F 1/32 Contest #2

[Mark Huber]

Just a reminder. I 'll post the question on November 15th and folks will have the weekend to respond. I think this one is relatively easy. As such there will be a tie breaker portion and I will ask that any member who chooses to participate, please submit your answers to me by PM rather than posting the response on the forum.

Thanks.

[Mark Huber]

Here are the World Champions from 1960-9

Year Champion
1960 Jack Brabham
1961 Phil Hill
1962 Graham Hill
1963 Jim Clark
1964 John Surtees
1965 Jim Clark
1966 Jack Brabham
1967 Denny Hulme
1968 Graham Hill
1969 Jackie Stewart

Which driver had the most dominating season in this decade?
Which driver had the least?
How did the ten seasons stack up from most dominating performance by a champion to least?

There are a number of ways to answer those questions, but for the purpose of this contest we will ignore obvious measurements such as Wins per season, Total Points Scored in a season or point differential between the Champion and the second place finisher.

No, we’re going to use another measurement, not because it is more valid, but because I think it’s more fun for a contest, pure and simple. Which World Champion had the highest percentage of laps led to total laps in championship races; who had the least, and how did the other 8 seasons by champion stack up?

I’ll start this out with the rather obvious answer to what driver and season that ranks as number one:

Year	Champion	% Laps Led
1963	Jim Clark	71.5%

(As most of you might expect, Jim Clark in 1963 would be the winner by almost every other measure as well).

So, this is the contest:

1. Fill in the rest of the table with the drivers and corresponding years in descending order in terms of laps led by that world champion to total laps. I don’t care what percentages you assign for the final column; the winning answer(s) will be those who get the order of the other drivers/years correct from top to bottom .

2. However, the tie breaker is to guess the % of laps led by the driver/year in last place. So you do want to put in a % in the last row. Be creative.


The contest will end at noon Mountain Time Monday November 18. All answers need to be sent to Mark Huber via Personal Message on this forum site.
There is a pretty cool prize for the winner.

[Andrew Rowland]

Not a question for anyone busy them Mark? Just understanding the question would take me quite some time....
Good luck everyone!!!

[Mark Huber]

Nov 15, 2013 13:52:51 GMT -5 Andrew Rowland said:

Not a question for anyone busy them Mark? Just understanding the question would take me quite some time....
Good luck everyone!!!

Andrew,

I'm sure even you will be able to figure it out in due course.

[f143]

Mark, In the last quiz we weren't allowed to do any research, just guesses, so does this apply to this competition.
I have read quite a lot about F1 during the 60's but I can't remember seeing this sort of statistic mentioned, how do we stand regarding looking up relevant races etc.
Thanks
Nigel

[Mark Huber]

Nov 15, 2013 21:53:49 GMT -5 f143 said:

Mark, In the last quiz we weren't allowed to do any research, just guesses, so does this apply to this competition.
I have read quite a lot about F1 during the 60's but I can't remember seeing this sort of statistic mentioned, how do we stand regarding looking up relevant races etc.
Thanks
Nigel

Nigel, you may do whatever you like, although don't you think guessing is half the fun? I"ll bet you could get the 9 other slots lined up from top to bottom (correctly!) without looking at a single race report or story.

[EM]

Won't be in on this one either. During the 60's I took a holiday from auto racing ( both 1/32 and 1/1) to take up sailboat racing instead

EM

[Mark Huber]

There is a winner, and I will post the results and details tomorrow. It has been a crazy day.

I will say this, the prize will be leaving the US.

[Mark Huber]

Nov 15, 2013 10:04:16 GMT -5 Mark Huber said:

Sorry for the delay.  I've been playing catch up at work.

Well, there were more than a few correct answers (you guys have access to the same reference books as I do!).   A couple of you pointed out that Indianapolis 500 counted as a World Championship event in 1960 which alters the % of laps led for Jack Brabham in that year depending on how you calculated the result.  I accepted either answer which may or may not have flipped  1960 and 1966.

I figured I"d get a quite a few wrong answers with folks selecting Jim Clark's 1965 campaign as second best, but he was just edged out by Graham Hill's 1962 year.   That only happened in one case; you guys are too sharp.

I only asked for the % for the bottom row which was Mr. Surtees in 1964 at 12.3%.   With all due respect to Big John, he was one lucky fellow in 1964.  

Year	Champion	% Laps Led
1963	Jim Clark	71.5%
1962	Graham Hill
1965	Jim Clark
1969	Jackie Stewart
1960	Jack Brabham	***
1966	Jack Brabham
1967	Dennis Hulme
1968	Graham Hill
1961	Phil Hill
1964	John Surtees	12.3%

*** excluding the Indy 500,  if those laps are included 1966 and 1960 might be flipped which would be okay too.


As I only have one prize (and it isn't another Dave Jones shell), I am awarding it to the first one of you who came back with the correct answer:   Congratulations Tony.  Send me your address by e mail.