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2 Jan 2004, 06:35 (Ref:825518)
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And then there was only one
Unless Jacques, Mika, Prost or even Lauda get the Jordna drive, Michael Schumacher will be the only WDC driving next year.
So a few questions for people smarter than me (about 10,000 registered so far  ), have we ever had no WDC competing (apart from the 1st season)?When was the last time there was only 1 (apart from the second season)? What about only 2? |
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2 Jan 2004, 07:00 (Ref:825523)
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In 1994, there were no World Champions in the field after Senna's death, except for Nigel Mansell's one-off in Australia. Prost and Piquet had retired, and Nigel was tinkering around in Indycars. That means that for 1995 and 1996, Michael Schumacher was the only World Champion in the field, so he shouldn't have any trouble adjusting.
Also, in 1981, the only World Champion in the field was Alan Jones. Scheckter, Hunt, and Lauda had all walked away from the sport (at least temporarily in Lauda's case), and Andretti and Fittipaldi were racing in the States. Last edited by Fish_Flake; 2 Jan 2004 at 07:04. |
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2 Jan 2004, 10:14 (Ref:825582)
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Whats the most we have ever had in a season/race then?
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2 Jan 2004, 10:27 (Ref:825594)
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andretti raced f1 in 1981.
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2 Jan 2004, 11:38 (Ref:825622)
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Cheers Cougar! - Much brain bending and a little bit of research yeilds theese possibly incorrect answers.
Maybe 77? Lauda Andretti Hunt Fittipaldi 86? Rosberg Prost Piquet Lauda 99! Hill Jaques Hakkinen Schumacher I didn't Check the 50s cos of Fangio, 60s because of Clark and people leaving the sport (Rindt) and the 90s was a frustrating game of "win and quit" close years: late 80s, 75 and late 90s both with 3. |
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2 Jan 2004, 12:02 (Ref:825632)
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Lauda was gone after a bad '85 season IIRC.
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2 Jan 2004, 12:05 (Ref:825633)
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Sorry, Mistake, i meant 85 but *that* doesn't count cos prost won it that year.
Sorry about that! |
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2 Jan 2004, 12:41 (Ref:825661)
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except for 1950... when did we have the most rookies in the field
I know you guys love doing the research 
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2 Jan 2004, 13:13 (Ref:825686)
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most WCs from the 60s:
68 s. african gp: clark hill surtees brabham hulme i may stand corrected, but this list is off the top of my head and after only the first cup of java...... |
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That's so frickin uncool man!
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Doesn't it seem sad that drivers like Fisichella, Coultard, Barrichello, and Ralf all have secure seats in F1, despite having had race winning cars for many more seasons than Jacques, yet failing to chalk up as many wins as he (let alone a WDC) that it is Jacques who doesn't have a drive in F1??? Sad indeed.
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If memory serves me right, after the death of Ayrton in 1994 there were only two GP winners competing, MS and Gerhard Berger.
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2 Jan 2004, 19:20 (Ref:825881)
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Are you sure that Damon had allready won a GP prior to Ayrton's death? I don't think so!
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2001 maybe? Raikkonen, Montoya, Alonso, Bernoldi, Yoong and Enge were all rookies that year. That's 6 
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Yeah, he'd won 3 as Prost's team-mate in '93.
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He won races in 1993, Senna was still with us at the start of 94.
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I see you edited you post to avoid looking silly MW
For those who missed it, it was a small reference to his manhood
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It's not looking good for the sport to have only 1 WDC in the grid.
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