by NewMrMe » Sun 26 Nov, 2017 6:58 pm
Some further stats
Driver Total Scores
578 Hamilton
400 Vettel
378 Bottas
261 Ricciardo
212 Raikkonen
183 Perez
175 Verstappen
153 Ocon
112 Stroll
92 Grosjean
91 Massa
51 Wehrlein
47 Magnussen
41 Vandoorne
38 Sainz
34 Gasly
28 Palmer
20 Ericsson
11 Kvyat
8 Alonso
7 Hulkenberg
2 Hartley
-2 Giovanazzi
-10 Button
-10 di Resta
Constructor Total Scores
658 Mercedes
476 Red Bull
439 Ferrari
231 Force India
218 Williams
169 Toro Rosso
161 Haas
140 McLaren
117 Renault
116 Sauber
Engine Total Scores
670 Mercedes
476 TAG
458 Ferrari
219 Renault
140 Honda
Top teams without changes
1 Vettel, Bottas, Red Bull, Renault 1473
2 Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG 1472
3 Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 1428
4 Vettel, Bottas, Toro Rosso, TAG 1423
5 Hamilton, Vettel, Williams, Renault 1415
= Vettel, Bottas, Haas, TAG 1415
7 Hamilton, Ocon, Williams, Ferrari 1407
8 Vettel, Bottas, McLaren, TAG 1394
= Vettel, Bottas, Red Bull, Honda 1394
10 Hamilton, Ocon, Ferrari, Renault 1389
Top Team without changes after each race
Australia - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Honda 72
China - Hamilton, Verstappen, Force India, Renault 164
Bahrain - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 240
Russia - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 298
Spain - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 403
Monaco - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 464
Canada - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 545
Azerbaijan - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 605
Austria - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 664
Britain - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 727
Hungary - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 798
Belgium - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 872
Italy - Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG 948
Singapore - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 1024
Malaysia - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 1112
Japan - Hamilton, Ocon, Williams, Ferrari 1163
USA - Hamilton, Ocon, Williams, Ferrari 1237
Mexico - Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG 1315
Brazil - Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG 1399
Abu Dhabi - Vettel, Bottas, Red Bull, Renault 1473
For the first time ever the highest scoring team and overall winning teams have not included the highest scoring driver. It seems Bottas was better value than Hamilton providing you paired him up with Vettel and used the money saved to incorporate Red Bull somewhere in your team.
Several very strong teams were picked from the start. Monza Misfit won with the unchanged line up of Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG while Mr Kennedy finished second by sticking with Hamilton, Vettel, Force India and Renault engines. In addition to this Vettel, Bottas, Red Bull, Renault and Hamilton, Ocon, Williams, Ferrari line ups were picked at the start of the season.
Max Verstappen's run of poor results in the middle of the year was interesting. In the past, if someone has a run of bad luck and becomes undervalued as a result it has been a good idea to pick them up. In fact, doing so has won somebody the title on more than one occasion. This year though, Verstappen's bad luck continued and the teams that tried to pick him up cheap lost out. There were some interesting teams forming at one point in the mid and lower reaches of the table that covered Hamilton, Vettel and Verstappen and I did wonder if there were going to be some late surges. Ultimately though, by the time Verstappen's luck changed it was too late for those teams to catch up.