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| 2008 Fastest Race Laps; Interesting... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 19 2008, 11:17 AM (941 Views) | |
| Red Andy | Aug 21 2008, 11:09 AM Post #46 |
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This is very true. All the leading drivers have made mistakes and had bad luck in roughly equal measure this season. A lot of it is down to the old adage that "You're only as good as your last race," and Kimi's last two in particular have been poor. |
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| Alien_SAP_Fiend | Aug 21 2008, 11:23 AM Post #47 |
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They've all had their ups and downs. http://timesonline.typepad.com/formula_one...8/08/new-r.html |
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| RJHSaints | Aug 21 2008, 03:01 PM Post #48 |
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I understand that, but pace in clear air still means nothing if you do not produce it consistently over a race distance. Nearly all the fastest laps this year have been set by the guy that has not won the race. Sometimes that is (arguably) because the guy who sets the fastest lap has been stuck behind slower cars, like Raikkonen in Hungary and Hockenheim, but at other times they have simply failed to consistently deliver, like Raikkonen at Monaco and Silverstone, and Heidfeld/Kovalainen at virtually all the tracks they have set fastest lap on. Pace in the race is also meaningless if you cannot do it on Saturday and on a Sunday it takes you at least 20 laps to get into a groove. The others by then will be long gone and no amount of stunning laps will get you back in the hunt unless they make a mistake. |
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| John | Aug 21 2008, 03:23 PM Post #49 |
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Senna achieved 19 fastest race laps in his career... Berger managed 21... They are only another statistic to play with but ultimately prove little... |
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| Norbert | Aug 21 2008, 04:14 PM Post #50 |
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Pole positions on the other hand......
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| Rob | Aug 21 2008, 04:21 PM Post #51 |
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That's rather surprising.
Totally agree.
Still mean less than wins. |
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| AndyW76 | Aug 22 2008, 12:31 PM Post #52 |
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True, the statistics that really count is the one that everyone remembers. |
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| Norbert | Aug 22 2008, 01:16 PM Post #53 |
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Like 91 wins, 68 poles and 76 fastest laps? Or 154 podiums including 19 in a row and one entire season never failing to make the top three? |
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| AndyW76 | Aug 22 2008, 01:24 PM Post #54 |
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Well, true. I was thinking more about No. wins and WDCs. Anyway, considering Senna and Berger, every serious F1 fan knows that Senna was a tripple WDC and Berger only won a hand full of races. Basically, a fastest lap counts for nothing bearing in mind that consitency is more important in motorsport than a single lap of a race. |
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| Norbert | Aug 22 2008, 01:33 PM Post #55 |
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Well, pole once counted for an extra point. And I'm sure I once heard that fastest lap did as well, although I have a feeling that may have been wrong.....? |
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| Rob | Aug 22 2008, 02:25 PM Post #56 |
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Didn't some German guy win a lot of both? |
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| pedal power | Aug 22 2008, 02:31 PM Post #57 |
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i wonder who you mean lets have a look at german f1 drivers Hienz Harold Frentzen - No Nick Heidfeld - No Ralf Schumacher - err i mean NoSebastian Vettel - No seems like there someone missing |
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| John | Aug 22 2008, 03:30 PM Post #58 |
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you forgot Glock & Rosberg...
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| pedal power | Aug 22 2008, 04:04 PM Post #59 |
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Glock i wasn't 100% about Rosberg. |
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| Red Andy | Aug 22 2008, 05:36 PM Post #60 |
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In the 1950s the scoring was 8-6-4-3-2 for the top five, plus one point for fastest lap (in 1960 the final point was added for sixth place and the one for fastest lap removed, then in 1961 an extra point was added for winning to make it 9 points for first place). Points have never been awarded for pole position. |
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