The first thing that sticks out is that they are all second-generation drivers. None of them is Graham Hill or Keke Rosberg's child so is it that they are the sons of non-world champions?
But Jolyon Palmer isn't there, so that doesn't fit
Yes but there is something which links those particular drivers and not all the other drivers who won the opening races of a season.
Jody Scheckter won the opening race of 1977 and Nigel Mansell won the opening race of 1989 but aren't on that list.
Question in two parts. State the year(s), car(s) and driver(s).
1. When was the last time the F1 constructor's championship was won by a car with a production based engine?
(Bonus question: name any other production car based parts used on this car.)
2. When was the last time the F1 constructor's championship was won solely by the point contributions of only one driver?
(Bonus: Was there another time?)
1. 1966, Brabham. Wasn't the Repco engine based off a production engine?
2. Perhaps Lotus in 1972. Dave Walker scored duck egg that year and Emerson got all the glory.
Close enough.
2. When was the last time the F1 constructor's championship was won solely by the point contributions of only one driver?
(Bonus: Was there another time?)
In the 2013 F1 World Championship, Sebastian Vettel won the drivers championship with 397 points, and combined Mercedes scored 360 points for second in the constructors championship.
This happened before in 2004 as well with Michael Schumacher scoring more points than BAR, and (if you exclude McLaren from the constructors championship) again in 2007 for Kimi Raikkonen.
Max VerstappenI have no words for today. Raikkonen even raced against my dad.
Did multiple generations of the Fittipaldis or Andrettis race close enough together?
Ooh, I think Alain Prost and Riccardo Patrese raced against both Andrettis. Understandably, I'd forgotten about Michael Andretti...
I'm pretty sure Patrese raced against both Andrettis and both Fitipaldis.
Reg and Tim Parnell in the 50's and 60's had a pretty close gap between their respective last and first races. Drivers to race against both include Stirling Moss and Roy Salvadori,
He didn't do Tim's two racesMaurice Trintignant there or thereabouts?
Troy Ruttman 1952 Indy 500 (Bruce Mclaren United States 1959)Finish the sequence: Max Verstappen Spain 2016, Sebastian Vettel Italy 2008, Fernando Alonso Hungary 2003, ?
You're 102 names shortTroy Ruttman 1952 Indy 500 (Bruce Mclaren United States 1959)
No, you'd need Lewis Hamilton Canada 2007 firstKimi Raikkonen Malaysia 2003,
You're 102 names short
Nah, I'm not (quite) that evil. Your go.
Neither was RaikonnenHamilton was never the youngest winner.
Neither was Raikkonen. It was youngest race winners, not those who held the record of youngest winner.Hamilton was never the youngest winner.