Red Bull 186 Renault 160 Sauber 92 Force India 89 Mercedes 85 Ferrari 84 Toro Rosso 76 Williams 28 Lotus 6 HRT 1 Virgin 1
Webber's dominance is such that he single-handedly manages to increase Red Bull's lead in the constructors. And he keeps the same set of results than a certain German driver in the parallel championship
James1978 wrote:Wonder if Webber can break the record for most number of wins in a season for this championship? (Without looking, is the record 10 by Alesi in 1996)?
12 for Barrichello in 2004. Certainly achievable by Webber here.
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
I can update this, finally! Webber won 10 races in a row before finally not scoring at all at Monza. Massa won the race, and behind him there were great achievers who took advantage of the first lap incident: Alguersuari finished 2nd, Di Resta 3rd, Senna 4th... Glock scored his first point of the year and a potentially crucial one for Virgin, who are now ahead of HRT in the constructors. And Sauber have fallen from 3rd to 7th since the last update...
Red Bull 286 Renault 210 Ferrari 175 Force India 164 Mercedes 140 Toro Rosso 136 Sauber 130 Williams 56 Lotus 13 Virgin 2 HRT 1
Only Webber and Massa remain in contention. Webber will secure his second title at Singapore if: -He wins the race and Massa finishes 5th or worse; -He's 2nd and Massa 8th or worse; -He's 3rd and Massa 10th or worse.
Anyway, is only a matter of time...
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
I got a bit excited thinking of this alternative championship when they pointed out in the early stages the top 5 runners were all world champions (as it stayed to the end actually), but at that point in 6th and therefore the leader for this world was MALDONADO!!! He had no chance against Massa though.
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
I've just realised that the permutations for Webber winning it at Singapore were already valid for Monza, as today's result was the worst possible one for him. Therefore, he could have clinched it already
Just when you thought Vettel's season was complete domination...
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
Red Bull 311 Renault 210 Force India 194 Ferrari 185 Mercedes 155 Toro Rosso 140 Sauber 139 Williams 64 Lotus 13 Virgin 2 HRT 1
Mark Webber has just clinched his second title, with another dominant win at Singapore, his 11th of the season. But the real heroes of the day are the Force India drivers: second and fourth places put them very close to Renault in the constructors!
BTW I had been expecting D'Ambrosio, Liuzzi and Glock to score some more points to break their tie, but the way things stand I'll have to calculate the tie-breakers!
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
Red Bull 436 Force India 285 Ferrari 257 Renault 246 Mercedes 222 Sauber 191 Toro Rosso 187 Williams 76 Lotus 16 Virgin 2 HRT 1
Did you think the Wunderkind was dominant...? Mark Webber wins the title for the second time, making 2010 look close by comparison! He scored 436 out of 475 available points, or 91,79%.
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
Seeing this championship makes me think maybe we're all being a bit harsh on Webber for how he's performed this year - after all, he is surrounded by 5 world champions (if you include Schumacher as well).
Massa on the other hand could only win a race when Webber had his one retirement.......
Oh and Williams only score 5 points in "old money" (ie pre-2003).
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
It's time to update this. I got depressed after Valencia - Webber dropped out in Q1 but he still managed to win this class thanks to Grosjean's failure and Maldonado's craziness. Then he won again at Silverstone. Today's result, I liked it much more!
A fantastic 1-2 for Sauber, although Webber is running away with his third succesive crown, mainly because of Grosjean's ability to run into trouble.
I've calculated the tie-breaks for Petrov, Kovalainen and Glock. Petrov finished 11th today and has moved ahead of Kovalainen by the tiniest of margins. Before this race he was also behind Glock because they shared the same number of 9ths, 10ths, 11ths, 12ths and 13ths (!) while Petrov had one 15th and Glock two 14ths.
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
Oh yes I remember being briefly really annoyed about that but it was soothed by the fact he won the race in the elimination championship as Webber was already out of that one (along with Vettel, Alonso and Button of course)!!!
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
Another nice result for the championship, Grosjean scored his third win of the season and Senna a career best second place. Webber keeps getting solid points:
Webber is doing his best to lose it, but he will have to improve his game if he's going to manage it. His only opposition is Rosberg, and that's only because of consistence.
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
Mark Webber scores his sixth win of the season and clinches the WDC. It could have been a very different season if the first lap nutcase had managed to avoid trouble more often...
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
If only Felipe hadn't been so awful during the early part of the season... Webber is now 7th overall in the historical rankings, with three championships and one second place finish. The six men with better results than him are: Reutemann (4 titles, 2 second places), Coulthard (4 titles, 4 third places), Patrese (4 titles, 1 third place), Berger (3 titles, 4 second places), Barrichello (3 titles, 3 second places, 2 third places) and Moss (3 titles, 2 second places, 2 third places). So, with one more championship Webber would become the second most successful driver of this series. But 2012 has been the closest of his titles...
We had nine different race winners this year (Webber, Massa, Grosjean, Pérez, Maldonado, Hulkenberg, Rosberg, Di Resta and Kobayashi) belonging to seven teams. Hulkenberg overtook Rosberg, who had been holding to 2nd for a long time in spite of an increasingly crappy car, at the death to finish 3rd overall. The Sauber teammates did well to finish on even points! Senna's consistency allowed him to finish ahead of the faster Maldonado, in spite of the Venezuelan scoring another win in a crazy race at Yas Marina.
There were some heroics going on at the back of the field until the final race: Petrov overtook Pic for an impressive 6th place, the best ever result for a driver from the three newest teams, with a handful of laps to go; and with that move, he outscored Kovalainen in the standings.
At the moment, 2013 looks interesting: the five presumably faster teams will line up one driver each. Webber, Massa and Pérez will start as favourites.
Go home, Bernie Ecclestone!
"There will be no other victory this year, I can tell you, more welcomed than this one" Bob Varsha, 1995 Canadian GP
Interesting to see who the next new champion will be and therefore having to be removed from these results; it might take a few years yet for that driver to emerge!
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
James1978 wrote:Interesting to see who the next new champion will be and therefore having to be removed from these results; it might take a few years yet for that driver to emerge!
I wonder what the biggest gap between new champions is?
James1978 wrote:Interesting to see who the next new champion will be and therefore having to be removed from these results; it might take a few years yet for that driver to emerge!
I wonder what the biggest gap between new champions is?
My guess is seven years (Mika Häkkinen 1998-Fernando Alonso 2005).
Eurosport broadcast for the 1990 Mexican GP prequalifying: "The Life, it looked very lifeless yet again... in fact Bruno did one, slow lap"
(Tony Jardine, 1988)
