Would any of the statistitions here have stats for the race finishing positions of the person who wins the WDC in the race in which they clinched the WDC?

It would be interesting to see how many times they won that race, or even finished on the podium.

Howdy, all that information can be found in the FORIX and Autosport plus section.

Bold indicates showdown.

1950 Farina 1:st
1951 Fangio 1:st
1952 Ascari 1:st
1953 Ascari 8:th (shared with Villoresi)
1954 Fangio 1:st
1955 Fangio 2:nd
1956 Fangio 2:nd (shared with Collins)
1957 Fangio 1:st
1958 Hawthorn 2:nd
1959 Brabham 4:th
1960 Brabham 1:st (secured when neither he nor McLaren participated in Italy.)
1961 P Hill 1:st
1962 G Hill 2:nd
1963 Clark 1:st
1964 Surtees 2:nd
1965 Clark 1:st
1966 Brabham retired
1967 Hulme 3:rd
1968 Graham Hill 1:st
1969 Stewart 1:st
1970 Rindt (didn't participate, was crowned posthumously)
1971 Stewart retired
1972 Fittipaldi 1:st
1973 Stewart 4:th
1974 Fittipaldi 4:th
1975 Lauda 6:th
1976 Hunt 3:rd
1977Lauda 4:th
1978 Andretti 6:th (Peterson died of his injuries at Monza, clinching Andretti's title.)
1979 Scheckter 1:st
1980 Jones 1:st
1981 Piquet 5:th
1982 Rosberg 5:th
1983 Piquet 3:rd
1984 Lauda 2:nd
1985 Prost 4:th
1986 Prost 1:st
1987 Piquet 15:th (retired from race), (title secured when Mansell didn't compete in qualifying, due to injury.)
1988 Senna 1:st
1989 Prost retired
1990 Senna retired
1991 Senna 2:nd
1992 Mansell 1:st
1993 Prost 2:nd
1994 Schumacher retired
1995 Schumacher 1:st
1996 D Hill 1:st
1997 Villeneuve 3:rd
1998 Häkkinen 1:st
1999 Häkkinen 1:st
2000 Schumacher 1:st
2001 Schumacher 1:st
2002 Schumacher 1:st
2003 Schumacher 8:th
2004 Schumacher 2:nd
2005 Alonso 3:rd
2006 Alonso 2:nd
2007 Räikkönen 1:st
2008 Hamilton 5:th
2009 Button 5:th

25 drivers have won the event in which they were crowned, while there have only been 23 occasions where the Championship's gone down to the wire. Here are the tracks that have run those decisive races:

1950 Monza
1951 Pedrables
1952 Nürburgring
1953 Nürburgring
1954 Bremgarten
1955 Aintree
1956 Monza
1957 Nürburgring
1958 Ain Diab
1959 Sebring
1960 Porto
1961 Monza
1962 East London
1963 Monza
1964 Mexico City
1965 Nürburgring
1966 Monza
1967 Mexico City
1968 Mexico City
1969 Monza
1970 Watkins Glen
1971 Österreichring
1972 Monza
1973 Monza
1974 Watkins Glen
1975 Österreichring
1976 Fuji
1977 Watkins Glen
1978 Monza
1979 Monza
1980 Watkins Glen
1981 Las Vegas
1982 Las Vegas
1983 Kyalami
1984 Estoril
1985 Brands Hatch
1986 Adelaide
1987 Suzuka
1988 Suzuka
1989 Suzuka
1990 Suzuka
1991 Suzuka
1992 Hungaroring
1993 Estoril
1994 Adelaide
1995 Aida
1996 Suzuka
1997 Jerez
1998 Suzuka
1999 Suzuka
2000 Suzuka
2001 Hungaroring
2002 Magny-Cours
2003 Suzuka
2004 Spa-Francorchamps
2005 Interlagos
2006 Interlagos
2007 Interlagos
2008 Interlagos
2009 Interlagos

thanks Jeze, great post, interesting to read.

Just took 25 minutes to complete, so not too bad!

Brilliant!

Thank you very much. Interesting details.

interesting noting that schumacher didnt do well under pressure

1994 Schumacher retired while leading
1995 Schumacher 1:st
2000 Schumacher 1:st
2001 Schumacher 1:st
2002 Schumacher 1:st
2003 Schumacher 8:th...started 14 th after rain in quly!
2004 Schumacher 2:nd

???!!!!

Well, both times he won in showdowns weren't exactly stellar performances, retiring and 8th. He won confortably when he knew he had more chances to clinch the title. Thats the impression i get from those stats.

in 2003 he started from 14th position after getting unlucky in rain in quly(with one lap quly we had back then)
and he had his F Wing taken off by some kamakazi ...and still finished 8th!...what a bad performance

1994 one showdown race he cocked it up and he gets the title of bad under pressure!

Well I didnt remember what happened in 2003, but it does stand out that the only showdown he won in his ferrari dominance years is an 8th place while those that arent showdowns are 1st and 2nd in one case.

Also interesting to point out that in other showdowns drama always happened, whether he won or lost. 1997, trying to crash Villeneuve, 1998 the car stalled and then the tyre exploded, 1994 he almost lost the car and because of that he collided with Hill in the next turn, 2006 technical issues in qualifying, then a puncture in the race and according to what you say in 2003 pretty much the same happened (bad qualifying, forced pit stop)

There is definetely a pattern here Never a clean race either by his fault or the cars' fault. its interesting, you gotta admit ;)

In 1997 he was in a showdown and bottled it when Villeneuve had a quicker car.
In 1998 he was in a showdown and stalled on the grid.

Actually in 94 he retired while getting passed by the man who could beat him that day after he had hit the wall

i agree with 97

but in 98 there was a clutch/ECU problem in his car which caused the stalling
and he pushed like hell from back to reach effectively 2nd ...and had a puncture which is not his fault
but still the numerous other races he had produced while under immense pressure surely overshadow this 2 races

which doesnot prove anything like cracking under pressure

he has never cracked under pressure like Lewis has in the past 2 yrs

frankly he has been under title showdown for more than any top F1 driver....so one or two times he is bound to fail

In this case it was Schumi who made an amateur attempt.
Nothing kamikaze by Sato at all, he just kept his line.

East London, South African GP.
Sorry, I was there that day and Graham Hill won after Jimmy Clark retired with engine failure.