I was browsing wikipedias lists of F1 driver records and went into the driver list to check some people who don't quite make it into the top 10 for ie wins, poles etc and I had a look at number of races started. I was a bit surprised that for example RIC has more starts than GRO, I guess forgetting his season in HRT.
But anyway, I wondered how the number of rookies compared to previous seasons and thought that since a few veterans, and some with quite a few starts like Sutil, have left the sports recently, maybe the total experience of the grid has dropped. But then a lot of the newbies from back when I started watching have been around for a long time themselves by now. So I calculated the number of races started for the entire grid this year, and made an average taking into account the number of entries in 2015 compared to 2014. I might go further back, but to keep it exact you'll need to check for DNS each season, and teams crashing mid season like last year.
Edit: for quick comparison, I'll put the output stats at the top here so you don't have to scroll so much!
2016 Total races entered: 2106 Average Races entered: 95.73
2016 beats out 2011 for most experienced grid on average.
2017 is going to be fun when 3 of the 5 most experienced drivers leave at the same time, about 760 starts between them. Fun note: I was just revisiting this thing for 2017 and had put in the confirmed/suspected drivers when I went to autosport and read the news about Rosberg =).
2015 Total races entered: 1809 Average Races entered: 90.45
2014 Total races entered: 1793 Average Races entered: 81,5
2013 Total races entered: 1649 Average races entered: 74,95454545
2012 Total races entered: 1906 Average races entered: 79,42
2011 Total races entered: 2216 Average races entered: 92,33
2010 Total races entered: 1814 Average races entered: 75,58
2009 Total races entered: 1767 Average races entered: 88,35
2008 Total races entered: 1759 Average races entered: 79,95454545
2007 Total races entered: 1752 Average races entered: 79,64
2006 Total races entered: 1919 Average races entered: 87,22727273
2005 Total races entered: 1604 Average races entered: 80,2
2004 Total races entered: 1364 Average races entered: 68,2
2003 Total races entered: 1460 Average races entered: 73
2002 Total races entered: 1402 Average races entered: 63,73
2001 Total races entered: 1440 Average races entered: 65,45
Number of races started at the START of each season (note, mid-season replacements etc are not included):
2016 21 GPs Driver Races started BUT 284 ALO 253 RAI 231 MAS 229 ROS 185 HAM 167 VET 158 HUL 94 PER 93 RIC 88 GRO 83 BOT 56 GUT 38 KVY 37 ERI 35 VES 19 SAI 19 MAG 19 NAS 18 WEH 0 HAR 0 PAL 0
Total races entered: 2106 Average Races entered: 95.73
2015 (Includes Mehri and Stevens even though they didn't participate in the first GP of the season) Driver Races started BUT 266 ALO 235 RAI 212 MAS 210 ROS 166 HAM 148 VET 139 MAL 76 HUL 76 PER 74 RIC 69 GRO 64 BOT 38 KVY 19 ERI 16 NAS 0 VES 0 SAI 0 MEH 0 STE 1
Total races entered: 1809 Average Races entered: 90.45
2014 Driver Races started BUT 247 ALO 216 RAI 193 MAS 191 ROS 147 HAM 129 VET 120 SUT 109 KOB 60 MAL 58 HUL 57 PER 56 RIC 50 GRO 45 VER 39 BOT 19 CHI 19 BIA 19 GUT 19 KVY 0 ERI 0 MAG 0 Total races entered: 1793 Average Races entered: 81,5
Despite a smaller starting grid, the total races started is greater in 2015 than 2014, and hence the average is a lot higher.
2013 Driver Races started BUT 228 ALO 197 WEB 196 RAI 176 MAS 172 ROS 128 HAM 110 VET 101 SUT 90 DIR 39 MAL 39 HUL 39 PER 37 RIC 31 GRO 26 VER 20 PIC 20 BOT 0 CHI 0 BIA 0 GUT 0 VDG 0 Total races entered: 1649 Average races entered: 74,95454545
Lots of rookies in 2013.
2012 Driver Races started MSC 287 BUT 208 ALO 177 WEB 176 RAI 156 MAS 152 ROS 108 HAM 90 KOV 89 DLR 87 VET 81 GLO 72 KOB 40 PET 38 KAR 27 SEN 26 DIR 19 MAL 19 HUL 19 PER 17 RIC 11 GRO 7 VER 0 PIC 0 Total races entered: 1906 Average races entered: 79,42
2011 Driver Races started BAR 303 MSC 268 TRU 234 BUT 189 HEI 172 ALO 158 WEB 157 MAS 133 ROS 89 HAM 71 SUT 71 KOV 70 LIU 63 VET 62 GLO 54 BUE 36 ALG 27 KOB 21 KAR 19 PET 19 DAM 0 DIR 0 MAL 0 PER 0 Total races entered: 2216 Average races entered: 92,33
Rubens, The Michael and Pushing like'a hell make this the most experienced grid in recent years. Quick Nick helps out, too.
2010 Driver Races started BAR 284 MSC 249 TRU 215 BUT 170 ALO 139 WEB 138 MAS 114 DLR 73 ROS 70 KUB 57 HAM 52 SUT 52 KOV 51 LIU 44 VET 43 GLO 36 BUE 17 ALG 8 KOB 2 DGR 0 HUL 0 PET 0 CHA 0 SEN 0 Total races entered: 1814 Average races entered: 75,58
2009 Driver Races started BAR 267 FIS 212 TRU 198 BUT 153 HEI 150 RAI 139 ALO 122 WEB 121 MAS 105 ROS 53 KUB 40 HAM 35 SUT 35 KOV 34 VET 26 GLO 22 NAK 19 BOU 18 PIQ 18 BUE 0 Total races entered: 1767 Average races entered: 88,35
2008 Driver Races started BAR 249 COU 228 FIS 194 TRU 180 BUT 135 HEI 132 RAI 121 ALO 104 WEB 103 MAS 87 SAT 86 ROS 35 KUB 22 DAV 20 HAM 17 SUT 17 KOV 16 VET 8 GLO 4 NAK 1 BOU 0 PIQ 0 Total races entered: 1759 Average races entered: 79,95454545
2007 Driver Races started BAR 232 COU 211 FIS 177 TRU 163 RSC 163 BUT 118 HEI 115 RAI 104 ALO 87 WEB 86 MAS 70 SAT 69 WUR 53 ALB 37 LIU 22 ROS 18 SPE 18 KUB 6 DAV 3 HAM 0 SUT 0 KOV 0 Total races entered: 1752 Average races entered: 79,64
2006 Driver Races started MSC 231 BAR 214 COU 193 FIS 159 VIL 152 TRU 145 RSC 145 BUT 100 HEI 97 RAI 86 MOY 84 ALO 69 WEB 68 MAS 52 SAT 51 KLI 31 MON 19 ALB 19 LIU 4 ROS 0 SPE 0 IDE 0 Total races entered: 1919 Average races entered: 87,22727273
2005 Driver Races started MSC 212 BAR 195 COU 175 FIS 141 VIL 134 TRU 127 RSC 127 BUT 84 HEI 84 RAI 68 MOY 68 ALO 51 WEB 50 SAT 36 MAS 34 KLI 18 MON 0 ALB 0 KAR 0 FRI 0 Total races entered: 1604 Average races entered: 80,2
2004 Driver Races started MSC 194 BAR 177 COU 157 PAN 140 FIS 123 RSC 115 TRU 110 BUT 65 HEI 66 RAI 50 MOY 50 ALO 33 WEB 32 SAT 18 MAS 16 DAM 16 BAU 2 KLI 0 GPA 0 BRU 0
Total races entered: 1364
Average races entered: 68,2
Villeneuve didn't start the season, Frentzen and Verstappen quit and that makes 2004 the least experienced in total races started so far.
2003 Driver Races started MSC 178 BAR 161 COU 141 FRE 140 PAN 124 VIL 115 FIS 107 RSC 100 TRU 94 VER 91 BUT 49 HEI 50 RAI 34 MOY 34 ALO 17 WEB 16 PIZ 9 DAM 0 WIL 0 FIR 0
Total races entered: 1460
Average races entered: 73
2002 Driver Races started MSC 161 BAR 146 IRV 130 FRE 128 COU 124 PAN 107 VIL 98 SAL 92 FIS 91 RSC 83 TRU 77 DLR 47 HEI 33 BUT 32 RAI 17 MOY 17 BER 16 YOO 3 WEB 0 SAT 0 MAS 0 MCN 0
Total races entered: 1402
Average races entered: 63,73
11 teams makes 2002 less experienced than 2004 in average races started per driver. Mika and Jean Alesi quit the year before, dropping some 350 races of experience from the grid!
2001 Driver Races started ALE 184 HAK 145 MSC 144 BAR 129 IRV 113 FRE 113 COU 107 PAN 90 VIL 81 VER 74 FIS 74 RSC 66 TRU 60 MAZ 17 HEI 16 BUT 15 MAR 11 BUR 1 ALO 0 RAI 0 MOY 0 BER 0
Total races entered: 1440
Average races entered: 65,45
Last edited by Liket on Mon Dec 12, 2016 9:29 am, edited 12 times in total.
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