image Stuart Lewis-Evans - 3
(Brooks, Hawthorn, Moss)
=9. Image George Amick - 2
(Bryan, Boyd)
=9. Image Jean Behra - 2
(Moss, Schell)
=9. Image Johnny Boyd - 2
(Bryan, Amick)
=9. Image Jimmy Bryan - 2
(Amick, Boyd)
=9. Image Harry Schell - 2
(Moss, Behra)
=9. Image Wolfgang von Trips - 2
(Hawthorn, Moss)

At last, we have a Championship that goes down to the final lap of the final race. Had Hawthorn failed to make it home, or failed to make the podium, at the Ain-Diab circuit in Morocco, then Stirling Moss (by virtue of Jo Bonnier inheriting Hawthorn's podium place) would have been a co-champion. But it was not to be, and Mike Hawthorn claimed his maiden Championship title before promptly retiring from Grand Prix racing.

The season also saw the loss of multiple drivers who have featured in this Championship, but none more notable than 1956 Champion Peter Collins. In light of his fatal crash at the German Grand Prix, the Championship will be named in his honour: the Peter Collins Cup.
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