The most dominant car in F1 history? The numbers..

[Nando]

F500 had a Win-rate of 87.5%
F500 had a Qual-rate of 87.5%
F500 had a Fastlap-rate of 87.5%
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F2002 had a Win-rate of 78.9%
F2002 had a Qual-rate of 57.8%
F2002 had a Fastlap-rate of 78.9%
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F2004 had a Win-rate of 75%
F2004 had a Qual-rate of 60%
F2004 had a Fastlap-rate of 70%
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RB6 had a Win-rate of 47.3%
RB6 had a Qual-rate of 78.9%
RB6 had a Fastlap-rate of 31.5%
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RB7 had a Win-rate of 63.1%
RB7 had a Qual-rate of 94.7%
RB7 had a Fastlap-rate of 52.6%
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FW14B had a Win-rate of 62.5%
FW14B had a Qual-rate of 93.75%
FW14B had a Fastlap-rate of 68.7%
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FW15 had a Win-rate of 62.5%
FW15 had a Qual-rate of 93.75%
FW15 had a Fastlap-rate of 62.5%
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FW18 had a Win-rate of 75%
RW18 had a Qual-rate of 75%
FW18 had a Fastlap-rate of 68.75%
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MP4/4 had a Win-rate of 93,75%
MP4/4 had a Qual-rate of 93,75%
MP4/4 had a Fastlap-rate of 62,5%

[rjsa]

MP4/4
Win 93,75%
Qual 93,75%
FL 62,5%

Top Trumps dejavu...

[Pup]

(unless there are some cars i´m forgetting)

Yeah, maybe.

MP4-4?

Lotus 79?

[Nando]

Ahh great stuff guys, there are so many cars it´s hard to keep check of them.

Thanks Risa, i can´t even believe i forgot that one.

[Nando]

Lotus 79?

Haven´t done the numbers but just right of the bat it had less then 33% win rate, less then 50% qual-rate, and less then 20% fastlap-rate.
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Any other dominant cars in history?

[NoDivergence]

Dang, I was just calculating the MP4/4's #'s as I knew it was the most dominant F1 car of all time.

[gold333]

In terms of pure dominance I think the ActiveRide FW15C trumps the MP4/4, as in 1993 Williams suffered many mechanical breakdowns/blowouts/etc. in the races.

[NoDivergence]

With what figures can you ascertain this? DNF's don't matter. If you DNF, that's not dominance, the complete opposite, actually. In order to dominate you have to be fast AND reliable

[Pup]

Lotus 79?

Haven´t done the numbers but just right of the bat it had less then 33% win rate, less then 50% qual-rate, and less then 20% fastlap-rate.

You can't just go by results - you've got to look at the circumstances - like the weird events at Monza and the Brabham fan car popping in for a race. Also, since the car was raced for two seasons, the second season waters down the car's stats. No doubt, the Lotus 79 was a powerful car. Though I admit it wasn't the most reliable - I don't know for sure where it would fall in your list but I think it would be a mistake to leave it off.

In the end I don't think it matters, because the MP4-4 wins this competition by a country mile, I think.

[markp]

Ferrari 500 cannot remember the stats but won every race in 1st year and I think all but a few the next year.

[rjsa]

Nah, the FW15c failed to win 5 races in which both cars finished.

[Nando]

Lotus 79?

Haven´t done the numbers but just right of the bat it had less then 33% win rate, less then 50% qual-rate, and less then 20% fastlap-rate.

You can't just go by results - you've got to look at the circumstances - like the weird events at Monza and the Brabham fan car popping in for a race. Also, since the car was raced for two seasons, the second season waters down the car's stats. No doubt, the Lotus 79 was a powerful car. Though it wasn't the most reliable - I don't know for sure where it would fall in your list but I think it would be a mistake to leave it off.

In the end I don't think it matters, because the MP4-4 wins this competition by a country mile, I think.

As you say in your quote, reliability matters. Thus if a car is spending more time in the garage then winning races, taking poles, fastest laps it can´t exactly be called dominant.

In order to be dominant you have to actually be dominant.

Edit: you removed the quote, but you know what i referred to.

[rjsa]

Some discount to how good the MP4/4 really was must be given since it where Senna and Prost driving it... but yeah, I guess it wins it.

[Nando]

Ferrari 500 cannot remember the stats but won every race in 1st year and I think all but a few the next year.

Ferrari 500 was a F2 car no?

[Pup]

As you say in your quote, reliability matters. Thus if a car is spending more time in the garage then winning races, taking poles, fastest laps it can´t exactly be called dominant.

Yeah, but I think if you only look at the car's first season, then even accounting for reliability, the car still makes the list.