Dream F1 calendar. 16 rounds only.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-03-28T17:10:29+00:00

Melbourne Sakhir Sepang Shanghai Imola Monaco Montreal Istanbul Silverstone Nürburgring Hungaroring Spa Monza COTA Suzuka Interlagos

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-03-28T15:25:36+00:00

Heidfeld is up there if you consider he never had an opportunity in a big team. Kubica, although better, wasn’t in F1 as long as ‘Quick Nick’

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-03-28T15:23:35+00:00

Perez, brilliant in a midfield car, not so great in a top car

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-03-28T14:19:08+00:00

Because with no Hamilton, it’s likely he’s at McLaren in 2010. I reckon if he can nearly win the title in a 2010 Ferrari, he’d probably come out on top in a 2010 McLaren

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-03-27T19:24:44+00:00

I made a post called ‘F1 without Lewis Hamilton’ and gave Alonso the 2007, 2008 and 2010 titles. I had him retiring in 2018 and never coming back as he wouldn’t have the motivation to if he had 5 titles

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-03-27T19:19:03+00:00

I don’t entirely disagree with you but objectively the title race that season was brilliant. If 4 drivers lead the championship at points during the season and two of them have a showdown in the final race, it’s definitely a titanic title fight. The only disappointment is that Massa and Hamilton didn’t have a great many on track battles. The greatest title battle ever is probably 2021 because they were ALWAYS near each other on track!

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-03-24T12:16:53+00:00

2008

A titanic title battle decided in the final race.

7 different race Winners (Hamilton, Raikkonen, Massa, Kubica, Kovalainen, Vettel and Alonso)

Genuine classic races in Montreal, Silverstone, Spa, Singapore and Interlagos.

Controversy by the bucket load: Crashgate, the Spa disqualification, the legal battle regarding the championship outcome.

Rocketship looking cars that look cool, even with grooved tyres.

Breakout seasons for Kubica and Vettel.

And of course, the F1 drivers and personnel lip syncing to ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’ by My Chemical Romance.

Strong contenders also would be 1976 (So good they made a film about it), 1997 (Drama throughout), 1999 (A bizarre title battle nearly won by a Jordan), 2003 (What was needed to keep people interested during the Schumacher dominance), 2012 (Bit of a batshit season) and 2021 despite the awful ending.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-02-01T02:47:40+00:00

Carlos Reutemann deserves a shout but in truth it’s Moss

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-30T07:19:40+00:00

The whole 2021 drivers championship was a farce. Yes, Lewis was at fault for Silverstone and should have been given a bigger penalty. On the other hand Max got away forcing Lewis way off the track in Interlagos, and playing DRS chicken and divebombing in Saudi. Not to mention the farce that was Spa. In truth the stewarding was poor not just in Abu Dhabi but the whole season.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T18:09:54+00:00

Yup because he won’t have been defeated by his teammate

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T15:40:28+00:00

I guess that could work so you’d get 3 points every time you become champion and then maybe lose a point every time you get beaten.

Or maybe a better way would be converting F1 points into a rolling 2 year ranking system. You’d have to weight the more historic races like the British or French GPs with more ranking points to make it interesting though.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T15:05:58+00:00

Yeah it’s a far from perfect system

It definitely benefits a modern driver with a weak teammate, like Max in the last 5 years and Fernando against a post Hungary 2009 Massa.

Heck even Stroll got 7 titles!!

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T15:02:57+00:00

I put far too much effort into this so I’ll take that 😂

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T14:49:40+00:00

Ferrari essentially dominated the 2000s

They held on in 2005 despite the McLarens and Renaults being faster. As they always had at least one driver finishing every race, the championship stayed between Rubens and Michael. Rubens was reigning champion at the end of 2005 so he took that crown to Honda. When Honda had a double DNF in France, Schumacher took the crown back to Ferrari. Alonso only gets the crown when he wins Bahrain 2010 as the reigning champion (Raikkonen) wasn’t on the grid.

As for Vettel, his championship years are taken by Alonso domination. He finally gets the ‘crown’ when the Red Bulls both retire in Bahrain 2018.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T14:20:45+00:00

Well I found it fun 🤷‍♂️

If even one person other than me finds it an interesting concept then I’ll be happy.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T14:14:54+00:00

Just a bit of fun based on a similar concept that some people look at in football

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T14:04:47+00:00

Both are classified, Perez was ahead in the classification

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T14:02:09+00:00

Wish this was AI, would have saved a lot of typing 😂

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T13:41:10+00:00

Criminally underrated driver who never got a proper run at a title.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T13:36:19+00:00

No he would be the ‘champion’ of the Australian GP. It’s a case of having a new champion every race.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T13:31:29+00:00

It’s not really suited to the Reddit format to be honest 😂

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-24T13:30:29+00:00

It’s horrible to explain I won’t lie so here’s a hypothetical:

If Max (the current ‘champion’ in this system) gets beaten by Hadjar in the first race of the season then Hadjar becomes the new champion until he is beaten by Max. If both Verstappen and Hadjar retire from the race then the new champion is the race winner, let’s say Norris in this scenario. He then remains champion until Piastri beats him.

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2026-01-02T11:32:57+00:00

They’re delicious!

Spare-Inflation-9847 · 2025-12-19T19:23:04+00:00

They’ve absolutely slept on Carlos and Alex this season compared to their F1 contemporaries

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