I think this list is really interesting and shows how hard work it really will be catching Schumacher's incredible record of 91 World Championship Grands Prix victories!
21 years: Sebastian Vettel 1
22 years: Sebastian Vettel 5
23 years: Lewis Hamilton 9
24 years: Lewis Hamilton 11
25 years: Fernando Alonso 15
26 years: Michael Schumacher 19
27 years: Michael Schumacher 22
28 years: Michael Schumacher 27
29 years: Michael Schumacher 33
30 years: Michael Schumacher 35
31 years: Michael Schumacher 44
32 years: Michael Schumacher 53
33 years: Michael Schumacher 64
34 years: Michael Schumacher 70
35 years: Michael Schumacher 83
36 years: Michael Schumacher 84
37 years: Michael Schumacher 91
38 years: Michael Schumacher 91
39 years: Michael Schumacher 91
40 years: Michael Schumacher 91
(if he turns 41, he'll break that record and so on).
41-54 years: Alain Prost 51
55-56 years: Nigel Mansell 31
57-70 years: Jackie Stewart 27
71-83 years: Juan Manuel Fangio 24
84 years and above: Jack Brabham will break that previously unreached record with 14 wins if he lives by April 2 next year. Stirling Moss is four years away. Maurice Trintignant (2 Grand Prix wins) was the oldest WDC Grand Prix winner ever alive, when he lived until 87.
Let's see who the first driver to 100 will be! Go hard, Jack and Stirling!
Full Version: F1 Wins record as per age
I agree it will be very difficult for anyone to better his record. IMHO it's unlikely that we will see one team dominate as Ferrari did.
QUOTE (Clatter @ Nov 2 2009, 19:49) 
I agree it will be very difficult for anyone to better his record. IMHO it's unlikely that we will see one team dominate as Ferrari did.
What Lewis and Vettel could shoot for is the record for a 30-year old driver, 35 is not impossible. From there on it looks really difficult even getting near his numbers.
I'm not sure your argument implies your conclusion. In fact, what your table shows us is that Vettel, Hamilton and Alonso are all AHEAD of Schumacher, for their respective ages.
Of course it is still unlikely they will stay ahead, because of a much closer field than when Ferrari were dominating, so its less likely one of those three will end up in a dominant position for enough years to keep up with Schumacher.
To be fair, you really need to look at percentage of races won as well, to allow for more races per season these days - which works in Schumachers favour.
Of course it is still unlikely they will stay ahead, because of a much closer field than when Ferrari were dominating, so its less likely one of those three will end up in a dominant position for enough years to keep up with Schumacher.
To be fair, you really need to look at percentage of races won as well, to allow for more races per season these days - which works in Schumachers favour.
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