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.