Which F1 driver saw the chequered flag the most times?

[@SylviusTheMad]

It's amazing how long Prost held the top spot given his years at Renault.

[@yeshuahdenazareth7868]

Prost was the best of the turbocharged era aka Golden Era. He is arguably, with Fangio, the best ever F1 driver of all times. All his stats are off the charts.

[@jonsebastian323]

Wow, so now the battle between Alonso and Hamilton is on

[@Skibidisigmaohiofanumtax]

And they overtake Kimi in this season

[@yellowflag9945]

The fact that 15th has 158 finishes is just a testament to the standard of the drivers and the cars

[@marctspence]

Both Fangio and Clark only saw the chequered flag 44 times. Absolutely crazy.

[@quintuscrinis]

To be fair seasons were usually less than 10 races long for most of Fangio's time and reliability wasn't great. The fact he got to 44 is impressive.

[@marctspence]

@@quintuscrinis true. For me it makes their records all the more remarkable.

[@bloqk16]

Many of those times when Clark saw the chequered flag, he was at the top of the podium. If his car could survive the race, it was a good chance it was for the win.

[@luisgimenez8660]

Fangio started only 52 F1 races.

[@patricknicholls7861]

It was 2003 -ish before reliability was noticeably better than it was in 1950 (and during some of the sixties, seventies and particularly 80s turbo era it was significantly worse)...

[@hazardous5723]

Yeah, never knew that

[@vaclav_fejt]

I knew the top 4 before the video started, but some really surprised me: How Graham Hill held on top, and then how much Prost had over Senna.

[@verdiguy]

Fascinated by the fact that Graham Hill was still on the list until 2008! Fewer races in his day and the BRMs and Lotus cars he drove were not models of reliability, nor unfortunately were his own.

[@chrismuz]

My rough estimates on finishing percentages for the various decades would be: 50's -70's: around 50% 80's: 40% (turbos?!) 90's: 50% 00's: 70% 10's to '22: 85%. Does anyone have more accurate figures?

[@zbynekurbanek3345]

was waiting for when Bottas shows up on his quest to tie Barrichello even in this chart... btw next season Alonso is taking back his top spot! :)

[@carlosfigueira4327]

It's impressive to see Kimi and Fernando up there considering their times at McLaren and it's very low reliability. Well,maybe Fernando's time was more of a slow that than a reliable one. They finish races,last,but finish xD

[@rafaelandre7326]

It felt like Kimi would always either be on the podium or get an engine failure 😂

[@carlosfigueira4327]

@@rafaelandre7326 agree. That McLaren(2005) was a kind of a rocket. It could go faster that anyone or just blow up.

[@PhillipeCantin]

Great content! Suggestion: How about a "Wins vs total races" ratio. this would give us the overall best drivers even though the early drivers were not racing as many races as today's drivers

[@mauricefibich3778]

Kimi☝

[@AZBCDEE]

Not for long. The most pointless stat he’s 1st on 🤣 everything else has just shit written all over it.

[@QuickNickGT]

@@AZBCDEE u high ?

[@eljussiguez]

I'm a sucker for stats, was watching these and thinking damn this is awesome and then noticed I wasn't subscribed, I could bet my mom on it that I was but now I won't miss even one of these! .... how much like a paid ad did that sound.. :D damn

[@oliraceking]

These are so fun

[@MKF1_official]

Thanks! They are also fun to make :)

[@davy_657]

@@MKF1_official how do you make them?

[@pelimies1818]

Hyvä Kimi!

[@reptongeek]

I'm going to push the boat out and say Andrea DeCesaris is not going to be top Of course I know he's not but it's interesting to see the actual results

[@frozello14]

Expected results.

[@DooM_-_gAmeR_-_]

The only drivers who are still racing and can still see more chequered flags on this list are 1. Alonso 266 2. Hamilton 261 3. Vettel 237 4. Perez 184 5. Ricciardo 175 6. Bottas 160

[@yeshuahdenazareth7868]

Without a car reliability index this is simply useless. Also the number of races quadrupled from 1950 to our time. Comparing different eras is misleading. As such, a useless exercise.

[@bloqk16]

And given the safety of the cars in those earlier eras, the longevity of the drivers were a lot shorter than it was in the later eras.

[@yeshuahdenazareth7868]

@@bloqk16 Indeed. 2 death a season on average in the first few decades. Guys like Verstapen would have died before scoring their first win.

[@yeshuahdenazareth7868]

@Peters6221 Why would you say such a thing. Hamilton is the greatest driver of the last 10 years, winning titles with the best car, sure, but so did others. He's rarely been reckless, and he's rather respectful. Verstapen, on the other hand, proved a very dangerous driver on many occasions He's evolved now, and for the first time showed patience and that's how he beat Leclerc who still must learn how to wait. Clearly you don't like the guy, but he's not a dangerous driver the way Verstaowb can be or others proved to be

[@rumblefish9]

I think Alonso can do 2 or 3 more years in F1.

[@illyp78]

Bwoah

[@pavelarsen48]

Kimiii

[@jtc4119]

Lol