Stat attack- Fastest Laps

Interesting. It would be nice to see figures over the last decade. I'd like to see the Schumacher era and how many drivers earned FL's against him.

Look at that Only Macca and the Fez, huh?
In this case, I'm more than happy to see different drivers like this year.
Thanks for the info.

BTW do you have a link to this stuff, or are you compiling it from diff. sources?

no worries. It's all from Forix which is linked on this site. You have to pay for an annual access to all the info. Good for the boring afternoons at work!

Interesting. It would be nice to see figures over the last decade. I'd like to see the Schumacher era and how many drivers earned FL's against him.

Edited by Nonesuch, 07 October 2009 - 17:16.

It's funny how Hamilton pushed so hard at some races and still didn't get a FL.

That's been discussed many times over nonetheless a very fascinating statistic - how can a driver so fast (see his wins / pole stats) not have many fastest lap records?

Is it just because he's focussed on beng fast for the entire race as opposed to having 1 stint where you just drive like the devil resulting in a fastest lap?

Which is better, consistency or tire-wrecking speed?

I think Raikkonen's lack of Fast Lap this year speaks volumes of the equipment he's driving.

I think Raikkonen's lack of Fast Lap this year speaks volumes of the equipment he's driving.

I think Raikkonen's lack of Fast Lap this year speaks volumes of the equipment he's driving.

That's been discussed many times over nonetheless a very fascinating statistic - how can a driver so fast (see his wins / pole stats) not have many fastest lap records?

Is it just because he's focussed on beng fast for the entire race as opposed to having 1 stint where you just drive like the devil resulting in a fastest lap?

Which is better, consistency or tire-wrecking speed?

Here are the, as far as I know correct, number of fastest laps of the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 seasons. The five Schumacher-championship years:

1. M. Schumacher - 27 (Ferrari)
2. R. Barrichello - 15 (Ferrari)
3. M. Hakkinen - 12 (McLaren)
4. J.P. Montoya - 11 (Williams)
5. D. Coulthard - 7 (McLaren)
6. R. Schumacher - 6 (Williams)
7. K. Raikkonen - 6 (McLaren)
8. F. Alonso - 1 (Renault)

Race craft>>>>>>>>>>>>speed

Hamilton>>>>>>>>>>Vettel

That's been discussed many times over nonetheless a very fascinating statistic - how can a driver so fast (see his wins / pole stats) not have many fastest lap records?

Is it just because he's focussed on beng fast for the entire race as opposed to having 1 stint where you just drive like the devil resulting in a fastest lap?

Which is better, consistency or tire-wrecking speed?

And his career total fastest laps also speak volumes for the equipment hes driven.

Senna is another example. He had only 19 Fastest Laps in his entire career.

Edited by brunopascal, 07 October 2009 - 21:05.

I think Raikkonen's lack of Fast Lap this year speaks volumes of the equipment he's driving.

In terms of Fastest Lap% (fastest laps divided by "starts") over an entire career, since 1950, this is what I come up with:

(Not counting Indy 500; Depends on what a "start" is; 110 total 1950 - Japan 2009)

1. Hasemi - 100.00% (1 Fastest lap / 1 start)
2. Fangio - 45.10% (23 / 51)
3. Clark - 38.89% (28 / 72)
4. Ascari - 38.71% (12 / 31)
5. M. Schumacher - 30.52% (76 / 249)
6. Moss - 28.79% (19 / 66)
7. Gonzalez - 23.08% (6 / 26)
8. Raikkonen - 22.73% (35 / 154)
9. Prost - 20.60% (41 / 199)
10. D. Hill - 16.52% (19 /115)

12. Hakkinen - 15.53% (25 / 161)
17. Montoya - 12.77% (12 / 94)
20. G. Villeneuve - 11.94% (8 / 67)
21. Senna - 11.80% (19 / 161)
25. Massa - 10.53% (12 / 114)
30. Alonso - 9.49% (13 / 137)
43. Barrichello - 6.01% (17 / 283)
44. Hamilton - 6.00% (3 / 50)
55. Vettel - 4.88% (2 / 41)
67. Kovalianen - 4.00% (2 / 50)
76. N. Rosberg - 2.94% (2 / 68)
77. Glock - 2.78% (1 / 36)
84=. Sutil - 2.00% (1 / 50)
94. Webber - 1.47% (2 / 136)
103. Heidfeld - 1.21% (2 / 165)
105. Button - 1.19% (2 / 168)
106. Fisichella - 0.88% (2 / 227)
110. Trulli - 0.47% (1 / 214)

Edited by RSNS, 07 October 2009 - 23:33.

That's been discussed many times over nonetheless a very fascinating statistic - how can a driver so fast (see his wins / pole stats) not have many fastest lap records?

Is it just because he's focussed on beng fast for the entire race as opposed to having 1 stint where you just drive like the devil resulting in a fastest lap?

Which is better, consistency or tire-wrecking speed?

i think fastest lap should be rewarded with a point... or at least .5 point... will make drivers push during races. yes true that the torro rosso's would not get points but still...
i would not go as far as rewarding pole positions with points because getting pole these days is easy

Edited by Tenmantaylor, 07 October 2009 - 23:53.

Hasemi cannot really count, as he was driving in his home circuit and we have no further information about him (recall that Carlos Reutemann was in pole in his own country circuit but he was not an extraordinary qualifyer for the rest of his carrer).
But that said, of today's drivers, only Schumacher and Raikkonen make it into the top ten. Quite impressive. A pity Raikkonen cannot be consistently fast.

Who's 11th on your list?

..

It's funny how Hamilton pushed so hard at some races and still didn't get a FL.
I never understood how Glock got his FL at Valencia.

And his career total fastest laps also speak volumes for the equipment hes driven.

That's been discussed many times over nonetheless a very fascinating statistic - how can a driver so fast (see his wins / pole stats) not have many fastest lap records?

Is it just because he's focussed on beng fast for the entire race as opposed to having 1 stint where you just drive like the devil resulting in a fastest lap?

Which is better, consistency or tire-wrecking speed?

And his career total fastest laps also speak volumes for the equipment hes driven.

The main reason is because Hamilton has rarely ever had the out right fastest car.

No even as a Lewis fan I know that Lewis has often had a very good car, he doesn't get fastest laps because he drives at 130% during the whole stint and the tires are past their best when the car is light. He often gets fastest laps in the beginning of the first stint when all cars on new tires and alot of fuel though. That is just his style, hes pushing hard all the time unlike some other drivers.

We dont even know he wears his tyres more than the rest.

Based on how aggressive he turn in and often takes the car into OS, we can draw some conclusions...
And what happened in the last few races in 2007?
With the full fuel load 2010, this can be an issue for him.

If anyone is interested:

Fastest laps this year with two races to go are split between 10 different drivers...

From looking at previous seasons I can only see that 1982 equals this with 10 different drivers picking up fastest laps also.

I haven't looked further back accept for checking the competitive 1975 season which also equals it at 10. Anyone else feel free to prove otherwise (I havent got time!)

I think we could have an all-time record by the end of this year if Kimi steps up to his usual Fastest lap scoring...

F-laps so far in 2009:

Rosberg
Button (2)
Barrichello (2)
Trulli
Massa
Vettel (2)
Alonso (2)
Webber (2)
Glock
Sutil

Tim

Logical conclusion is of course that when Räikkönen did lots of them it was unnecessary showing out, now the lack of fastest laps must mean he's lost his speed.

Edited by RSNS, 08 October 2009 - 14:48.

That is quite interesting, as there is no Kimi Raikkönen in there. Last year still he had a whole bunch of fastest laps. Massa managed to get one despite being out already for five races...

Cutting trough the chicanes in monaco, where raikkonen brought ferrari their first podium of the year.

Massa's fastest lap was indeed in Monaco, where he was warned several times about cutting the chicane.

Edited by Colombo, 08 October 2009 - 16:19.

And his career total fastest laps also speak volumes for the equipment hes driven.