F1 WDC since 1980 - Who won it, who should've?

[JacobP]

Originally Posted by jab

80 Jones
81 Piquet
82 Pironi
83 Piquet
84 Lauda
85 Senna
86 Senna
87 Senna
88 Senna
89 Senna
90 Senna
91 Senna
92 Senna
93 Senna
94 Senna
95 Senna
96 Senna
97 Senna
98 Senna
99 Irvine
00 Senna
01 Senna
02 Senna
03 Senna
04 Senna
05 Senna
06 Senna
07 Senna
08 Senna
09 Senna

Your analysis seems to be very plausible, except you have me kind of confused for the 09 season. Please let us know which Senna did you mean, Ayrton Senna or his nephew Bruno Senna?

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by JacobP

Your analysis seems to be very plausible, except you have me kind of confused for the 09 season. Please let us know which Senna did you mean, Ayrton Senna or his nephew Bruno Senna?

Only feintly plausible that anyone named Senna would be WDC after 2000 I would have thought!

[chillibowl]

had his uncle not passed, Bruno may have a very different motorsports/F1 career.

[S griffin]

Indeed, Bruno quit karting after the death of Ayrton after pressure from his mother. There is the famous quote by Ayrton of ‘if you think I’m fast, wait till you see my nephew Bruno’, so he probably would have continued that speed with more karting experience.

He only started racing proper in 04 when he was 20, so he probably would have got into single seater racing earlier had it not been for those lost years

[bathurst77]

the scoring system has changed a few times over the years
how many champions would be different using another years scoring?

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by bathurst77

the scoring system has changed a few times over the years

how many champions would be different using another years scoring?

Doesn’t mean much. The champion will always do the minimum to win the title most of the time. Look at 82. Rosberg settled for 5th in the final round because that’s all he needed. And then there’s 83. Once Prost retired, Piquet gave up his lead and eventually finished 3rd because he wanted to make sure of the title

[chillibowl]

sidebar...fun site that with some great graphs and charts. check out the tabs/sections at the top to play around with past seasons, various scoring options, other fun metrics.

https://formula1.markwessel.com/home

i didnt make the site so dont blame me for the day wasted!

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Doesn’t mean much. The champion will always do the minimum to win the title most of the time. Look at 82. Rosberg settled for 5th in the final round because that’s all he needed. And then there’s 83. Once Prost retired, Piquet gave up his lead and eventually finished 3rd because he wanted to make sure of the title

The thing is, more points means people can stay in the hunt in a competitive year (there were more open seasons in the early-mid 80's than today!) Therefore I think drivers are compelled to max out as more is on the line.

The dropped scores thing was always daft and that's the one would've made a difference in several cases.