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Old 25 Apr 2012, 20:01 (Ref:3065558)   #4
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Some anecdotal facts:
(I hope there are not many errors while compiling the above tables and these "factoids")

Maldonado is the most unfortunate driver with 3 retirements in 4 races: one accident (but he was classified), one engine problem and a random puncture. Every category of retirement!

Four other drivers have retired in two races: Pic, Senna, Schumacher and Grosjean.

Eleven out of 24 drivers have retired in some race, so 13 drivers have completed all the races.

In terms of race incident, the most unstable driver has been Grosjean (one self accident and one collision). Maldonado has spun once, and Senna, Massa, and Hulkenberg has been involved in one collision. The remain 19 drivers have not had any incident in any race(!).

Out of 17 retirements, 9 were mechanical, 6 were race incidents and 2 "random" events (puncture for Maldonado and bad pit stop for Schumacher). Out of the 9 mechanical retirements, 3 were engine problems (and one gearbox problem).

There are three teams without any retirement (in these 8 car-races): Red Bull, Toro Rosso and... Hispania! Ironically, Hispania is the team with less completed laps, purely due to its slowness. The only team with 100% of laps is Red Bull (ominous thought).

Very clearly, the team with most retirements by a large margin is Williams, with 5 out of 8 retirements: 2 engine problems, 2 race incidents and one random puncture. The next unfortunate teams have only two retirements out of 8.

In terms of engines. There were few troubles: 2 out of 16 for Cosworth is the worst case. Renault is the only other with some engine problem, just 1 out of 32 car-races (4 teams x 2 cars x 4 races). Mercedes and Ferrari are blessed with 0 problems out of 24 car-races.
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