F1 Drivers ranked

[mindgam3]

Found this interesting something on a forum:

Career points divided by number of races

DRIVER, POINTS / RACE

M Schumacher, 5.59
J P Montoya, 3.25
D Coulthard, 2.71
K Riakkonen, 2.48
R Barrichello, 2.30
F Alonso, 2.28
R Schumacher, 1.95
J Villeneuve, 1.65
J Button, 1.57
T Sato, 0.92
J Trulli, 0.90
G Fisichella, 0.82
M Webber, 0.50
F Massa, 0.47
N Heidfeld, 0.33
C Klien, 0.17

[bmagni]

how come montoya in 2nd ???
hes not that good

[mindgam3]

221 points from 68 races = 221/68 = 3.25

[racer_f50]

way to go Schumi! he's sure in a league of his own 8)

[mindgam3]

Interesting how many people do not rate Montoya (I do rate him) yet in this way of rating drivers, he comes out 2nd

[antonioledesma]

It's a really interesting rank/ratio, of course MS is waaay out in his own world.

JPM ranks shows how a good driver even with the williams inconsistent performance.
DC... mm, he keeps there because he has only been with big teams and he is one of the oldest drivers in F1
KR.... just by looking this number, you can see that KR, IMO, it's a better driver, more consistent, but could be McLaren's tactic to give different setups and engines to each driver.
Barrichello... only now that he's is in ferrari he has obtained lots of points
and the rest... only to mention J. Villeneuve's poor "ratio",

[sameerrao]

way to go Schumi! he's sure in a league of his own 8)

True - here's the Top 50 of all time in F1

pos. name nationality started points points/
race last points
race# / year
1 Amick, George United States of America 1 6 6.000
2 Schumacher, Michael Germany 211 1186 5.621 18 / 2004
3 Fangio, Juan Manuel Argentina 51 277.64 5.444
4 Fagioli, Luigi Italy 7 32 4.571
5 Wallard, Lee United States of America 2 9 4.500
6 Ascari, Alberto Italy 32 140.14 4.379
7 Prost, Alain France 199 798.5 4.013 16 / 1993
8 Farina, Emilio Giuseppe (Nino) Italy 33 127.33 3.858
9 Senna, Ayrton Brazil 161 614 3.814 16 / 1993
10 Clark, Jim Great Britain 72 274 3.806 1 / 1968
11 Vukovich, Bill United States of America 5 19 3.800
12 Stewart, Jackie Scottland 99 360 3.636 14 / 1973
13 Montoya, Juan Pablo Colombia 68 221 3.250 18 / 2004
14 Hill, Damon Great Britain 115 360 3.130 12 / 1999
15 Holland, Bill United States of America 2 6 3.000
Serafini, Dorino Italy 1 3
17 Gonzalez, Jose Froilan Argentina 26 77.64 2.986
18 Rathmann, Jim United States of America 10 29 2.900
19 Hawthorn, Mike Great Britain 45 127.63 2.836
20 Moss, Stirling Great Britain 66 186.64 2.828
21 Coulthard, David Great Britain 175 475 2.714 15 / 2004
22 Nazaruk, Mike United States of America 3 8 2.667
23 Hakkinen, Mika Suomi Finland 161 420 2.609 17 / 2001
24 Mansell, Nigel Great Britain 187 482 2.578 16 / 1994
25 Hanks, Sam United States of America 8 20 2.500
26 Raikkonen, Kimi Suomi Finland 67 166 2.478 18 / 2004
27 Lauda, Niki Austria 171 420.5 2.459 11 / 1985
28 Piquet, Nelson Brazil 204 485.5 2.380 16 / 1991
29 Parkes, Mike Great Britain 6 14 2.333 3 / 1967
30 Barrichello, Rubens Brazil 195 451 2.313 18 / 2004
31 Scheckter, Jody South Africa 111 255 2.297 4 / 1980
32 Alonso, Fernando Spain 50 114 2.280 18 / 2004
33 Taruffi, Piero Italy 18 41 2.278
34 Hulme, Denis Clive (Denny) New Zealand 112 248 2.214 14 / 1974
35 Reutemann, Carlos Argentina 146 310 2.123 1 / 1982
36 von Trips, Wolfgang Berghe Germany 27 56 2.074
37 Brabham, Jack Australia 126 261 2.071 7 / 1970
38 Ginther, Richie United States of America 52 107 2.058 9 / 1966
39 Hill, Phil United States of America 48 98 2.042 5 / 1964
40 Schumacher, Ralf Germany 127 259 2.039 18 / 2004
41 Revson, Peter United States of America 30 61 2.033 15 / 1973
42 Bryan, Jimmy United States of America 9 18 2.000
Cross, Art United States of America 4 8
Galvez, Oscar Argentina 1 2
Goldsmith, Paul United States of America 3 6
Rose, Mauri United States of America 2 4
Thompson, Eric Great Britain 1 2
48 Brooks, Tony Great Britain 38 75 1.974
49 McLaren, Bruce New Zealand 100 196.5 1.965 2 / 1970
50 Fittipaldi, Emerson Brazil 144 281 1.951 6 / 1980

Note: most of the US guys are based on the Indy 500 which was bizarrely included in the F1 season in part of the 50s

(source: http://www.f1.knupe.net/index.html)

[dons5]

Thats just all numbers/stats it desnt take barely anything into account. If Schumi finished a race in 9th in a Minardi ahead of 11 others it still wouldnt mean shit to that kinda ranking, Coulthard in third proves it lol.

Here this one is more realistic and accurate but even it isnt prefect:

"I also read this on another forum, although i dont know what the original source is:

The top 24 F1 drivers have been ranked in specific categories like testing abilities, race consistency, passing and defending, qualifying speed etc., and then totaled for an overall score. Here are the results:

1 M. Schumacher 33
2 G. Fisichella 32
3 K. Raikkonen 31
4 F. Alonso 29
5 JP. Montoya 28
6 J. Button 26
7 J. Villeneuve 25
8 M. Webber 23
9 R. Barrichello 22
10 A. Davidson 22
11 N. Heidfeld 22
12 F. Massa 22
13 O. Panis 20
14 R. Schumacher 19
15 J. Trulli 19
16 D. Coulthard 17
17 M. Gene 16
18 A. Wurz 15
19 C. Klien 15
20 L. Badoer 14
21 T. Sato 13
22 P. de la Rosa 13
23 A. Pizzonia 12
24 R. Zonta 12

[mindgam3]

Thats just all numbers/stats it desnt take barely anything into account. If Schumi finished a race in 9th in a Minardi ahead of 11 others it still wouldnt mean shit to that kinda ranking, Coulthard in third proves it lol.

Here this one is more realistic and accurate but even it isnt prefect:

"I also read this on another forum, although i dont know what the original source is:

The top 24 F1 drivers have been ranked in specific categories like testing abilities, race consistency, passing and defending, qualifying speed etc., and then totaled for an overall score. Here are the results:

1 M. Schumacher 33
2 G. Fisichella 32
3 K. Raikkonen 31
4 F. Alonso 29
5 JP. Montoya 28
6 J. Button 26
7 J. Villeneuve 25
8 M. Webber 23
9 R. Barrichello 22
10 A. Davidson 22
11 N. Heidfeld 22
12 F. Massa 22
13 O. Panis 20
14 R. Schumacher 19
15 J. Trulli 19
16 D. Coulthard 17
17 M. Gene 16
18 A. Wurz 15
19 C. Klien 15
20 L. Badoer 14
21 T. Sato 13
22 P. de la Rosa 13
23 A. Pizzonia 12
24 R. Zonta 12

I'm guessing most of that is qualatative and the creators opinion.

IMO, there isn't one single stat that tells you more than number of points scored per race - its a measure of performance, and although doesen't neccesarily tell the whole story, it does show how consistent drivers are which is probably the most important factor