Statistics: The Top Five
Compiled by Barry Kalb, Hong Kong
Atlas F1 Contributing Writer
The leading drivers in various categories of Formula One Championship achievement (1950 through Hungary 2001)
Table 1: Career Achievements
Rank | Wins | Poles | Points Scored | New WC Points * | Podiums | Fastest Laps | Races Led | Laps Led | WC Titles |
1 | Schumacher 51 | Senna 65 | Prost 798.5 | Prost 842 | Prost 106 | Schumacher 43 | Schumacher 86 | Schumacher 3017 | Fangio 5 |
2 | Prost 51 | Schumacher 41 | Schumacher 772 | Schumacher 772 | Schumacher 94 | Prost 41 | Senna 86 | Senna 2986 | Prost Schumacher 4 |
3 | Senna 41 | Clark 33 | Senna 614 | Senna 640 | Senna 80 | Mansell 30 | Prost 84 | Prost 2684 |
4 | Mansell 31 | Prost 33 | Piquet 485.5 | Piquet 507.5 | Piquet 60 | Clark 28 | Piquet 58 | Mansell 2089 | Stewart, Lauda, Senna, Piquet, Brabham 3 |
5 | Stewart 27 | Mansell 32 | Mansell 482 | Mansell 498 | Mansell 59 | Hakkinen 25 | Mansell 55 | Clark 1943 |
* New WC Points: those that would have been scored had the scoring system always been as it is today
Table 2: One-Season Achievements **
Rank | Wins | Poles | Points Scored | New WC Points * | Podiums | Fastest Laps |
1 | Mansell, Schumacher 9 | Mansell 14 | Mansell, Schumacher 108 | Prost 112 | Prost 14 | Hakkinen 9 |
2 | Senna, Prost 13 | Mansell, Schumacher 108 | Mansell, Senna, Schumacher 12 | Mansell, Schumacher 8 |
3 | Hakkinen 8 | Hakkinen 100 |
4 | Clark, Senna, Prost 7 | Hakkinen 11 | Prost 99 | Senna 102 | Prost, Piquet 7 |
5 | Villeneuve 10 | D.Hill 97 | Hakkinen 100 | Hakkinen, Hill, DC 11 |
* New WC Points: those that would have been scored had the scoring system always been as it is today
** Schumacher could conceivably set new one-season records in 2001 in wins, points and podiums
Table 3: Consecutive Achievements
Rank | Wins | Poles | Points Scored | Podiums |
1 | Ascari 7 *** | Senna 8 | Clark 94 | Clark, Lauda, Piquet, Schumacher 9 |
2 | Schumacher 6 | Prost, Schumacher 7 | Ascari 83 |
3 | Hakkinen, Clark, Brabham, Mansell 5 | Reutmann 81 |
4 | Hakkinen 6 | Hakkinen 80 |
5 | Mansell, Lauda, Fangio 5 | Schumacher 78 | Senna 7 |
*** The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the world championship in 1950-1960, although few drivers crossed the Atlantic in either direction. Ascari did in 1952, and DNF'd. In 1953, he skipped Indy. If Indy is not counted, he won 9 in a row. Also if Indy is not counted, Ascari won 5 poles in a row, and scored 105 theoretical points in a row, putting him in 1st place ahead of Clark.
Table 4: Achievements Per Race Started ****
Rank | Wins | Poles | Points Scored | New WC Points * | Podiums | Fastest Laps | Races Led | Laps Led |
1 | Fangio 47.06% | Fangio 56.86% | Fangio 5.44 | Fangio 5.95 | Fangio 68.63% | Fangio 45.10% | Fangio 76.47% | Ascari 29.87 |
2 | Ascari 40.60% | Clark 45.83% | Schumacher 4.95 | Ascari 5.03 | Farina 60.61% | Clark 38.89% | Ascari 70.97% | Clark 26.99 |
3 | Clark 34.72% | Ascari 45.16% | Ascari 4.52 | Schumacher 4.95 | Schumacher 60.26% | Ascari 38.71% | Clark 59.72% | Fangio 26.43 |
4 | Schumacher 32.69% | Senna 40.37% | Prost 4.01 | Prost 4.23 | Ascari 54.84% | Schumacher 27.56% | Schumacher 55.13% | Stewart 19.37 |
5 | Stewart 27.27% | Schumacher 26.28% | Farina 3.86 | Clark 4.15 | Prost 53.27% | Moss 27.27% | Senna 53.42% | Schumacher 19.34 |
* New WC Points: those that would have been scored had the scoring system always been as it is today
**** Wins, poles, podiums, fastest laps and races led are expressed as percentages of races started. (eg: Fangio won 47.06% of the races he started). Points and laps led are expressed as averages. Eg: Schumacher has scored an average 4.95 points per start; Clark led an average 26.99 laps per start.
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