Who are they all up against? The Formula 1 drivers of 2023 in stats

20 comments on “Who are they all up against? The Formula 1 drivers of 2023 in stats”

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   Jonathan Parkin
   23rd January 2023, 12:39

   The most surprising thing about this list is Max apparently not winning a title after karts until he won his first F1 championship
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      Tommy Scragend
      23rd January 2023, 13:07

      Verstappen only raced in junior formulae for one season between leaving karts and entering F1. He finished 3rd in the European F3 championship.
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      Shimks (@shimks)
      23rd January 2023, 13:38

      Yes, I was so shocked!

      Great article. So interesting!
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      Craig
      23rd January 2023, 15:07

      I’m still of the opinion Vestappen was moved into F1 too fast. A lot of other great drivers had similar karting stats to him and came into junior series’ with a bang so why did he get accelerated so quickly?
      It’s worth noting I don’t doubt him as a driver, I just don’t see a good reason for him to entirely jump the junior series’.
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         Niefer (@niefer)
         23rd January 2023, 17:25

         I had the same opinion when he appeared but, would he have beaten Hamilton without those pre matured years? I really don’t think so.
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            Craig
            24th January 2023, 8:33

            Why not? He could have been better with a year or two in junior formula.
   4. 

      Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
      23rd January 2023, 19:21

      Yes – not winning anything might be good preparation for being Williams drivers, but they’re in good company.
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   Matthijs (@matthijs)
   23rd January 2023, 12:43

   These are cool stats! I could only find 19 drivers on the world map until I realized that Monaco is too small to see on a world map.
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   Dane
   23rd January 2023, 13:13

   Alonso coming up on a decade since his last win is crazy and makes me feel really old.
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      Qeki (@qeki)
      23rd January 2023, 20:02

      Thinking Bottas is one of the most experienced driver on the grid cannot fit in my head. He was just testing Williams..
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   MichaelN
   23rd January 2023, 14:09

   Surprising that Hamilton’s one winless year has him plummet almost halfway down that list of recent wins.

   That list is also just one more reason to be skeptical about Hülkenberg’s return; he didn’t win anything at all since that rather random (but fair enough!) Le Mans win, and this despite being out of F1 for quite a few seasons.
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      Jere (@jerejj)
      23rd January 2023, 15:02

      @MichaelN He didn’t do any active racing in the last three seasons, which also explains his overall win drought in motorsport since the 2015 Le Mans 24h victory.
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         MichaelN
         23rd January 2023, 15:23

         Exactly. It’s one thing to be out of F1, but Hülkenberg basically did nothing else apart from a one-off Indycar test that didn’t lead to anything. Experience seems vastly overrated by teams, to the point that even someone like Hülkenberg, who has been out of F1 for years, is still given preference over young talent that has done quite well in F2 or Indycar.
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      Niefer (@niefer)
      23rd January 2023, 17:33

      Yes!! I was stupefied to realise that, for a man whose career went win less for the very first time in 15 years, he is actually behind Zhou in the figures!! Gosh, didn’t see that coming at all.
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         SteveP
         23rd January 2023, 20:28

         es!! I was stupefied to realise that, for a man whose career went win less for the very first time in 15 years, he is actually behind Zhou in the figures!! Gosh, didn’t see that coming at all.

         I think you may need to see a clinical specialist – your short term memory is shot. :)

         There’s 6 (six) bar charts there, (3) three of them chart the numerical stats on the wins, and Hamilton tops all of those.
         The one you remembered (the last) is the gap since the last win
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            Niefer (@niefer)
            23rd January 2023, 23:36

            Whoa, my bad, it is a typo! Since I specifically mentioned Zhou, it would suffice to simply mention the odd phrasing instead of gaslighting, but thanks anyway!
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      SteveP
      23rd January 2023, 20:36

      That list is also just one more reason to be skeptical about Hülkenberg’s return; he didn’t win anything at all since that rather random (but fair enough!) Le Mans win, and this despite being out of F1 for quite a few seasons.

      You have to consider that the aim of using Hulkenberg (and Magnussen) is not to win many races with what they know is an under-developed car.
      It’s to improve the driving standard for both cars and collect feedback on the pro’s and cons of what they have and build on that.
      An inexperienced driver like Schumacher couldn’t do that for them so they were on minimal useful feedback in 21, with a big improvement in 22 with the fortuitous loss of Mazepin and replacement with Magnussen.
      That clued them up about how lacking the feedback was.

      A driver has to earn his way, either in results, in feedback for development, or a big bucket of cash.
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   Jere (@jerejj)
   23rd January 2023, 15:06

   Regarding countries, while Albon might compete with a Thai license, he’s otherwise British by technicality, having been born & raised in England, so while he’s Anglo-Thai, I’ve always considered him a Brit more alongside Hamilton, Russell, Norris, & co.
   As for race wins, among this year’s 20 full-time drivers, Norris & Piastri definitely have the best chance of becoming the next new winner based on machinery that will likely again be upper midfield level.
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   János
   24th January 2023, 3:21

   Imagine if Fernando and Lewis retired at the end of this year and Max has another dominant season he will be the only one with more than 10 wins on the entire grid for 2024!
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   ruliemaulana (@ruliemaulana)
   24th January 2023, 10:58

   Piastri junior career is very impressive. But so was Hulkenberg.

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