My immediate answer was the F2002, perhaps because it is a much more recent memory. But the FW14B is also a obvious and very strong candidate for most dominant car ever. Difference between the F2002 and it being near bullet proof perfect reliability was still a decade away.
And Mansell seemed to be made for active suspension piloting while Patrese struggled, making the season even less competitive.
Whern it comes to results as can be found back in the statistics, then `my` top must be the 1988 Mclaren Honda MP4/4, the 1996 Williams-Renault FW18 and the Ferraris F2002 and F2004. These four cars have the best finish records and point scores to boost for their supremacy.
At the time when I did aal that research, I was surprised to see that the 1992 and 1993 Williams cars which I remember to be all dominant that year hardly feature any of the records set by the four cars I listed.
maybe that is because of being not as reliable enough compared with these four cars.
If the FW14B is listed for being so much better than its opponents, then there is another car that comes to my mind as bening far and away the fastest car of the year but with a disastrous finish record and thus not showing this with results in the stats or within the memory of the fans:
the 1982 Renault RE30B.
It had a number of pole positions yet `only` four victories, one of them a double victory, and a highly controversial one too. But how often did they take off from the field only to retire prematurely?
Out of 32 starts: 17 retirements and a non-classification and only 3rd in the constructors title.
Henri
Edited by Henri Greuter, 10 April 2014 - 09:35.