Super Qualifying Championship

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Super Qualifying Championship

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The idea is that all qualifying times of the season are counted together. This means that all drivers who did not participate all events are disqualified from the championship. Also, driver not recording time in qualifying will be excluded.

For three-part system used since 2006, the best time of each driver is used to avoid situation where dry Q1 and Q2 with wet Q3 would harm the best qualifiers.

When Indianapolis 500 was part of the championship, no regular F1 driver participated in it with an exception of Alberto Ascari in 1952. He missed Swiss Grand Prix as a result so there won't be any champions between 1950 and 1960. Therefore the first year to award title is 1961.

The champions
1961 Stirling Moss
1962 Graham Hill
1963 Jim Clark
1964 Dan Gurney
1965 Graham Hill
1966 John Surtees
1967 Jim Clark
1968 John Surtees
1969 Jackie Stewart
1970 Jackie Stewart
1971 Jackie Stewart
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1961

Stirling Moss opened with pole at Monaco. But then Ferrari became the strongest, Richie Ginther equalled him at the second race. At Belgium, the domination continued so Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips opened a big lead over the rest.

Going into Italian GP, Phil Hill had the title all but sewn up with a lead of more than twelve seconds. However, a tragedy struck, his team-mate von Trips was killed in the race and Ferrari withdrew from the final event. This gave title to Moss by four-second margin over Graham Hill.

Stirling Moss 25.01,7
Graham Hill 25.05,8
Jo Bonnier 25.08,3
Jack Brabham 25.09,6
Dan Gurney 25.12,4
Tony Brooks 25.13,5
Jim Clark 25.18,0
John Surtees 25.18,3
Bruce McLaren 25.30,4

1962

This time it was John Surtees who opened with the best time in Netherlands, but in the next race he was two and half seconds slower than the fastest man so tables turned. Graham Hill had four-second lead at halfway point and he was consistent in the second half too, taking title. As it was usual those days, only eight drivers qualified for final results.

Graham Hill 24.31,88
Jim Clark 24.38,55
Bruce McLaren 24.50,6
Richie Ginther 25.04,3
John Surtees 25.05,9
Carel Godin de Beaufort 25.58,1
Trevor Taylor 26.14,2
Tony Maggs 26.35,2

1963

Jim Clark was the fastest in the opening qualifying but was then beaten by several cars in Belgium, so Hill took the lead again. Clark closed the gap in the following races until his shattering lap around Nürburgring which was 11 seconds faster than Hill. This put John Surtees between Clark and Hill but they had big gaps to each other. Clark performed well whole season and claimed the title.

Jim Clark 26.03,6
John Surtees 26.11,1
Graham Hill 26.17,0
Bruce McLaren 26.29,6
Richie Ginther 26.36,2
Jack Brabham 26.42,0
Dan Gurney 26.45,0
Tony Maggs 26.54,9
Jo Bonnier 27.04,1
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I like this Championship, but would it be possible to do the 1950s based on all the non-Indy 500 Grands Prix?
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1964

Jim Clark took the early lead but then he struggles in Belgium, losing over five seconds on Dan Gurney who took the lead. Clark started claiming fractions of seconds every race. Gurney fought back, beating Clark in Monza, but Clark beat Gurney in the following races. It wasn't enough to take title though, so Gurney was the overall winner.

Dan Gurney 25.24,2
Jim Clark 25.27,2
John Surtees 25.29,7
Graham Hill 25.34,06
Jack Brabham 25.42,59
Lorenzo Bandini 25.47,78
Bruce McLaren 25.50,07
Richie Ginther 26.07,12
Jo Siffert 26.36,24

1965

Season started in South Africa with Jim Clark getting pole. However he chose to compete in Indy 500 instead of Monaco so he was out of the running early, alongside with Dan Gurney. The race at Spa opened the gaps as was predicted since the circuit was long. Graham Hill now had four-second-advantage over the rest. But then he qualified far back in France and it was close battle again on the top with John Surtees leading Hill and Jackie Stewart.

Hill re-claimed the lead in Netherlands. With two races to go, Hill, Surtees and Stewart were within 0,8 seconds. But Surtees suffered injury and missed last two races. Hill was better than Stewart in both of them and claimed his second title. Only seven drivers completed the season.

Graham Hill 26.23,91
Jackie Stewart 26.25,69
Lorenzo Bandini 26.41,24
Bruce McLaren 26.52,4
Jo Bonnier 26.53,67
Jo Siffert 26.58,74
Jochen Rindt 26.58,8
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1966

Jim Clark was on pole in the opening race but next two qualifyings were much more difficult for him and John Surtees managed to get a good advantage. Couple of challengers were gone early, with Jackie Stewart missing time due to injury and Ferrari not participating in Britain, leaving Lorenzo Bandini out. Surtees had a consistent season and he was able to take the title by a good margin.

John Surtees 23.15,31
Jack Brabham 23.22,77
Jim Clark 23.26,43
Jochen Rindt 23.34,32
Graham Hill 23.39,98
Mike Spence 24.01,91
Denny Hulme 24.04,89
Jo Bonnier 24.10,59

1967

Jack Brabham started with two pole positions and this helped him into the early lead. Jim Clark's dominance at Spa propelled the Scot into the lead. Clark took full advantage of long laps to build gap and this helped him to get second title.

Jim Clark 24.44,13
Dan Gurney 25.04,92
Jack Brabham 25.07,21
Graham Hill 25.10,52
Denny Hulme 25.11,92
Jackie Stewart 25.20,23
Mike Spence 25.42,86
Jo Siffert 25.58,54
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1968

The season had tragic start. Jim Clark took the pole position for the first race in South Africa but was then killed before the second event at Spain. Then Ferraris missed the Monaco GP so there were only nine drivers remaining after three races. Belgian GP then threw massive gaps and bad results for Graham Hill and Jochen Rindt. German GP saw also big gaps but this time Hill and Rindt gained massively. In the end, John Surtees was the most consistent and won by 14 seconds.

John Surtees 28.40,7
Graham Hill 28.54,77
Jo Siffert 28.56,01
Denny Hulme 28.58,77
Pedro Rodriguez 29.15,11
Jochen Rindt 29.23,18
Jean-Pierre Beltoise 29.36
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1969

Reigning champion John Surtees didn't set a time in opener at South Africa so he was out instantly. Jochen Rindt led after two races but the accident in the race sidelined him from Monaco, so Rindt was out. For a while the race seemed close but then Jackie Stewart opened a gap which he held to the end, even though he wasn't the fastest driver very often.

Jackie Stewart 23.08,4
Denny Hulme 23.26,51
Jacky Ickx 23.29,33
Jo Siffert 23.33,05
Bruce McLaren 23.38,92
Jean-Pierre Beltoise 23.50,43
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1970

Early part of the season was close with Jackie Stewart, Jack Brabham and Chris Amon on top. Stewart soon built a gap of few seconds.

The season was tragic as Bruce McLaren, Piers Courage and Jochen Rindt all died during the season. Rindt was second, about two and half seconds behind Stewart after Austrian Grand Prix. Stewart held on to become first driver to win title for two years in a row.

Jackie Stewart 22.41,81
Jacky Ickx 22.43,73
Chris Amon 22.52,95
Jack Brabham 22.58,09
Pedro Rodriguez 23.03,00
Jean-Pierre Beltoise 23.03,42
Jackie Oliver 23.06,24
Henri Pescarolo 23.08,07
Jo Siffert 23.11,26
Rolf Stommelen 23.14,81
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1971
Jackie Stewart put some strong qualifying performances early on the season and even after three races he was up by two seconds. He would steadily increase the gap throughout the season and took his third straight title.

Jackie Stewart 21.51,852
Jacky Ickx 21.58,933
Clay Regazzoni 22.02,902
Jo Siffert 22.03,748
Francois Cevert 22.09,652
Ronnie Peterson 22.14,953
Graham Hill 22.29,308
Henri Pescarolo 22.29,808
John Surtees 22.32,318
Howden Ganley 22.33,740
Peter Gethin 22.38,249
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1972

Lead was changing throughout the early season between Reutemann who got a sensational pole in his debut, Stewart, Ickx and Emerson Fittipaldi. But as usual, Nürburgring saw huge gaps and Ickx was pretty much safe after that.

Jacky Ickx 23,57,647
Emerson Fittipaldi 24.02,43
Denny Hulme 24.04,824
Chris Amon 24.09,329
Francois Cevert 24.14,205
Ronnie Peterson 24.18,742
Henri Pescarolo 24.33,753
Andrea de Adamich 24.36,129
Tim Schenken 24.37,364
Graham Hill 24.37,873
Niki Lauda 25.01,93
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