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Originally Posted by old man
Interesting comments, Lewis has just said it is the first time in 18 years the Nico has won a championship in which they both competed.
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Originally Posted by gert
It's also a fact that Lewis has only won 3 championships in the last 16 years (*) in which they both competed.
(*) maybe longer, I don't have any stats from before 2001.
It may be a fact, the problem is in the wording, in the way the facts are presented. Probably not even Lewis, but his PR person like someone else already suggested.
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Originally Posted by JamesH
Out of interest, in how many of those 16 championships did NR beat him?
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Originally Posted by old man
Interesting statistic
So, have they both been in F1 for the same length of time? As I recall, Lewis came in for 2007 and just missed the WDC that year, between 2001 and the start of 2007 what did each of them do?
It would be interesting to know who has beaten Lewis in a championship other than F1?
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I think the clue is in the part "in which they both competed".
My guess is it should actually read "in which they both competed at the same time", otherwise the original statement would be false, for Nico won a championship in those 18 years in a series which they both competed (GP2, one year before Lewis; both as a rookie)
As you will see, apart from the F1 years there is only one year where they competed in the same series: F3 in 2004 where Nico beat Lewis in the standings (although Lewis was a rookie and Nico was not), but neither won the championship that year.
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2001:
LH: F.Renault G.Britain, Winter Series: 5th
NR: ?
2002:
LH: F.Renault 2.0 UK: 3rd // F.Renault 2.0 Euro: 5th
NR: F.BMW ADAC: Champion
2003:
LH: F.Renault 2.0 UK: Champion // F.Renault 2.0 Germany: 27th // British F3: 2 races // F.Renault 2.0 Euro: 12th
NR: F3 Euro: 8th
2004:
LH: F3 Euro: 5th
NR: F3 Euro: 4th
2005:
LH: F3 Euro: Champion
NR: GP2: Champion
2006:
LH: GP2: Champion
NR: F1: 17th
2007:
LH: F1: 2nd
NR: F1: 9th
2008:
LH: F1: Champion
NR: F1: 13th
2009:
LH: F1: 5th
NR: F1: 7th
2010:
LH: F1: 4th
NR: F1: 7th
2011:
LH: F1: 5th
NR: F1: 7th
2012:
LH: F1: 4th
NR: F1: 9th
2013:
LH: F1: 4th
NR: F1: 6th
2014:
LH: F1: Champion
NR: F1: 2nd
2015:
LH: F1: Champion
NR: F1: 2nd
2016:
LH: F1: 2nd
NR: F1: Champion