ATLAS F1   Volume 6, Issue 37
  History in the Making
Schumacher's Drive to the Top of the Stats
  by Barry Kalb, Hong Kong

TABLE 5: RANKINGS OF TOP-PERFORMING DRIVERS IN THE MAJOR CATEGORIES

Starts Driver Wins Poles Podiums Points Fastest Avg Rank, Wins per Poles per Podiums Points per Fastest Laps Avg Rank,   Avg Overall Avg Overall
          Scored Laps Achievements Start Start per Start Start per Start Statistical   Rank Rank, In Order
51 Fangio * 24 29 35 277.64 23 Fangio 47.06% 56.86% 68.63% 5.44 45.10% Fangio   Fangio Schumacher 1st
97 Rank 8 5 14 15 6 9.6 1 1 1 1 1 1.0   5.3 3.1
31 Ascari 13 14 17 140.14 12 Ascari 41.94% 45.16% 54.84% 4.52 38.71% Ascari   Ascari Prost 2nd
135 Rank 15 15 39 40 18 25.4 2 3 4 3 3 3.0   14.2 4.0
72 Clark 25 33 32 274 28 Clark 34.72% 45.83% 44.44% 3.81 38.89% Clark   Clark Fangio 3rd
70 Rank 6 2 19 16 4 9.4 3 2 7 7 2 4.2   6.8 5.3
140 Schum 41 29 80 648 41 Schum 29.29% 20.71% 57.14% 4.63 29.29% Schum   Schum Senna 4th
22 Rank 2 5 2 2 1 2.4 4 6 3 2 4 3.8   3.1 6.0
99 Stewart 27 17 43 360 15 Stewart 27.27% 17.17% 43.43% 3.64 15.15% Stewart   Stewart Clark 5th
47 Rank 5 13 10 8 13 9.8 5 9 8 8 10 8.0   8.9 6.8
199 Prost 51 33 106 798.5 41 Prost 25.63% 16.58% 53.27% 4.01 20.60% Prost   Prost Mansell 6th
5 Rank 1 2 1 1 1 1.2 6 13 5 4 6 6.8   4.0 7.8
161 Senna 41 65 80 614 19 Senna 25.47% 40.37% 49.69% 3.81 11.80% Senna   Senna Stewart 7th
13 Rank 2 1 2 3 10 3.6 7 4 6 6 19 8.4   6.0 8.9
66 Moss 16 16 24 186.64 18 Moss 24.24% 24.24% 36.36% 2.83 27.27% Moss   Moss D.Hill 8th
78 Rank 12 14 26 27 9 17.6 8 5 12 11 5 8.2   12.9 9.3
115 D.Hill 22 20 42 360 19 D.Hill 19.13% 17.39% 36.52% 3.13 16.52% D.Hill   D.Hill Lauda 9th
32 Rank 10 10 11 8 10 9.8 9 8 11 9 7 8.8   9.3 10.3
187 Mansell 31 32 59 482 30 Mansell 16.58% 17.11% 31.55% 2.58 16.04% Mansell   Mansell Hakkinen 10th
7 Rank 4 4 5 5 3 4.2 10 10 16 13 8 11.4   7.8 10.8
171 Lauda 25 24 54 420.5 24 Lauda 14.62% 14.04% 31.58% 2.46 14.04% Lauda   Lauda Piquet 11th
11 Rank 6 8 6 6 5 6.2 13 17 15 15 12 14.4   10.3 12.6
142 Hakkinen 18 26 47 372 20 Hakkinen 12.68% 18.31% 33.10% 2.62 14.08% Hakkinen   Hakkinen Moss 12th
21 Rank 11 7 8 10 9 9.0 15 7 14 14 13 12.6   10.8 12.9
204 Piquet 23 24 60 485.5 23 Piquet 11.27% 11.76% 29.41% 2.38 11.27% Piquet   Piquet Ascari 13th
4 Rank 9 8 4 4 6 6.2 16 20 20 17 22 19.0   12.6 14.2

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Barry Kalb is a veteran journalist of 20 years' experience (the Washington Star, CBS News, Time Magazine) and a motor racing fan - especially Formula One - for almost 40 years. He currently resides in Hong Kong.