Comments on: 2008 F1 season in statistics p2/2

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:16:37 +0000

Jian – That was a typo, fixed now.

By: Jian

Jian — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:58:38 +0000

if Massa has got 11 FLAPs, who is the Felipe that got 3?

By: rich

rich — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:35:52 +0000

Didn’t Kimi Raikkonen score 10 fastest laps this season, equalling his record (2005) that he shares with Schumacher (2004)?

By: Lustigson

Lustigson — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:06:49 +0000

@ Daniel
I remember Dutch TV commentator Olav Mol mentioning that the only time a driver could’ve won the WDC at his home GP, was 1950 (Farina) and 2008 (Massa).

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:06:36 +0000

You mentioned before you didn’t remember when was the last time the last race of a season had a home driver deciding the championship… I’m not sure, but the closest I got from it was 1961 US Grand Prix, but Phill Hill was already champion and didn’t even compete, because of his teammate’s (Von Trips) death in Italy…

Well, for sure in 1950 Giuseppe Farina raced the last race of the season at home, and was crowned Formula 1’s first champion, by winning and seing Fangio retire…

Can anyone find out another case?

So far, 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix was the second case of a home driver deciding the title at the last race, and the first when the local contender lost…

By: Chris Y

Chris Y — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:33:07 +0000

Kimi has more FLAPS than both DC and RB combined!
Now that is an achievement to be proud of.

By: Striay

Striay — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:47:23 +0000

These statistics really show Raikkonen is championship winning stuff. I think he will come back strong next year.
I read in many news sites that he lost his motivation half way through the season.

By: '

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:08:56 +0000

In addition to becoming the youngest polesitter and winner, Vettel also became the youngest podium finisher at Monza, beating Fernando Alonso’s record from Malaysia 2003.

So that’s (at least) 4 “youngest” records Alonso lost this year…