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Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 08 Mar 2017, 00:27
by Aislabie
A quick and easy Alternate Championship in which only wet results are included. For the purposes of the Championship, any race which featured a wet race track at any point counts as a "wet race". My heartfelt thanks to F1 Metrics for an incredible effort listing absolutely every wet race from 1950 until 2014.

Points systems will match their real life equivalents. Also, as this won't be very interesting I'll probably group the seasons by decade or something to get them done a bit more quickly.

1950s Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 08 Mar 2017, 01:10
by Aislabie
This Decade's List of Champions
  • 1950 - Image Johnnie Parsons
  • 1951 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio
  • 1952 - Image Alberto Ascari
  • 1953 - Image Alberto Ascari (II)
  • 1954 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio (II)
  • 1955 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio (III)
  • 1956 - Image Stirling Moss
  • 1957 - Not contested
  • 1958 - Image Stirling Moss (II)
  • 1959 - Not contested
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1950
Standings
  1. Johnnie Parsons - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Bill Holland - 6 points
  3. Mauri Rose - 4 points
  4. Cecil Green - 3 points
  5. Joie Chitwood - 1 point
  6. Tony Bettenhausen

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1951
Standings
  1. Juan Manuel Fangio - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Piero Taruffi - 6 points
  3. Giuseppe Farina - 4 points
  4. Consalvo Sanesi - 3 points
  5. Toulo de Graffenreid - 2 points

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1952
Standings
  1. Alberto Ascari - 27 points (3 wins)
  2. Giuseppe Farina - 18 points
  3. Robert Manzon - 9 points
  4. Mike Hawthorn - 6 points
  5. Piero Taruffi - 4 points
  6. Luigii Villoresi - 4 points
  7. Maurice Trintignant - 2 points
  8. Paul Frere - 2 points

The first season where it's been worth pointing out anything of note - namely, look how much of a machine Alberto Ascari was in the wet.

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1953
Standings
  1. Alberto Ascari - 8.5 points (1 win)
  2. Juan Manuel Fangio - 6 points
  3. Giuseppe Farina - 4 points
  4. Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 3.5 points
  5. Mike Hawthorn - 2 points

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1954
Standings
  1. Juan Manuel Fangio - 20.14 points (2 wins)
  2. Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 19.14 points (1 win)
  3. Mike Hawthorn - 6.14 points
  4. Giuseppe Farina - 6 points
  5. Maurice Trintignant - 5 points
  6. Onofre Marimon - 4.14 points
  7. Hans Herrman - 4 points
  8. Roberto Mieres - 3 points
  9. Elie Bayol - 2 points
  10. Sergio Mantovani - 2 points

At last a proper Championship battle! This one goes all the way down to the final lap of the Swiss Grand Prix as Gonzalez would have won the Championship had he, as they say sixty years later, "gone purple".

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1955
Standings
  1. Juan Manuel Fangio - 8 points (1 win)
  2. Stirling Moss - 6 points
  3. Luigi Musso - 4 points
  4. Roberto Mieres - 4 points
  5. Eugenio Castellotti - 2 points

Another tight Championship: Fangio pipped Moss to this one by just 0.3 seconds on the finish line.

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1956
Standings
  1. Stirling Moss - 12 points (1 win)
  2. Peter Collins - 11 points (1 win)
  3. Paul Frere - 6 points
  4. Ron Flockhart - 4 points
  5. Harry Schell - 3 points
  6. Juan Manuel Fangio - 3 points
  7. Paco Godia - 3 points
  8. Cesare Perdisa - 2 points
  9. Luigi Villoresi - 2 points
  10. Jack Fairman - 2 points

Another close one: both Collins and Moss managed a solo win and a shared podium position, but while Collins' finishing positions were better, Moss collected a brace of fastest laps. Also, the real Champion (Fangio) finished below Ron Flockhart in my Championship.

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1957
  • Not contested.

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1958
Standings
  1. Stirling Moss - 8 points (1 win)
  2. Mike Hawthorn - 7 points
  3. Stuart Lewis-Evans - 4 points
  4. Jean Behra - 3 points
  5. Wolfgang von Trips - 2 points

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1959
  • Not contested.

1960s Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 09 Mar 2017, 02:14
by Aislabie
This Decade's List of Champions
  • 1960 - Image Stirling Moss (III)
  • 1961 - Image Wolfgang von Trips
  • 1962 - Image Graham Hill
  • 1963 - Image Jim Clark
  • 1964 - Not contested
  • 1965 - Image Graham Hill (II)
  • 1966 - Image Jack Brabham
  • 1967 - Image Jack Brabham (II)
  • 1968 - Image Jackie Stewart
  • 1969 - Not contested

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1960
Standings
  1. Stirling Moss - 8 points (1 win)
  2. Bruce McLaren - 6 points
  3. Phil Hill - 4 points
  4. Tony Brooks - 3 points
  5. Jo Bonnier - 2 points
  6. Richie Ginther - 1 point

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1961
Standings
  1. Wolfgang von Trips - 15 points (1 win)
  2. Phil Hill - 10 points
  3. Stirling Moss - 9 points (1 win)
  4. Richie Ginther - 4 points
  5. Jack Brabham - 3 points
  6. Jim Clark - 3 points
  7. Jo Bonnier - 2 points
  8. John Surtees - 2 points
  9. Roy Salvadori - 1 point
  10. Bruce McLaren - 1 point

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1962
Standings
  1. Graham Hill - 18 points (2 wins)
  2. John Surtees - 6 points
  3. Richie Ginther - 6 points
  4. Bruce McLaren - 6 points
  5. Dan Gurney - 4 points
  6. Jim Clark - 3 points
  7. Willie Mairesse - 3 points
  8. Giancarlo Baghetti - 2 points
  9. Ricardo Rodriguez - 1 point
  10. Jo Bonnier - 1 point

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1963
Standings
  1. Jim Clark - 9 points (1 win, 1 DNF, 1 FL)
  2. Dan Gurney - 9 points (1 win, 1 DNF)
  3. Graham Hill - 9 points (1 2nd, 1 4th)
  4. Peter Arundell - 7 points
  5. John Surtees - 6 points
  6. Jack Brabham - 4 points
  7. Chris Amon - 2 points
  8. Richie Ginther - 2 points
  9. Bob Anderson - 1 point
  10. Bruce McLaren - 1 point

What a close season - three drivers tied on points: Graham Hill, Dan Gurney and Jim Clark. Hill had not won a race, so he was relegated to third overall. Gurney and Clark were far harder to split thanks to their ideal race records. In the end, it was a fast lap of Zandvoort by Clark that made the difference.

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1964
Not contested.

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1965
Standings
  1. Graham Hill - 11 points (1 win)
  2. Jim Clark - 9 points (1 win)
  3. Jack Brabham - 7 points
  4. Jackie Stewart - 6 points
  5. Dan Gurney - 6 points
  6. Bruce McLaren - 4 points
  7. Lorenzo Bandini - 3 points
  8. Pedro Rodriguez - 2 points
  9. Richie Ginther - 1 point
  10. Jochen Rindt - 1 point

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1966
Standings
  1. Jack Brabham - 21 points (2 wins)
  2. John Surtees - 15 points (1 win)
  3. Jochen Rindt - 12 points
  4. Graham Hill - 7 points
  5. Denny Hulme - 6 points
  6. Lorenzo Bandini - 5 points
  7. Jim Clark - 3 points
  8. Richie Ginther - 2 points
  9. Jackie Stewart - 2 points
  10. Bruce McLaren - 1 point

The three best drivers were significantly better than the rest of the field, but unfortunately didn't produce a compelling Championship battle.

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1967
Standings
  1. Jack Brabham - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Denny Hulme - 6 points
  3. Dan Gurney - 4 points
  4. Graham Hill - 3 points
  5. Mike Spence - 2 points
  6. Chris Amon - 1 point

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1968
Standings
  1. Jackie Stewart - 22 points (2 wins)
  2. Jacky Ickx - 12 points (1 win)
  3. Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 6 points
  4. Graham Hill - 6 points
  5. John Surtees - 6 points
  6. Pedro Rodriguez - 5 points
  7. Jochen Rindt - 4 points
  8. Vic Elford - 3 points
  9. Denny Hulme - 2 points
  10. Silvio Moser - 2 points
  11. Jack Brabham - 2 points
  12. Chris Amon - 1 point
  13. Piers Courage - 1 point

After two races, Ickx had closed to within a single point of Stewart, only for the Scotsman to be entirely peerless at the Green Hell, where he built up a four-minute lead over any other car. Also, I think a record number of points scorers?

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1969
Not contested.

1970s Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 17 Apr 2017, 11:51
by Aislabie
This Decade's List of Champions
  • 1970 - Not contested
  • 1971 - Image Jacky Ickx
  • 1972 - Image Jacky Ickx (II)
  • 1973 - Image Peter Revson
  • 1974 - Image Clay Regazzoni
  • 1975 - Image Niki Lauda
  • 1976 - Image James Hunt
  • 1977 - Image Niki Lauda (II)
  • 1978 - Image Ronnie Peterson
  • 1979 - Image Gilles Villeneuve

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1970
Not contested.

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1971
Standings
  1. Jacky Ickx - 9 points (1 win, 1 8th)
  2. Jackie Stewart - 9 points (1 win, 1 11th)
  3. Ronnie Peterson - 9 points
  4. Pedro Rodriguez - 6 points
  5. Clay Regazzoni - 4 points
  6. Mark Donohue - 4 points
  7. Denny Hulme - 3 points
  8. John Surtees - 2 points
  9. Reine Wisell - 2 points
  10. Jo Siffert - 1 point
  11. Francois Cevert - 1 point

Only a certain kind of season can finish with three drivers level on points. Commiserations to Stewart and Peterson though.

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1972
Standings
  1. Jacky Ickx - 14 points (Best: 2nd)
  2. Emerson Fittipaldi - 13 points (1 win)
  3. Jackie Stewart - 12 points (1 win)
  4. Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 9 points (1 win)
  5. Francois Cevert - 6 points
  6. Clay Regazzoni - 4 points
  7. Denny Hulme - 4 points
  8. Andrea de Adamich - 3 points
  9. Ronnie Peterson - 3 points
  10. Peter Revson - 2 points
  11. Brian Redman - 2 points
  12. Carlos Pace - 1 point
  13. Chris Amon - 1 point
  14. Mario Andretti - 1 point

Jacky Ickx only led the Championship at one point this season, and that was when he rolled past the chequered flag at Watkins Glen. He was the only driver with three points finishes.

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1973
Standings
  1. Peter Revson - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Emerson Fittipaldi - 6 points
  3. Jackie Oliver - 4 points
  4. Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 3 points
  5. Jackie Stewart - 2 points
  6. Howden Ganley - 1 point

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1974
Standings
  1. Clay Regazzoni - 21 points (1 win)
  2. Emerson Fittipaldi - 13 points (1 win)
  3. Niki Lauda - 9 points (1 win)
  4. Jody Scheckter - 8 points
  5. Jacky Ickx - 6 points
  6. Ronnie Peterson - 4 points
  7. Carlos Reutemann - 4 points
  8. Carlos Pace - 3 points
  9. Hans Joachim Stuck - 3 points
  10. Mike Hailwood - 2 points
  11. Denny Hulme - 1 point
  12. Tom Pryce - 1 point

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1975
Standings
  1. Niki Lauda - 15.5 points (1 win)
  2. James Hunt - 15 points (1 win)
  3. Emerson Fittipaldi - 15 points (1 win)
  4. Carlos Pace - 12 points
  5. Jody Scheckter - 7 points
  6. Vittorio Brambilla - 5.5 points (1 win)
  7. Ronnie Peterson - 4 points
  8. Clay Regazzoni - 4 points
  9. Tom Pryce - 3 points
  10. Carlos Reutemann - 3 points
  11. Jochen Mass - 2.5 points
  12. Patrick Depailler - 2 points
  13. Mark Donohue - 2 points

Although it makes complete sense for such a short Championship to go down to the last race, this one was particularly cruel. James Hunt looked to have won it in his Hesketh thanks to a second-place at the Osterreichring, only to find that the half-points rule had caused him to drop half a point behind Niki Lauda's Ferrari.

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1976
Standings
  1. James Hunt - 13 points (1 win)
  2. Mario Andretti - 9 points (1 win)
  3. Jody Scheckter - 6 points
  4. Patrick Depailller - 6 points
  5. Jochen Mass - 4 points
  6. Carlos Pace - 3 points
  7. Alan Jones - 3 points
  8. Gunnar Nilsson - 3 points
  9. Clay Regazzoni - 2 points
  10. Rolf Stommelen - 1 point

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1977
Standings
  1. Niki Lauda - 15 points (Best: 2nd)
  2. Alan Jones - 11 points (1 win)
  3. Gunnar Nilsson - 9 points (1 win)
  4. James Hunt - 9 points (1 win)
  5. Ronnie Peterson - 6 points
  6. Hans Joachim Stuck - 5 points
  7. Jody Scheckter - 4 points
  8. Carlos Reutemann - 4 points
  9. Vittorio Brambilla - 3 points
  10. Clay Regazzoni - 2 points
  11. Jochen Mass - 1 point

The three race winners only managed one more points finish between them, whereas Lauda finished in the top four of every wet Grand Prix.

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1978
Standings
  1. Ronnie Peterson - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Patrick Depailler - 6 points
  3. Gilles Villeneuve - 4 points
  4. Emerson Fittipaldi - 3 points
  5. Jacques Laffite - 2 points
  6. Vittorio Brambilla - 1 point

It's not related to anything in particular, but Vittorio Brambilla really was a wet-weather machine. He managed 9.5 points (including a victory) from sixteen wet-weather starts. In dry weather, he only managed six points from 58 starts.

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1979
Standings
  1. Gilles Villeneuve - 18 points (2 wins)
  2. Jody Scheckter - 6 points
  3. Rene Arnoux - 6 points
  4. Jean-Pierre Jarier - 4 points
  5. Didier Pironi - 4 points
  6. Mario Andretti - 3 points
  7. Elio de Angelis - 3 points
  8. Carlos Reutemann - 2 points
  9. Hans-Joachim Stuck - 2 points
  10. Niki Lauda - 1 point
  11. John Watson - 1 point

Well that was comprehensive.

1980s Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 12 Jun 2017, 01:13
by Aislabie
This Decade's List of Champions
  • 1980 - Image Carlos Reutemann
  • 1981 - Image Nelson Piquet
  • 1982 - Not contested.
  • 1983 - Image Keke Rosberg
  • 1984 - Image Alain Prost
  • 1985 - Image Ayrton Senna
  • 1986 - Not contested.
  • 1987 - Image Ayrton Senna (II)
  • 1988 - Image Ayrton Senna (III)
  • 1989 - Image Thierry Boutsen

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1980
Standings
  1. Carlos Reutemann - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Jacques Laffite - 6 points
  3. Nelson Piquet - 4 points
  4. Jochen Mass - 3 points
  5. Gilles Villeneuve - 2 points
  6. Emerson Fittipaldi - 1 point


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1981
Standings
  1. Nelson Piquet - 24 points (2 wins)
  2. Carlos Reutemann - 22 points (2 wins)
  3. Jacques Laffite - 20 points (1 win)
  4. Alain Prost - 15 points (1 win)
  5. John Watson - 13 points
  6. Riccardo Patrese - 10 points
  7. Gilles Villeneuve - 7 points
  8. Alan Jones - 6 points
  9. Hector Rabaque - 6 points
  10. Elio de Angelis - 6 points
  11. Nigel Mansell - 4 points
  12. Didier Pironi - 4 points
  13. Marc Surer - 3 points
  14. Rene Arnoux - 3 points
  15. Eddie Cheever - 3 points
  16. Bruno Giacomelli - 3 points
  17. Andrea de Cesaris - 1 point

This year was a long and soggy season, which built towards a thrilling climax in Canada. After five Grands Prix, there was a tie at the top thanks to both Carlos Reutemann and Nelson Piquet having accumulated two wins and a third place. Prost was also in with an outside chance of the title on fifteen points. Living up to their Championship positions, Piquet and Reutemann locked out the front row, but a collision between Reutemann and teammate Jones relegated him out of contention. A few laps later, Jones spun, forcing Piquet of the track as Prost climbed into the lead. Prost slipped back though, and crashed out trying to pick up the pace, while Piquet's recovery drive bagged him a vital two points.

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1982
Not contested.

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1983
Standings
  1. Keke Rosberg - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Nelson Piquet - 6 points
  3. Alain Prost - 4 points
  4. Patrick Tambay - 3 points
  5. Danny Sullivan - 2 points
  6. Mauro Baldi - 1 point

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1984
Standings
  1. Alain Prost - 4.5 points (1 win)
  2. Ayrton Senna - 3 points
  3. Rene Arnoux - 2 points
  4. Keke Rosberg - 1.5 points
  5. Elio de Angelis - 1 point
  6. Michele Alboreto - 0.5 points

Had the race not been prematurely halted, this could have been Senna's, and Toleman's, season.

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1985
Standings
  1. Ayrton Senna - 18 points (2 wins)
  2. Nigel Mansell - 8 points
  3. Michele Alboreto - 6 points
  4. Patrick Tambay - 4 points
  5. Alain Prost - 4 points
  6. Elio de Angelis - 3 points
  7. Keke Rosberg - 3 points
  8. Nelson Piquet - 2 points
  9. Stefan Bellof - 1 point
  10. Derek Warwick - 1 point

Some context: Ayrton Senna's wet-weather career is only three Grands Prix old. His results: 2nd, 1st, 1st.

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1986
Not contested.

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1987
Standings
  1. Ayrton Senna - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Nelson Piquet - 6 points
  3. Alain Prost - 4 points
  4. Gerhard Berger - 3 points
  5. Nigel Mansell - 2 points
  6. Eddie Cheever - 1 point

4 Grands Prix, 3 wins, 4 podiums, 2 Championships.

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1988
Standings
  1. Ayrton Senna - 27 points (3 wins)
  2. Alain Prost - 12 points
  3. Gerhard Berger - 7 points
  4. Nigel Mansell - 6 points
  5. Thierry Boutsen - 5 point
  6. Michele Alboreto - 5 points
  7. Alessandro Nannini - 4 points
  8. Mauricio Gugelmin - 3 points
  9. Nelson Piquet - 2 points
  10. Ivan Capelli - 2 points
  11. Derek Warwick - 1 point
  12. Riccardo Patrese - 1 point

7 Grands Prix, 6 wins, 7 podiums, 3 Championships. This is getting ridiculous. Also, Senna just won a three-race Championship with a race to spare.

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1989
Standings
  1. Thierry Boutsen - 21 points (2 wins)
  2. Riccardo Patrese - 10 points
  3. Ayrton Senna - 9 points (1 win)
  4. Alessandro Nannini - 8 points
  5. Alain Prost - 6 points
  6. Andrea de Cesaris - 4 points
  7. Nigel Mansell - 4 points
  8. Nelson Piquet - 3 points
  9. Satoru Nakajima - 3 points
  10. Rene Arnoux - 2 points
  11. Emanuele Pirro - 2 points
  12. Alex Caffi - 1 point
  13. Derek Warwick - 1 point
  14. Pierluigi Martini - 1 point

In Montreal, Senna experienced his first non-podium. It occurred because his engine failed three laps from the end, a point at which Senna had been leading the Grand Prix.

1990s Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 13 Jun 2017, 22:19
by Aislabie
This Decade's List of Champions
  • 1990 - Image Ayrton Senna (IV)
  • 1991 - Image Ayrton Senna (V)
  • 1992 - Image Nigel Mansell
  • 1993 - Image Ayrton Senna (VI)
  • 1994 - Image Damon Hill
  • 1995 - Image Michael Schumacher
  • 1996 - Image Michael Schumacher (II)
  • 1997 - Image Michael Schumacher (III)
  • 1998 - Image Michael Schumacher (IV)
  • 1999 - Image Heinz-Harald Frentzen

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1990
Standings
  1. Ayrton Senna - 9 points (1 win)
  2. Nelson Piquet - 6 points
  3. Nigel Mansell - 4 points
  4. Gerhard Berger - 3 points
  5. Alain Prost - 2 points
  6. Derek Warwick - 1 point

Ayrton Senna becomes the first ever four-times World Champion.

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1991
Standings
  1. Ayrton Senna - 27 points (3 wins)
  2. Nigel Mansell - 13 points (1 win)
  3. Gerhard Berger - 12 points
  4. Riccardo Patrese - 11 points
  5. Alain Prost - 9 points
  6. JJ Lehto - 4 points
  7. Jean Alesi - 4 points
  8. Nelson Piquet - 3.5 points
  9. Pierluigi Martini - 3 points
  10. Mika Hakkinen - 2 points
  11. Julian Bailey - 1 point
  12. Michael Schumacher - 1 point
  13. Gianni Morbidelli - 0.5 points
Another season of SENNAWINSLOL, another season won with a race to spare.

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1992
Standings
  1. Nigel Mansell - 26 points (2 wins)
  2. Michael Schumacher - 16 points (1 win)
  3. Riccardo Patrese - 10 points
  4. Martin Brundle - 7 points
  5. Jean Alesi - 4 points
  6. Mika Hakkinen - 4 points
  7. Gerhard Berger - 3 points
  8. Michele Alboreto - 2 points
  9. Erik Comas - 2 points
  10. Ayrton Senna - 2 points
  11. Pierluigi Martini - 1 point
  12. Johnny Herbert - 1 point
Another three-race Championship won with a race to spare, but this time it was won by a non-Senna: Nigel Mansell.

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1993
Standings
  1. Ayrton Senna - 36 points (3 wins)
  2. Alain Prost - 20 points (1 win)
  3. Damon Hill - 15 points
  4. Mark Blundell - 6 points
  5. Johnny Herbert - 6 points
  6. Michael Schumacher - 4 points
  7. Mika Hakkinen - 4 points
  8. Christian Fittipaldi - 3 points
  9. JJ Lehto - 2 points
  10. Riccardo Patrese - 2 points
  11. Gerhard Berger - 1 point
  12. Alex Zanardi - 1 point
  13. Fabrizio Barbazza - 1 point
  14. Eddie Irvine - 1 point
Ayrton Senna won his sixth (and tragically final) World Championship with a race to spare. He would never race again in this Championship.

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1994
Standings
  1. Damon Hill - 10 points (1 win)
  2. Michael Schumacher - 6 points
  3. Jean Alesi - 4 points
  4. Eddie Irvine - 3 points
  5. Nigel Mansell - 2 points
  6. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 1 point

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1995
Standings
  1. Michael Schumacher - 40 points (4 wins)
  2. Damon Hill - 22 points (1 win)
  3. Jean Alesi - 14 points
  4. David Coulthard - 11 points
  5. Mika Hakkinen - 8 points
  6. Martin Brundle - 7 points
  7. Johnny Herbert - 6 points
  8. Rubens Barrichello - 5 points
  9. Gerhard Berger - 4 points
  10. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 4 points
  11. Eddie Irvine - 4 points
  12. Mark Blundell - 2 points
  13. Olivier Panis - 2 points
  14. Mika Salo - 1 point
The first Championship for the "Rainmeister" was an emphatic one: four wins from four race finishes.

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1996
Standings
  1. Michael Schumacher - 14 points (1 win)
  2. Jean Alesi - 12 points
  3. Olivier Panis - 11 points (1 win)
  4. Damon Hill - 10 points (1 win)
  5. David Coulthard - 6 points
  6. Mika Hakkinen - 6 points
  7. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 6 points
  8. Johnny Herbert - 4 points
  9. Jacques Villeneuve - 4 points
  10. Mika Salo - 4 points
  11. Pedro Diniz - 1 point
A truly bizarre season of attritional races saw some of the most evenly distributed points this Championship has ever seen. In the end, Michael Schumacher jumped half a dozen others to claim a dramatic title.

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1997
Standings
  1. Michael Schumacher - 30 points (3 wins)
  2. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 10 points
  3. Eddie Irvine - 8 points
  4. Giancarlo Fisichella - 7 points
  5. Rubens Barrichello - 6 points
  6. Jacques Villeneuve - 5 points
  7. Olivier Panis - 3 points
  8. Johnny Herbert - 3 points
  9. Mika Salo - 2 points
  10. Jean Alesi - 2 points
  11. Ralf Schumacher - 1 point
  12. Gerhard Berger - 1 point
Michael Schumacher is becoming the new Senna: this is his third consecutive title, and this one he's won with a race to spare.

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1998
Standings
  1. Michael Schumacher - 20 points (2 wins)
  2. Mika Hakkinen - 12 points
  3. Damon Hill - 10 points (1 win)
  4. Eddie Irvine - 8 points
  5. Ralf Schumacher - 7 points
  6. Alexander Wurz - 6 points
  7. Jean Alesi - 6 points
  8. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 3 points
  9. Giancarlo Fisichella - 2 points
  10. Pedro Diniz - 2 points
  11. David Coulthard - 1 point
  12. Jarno Trulli - 1 points
Quite oddly, the first two races featured the exact same top four finishers. When Mika Hakkinen crashed out on the first lap of the Belgian Grand Prix, it guaranteed Schumacher's fourth title.

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1999
Standings
  1. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 10 points (1 win, 1 DNF, 1 pole)
  2. Johnny Herbert - 10 points - (1 win, 1 DNF, 0 poles)
  3. Mika Hakkinen - 8 points
  4. Rubens Barrichello - 8 points
  5. Jarno Trulli - 6 points
  6. Ralf Schumacher - 6 points
  7. Michael Schumacher - 2 points
  8. Eddie Irvine - 1 point
  9. Marc Gene - 1 point
With Michael Schumacher absent from the European Grand Prix with leg injuries, the outstanding favourite was Heinz-Harald Frentzen. He recorded a DNF, but nobody could quite overtake him: the top four were split by two points, and the top six by just four.

2000s Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 14 Jun 2017, 09:42
by Aislabie
This Decade's List of Champions
  • 2000 - Image Michael Schumacher (V)
  • 2001 - Image Michael Schumacher (VI)
  • 2002 - Image Michael Schumacher (VII)
  • 2003 - Image David Coulthard
  • 2004 - Image Juan Pablo Montoya
  • 2005 - Image Kimi Raikkonen
  • 2006 - Image Jenson Button
  • 2007 - Image Fernando Alonso
  • 2008 - Image Felipe Massa
  • 2009 - Image Jenson Button (II)

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2000
Standings
  1. Michael Schumacher - 46 points (4 wins)
  2. Mika Hakkinen - 31 points (1 win)
  3. Rubens Barrichello - 28 points (1 win)
  4. David Coulthard - 17 points
  5. Jenson Button - 7 points
  6. Giancarlo Fisichella - 6 points
  7. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 5 point
  8. Ralf Schumacher - 4 points
  9. Jacques Villeneuve - 4 points
  10. Jos Verstappen - 2 points
  11. Mika Salo - 2 points
  12. Pedro de la Rosa - 2 points
  13. Jarno Trulli - 1 point
  14. Ricardo Zonta - 1 point
Although it looks like another Schumacher romp, things were pretty close for a while: the top three were split by just one point after Belgium.

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2001
Standings
  1. Michael Schumacher - 16 points (1 win)
  2. David Coulthard - 14 points (1 win)
  3. Rubens Barrichello - 6 points
  4. Nick Heidfeld - 4 points
  5. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 3 points
  6. Olivier Panis - 3 points
  7. Ralf Schumacher - 2 points
  8. Jarno Trulli - 2 points
  9. Mika Hakkinen - 1 point
  10. Giancarlo Fisichella - 1 point

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2002
Standings
  1. Michael Schumacher - 10 points (1 win)
  2. Rubens Barrichello - 6 points
  3. Juan Pablo Montoya - 4 points
  4. Jacques Villeneuve - 3 points
  5. Olivier Panis - 2 points
  6. Nick Heidfeld - 1 point
With his seventh title in eight years, Schumacher makes himself undoubtedly the greatest driver in the history of this Championship.

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2003
Standings
  1. David Coulthard - 15 points (1 win)
  2. Kimi Raikkonen - 14 points
  3. Giancarlo Fisichella - 10 points (1 win)
  4. Juan Pablo Montoya - 8 points
  5. Heinz-Harald Frentzen - 7 points
  6. Michael Schumacher - 5 points
  7. Jarno Trulli - 5 points
  8. Fernando Alonso - 8 points
  9. Jacques Villeneuve - 3 points
  10. Ralf Schumacher - 3 points
David Coulthard narrowly holds off his consistent team-mate and claims the first title by a non-German since 1994.

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2004
Standings
  1. Juan Pablo Montoya - 22 points (1 win)
  2. Rubens Barrichello - 21 points (1 win)
  3. Michael Schumacher - 20 points (1 win)
  4. Jenson Button - 12 points
  5. Kimi Raikkonen - 8 points
  6. Takuma Sato - 8 points
  7. Fernando Alonso - 7 points
  8. David Coulthard - 6 points
  9. Jarno Trulli - 4 points
  10. Ralf Schumacher - 4 points
  11. Antonio Pizzonia - 2 points
  12. Felipe Massa - 2 points
  13. Giancarlo Fisichella - 1 point
A thrilling and unpredictable season saw Michael Schumacher's demotion to eighteenth place after qualifying have a lasting impact on the Championship result. This made Rubens Barrichello, on pole in front of his home fans, the favourite, but Montoya powered past him. That still would have been enough for Rubens had Raikkonen not followed him through, giving Montoya the buffer he needed to become the first South American Champion since Ayrton Senna's tragic demise.

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2005
Standings
  1. Kimi Raikkonen - 10 points (1 win)
  2. Fernando Alonso - 8 points
  3. Jenson Button - 6 points
  4. Mark Webber - 5 points
  5. Rubens Barrichello - 4 points
  6. Ralf Schumacher - 3 points
  7. Jacques Villeneuve - 2 points
  8. Tiago Monteiro - 1 point

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2006
Standings
  1. Jenson Button - 15 points (1 win)
  2. Pedro de la Rosa - 12 points
  3. Michael Schumacher - 11 points (1 win)
  4. Fernando Alonso - 8 points
  5. Nick Heidfeld - 8 points
  6. Rubens Barrichello - 8 points
  7. Giancarlo Fisichella - 6 points
  8. David Coulthard - 4 points
  9. Ralf Schumacher - 3 points
  10. Felipe Massa - 2 points
  11. Mark Webber - 1 point

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2007
Standings
  1. Fernando Alonso - 18 points (1 win)
  2. Felipe Massa - 17 points
  3. Kimi Raikkonen - 16 points (1 win)
  4. Lewis Hamilton - 10 points (1 win)
  5. David Coulthard - 10 points
  6. Heikki Kovalainen - 9 points
  7. Mark Webber - 6 points
  8. Sebastian Vettel - 5 points
  9. Alexander Wurz - 5 points
  10. Nick Heidfeld - 5 points
  11. Giancarlo Fisichella - 4 points
  12. Jenson Button - 4 points
  13. Robert Kubica - 4 points
  14. Vitantonio Liuzzi - 3 points
  15. Adrian Sutil - 1 point
Another deliciously tight Championship with many what-ifs to look back on. If Hamilton hadn't beached his car, he would have been Champion. If Kubica's hydraulics hadn't failed, he would have been fighting amongst the top few in the standings. If Alonso hadn't jumped Massa in the pits, Massa would have been Champion. But, none of these happened, and Fernando Alonso claimed the first title by a Spaniard.

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2008
Standings
  1. Felipe Massa - 39 points (3 wins)
  2. Heikki Kovalainen - 26 points (1 win)
  3. Lewis Hamilton - 26 points (1 win)
  4. Sebastian Vettel - 23 points (1 win)
  5. Robert Kubica - 22 points
  6. Fernando Alonso - 22 points
  7. Kimi Raikkonen - 20 points
  8. Nick Heidfeld - 12 points
  9. Timo Glock - 11 points
  10. Mark Webber - 10 points
  11. Jarno Trulli - 9 points
  12. Nelsinho Piquet - 5 points
  13. Rubens Barrichello - 3 points
  14. Kazuki Nakajima - 2 points
  15. Sebastien Bourdais - 2 points
Although it looks like Massa won easily, this was another remarkably close season, as is reflected by seven drivers from five different teams scoring over 20 points.

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2009
Standings
  1. Jenson Button - 11 points (1 win)
  2. Sebastian Vettel - 10 points (1 win)
  3. Mark Webber - 9.5 points
  4. Rubens Barrichello - 7 points
  5. Timo Glock - 5 points
  6. Nick Heidfeld - 4 points
  7. Heikki Kovalainen - 4 points
  8. Lewis Hamilton - 4 points
  9. Jarno Trulli - 2.5 points
  10. Sebastien Buemi - 1 point
  11. Nico Rosberg - 0.5 points
A very close battle between two teams this year, neither of which was one of the five teams at the top last year. Jenson Button also becomes the first multiple-champion since Michael Schumacher.

2010s Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 14 Jun 2017, 12:29
by Aislabie
This Decade's List of Champions
  • 2010 - Image Lewis Hamilton
  • 2011 - Image Sebastian Vettel
  • 2012 - Image Fernando Alonso (II)
  • 2013 - Image Sebastian Vettel (II)
  • 2014 - Image Lewis Hamilton (II)
  • 2015 - Image Lewis Hamilton (III)
  • 2016 - Image Lewis Hamilton (IV)

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2010
Standings
  1. Lewis Hamilton - 94 points (1 win)
  2. Jenson Button - 68 points (2 wins)
  3. Robert Kubica - 61 points
  4. Fernando Alonso - 53 points (1 win)
  5. Felipe Massa - 50 points
  6. Nico Rosberg - 43 points
  7. Mark Webber - 39 points
  8. Michael Schumacher - 32 points
  9. Vitantonio Liuzzi - 15 points
  10. Adrian Sutil - 12 points
  11. Rubens Barrichello - 10 points
  12. Kamui Kobayashi - 9 points
  13. Sebastian Vettel - 8 points
  14. Vitaly Petrov - 8 points
  15. Nick Heidfeld - 2 points
  16. Nico Hulkenberg - 1 point
Jenson Button had the Championship in the palm of his hand, but all 68 of his points came from the first three races. The result was that he was overtaken by his team-mate. Kubica, in his final F1 season, out-drove the Renault and put it in third.

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2011
Standings
  1. Sebastian Vettel - 91 points (1 win)
  2. Fernando Alonso - 78 points (1 win)
  3. Mark Webber - 70 points
  4. Lewis Hamilton - 67 points (1 win)
  5. Jenson Button - 62 points (2 wins)
  6. Felipe Massa - 44 points
  7. Nico Rosberg - 20 points
  8. Michael Schumacher - 18 points
  9. Jaime Alguersuari - 12 points
  10. Vitaly Petrov - 11 points
  11. Adrian Sutil - 8 points
  12. Kamui Kobayashi - 8 points
  13. Paul di Resta - 7 points
  14. Sebastien Buemi - 7 points
  15. Sergio Perez - 6 points
  16. Nick Heidfeld - 4 points
  17. Rubens Barrichello - 2 points
This was a very closely-packed season, which allowed Sebastian Vettel to be right in the title fight coming into the last race, despite not having previously won. He put that right by breezing, unchallenged, to the win. Massa was very consistent, finishing every race in fifth or sixth.

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2012
Standings
  1. Fernando Alonso - 43 points (1 win)
  2. Jenson Button - 25 points (1 win)
  3. Mark Webber - 24 points
  4. Sergio Perez -18 points
  5. Lewis Hamilton - 15 points
  6. Felipe Massa - 15 points
  7. Nico Hulkenberg - 12 points
  8. Kimi Raikkonen - 11 points
  9. Bruno Senna - 8 points
  10. Sebastian Vettel - 8 points
  11. Jean-Eric Vergne - 8 points
  12. Michael Schumacher - 7 points
  13. Paul di Resta - 6 points
  14. Kamui Kobayashi - 2 points

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2013
Standings
  1. Sebastian Vettel - 25 points (1 win)
  2. Mark Webber - 18 points
  3. Lewis Hamilton - 15 points
  4. Nico Rosberg - 12 points
  5. Felipe Massa - 10 points
  6. Romain Grosjean - 8 points
  7. Kimi Raikkonen - 6 points
  8. Nico Hulkenberg - 4 points
  9. Sergio Perez - 2 points
  10. Jean-Eric Vergne - 1 point

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2014
Standings
  1. Lewis Hamilton - 40 points (1 win)
  2. Daniel Ricciardo - 37 points (1 win)
  3. Nico Rosberg - 30 points
  4. Sebastian Vettel - 24 points
  5. Fernando Alonso - 18 points
  6. Felipe Massa - 16 points
  7. Valtteri Bottas - 12 points
  8. Jenson Button - 11 points
  9. Kimi Raikkonen - 8 points
  10. Nico Hulkenberg - 4 points
  11. Jean-Eric Vergne - 4 points
  12. Sergio Perez - 1 point

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2015
Standings
  1. Lewis Hamilton - 50 points (2 wins)
  2. Nico Rosberg - 36 points
  3. Sebastian Vettel - 30 points
  4. Felipe Massa - 12 points
  5. Max Verstappen - 12 points
  6. Valtteri Bottas - 10 points
  7. Daniil Kvyat - 8 points
  8. Jenson Button - 8 points
  9. Nico Hulkenberg - 6 points
  10. Carlos Sainz - 6 points
  11. Kimi Raikkonen - 4 points
  12. Pastor Maldonado - 4 points
  13. Sergio Perez - 12 points
  14. Felipe Nasr - 2 points
  15. Fernando Alonso - 1 point
  16. Daniel Ricciardo - 1 point

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2016
Standings
  1. Lewis Hamilton - 75 points (3 wins)
  2. Nico Rosberg - 39 points
  3. Sergio Perez - 35 points
  4. Daniel Ricciardo - 34 points
  5. Max Verstappen - 33 points
  6. Sebastian Vettel - 24 points
  7. Nico Hulkenberg - 20 points
  8. Carlos Sainz - 16 points
  9. Fernando Alonso - 10 points
  10. Kimi Raikkonen - 10 points
  11. Jenson Button - 2 points
  12. Felipe Nasr - 2 points
  13. Felipe Massa - 1 point
  14. Daniil Kvyat - 1 point
  15. Fernando Alonso - 1 point
Another case of HAMMYWINSLOL, but the race for second was exciting. Also, Felipe Nasr scored more points than the entire Williams team, showing how shite their car was in the rain. This makes it six consecutive victories for Hamilton in wet Grands Prix.

Wet Weather World Championship - Statistics

Posted: 14 Jun 2017, 13:05
by Aislabie
Complete List of Champions
  • 1950 - Image Johnnie Parsons
  • 1951 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio
  • 1952 - Image Alberto Ascari
  • 1953 - Image Alberto Ascari (II)
  • 1954 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio (II)
  • 1955 - Image Juan Manuel Fangio (III)
  • 1956 - Image Stirling Moss
  • 1957 - Not contested
  • 1958 - Image Stirling Moss (II)
  • 1959 - Not contested
  • 1960 - Image Stirling Moss (III)
  • 1961 - Image Wolfgang von Trips
  • 1962 - Image Graham Hill
  • 1963 - Image Jim Clark
  • 1964 - Not contested
  • 1965 - Image Graham Hill (II)
  • 1966 - Image Jack Brabham
  • 1967 - Image Jack Brabham (II)
  • 1968 - Image Jackie Stewart
  • 1969 - Not contested
  • 1970 - Not contested
  • 1971 - Image Jacky Ickx
  • 1972 - Image Jacky Ickx (II)
  • 1973 - Image Peter Revson
  • 1974 - Image Clay Regazzoni
  • 1975 - Image Niki Lauda
  • 1976 - Image James Hunt
  • 1977 - Image Niki Lauda (II)
  • 1978 - Image Ronnie Peterson
  • 1979 - Image Gilles Villeneuve
  • 1980 - Image Carlos Reutemann
  • 1981 - Image Nelson Piquet
  • 1982 - Not contested.
  • 1983 - Image Keke Rosberg
  • 1984 - Image Alain Prost
  • 1985 - Image Ayrton Senna
  • 1986 - Not contested.
  • 1987 - Image Ayrton Senna (II)
  • 1988 - Image Ayrton Senna (III)
  • 1989 - Image Thierry Boutsen
  • 1990 - Image Ayrton Senna (IV)
  • 1991 - Image Ayrton Senna (V)
  • 1992 - Image Nigel Mansell
  • 1993 - Image Ayrton Senna (VI)
  • 1994 - Image Damon Hill
  • 1995 - Image Michael Schumacher
  • 1996 - Image Michael Schumacher (II)
  • 1997 - Image Michael Schumacher (III)
  • 1998 - Image Michael Schumacher (IV)
  • 1999 - Image Heinz-Harald Frentzen
  • 2000 - Image Michael Schumacher (V)
  • 2001 - Image Michael Schumacher (VI)
  • 2002 - Image Michael Schumacher (VII)
  • 2003 - Image David Coulthard
  • 2004 - Image Juan Pablo Montoya
  • 2005 - Image Kimi Raikkonen
  • 2006 - Image Jenson Button
  • 2007 - Image Fernando Alonso
  • 2008 - Image Felipe Massa
  • 2009 - Image Jenson Button (II)
  • 2010 - Image Lewis Hamilton
  • 2011 - Image Sebastian Vettel
  • 2012 - Image Fernando Alonso (II)
  • 2013 - Image Sebastian Vettel (II)
  • 2014 - Image Lewis Hamilton (II)
  • 2015 - Image Lewis Hamilton (III)
  • 2016 - Image Lewis Hamilton (IV)

Most World Championships
  • 7 titles - Michael Schumacher (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002)
  • 6 titles - Ayrton Senna (1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993)
  • 4 titles - Lewis Hamilton (2010, 2014, 2015, 2016)
  • 3 titles - Juan Manuel Fangio (1951, 1954, 1955)
    3 titles - Stirling Moss (1956, 1958, 1960)

Most Grand Prix Wins
  • 19 wins - Michael Schumacher
  • 14 wins - Ayrton Senna
  • 10 wins - Lewis Hamilton
  • 7 wins - Jenson Button
  • 4 wins - Various
    • Fernando Alonso
    • Juan Manuel Fangio
    • Damon Hill
    • Stirling Moss
    • Jackie Stewart
    • Sebastian Vettel

I would calculate the points, but I really cannot be bothered.

Re: Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 14 Jun 2017, 18:34
by CarloSpace
Interestingly Prost only wins one champioship and arguably doesn't even deserve the one he got. Was he that bad on rain or just unlucky?

Re: Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 14 Jun 2017, 22:51
by Aislabie
CarloSpace wrote:Interestingly Prost only wins one champioship and arguably doesn't even deserve the one he got. Was he that bad on rain or just unlucky?

I'm not sure it was a case of Prost being poor so much as being very precise and analytical. Wet races occurred maybe twice a season back then? Why risk life and limb trying to beat Senna in one when you could out-race and out-strategise him on dry days.

Senna meanwhile was better at driving on the ragged edge. He was a qualifying specialist, a wet-weather specialist - both of them times when the margin for error was far smaller than usual. Compare that to the long-game of a 70-lap Grand Prix around a dry circuit, where there's more margin for error and therefore less of a challenge for Senna, and therefore didn't bring the best out of him. In dry conditions he was still very good, but he wasn't the same wet-weather superhuman.

He won two-thirds of wet Grands Prix he started, compared to roughly one-in-five dry Grands Prix. He also managed pole in two-fifths of all his attempts.

Of course my explanations for these numbers are based on guesswork and speculation, but it's my best guess as to why two such evenly matched drivers should have performed so differently in these kind of conditions.

Re: Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 18 Jun 2017, 12:44
by Bleu
Of the races, I think 1993 is missing San Marino Grand Prix. Drivers started on wets and changed to slicks around lap 10. Definitely more deserving of wet race than 1995 France, 1998 Argentina, 2000 Japan, 2004 Malaysia or 2008 France.

Oh, and 2008 Britain is missing, while I think Hungary shouldn't be in the list.

Re: Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 18 Jun 2017, 16:16
by Aislabie
Bleu wrote:Of the races, I think 1993 is missing San Marino Grand Prix. Drivers started on wets and changed to slicks around lap 10. Definitely more deserving of wet race than 1995 France, 1998 Argentina, 2000 Japan, 2004 Malaysia or 2008 France.

Oh, and 2008 Britain is missing, while I think Hungary shouldn't be in the list.


Fair points; I was just going off the list put together by the website linked in the first post. I'm also considering 1950 Monaco - no rain, but one huge wave that took out half the field or something.

Re: Wet Weather World Championship

Posted: 10 Jul 2017, 07:03
by James1978
Whoever compiled the wet-weather list I think must have misprinted Hungary 2008 for Britain! Hungary was sunny the whole time! :)

Also shouldn't Monaco 1982 be in there as it rained towards the end (meaning Patrese would be that year's champion) - although admittedly I don't think anyone used wet tyres.
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