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This is just a little thing that I thought was interesting to do – just to see how people have faired in the races, vs in qualifying- ie do they live up to their quali performances? Do they move up? Do they move down? The race-based standings are in brackets

After Australia
Hamilton – 25 (15)
Button – 18 (25)
Grosjean – 15 (0)
Schumacher – 12 (0)
Webber – 10 (12)
Vettel – 8 (18)
Rosberg – 6 (0)
Maldonado – 4 (0)
Hulkenberg – 2 (0)
Ricciardo – 1 (2)
Alonso – 0 (10)
Kobayashi – 0 (8)
Raikkonen – 0 (6)
Perez – 0 (4)
di Resta – 0 (1)

After Malaysia
Hamilton – 50 (30)
Button – 36 (25)
Schumacher – 27 (1)
Webber – 22 (24)
Grosjean – 21 (0)
Vettel – 16 (18)
Raikkonen – 10 (16)
Rosberg – 10 (0)
Maldonado – 4 (0)
Alonso – 2 (35)
Hulkenberg – 2 (2)
Perez – 1 (22)
Ricciardo – 1 (2)
Senna – 0 (8)
Kobayashi – 0 (8)
di Resta – 0 (7)
Vergne – 0 (4)

After China
Hamilton – 68 (45)
Button – 44 (43)
Schumacher – 42 (1)
Rosberg – 35 (25)
Webber – 28 (36)
Grosjean – 22 (8)
Raikkonen – 20 (16)
Vettel – 16 (28)
Kobayashi – 12 (9)
Perez – 5 (22)
Alonso – 4 (37)
Maldonado – 4 (4)
Hulkenberg – 2 (2)
Ricciardo – 1 (2)
Senna – 0 (14)
di Resta – 0 (7)
Vergne – 0 (4)

After Bahrain
Hamilton – 86 (49)
Button – 56 (43)
Rosberg – 45 (35)
Webber – 43 (48)
Schumacher – 42 (2)
Vettel – 41 (53)
Grosjean – 28 (23)
Raikkonen – 20 (34)
Kobayashi – 12 (9)
Perez – 9 (22)
Ricciardo – 9 (2)
Alonso – 6 (43)
Maldonado – 4 (4)
Hulkenberg – 2 (2)
Senna – 1 (14)
di Resta – 0 (15)
Vergne – 0 (4)
Massa – 0 (2)

After Spain
Hamilton – 111 (53) (I count him as 25 as he qualified P1)
Button – 56 (45)
Rosberg – 51 (41)
Vettel – 45 (61)
Schumacher – 44 (2)
Webber – 43 (48)
Grosjean – 40 (35)
Raikkonen – 30 (49)
Maldonado – 22 (29)
Alonso – 21 (61)
Perez – 17 (22)
Kobayashi – 13 (19)
Ricciardo – 9 (2)
Hulkenberg – 2 (3)
Senna – 1 (14)
di Resta – 0 (15)
Vergne – 0 (4)
Massa – 0 (2)

I don’t think it’s fair to apportion blame/credit to solely the driver. We need to factor in he team too for strategy, reliability, pitstops, etc.

Some cars are also qualifying specialists, some are race specialists. It’s not that clear cut

Note once more that I count qualifying performances and not the grid – ie Schumacher is credited 25 points here and not 8.

A new addition to the list is I’ve put up their “real” standings as a percentage of their “qualifying standings” except for those who have 0 qualifying points – I can’t be arsed to deal with the mathematics of that at the moment :P

Hamilton – 123 (63) – 51.2%
Schumacher – 69 (2) – 2.9%
Rosberg – 66 (59) – 89.4%
Button – 56 (45) – 80.4%
Webber – 61 (73) – 119.7%
Grosjean – 50 (35) – 70%
Vettel – 46 (73) – 158.7%
Raikkonen – 34 (51) – 150%
Alonso – 29 (76) – 262.1%
Maldonado – 24 (29) – 120.8%
Perez – 17 (22) – 129.4%
Kobayashi – 13 (19) – 146.2%
Ricciardo – 9 (2) – 22.2%
Massa – 6 (10) – 166.7%
Hulkenberg – 2 (7) – 350%
Senna – 1 (15) – 1500%
di Resta – 0 (21)
Vergne – 0 (4)

Note that these numbers on their own don’t really prove anything, unless you’re a consistent Q3 runner. Sometimes-Q3-sometimes-not runners will inevitably skew the entire scale horribly in their favor such as Senna and Hulkenberg. Yes that includes Raikkonen for his out-of-order qualifying in Melbourne. The two outright quickest teams, it seems, are clearly McLaren and Mercedes, but they have not managed to make their advantage show.

It’s not about how they move forward/backwards in the race – it’s about comparing their ultimate, balls-out pace against their race/championship results.

Right now amongst the top cars, Alonso, Vettel and Raikkonen stand out – at 262, 158 and 150 percents exactly. Raikkonen though made a Q1 exit and Q2 exit – the Q2 exit dealing him a golden hand for the race as it happened (4 new sets of tyres)

After Valencia. Reliability skews this one quite a bit out of Grosjean and Vettel’s favor…

Hamilton – 159 (88) – 55.3%
Vettel – 96 (85) – 88.5%
Rosberg – 84 (75) – 89.3%
Webber – 73 (91) – 124.7%
Schumacher – 71 (17) – 23.9%
Grosjean – 68 (53) – 77.9%
Button – 59 (49) – 83.1%
Alonso – 44 (111) – 252.3%
Raikkonen – 44 (73) – 165.9%
Maldonado – 39 (29) – 74.4%
Kobayashi – 19 (21) – 110.5%
Perez – 17 (39) – 229.4%
Massa – 14 (11) – 78.6%
Ricciardo – 9 (2) – 22.2%
Hulkenberg – 6 (17) – 283.3%
di Resta – 5 (27) – 540%
Senna – 1 (16) – 1600%
Vergne – 0 (4)

This was done in the morning, pre-coffee. So be nice if I have anything wrong :P

After Hockenheim

Hamilton – 167 (92) – 55.1%
Vettel – 116 (110) – 94.8%
Webber – 106 (120) – 113.2%
Schumacher – 98 (29) – 29.6%
Alonso – 94 (154) – 163.8%
Rosberg – 84 (76) – 90.5%
Grosjean – 69 (61) – 88.4%
Button – 65 (68) – 104.6%
Raikkonen – 53 (98) – 184.9%
Maldonado – 53 (29) – 54.7%
Massa – 24 (23) – 95.8%
Kobayashi – 19 (33) – 173.7%
Hulkenberg – 18 (19) – 105.5%
Perez – 17 (47) – 276.4%
Ricciardo – 9 (2) – 22.2%
di Resta – 7 (27) – 385.7%
Senna – 1 (18) – 1800%
Vergne – 0 (4)

@Kingshark indeed. It’s amazing that despite not featuring in the quali shootout much recently he’s still dominating the qualifying championship.