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It's a tie between Stefano Coletti and Timo Glock, on 5 sprint wins each.
 
OK then, I guess it's my turn to ask a question.

In the spirit of Marussia scoring their first ever points, what is the longest points drought for any F1 constructor? Any Grands Prix that the constructor has participated in - even if they didn't make it through pre-qualification - count towards their drought. Also, Team Lotus/Caterham and Virgin Racing/Marussia count as the same constructor for simplicity's sake.
 
The worst that I can recall is Coloni, which went 65 races without a point.
 
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Minardi had a dry spell between 1995 and 1999. That is, no points in 1996, 1997 or 1998.

But I think that's only about 50 races.
 
Osella I think. I seem to recall hearing they went over 100 GPs without scoring a point. Edit: Looking at wikipedia, 103? 132 if you count the Fondmetal years as the same constructor.
 
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Osella scored points in the 1982 San Marino and 1984 Dallas Grands Prix. However, they never scored points after Dallas '84, resulting in a 103-race drought, and if I were to allow their races as Fondmetal to count (it wouldn't be fair to Virgin/Marussia and Lotus/Caterham if I didn't), that would bump that drought up to 132. I'll have to give it to Sagaris.
 
SagarisGTB
Which F1 driver has the most starts without any podium finishes, poles or fastest laps?
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If we're talking about just these three but drivers can have scored points, it could be Philippe Alliot or Pierluigi Martini.
 
Liquid has it with Pierluigi Martini. Martini has started on the front row for Minardi (67 thousandths off pole), has led a lap for Minardi and finished 4th in races, but never posted any of the core statistics outside of points.
 
For each decade, excluding the current one, can you name the year where the F1 world champion had the fewest classified finishes?

Note: Net scores/results only

1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s

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In research for this question, I learnt that Ascari's record for 9 consecutive victories over 1952-1953 is totally bogus. The 1953 Indy 500 broke up victories 7 and 8.
 
Liquid
In research for this question, I learnt that Ascari's record for 9 consecutive victories over 1952-1953 is totally bogus. The 1953 Indy 500 broke up victories 7 and 8.
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That's why there's always been an asterisk over that record. He didn't participate in the Indy 500 and I don't think they even used the same regulations as the rest of the season, so people have given him a pass for that.

For the 70s, the answer has to be, unfortunately, Rindt's championship season of 1970. For the 90s, I'd be eager to say Schumacher in 94 (two DQs, two missed races and crashing out infamously in Australia). For the 50s, I'd guess 1950 as there were only a handful of races in the inaugural season, for 60s I'd guess Clark 1965, for 80s Piquet 1981 and Schumacher 2000 for 00s.
 
I'd always thought that myself, but was never sure. I thought the 500 might have come after the 9 race streak.

Still, good start to my question. You got half of them correct but the rest are missing.

1950s Farina 1950 (5 finishes, 4 in the points) and ???
1960s ???
1970s Rindt 1970 (6 finishes, 5 in the points)
1980s ??? and ???
1990s Schumacher 1994 (10 points finishes)
2000s Schumacher 2000 (13 points finishes)
 
1980s - I'd guess Keke Rosberg in '82 and Piquet in '83.
1960s - Phil Hill in '61? I know he only won 3 races in his F1 career that counted for the WC - maybe he didn't have many finishes either.
1950s - Mike Hawthorn in '58? Again, he only won 3 races, and I know the title went to the last round.
 
Unfortunately @Roo none of those is correct!

Clues:

One of them is topical.
Two of them happened the year of a US election.
One of them happened in a year of tragedy.
 
Liquid
I'd always thought that myself, but was never sure. I thought the 500 might have come after the 9 race streak.

Still, good start to my question. You got half of them correct but the rest are missing.

1950s Farina 1950 (5 finishes, 4 in the points) and ???
1960s ???
1970s Rindt 1970 (6 finishes, 5 in the points)
1980s ??? and ???
1990s Schumacher 1994 (10 points finishes)
2000s Schumacher 2000 (13 points finishes)
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1950s Jack Brabham 1959 (6 points finishes from 8 starts, excluding the Indy 500)
1960s John Surtees 1964 (6 points finishes from 10 starts)
1980s Niki Lauda 1984 (10 points finishes from 16 starts)
 
One of those is correct; Lauda 1984. The other three aren't, but you can try again from the clues I posted.

1950s Farina 1950 (5 finishes, 4 in the points) and ???
1960s ???
1970s Rindt 1970 (6 finishes, 5 in the points)
1980s Lauda 1984 (10 points finishes) and ???
1990s Schumacher 1994 (10 points finishes)
2000s Schumacher 2000 (13 points finishes)
 
Liquid
I'd always thought that myself, but was never sure. I thought the 500 might have come after the 9 race streak.

Still, good start to my question. You got half of them correct but the rest are missing.

1950s Farina 1950 (5 finishes, 4 in the points) and ???
1960s ???
1970s Rindt 1970 (6 finishes, 5 in the points)
1980s ??? and ???
1990s Schumacher 1994 (10 points finishes)
2000s Schumacher 2000 (13 points finishes)
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1960, Jack Brabham had only 6 classified finishes, all in the points.
 
Liquid
For each decade, excluding the current one, can you name the year where the F1 world champion had the fewest classified finishes?

Note: Net scores/results only
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Are you wanting fewest classified finishes? Or fewest points scoring finishes?
 
Fewest classified finishes.

The point about net scores/results was for years where there were dropped scores.
 
Liquid
Fewest classified finishes.

The point about net scores/results was for years where there were dropped scores.
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Well, I'm off to my fencing class. I'll work on it tomorrow if it isn't solved earlier.
 
The second 50s answer is 1955? The season was shortened because GPs were cancelled in reaction to that year's infamous Le Mans disaster. The Swiss GP was cancelled (forever), and others were cancelled as well.
 
Correct. The German, Swiss and Spanish GPs of that year, contributory to the title, were cancelled in the event of the Le Mans disaster. There were just seven events that year (a record low too, I think).

Fangio finished 5 races just as Farina did in 1950, but all in the points.

1950s Farina 1950 (5 classified finishes, 4 in the points) and Fangio 1955 (5 points finishes)
1960s ???
1970s Rindt 1970 (6 classified finishes, 5 in the points)
1980s Lauda 1984 (10 points finishes) and ???
1990s Schumacher 1994 (10 points finishes)
2000s Schumacher 2000 (13 points finishes)
 
I'm going to guess Surtees in 1964; a 9-10(?) championship race season with no clear-cut domination. Probably 5 out of 10 finishes.
 
No. Of the clues I gave two are still outstanding;

One is topical.
One took place the same year as a US election.
 
I'm guessing that from the '60s. It's Brabham in either 1960 or 1966.

For the '80s it's either Jones, Piquet or Rosberg in 1980, 81/83 and 82 respectively.
 
Well, that was an AK-47 burst spray but you got it. Brabham (topical) in 1966 with just 5 classified finishes and Alan Jones in 1980 (US election year) with 10, later matched by Lauda in 1984. The only difference for Jones and Lauda was that Jones had 9 points finishes with one outside of the points but Lauda's 10 classified finishes were all in the points.

1950s Farina 1950 (5 classified finishes, 4 in the points) and Fangio 1955 (5 points finishes)
1960s Brabham 1966 (5 points finishes)
1970s Rindt 1970 (6 classified finishes, 5 in the points)
1980s Jones 1980 (10 classified finishes, 9 in the points) and Lauda 1984 (10 points finishes)
1990s Schumacher 1994 (10 points finishes)
2000s Schumacher 2000 (13 points finishes)

Because he got the majority, it is @SagarisGTB 's turn.
 

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