Statistical anomalies in motorsports.

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Not a statistical anomaly but the Jordan 198 used Elf fuel and lubricants despite being sponsored by Repsol.
 
I suggest that was soley a decision made by the engine supplier and their lubricants partner.
 
Lotus won the 1972 Constructors Championship with just one driver scoring points.
 
And, as with most cumulative records, a lot to do with less races per year back in the day. Drivers don't stick around on rubbish teams, which Williams have been for most of the 18+ race per year era.
Mansell is their most capped driver with 95 starts. He drove 6 full years plus a few races. That would would be 130+ races these days.
 
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And, as with most cumulative records, a lot to do with less races per year back in the day. Drivers don't stick around on rubbish teams, which Williams have been for most of the 18+ race per year era.
Mansell is their most capped driver with 95 starts. He drove 6 full years plus a few races. That would would be 130+ races these days.
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Mansell also wanted to stick around at the end of 1992 and defend his title in 1993.
Much to Frank Williams' surprise, he had no interest in doing so for pocket change.
 
Who would've expected that a guy who had a framed photo of Thatcher on his desk would put such little value on labour.
 
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In Connor Zilisch's first 11 NASCAR Infinity Series races this year, he had an average finish of 16.8

Then in the Talladega race he got injured and sat out the Texas race

After that he came back and went on an absolute tear and now has an average finish of 2.1 over the last 15 races, including 15 straight top 5 finishes, which is unheard of in stock car racing
 
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Car #4 finally produces a Formula 1 World Champion!

(Since the practice of running the same race numbers throughout the season was introduced in 1974)

Don't care if it's anomalous or not.
 
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Car #4 finally produces a Formula 1 World Champion!

(Since the practice of running the same race numbers throughout the season was introduced in 1974)

Don't care if it's anomalous or not.
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#4 was stuck on the number-two Tyrrell from 1974 to 1995, so Patrick Depailler was the only one to win with that number until Frentzen managed it 19 years later.

Interestingly, nine previous world champs won races with car #4, with six of them winning a race in their championship years.

Oh, the anomalies of entrant distribution and whatever favoritism the organizers decided at the time. Did your transporter arrive first in the paddock? You get car numbers 1-2-3...or maybe number 31-32-33 because we said so, and we're reserving #1 for the local driver.
 
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Alan Kulwicki was a famous underdog NASCAR champion with a more consistent than fast pace, but did you know that in the 1992 season in question, he never had more than 2 successive top 10's at any point in the 29 race season? The core difference to earlier seasons, where he already was fast but unreliable, was that the off days were still often yielding top 15's that were worth a respectable amount of points, keeping him in the fight. Elliott's win streak alone was 4 races long, and 6 other drivers, including Irvan and Earnhardt outside the final top 10, had top 5 streaks longer than Kulwicki's best top 10 streak.

Also, with Elliott having a wreck at the Daytona 500 and then winning rounds 2-5 while Allison won the 500 and gathered consistent top 5's in all of the following races, there was a point after the Darlington round where Elliott had won 80% of the races without leading in the points.
 

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