Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?

Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354319

By racechick - 12 Apr 13, 08:03

- 12 Apr 13, 08:03#354319

A little competition that will run until the start of the Shanghai GP. Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty Grand Prix? That's drivers past and present. Post your ten in order from highest amount led to lowest and we'll see who wins.
DONT LOOK IT UP. AND IF YOU'VE READ THIS WEEKS AUTOSPORT DONT JOIN IN BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS IN THERE.
Just a bit of fun. I'm interested to see who people choose.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln

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Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354320

By LewEngBridewell - 12 Apr 13, 08:15

- 12 Apr 13, 08:15#354320

Here's my guess:

Michael Schumacher, of course!
Alain Prost
Ayrton Senna
Nigel Mansell
Fernando Alonso
Sebastian Vettel
Jackie Stewart
Mika Hakkinen
Juan Manuel Fangio (although of course there were less races in a season back then, so not sure...)
Lewis Hamilton, I feel he must be part of this top 10, seeing as RC created the competition :hehe:

Race wins:181Drivers' titles:12Constructors' titles:8
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Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354321

By racechick - 12 Apr 13, 08:34

- 12 Apr 13, 08:34#354321

thanks Lew

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354323

By mnmracer - 12 Apr 13, 08:54

- 12 Apr 13, 08:54#354323

Hmmm...
I'm gonna have to go a long with LEB for a long way but two.

Ranked
Michael Schumacher
Alain Prost
Ayrton Senna
Fernando Alonso
Sebastian Vettel
Niki Lauda
Nigel Mansell
Lewis Hamilton
Jim Clark
Jackie Stewart

Lauda has more wins than Häkkïnen and performed on top-level for longer.
Clark was an animal in a time of bad reliability. Fangio only drove 52 races, so 50/52? Hard to imagine.

Edit: ranked

Last edited by mnmracer on 13 Apr 13, 08:18, edited 1 time in total.

The less intelligent observers say anyone could do it in that car.

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354347

By Jabberwocky - 12 Apr 13, 12:00

- 12 Apr 13, 12:00#354347

Farina
Fangio
Ascari
Gonzales
can not think of any old world drivers that won at the moment

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354382

By andrew - 12 Apr 13, 17:13

- 12 Apr 13, 17:13#354382

Is there a prize?

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354384

By racechick - 12 Apr 13, 17:25

- 12 Apr 13, 17:25#354384

Might be. If you don't cheat :wink:

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354386

By Jabberwocky - 12 Apr 13, 17:35

- 12 Apr 13, 17:35#354386

Is it one of your cakes?

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354387

By Jabberwocky - 12 Apr 13, 17:37

- 12 Apr 13, 17:37#354387

I miss read the question I thought it was how many driver led a lap within there 1st 50 races as an f1 driver

A racing car that does not win, is just art

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354393

By Denthúl - 12 Apr 13, 18:17

- 12 Apr 13, 18:17#354393

Schumacher
Vettel
Hamilton
Prost
Senna
Stewart
Alonso
Mansell
Lauda

I ran out of other ideas, so number ten will be Barrichello. He certainly took part in enough races for it to be possible.

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354405

By zurich_allan - 12 Apr 13, 19:04

- 12 Apr 13, 19:04#354405

A lot of drivers I'd say here too - one that's not been mooted is Piquet senior? Just a guess.

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Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354414

By andrew - 12 Apr 13, 20:06

- 12 Apr 13, 20:06#354414

Schumacher, Prost, Senna, Vettel, Clark, Stewart, Mansell, Ascari, Lauda, Fangio.

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354426

By racechick - 12 Apr 13, 20:27

- 12 Apr 13, 20:27#354426

Is it one of your cakes?

Now there's an idea! A special Forumula1 chocolate cake! . So long as the winner lives in the UK. Though I have posted one to China before. But postage costs more than the cake :hehe:

So how about if I score it like this....1 point for each correct name in the top ten, and a further 1 point for each name in the correct position. Do you think thats fair?

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354434

By LewEngBridewell - 12 Apr 13, 20:41

- 12 Apr 13, 20:41#354434

A lot of drivers I'd say here too - one that's not been mooted is Piquet senior? Just a guess.

I'm now wondering if he would've been a better bet than Fangio... :scratchchin:

Race wins:181Drivers' titles:12Constructors' titles:8
Fantasy F1 Team = Bridewell Palace Racing

Re: Which ten drivers have led laps in fifty GP?#354435

By mnmracer - 12 Apr 13, 20:41

- 12 Apr 13, 20:41#354435

The less intelligent observers say anyone could do it in that car.

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