Manufacturers’ Championship
November 1st, 2008 |
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3 Comments
Manufacturers’ Championship
| Pos | Team | Best Result | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ferrari | 8 x 1st | 172 | ||
| 2. | McLaren | 6 x 1st | 151 | ||
| 3. | BMW | 1 x 1st | 135 | ||
| 4. | Renault | 2 x 1st | 80 | ||
| 5. | Toyota | 1 x 2nd | 56 | ||
| 6. | Toro Rosso | 1 x 1st | 39 | ||
| 7. | Red Bull | 1 x 3rd | 29 | ||
| 8. | Williams | 1 x 2nd | 26 | ||
| 9. | Honda | 1 x 3rd | 14 | ||
| 10. | Force India | 1 x 10th | 0 | ||
| 11. | Super Aguri | 1 x 13th | 0 |
Filed under: Grand Prix Special
Don Capps:
December 1st, 2008 12:20pm
Outside of the teams — “manufacturers” — themselves, who actually cares about this championship? Since the original such championship came about in 1958 — the first to have ‘formule internationale no. 1′ in its title, to my knowledge, until the 1981 season when everything changed — and was won by Tony Vandervell’s Vanwall team, giving the British racing establishment, by jingo!, another reason to celebrate the 1958 season, I have often wondered if many outside The Few even realized it existed. It could disappear and I am not sure it would be missed by the fans. It seems to serve primarily as a scheme by which to distribute the loot to the teams these days. HDC
Aleš Norský:
December 1st, 2008 1:55pm
Not so fast. It is a World Championship and it means a lot to lot of people, although the Driver’s Championship will always be more popular with the fans. But it adds to Formula One, especially in a year like this when the World Champion’s team was unable to win the Constructor’s title. In fact, there should be two separate categories for chassis constructors and engine builders.
H Donald Capps:
December 3rd, 2008 1:03am
Well, I am not one of those people. I have never had much interest in this championship and never will. HDC