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| The Best of the Best - Statistical Table 1 | |
| by Barry Kalb, Hong Kong | |
FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Driver statistics
1950 through 1998 seasons
Boldface denotes drivers currently racing
THE RECORD-HOLDERS
Place
Name, country
Total
Most starts
1st
Riccardo Patrese, Italy
256
2nd
Gerhard Berger, Austria
210
3rd
Andrea de Cesaris, Italy
208
4th
Nelson Piquet, Brazil
204
5th
Alain Prost, France
199
6th
Michele Alboreto, Italy
194
7th
Nigel Mansell, England
187
8th
Graham Hill, England
176
8th
Jacques Lafitte, France
176
10th
Nicki Lauda, Austria
171
Most wins
1st
Prost
51
2nd
Ayrton Senna, Brazil
41
3rd
Michael Schumacher, Germany
33
4th
Mansell
31
5th
Jackie Stewart, Scotland
27
6th
Jimmy Clark, Scotland
25
6th
Lauda
25
8th
Juan Fangio, Argentina
24
9th
Piquet
23
10th
Damon Hill, England
22
Most poles
1st
Senna
65
2nd
Clark
33
2nd
Prost
33
4th
Mansell
32
5th
Fangio
28
6th
Lauda
24
6th
Piquet
24
8th
D. Hill
20
8th
M. Schumacher
20
10th
Mario Andretti, U.S.
18
10th
Rene Arnoux, France
18
Most podium finishes
1st
Prost
106
2nd
Senna
80
3rd
M. Schumacher
66
4th
Piquet
60
5th
Mansell
59
6th
Lauda
54
7th
Berger
48
8th
Carlos Reutemann, Argentina
45
9th
Stewart
43
10th
D. Hill
42
Most points scored
1st
Prost
798.5
2nd
Senna
614
3rd
M. Schumacher
532
4th
Piquet
485.5
5th
Mansell
482
6th
Lauda
420.5
7th
Berger
385
8th
Stewart
360
9th
D. Hill
353
10th
Reutemann
310
Most fastest laps
1st
Prost
41
2nd
M. Schumacher
35
3rd
Mansell
30
4th
Clark
28
5th
Lauda
25
6th
Fangio
23
6th
Piquet
23
8th
Berger
21
9th
Stirling Moss, England
19
9th
Senna
19
9th
D. Hill
19
Most wins per start
1st
Juan Fangio, Argentina
0.471
2nd
Alberto Ascari, Italy
0.406
3rd
Clark
0.347
4th
M. Schumacher
0.277
5th
Stewart
0.273
6th
Prost
0.256
7th
Senna
0.255
8th
Moss
0.242
9th
D.Hill
0.218
10th
Jacques Villeneuve, Canada
0.216
Most poles per start
1st
Fangio
0.549
2nd
Clark
0.458
3rd
Ascari
0.452
4th
Senna
0.404
5th
J. Villeneuve
0.255
6th
Moss
0.242
7th
D. Hill
0.198
8th
Stewart
0.172
9th
Mansell
0.1711
10th
M. Schumacher
0.168
Most podiums per start
1st
Fangio
0.686
2nd
Giuseppe Farina, Italy
0.606
3rd
M. Schumacher
0.555
4th
Ascari
0.548
5th
Prost
0.533
6th
Senna
0.497
7th
Clark
0.444
8th
Stewart
0.434
9th
D.Hill
0.416
10th
J. Villeneuve
0.412
Most points per start
1st
Fangio
5.444
2nd
Ascari
4.516
3rd
M. Schumacher
4.471
4th
Prost
4.013
5th
Farina
3.858
6th
Senna
3.814
7th
Clark
3.806
8th
Stewart
3.636
9th
J. Villeneuve
3.529
10th
D. Hill
3.495
Most f. laps per start
1st
Fangio
0.451
2nd
Clark
0.389
3rd
Ascari
0.387
4th
M. Schumacher
0.294
5th
Moss
0.288
6th
Prost
0.206
7th
D. Hill
0.188
8th
J. Villeneuve
0.176
9th
Senna
0.118
10th
Mansell
0.160
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