You really can't go by percentages and statistics unless that is what the question specifically asks for. If a driver were to enter only one race and win it, he'd have a 100% success rate but that wouldn't exactly make him the most successful F1 driver of all time now would it?

anametoremember: franger: aveli666: Stevesixty7:Michael Schumacher is the most successful F1 driver of all time. Fact. End of thread. that's not the correct answer to that question and you know it. the best driver in a half decent car will always be favourite to win.  It is the correct answer and all the official records show Michael ...

I think most people would agree that Kimi does his best 'talking' on the track.

It obviously has to be Schumacher. The ultimate accolade is the WDC and the driver with the most is therefore the most successful. The question does not stipulate any conditions (time frame, race wins, fastest laps etc.) and so we have to go with WDCs - otherwise you could suppose that Fangio was the most successful at stamp collecting or ...

Ah but Justrace, perhaps the stewards should be looking at those incidents. If a car can be penalised for forcing another car to back-off in the pitlane, what's the difference between that and forcing a car to take to the run-off area?

jack 67: bob surunkle: It's easy enough to punish a team - simply deduct constructors points but leave the driver's intact. The problem with F1 is that points are only awarded for the first eight places. Awarding a drive-through or stop-go penalty to a car running well down the order is pretty meaningless. If you're running dead last, you ...

It's easy enough to punish a team - simply deduct constructors points but leave the driver's intact. The problem with F1 is that points are only awarded for the first eight places. Awarding a drive-through or stop-go penalty to a car running well down the order is pretty meaningless. If you're running dead last, you might as well retire.....but ...

It's a difficult one isn't it? I think the stewards do need to be more consistant, but to be fair they'll never be able to please all of the people all of the time. I hate it when a car is pushed off or makes a small mistake and ends up beached in the gravel, so a decent run-off area is much better but there must be a way of ensuring that they ...

I can't see why aussiejon and some others are unable to accept that sometimes the winning car is not the fastest car. Even the times are not always relevent because crossing the finishing line first doesn't necessarily mean you were the fastest. Many times a car has started towards the back, say in 18th position, gained numerous places by driving ...

sparksiow:all cars do start at the same weight, but cars with kers are at a disadvantage because car without ker make there weight up with ballast that can be placed anywhere on the car but kers is fixed in one position. I'm not arguing that with you. A number of people (both here on the forum and elsewhere) say that drivers like Hamilton have ...