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Originally Posted by wolfhound
Going back to the original list and looking at the wins to starts ratios. It makes for interesting reading in so far as statistics can but statistics never show the full story.
Fangio 47%
Ascari 41%
Clark 34%
M.Schumacher 30%
Stewart 27%
Prost 26%
Senna 25%
Vettel 24%
Moss 24%
Hamilton 19%
Mansell 17%
Alonso 16%
Lauda 15%
Haikkinen 12%
Piquet 11%
Brabham 11%
Rindt 10%
Fittipaldi 10%
G. Hill 8%
G Villenuve 6%
Other possibles
Raikkonen 11%
Peterson 8%
Button 6%
If Schumacher had not come back he would have a 36% win ratio putting him ahead of Clark.
The drivers who spend more time in good cars come out best in this list.
Still the cream rises to the top.
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I am adding in all the other world champions and drivers with 10 or over GP wins.
Damon Hill 19%
Farina 15%
Hunt 11%
Jones 10%
Mario Andretti 9%
Scheckter 9%
Hawthorn 7%
Hulme 7%
Jacques Villenuve 7%
Phil Hill 6%
Surtees 5%
Reutemann 8%
Massa 7%
Berger 5%
Coultard 5%
Barichello 3%