F1 Fanatic

We now have 28 votes! Please keep voting, but I’ll post the current scores so we can provide a like-for-like comparison with last year’s vote (which ended with 28 votes in total).

1. M Schumacher – 673 (25 1st’s) (+/-0 places, +62 points, +5 1st’s)
2. Alonso – 504 (3 1st’s) (+/-0 places, -15 points, -3 1st’s)
3. Vettel – 389 (+2 places, +192 points)
4. Raikkonen – 331 (+/-0 places, +21 points)
5. Hamilton – 294 (-2 places, -78 points, -2 1st’s)
6. Button – 211 (+2 places, +100 points)
7. Hakkinen – 92 (+/-0 places, -68 points)
8. Montoya – 85 (-2 places, -77 points)
9. Massa – 81 (+/-0 places, -12 points)
10. Kubica – 46 (+/-0 places, -34 points)
11. Barrichello – 39 (+/-0 places, -24 points)
12. Coulthard – 30 (+1 place, +4 points)
13. Webber – 26 (-1 place, -27 points)
14. R Schumacher – 11 (+6 places, +10 points)
15. Rosberg – 9 (-1 place, -9 points)
16. Heidfeld – 6 (-1 place, -2 points)
17. Fisichella – 1 (-1 place, -2 points)

Michael Schumacher still rules the roost – if anything, in more dominant fashion than last year. While this year’s performances might have helped, I’d put this down to the disappointing seasons Alonso and Hamilton had this year.

Ralf gained the most places (6), but Vettel, Button, and Coulthard gained places too. Vettel, in particular, gained 192 points! Raikkonen did not gain any places, but gained more points (21) compared to last year.

Hamilton lost the most points compared to last year (78), edging out Montoya’s losses. Other drivers lost at least one place in this year’s ranking (Webber, Rosberg, Heidfeld, Fisichella), while others had less points without losing a place (Alonso, Hakkinen, Massa, Kubica, Barrichello).

Of the 20 drivers who got votes last year, 3 have remained voteless so far this year – Trulli, Villeneuve, and Kobayashi.

Very interesting results so far, indeed. So keep voting! :)

I’ve done what I did last year and created this chart of the votes so far: http://mechiwiki.com/uploads/F1F_Top_10_Drivers_2011.png

I’d love if you could make it bigger or at least bigger fonts because it is a bit hard to read, at least for me, as it is now. Very nice chart though! @vettels

1. Fernando Alonso
2. Michael Schumacher
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Mika Hakkinen
6. Robert Kubica
7. Lewis Hamilton
8. Rubens Barrichello
9. Nick Heidfeld
10. Jenson Button

1. Fernando Alonso
2. Micheal Schumacher
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Mika Hakkinen
5. Sebastian Vettel
6. Kimi Raikkonen
7. Robert Kubica
8. Jenson Button
9. Nico Rosberg
10. David Coulthard

After 33 votes, here are the results so far:

1. M Schumacher – 771 (27 1st’s)
2. Alonso – 602 (5 1st’s)
3. Vettel – 442
4. Raikkonen – 384
5. Hamilton – 343
6. Button – 232
7. Hakkinen – 157 (1 1st)
8. Montoya – 108
9. Massa – 83
10. Kubica – 70
11. Barrichello – 43
12. Coulthard – 33
13. Webber – 32
14. R Schumacher – 11
15. Rosberg – 11
16. Heidfeld – 8
17. Fisichella – 1
18. Villeneuve – 1
19. Glock – 1

@mike-e – Very interesting vote. Would love to know your thoughts as to why Hakkinen and Montoya at their peaks were better than Alonso and Schumacher at their peaks.

1. M Schumacher
2. Alonso
3. Vettel
4. Button
5. Raikkonen
6. Hamilton
7. Hakkinen
8. Kubica
9. Montoya
10. Coulthard

As much as I like Kovalainen, I don’t think he’d get into my top 20 of the 21st century, let alone the top ten. He’s doing really well at Lotus/Caterham, but that doesn’t prove much. He had a chance at a top team and didn’t (or couldn’t) take it.

1. Michael Schumacher (No Doubt)
2. Fernando Alonso
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Kimi Raikkonnen
6. Robert Kubica
7. Jenson Button
8. Felipe Massa
9. Juan Pablo Montoya
10. Mark Webber

The first half is really easy, than it gets a bit harder. I haven’t seen too much of the early noughties so my votes are probably a bit influenced by that