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Book SynopsisThis book may forever change the way you look at Formula One Grand Prix racing. Who were truly the all-time ‘greats’? Which drivers have been grossly overrated? The Quality Point Rating System (QPRS) is a mathematical formula-based method that looks at drivers and their cars separately, analyzing their race results. Which drivers benefitted from clearly superior cars during their careers? Which drivers showed they could win even when behind the wheel of a lesser car? What was the level of the competition faced during the years a driver raced? All these questions and more need to be taken into account when properly assessing the role of any driver in achieving the results for which they and their team have been credited in the annals of F1 history. .
Table of Contents6 · Foreword by Graham Gauld
8 · Introduction
10 · The Rating Game
16 · Then and Now
An explanation of the Quality Point Rating System (QPRS)
and how it works in analyzing the relative performances of
the cars and drivers of Formula One.
A capsule view of the dramatic changes which have taken
place in Formula One between 1950 to the present day
with regard to drivers, cars, circuits, safety, rules and how
the sport has been managed and run as a business.
· Summaries by Decade
Best ten Formula One drivers and cars, annual season
calendars, results, and annual QPRS driver and car ratings.
The 1950s
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
The 2000s
The 2010s
· Conclusion Tables
QPRS: The Top 100 F1 Grand Prix Drivers
The All-Time Top 100 F1 Grand Prix Drivers
QPRS: The Top 50 F1 Grand Prix Drivers ‘At Their Peak’
The All-Time Top 50 F1 Grand Prix Drivers ‘At Their Peak’
QPRS: The Top 50 F1 Grand Prix Cars
QPRS: The Greatest F1 World Driving Championships
The All-Time Greatest F1 World Driving Championships
QPRS: The Driver Made the Difference
The Most Competitive Decade in F1 History
Annual F1 Grand Prix Season Competitiveness Index
Fatal Accidents in F1 Grand Prix Racing
522 · Meet the Artists
530 · Acknowledgments
533 · Circuit Map Illustrations
532 · Abbreviations
534 · Index
