Nationalities of notable drivers (96-05)

[Schummy]

Looking at the last decade (96-05) of F1 results, one can see some patterns in terms of nationalities.

(Another thing is what's the point of looking at this sort of strange statistics. Three weeks is a long time between GPs...)

I have counted how many notable drivers have had in the last 10 seasons. Somehow arbitrarily I have chosen the four first drivers in each season as notable drivers in terms of results.

A total of 14 drivers have risen as notable, with the following distribution according to nationality (column 1):

NAT               1     2     3    4      5     6     7  
GBR(DC,EI,DH,JB) 4/14 28.6% 11.5% 1.61  60.4   2.7%   37
GER(MS,HHF,RS)   3/14 21.4%  7.4% 1.04  82.4   1.3%   77
FIN(MH,KR)       2/14 14.3%  3.9% 0.55   5.22 10.5%    9.5
CAN(JV)          1/14  7.1%  1.2% 0.17  32.8   0.5%  193
ESP(FA)          1/14  7.1%  1.2% 0.17  40.3   0.4%  237
COL(JPM)         1/14  7.1%  1.2% 0.17  43.0   0.4%  253
FRA(JA)          1/14  7.1%  1.2% 0.17  60.7   0.3%  357
BRA(RB)          1/14  7.1%  1.2% 0.17 186     0.1% 1094

Rest of columns are:
(2): Percentage of nationality in notable drivers.
(3): Percentage significantly sure of nationalities. That is, taking in account hazard, luck, etc. For instance: it's significantly sure that 11.5% of notable drivers are british (in the circunstances of last decade).
(4): Number of notable drivers significantly sure, according to column 3. For instance, it's significantly sure that 1.61 notable drivers in a decade are british (in the circunstances of last decade).
(5): Population of countries in millions.
(6): Ratio (column 4) by (column 5). It shows what nationality has more "density" of notable drivers.
(7): Inverse of column 6. For example, 1 out of 37 millions of british people are "surely" notable F1 drivers (in a decade).

• Finland is the country with more notable drivers per capita, according to data from last ten years.
• In absolute terms, GBR has dominated the decade (but just one of them has got a title)
• With FIN and GBR, Germany is the only country with more than 1 notable driver.
• One of the most traditional F1 countries, Italy, doesn't have any notable driver! (Maybe Fisi fixes it this year...)
• Brazil, one of the most strong "nurseries" of F1 drivers in the world, has got just one notable driver in a decade.