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That 1500 laps led stat on Alonso is interesting but most shocking was when I compared that to Vettel’s 1471 laps (Vettel led 400kms more than Alonso). Then considering how much longer Alonso is in the sport I am […]

The next step is a sad development for this website becoming more and more commercial – needless to say that this was for me the last step and will under no circumstances pay

Sutil is like Heidfeld – solid driver that has the skills and experience but does not bring the excitement or the exceptional to the table.

As neither has a pot of gold both will be watching from the sidelines […]

Only 6 from the 24 seats left to be confirmed
2 at Force India (likely di Resta and Hulkenberg)
2 at Toro Rosso (maybe Buemi and Alguersuari stay)
1 at Williams (doubt Barrichello will stay – think Sutil)
1 […]

@DavidJH Hence my starting comment counting all races of a year.

@91jb12 MSC in 2002 would have had 91.8% with 2004 point system. 11x win, 5x 2nd and 1x 3rd
Vettel has 11x wins, 5x 2nd, 1x 3rd, 1x 4th and 1x DNF

Shame that Keith actually missed that one – counting all races of a year and ignoring different point systems – Vettel has the 2nd highest % point score possible.

2002 MSC scored 144 out of 170 = 84.7%
2011 […]

In my opinion above article only emphasizes how impressive Vettel’s total of 14 poles is – sometimes not having the fastest car he does manage to get pole position like last race at Yas Marina.

Nigel Mansell […]

Red Bull 607 vs. 469 = +138 points
McLaren 482 vs. 421 = +61 points
Ferrari 353 vs. 389 = -36 points
Mercedes 159 vs. 202 = -43 points
Renault 72 vs. 145 = -73 points
Force India 57 vs. 68 = -11 […]

Oeps – indeed something went wrong in my stats file – will post corrected number shortly

I was quite upset seeing Vettel spin off – not such to do with being a Vettel fan but more being a stat & record fan.

His retirement meant a whole load or records disappeared in terms of wins, podiums, laps […]

In fact Alonso is 3rd this year in # of podiums
Vettel = 16
Button = 11
Alonso = 10
Webber = 9
Hamilton = 6

Shocking absentee from top 3 teams is of course Massa who while his team mate has 10 podiums did […]

True he finished 17 races although in Spain he was lapped so 16 races on the leading lap while Vettel and Webber each have 17 on the leading lap.

Comparison on constructor points between 2010 and 2011 based only on the first 18 races in both years
Red Bull 607 vs. 469 = +138 points
McLaren 482 vs. 421 = +61 points
Ferrari 353 vs. 389 = -36 […]

Hi Keith,

Indeed the top 3 has much higher reliability than in 2010.

Based on first 17 races in 2011 there were 10 DNS of top 3 vs. 20 DNS in 2010.

If you look at top 6 finishes of non top 3 team you […]

Just to indicate how impressive MSC 91 race wins are you only need to look at win %.

MSC has won 91 times in 286 races (31.8%)
Vettel has won 21 times in 79 races (26.6%)

So Vettel not only needs to […]

Massa also became the 18th driver to receive a penalty in a race this year. The only drivers who have started every race without receiving a penalty are Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg, Vitaly Petrov, […]

Interesting comparison on constructor points between 2010 and 2011 based only on the first 17 races in both years
Red Bull 595 vs. 426 = +169 points
McLaren 442 vs. 399 = +43 points
Ferrari 325 vs. 374 = -49 […]

Finally Massa get penalized for cutting other drivers off – this is not the first time he has shut the door on overtaking drivers and afterwards whined and complaint acting as the victim.

In Monza he shut the […]

Could not agree more – thank you

Oh for the stats page on Monday – this must be the smallest difference between making it into Q3 or not :-)