• itsathursday@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Title relates to the following quote:

    “But there is another statistic like ‘most points without a victory or without a podium in F1’ [Hulkenberg has 530, ahead of Sutil’s 124]. My point is that statistic speaks for me, actually.”

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      1 year ago

      I think Hulkenberg is exactly the type of driver Haas wants. I don’t think they care about winning, or even being a front runner.

      They’re satisfied occasionally scoring points as a mid to lower midfield team. And Hulk is a consistent and talented enough to deliver exactly that, but not much more.

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    1 year ago

    I really hope thru some black magic fuckery he manages to win a championship without ever getting on to a podium. Is that technically possible? I think Lauda has won a championship without starting from pole. Keke Rosberg managed to win a championship with just one win. But having a championship won with no race wins would be crazy enough to be possible.

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      1 year ago

      It’s definitely possibly but there’d have to be some interesting happens with the rest of the field. 2010 is the closest I can find to it being possible but even that year our non podium finisher would have needed more help from the racing gods.