Issue # 14
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Monday December 14
PIC from the Red Bull pool
Max takes Gilles Villeneuve and Mario Andretti for P27
Max Verstappen took his tenth win from 119 starts to move four places up the grid and take P27 off Mario Andretti. He now splits Andretti and Peter Collins ... who were separated by only two tenths. That part of the grid remains one of the tightest and most congested parts of the table. While the Dutch ace has top ten point scoring his win rate remains his Achilles heel here at Sports Annual.
LATEST NEWS AND MOVEMENTS
ABU DHABI. DEC 13, 2020.
PIC by Mercedes AMG
Sebastian Vettel, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Raikkonen all moved to within a race or two from losing their positions as 2020 came to a close. Hamilton saw Ascari take a couple of hundredths out of his tiny lead for P2 while Bottas improved his position with a good points haul. Mercedes locked out the Constructors and continue to seal their position at the top of the Sports Annual constructors table which will be released as part the Annual #1.
The ranked driver results ...
P2. LEWIS HAMILTON
Third at Abu Dhabi. Remains in P2 but Ascari closed the gap slightly to 0.082. Fangio remains a long way up the road. Catching the Maestro is theoretically possible. The gap is almost 1.3 though.
1st. JM Fangio
2.125 rpw / 5.941 ppr
2nd. Lewis Hamilton
2.800 rpw / 5.327 ppr
3rd. Alberto Ascari
2.461 rpw / 4.906 ppr
P9. SEBASTIAN VETTEL
Moss is closing fast on Vettel. The gap at the end of 2020 is 0.136 which could see him lose P9 in Australia. His career long battle with Ayrton Senna is almost certainly now lost. It's 9 tenths.
8th. Ayrton Senna
3.926 rpw / 4.024 ppr
9th. Sebastian Vettel
4.849 rpw / 3.980 ppr
10th. Stirling Moss
4.125 rpw / 3.090 ppr
P27. MAX VERSTAPPEN
Max Verstappen's win at Abu Dhabi saw him move from P31 passed Gonzalez, Reutemann, Gilles Villeneuve and Mario Andretti to finish 2020 in P27. His points per race ratio remains stunning but his win rate isn't good enough to get him anywhere near his place winning peers, which includes Lauda and Mansell.
26. Peter Collins
10.666 rpw / 1.744 ppr
27. Max Verstappen
11.900 rpw / 2.798 ppr
28. Mario Andretti
10.666 rpw / 1.500 ppr
P40. KIMI RAIKKONEN
Kimi's position is threatened by Jacques Villeneuve who will push him out of the top 40 by Bahrain 2021 without Kimi taking significant points.
39. Peter Revson
15.000 rpw / 2.100 ppr
40. Kimi Raikkonen
15.714 rpw / 2.315 ppr
41. Jacques Villeneuve
14.818 rpw / 1.349 ppr
P43. VALTTERI BOTTAS
Bottas is one win from Raikkonen and Villeneuve to break into the top 40. His other compatriot Mika Hakkinen is still some distance up the road. With 156 starts under his belt there is ample room for advancement ... but Hakkinen might soon be a tough ask without multiple wins in 2021.
42. Phil Hill
16.000 rpw / 2.104 ppr
43. Valtteri Bottas
17.333 rpw / 2.698 ppr
44. Piero Taruffi
18.000 rpw / 2.388 ppr
P58/60. RICCIARDO and LECLERC
Ricciardo holds station at Abu Dhabi. Leclerc stays in P60 behind Mexico's Pedro Rodriguez but Barrichello will take his position at Melbourne without a win.
58. Clay Regazzoni
26.400 rpw / 1.643 ppr
59. Daniel Ricciardo
26.857 rpw / 1.489 ppr
60. Pedro Rodriguez
27.500 rpw / 1.327 ppr
61. Charles Leclerc
29.500 rpw / 1.644 ppr
62. Rubens Barrichello
29.363 rpw / 1.554 ppr
P82. PIERRE GASLY
He has eight starts before he falls behind Carlos Pace in position 83.
81. Patrick Tambay
57.000 rpw / 0.921 ppr
82. Pierre Gasly
64.000 rpw / 0.500 ppr
83. Carlos Pace
72.000 rpw / 0.819 ppr
P95. SERGIO PEREZ
Perez takes a sabbatical from F1 ... finishing in P95.
94. Olivier Panis
158 rpw / 0.430 ppr
95. Sergio Perez
191 rpw / 0.500 ppr
96. Jean Alesi
201 rpw / 0.1.199 ppr
