50 Years of Formula One: Conclusion and Stats

	by Barry Kalb, Hong Kong

Other Statistical Tables: Table 2: Drivers with 20 or more wins Table 3: Drivers with 10 or more wins, or World Champion Table 4: rankings of top drivers in major categories

TABLE 1 - FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Driver statistics 1950 through end of 1999 season (First 50 years) Boldface denotes drivers racing in the 1999 season   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 35     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 29     6th �Lauda 24     6th �Piquet 24     8th �M. Schumacher 23     9th �Mika Hakkinen 21     10th �D. Hill 20 �� Most podium finishes   1st �Prost 106     2nd �Senna 80     3rd �M. Schumacher 71     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 570     4th �Piquet 485.5     5th �Mansell 482     6th �Lauda 420.5     7th �Berger 385     8th �Stewart 360     8th �D. Hill 360     10th �Reutemann 310 ��� Most fastest laps   1st �Prost 41     2nd �M. Schumacher 39 �   3rd �Mansell 30     4th �Clark 28     5th �Lauda 24     6th �Fangio 23     6th �Piquet 23     8th �Berger 21     9th �Senna 19     9th �D. Hill 19 �� Most wins per start   1st �Juan Fangio, Argentina 47.06%     2nd �Alberto Ascari, Italy 40.60%     3rd �Clark 34.72%     �4th �M. Schumacher 27.78%     5th �Stewart 27.27%     6th �Prost 25.63%     7th �Senna 25.47%     8th �Moss 24.24%     9th �D.Hill 19.13%     10th �Jacques Villeneuve, Canada 16.92% �� Most poles per start   1st �Fangio 56.86%     2nd �Clark 45.83%     3rd �Ascari 45.16%     �4th �Senna 40.37%     5th �Moss 24.24%     6th �J. Villeneuve 20.00%     7th �M. Schumacher 18.25%     8th �D. Hill 17.39%     9th �Stewart 17.17%     10th �Mansell 17.11% �Most podiums per start   1st �Fangio 68.63%     2nd �Giuseppe Farina, Italy 60.61%     3rd �M. Schumacher 56.35%     4th �Ascari 54.84%     5th �Prost 53.27%     6th �Senna 49.69%     7th �Clark 44.44%     8th �Stewart 43.43%     9th �Mike Hawthorne 40.00%     10th �D.Hill 36.52% �� Most points per start   1st �Fangio 5.44     2nd �M. Schumacher 4.524     3rd �Ascari 4.521     4th �Prost 4.01     5th �Farina 3.86     6th �Senna 3.81     7th �Clark 3.81     8th �Stewart 3.64     9th �D. Hill 3.13     10th �Mike Hawthorn, England 2.84 �� Most fastest laps per start   1st �Fangio 45.10%     2nd �Clark 38.89%     3rd �Ascari 38.71%     4th �M. Schumacher 30.95%     5th �Moss 27.27%     6th �Prost 20.60%     7th �D. Hill 16.52%     8th �Mansell 16.04%     9th �Stewart 15.15%     9th �Farina 15.15% Barry Kalb © 1999 Kaizar.Com, Incorporated. Send comments to: bkalb@asiaonline.net Terms & Conditions Barry Kalb is a veteran journalist of 20 years' experience (the Washington Star, CBS News, Time Magazine) and a motor racing fan - especially Formula One - for almost 40 years. Barry previously published a series of features on the All Time Greatest Drivers at Atlas F1.