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#51 sabrejet

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Posted 20 July 2015 - 19:55

1950 Monaco GP - Fangio was a lap ahead of Ascari and the rest.
1952 French GP at Rouen - Ascari was a lap ahead of Farina.
1952 British GP at Silverstone - Ascari was a lap ahead of Taruffi - second GP in a row that the winner won but a clear lap.
1953 Argentine GP at Buenos Aires - Ascari finished a lap ahead of Villoresi.
1954 Italian GP - Fangio was a lap clear of Hawthorn & Maglioli
1956 British GP at Silverstone - Fangio finished a lap ahead of the De Portago/Collins Ferrari.
1959 Portugese GP at Monsanto - Moss finished a lap ahead of Gregory
1962 French GP at Rouen - Gurney was a lap clear of Maggs
1963 Dutch GP - Clark was a lap ahead of Gurney
1964 Monaco GP - Graham Hill by a lap from Ginther
1966 Dutch GP - Brabham by a lap over Graham Hill
1966 US GP at Watkins Glen - Clark in the H16 powered Lotus by a lap from Rindt
1967 Monaco GP - Hulme by a lap from Graham Hill
1968 Canadian GP at Mont Tremblant - Hulme by a lap from McLaren
1969 Spanish GP at Montjuich Park - Jackie Stewart by TWO laps from McLaren
1969 British GP at Silverstone - Jackie Stewart won with Jacky Ickx one lap in arrears.

The last one I attended. There must be more by I have run out of time!

 

...but surely 45 laps of Daytona exceeds all of the above by a considerable margin?



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#52 Glengavel

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Posted 20 July 2015 - 21:20

You do have to take into account the race distance & time to complete that distance. There must be Le Mans races where the winning margin was more than six laps!


1927, Bentley of Benjafield/Davis finished 21 laps ahead, only non-French team to finish.

#53 Dick Dastardly

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Posted 20 July 2015 - 22:35

What about the 1972 Bandama Rally......no gap between the winner & 2nd place as there were NO finishers....



#54 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 21 July 2015 - 05:52

You do have to take into account the race distance & time to complete that distance. There must be Le Mans races where the winning margin was more than six laps!

Probably is, that race is about 4 times longer! But remember this was a proffessional motor race and the lead class were supposedly competitive.

There is a couple of contributors on here that were in that race, one in the lead category.


Edited by Lee Nicolle, 21 July 2015 - 05:53.