DH was not the most brilliant WDC, but there were more WDC titles of questionable quality.
IMO. chronologicaly.
Farina -awfull on track antics, was never really faster than Fangio or Ascari
Hawthorne -helped a lot by his teammate, and won only because competition declined drasticly in 1958, Musso killed, Fangio grew old and retired etc., Behra lost competitive drive. But he still beat Moss, so maybe MH does not really deserve to be on this list, but I'll keep him...
Surtees -won after Bandini let him by to take 2nd place in Mexico, and because Lotus suffered of mechanical failiures during the season.
Hunt - 1976 was strange season, DSQ, errors, Laudas accident...
Rosberg -1982 awfull season, with drivers killed and maimed, the ones that had luck survived it, and one of them won the title, but there were at least 3 other drivers with a chance of title
Lauda - his 1984 title is pure luck, and hadnt Monaco been shortened to allow Prost victory, Prost would became WDC, because he would have scored 6pts and would outscore Lauda with 0.5 points in the end. quite an irony.
Piquet - his 1981 title was good one, but 1983 and 1987 were only due to misfortune of his rivals.
Mansell - with that car (FW-14) he should have won 1991 WDC. 1992 was ok, plain dominance but ok, deserved.
Villeneuve -OMG, he should have wrapped it by Monza, instead of dragging it to the last race.
Hakkinen -1999 same as above, 1998 was OK.
Raikkonen - won WDC because main title rivals killed eachother chances.
Hamilton/Massa -mistakes, penalties, through whole season.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/22/2008 02:42PM by red 5.