Thread: The Continuing Story of F1's Lopsided Competition
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Old 14 May 2019, 07:42 (Ref:3903641)   #15
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Originally Posted by Alan52 View Post
6 years at this level of dominance is unprecedented in F1 and this year is the most lopsided yet.
For comparison, I have looked at the Ferrari run from '99, and compared it to the current Mercedes run.

From '99, the Ferrari margin in the WCC was 103%, 112%, 175%, 240%, 110%, 220%.
The current Mercedes margin reads 173%, 164%, 163%, 128%, 115% and 179%.

What does this suggest? The Ferrari dominance was more varied, but at times exceeded more than 200% of their nearest rival.
Mercedes' dominance is more consistent, but before 2019 has gradually declined.

So far, the dominance of 2019 is not as lopsided as times during the Ferrari run. After 5 races of the 2004 season, Ferrari's WCC standing was 256% of their nearest rival.
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