• Re: GP wins by car #10

    From Brian Lawrence@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sat Sep 19 07:51:57 2020
    On 11/09/2020 14:57, Brian Lawrence wrote:

    Gasly was the 10th driver to win carrying number 10, and the 16th
    win overall for that number.

    [snip]

    Hadn't noticed at the time, but he was also 10th on the grid.

    He was the 10th winner who started 10th!

    USA 1959 Bruce McLaren
    ARG 1974 Denny Hulme
    GER 1975 Carlos Reutemann
    CDN 1981 Jacques Laffite
    BEL 1982 John Watson
    NED 1983 Rene Arnoux
    NED 1985 Niki Lauda
    BEL 2004 Kimi-Matias R|nikk||nen
    AZB 2017 Daniel Ricciardo

    26 wins came starting from lower than 10th, though only two in last 10 seasons:

    EUR 2012 Fernando Alonso 11th
    GER 2018 Lewis Hamilton 14th

    1950s 3 Vukovich, Sweikert & Hanks (all Indy 500)
    1960s 3 McLaren, Baghetti & Clark
    1970s 6 Gethin, Stewart, Mass, Scheckter, Jones & Petersen
    1980s 3 Watson (2) & Mansell
    1990s 4 Prost, M Schu., Panis & Herbert
    2000s 5 Barrichello, Coulthard, R|nikk||nen, Button & Alonso
    --- SBBSecho 3.06-Win32
    * Origin: SportNet Gateway Site (24:150/2)