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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm amazed its such a low number. With the number of dominant periods in F1's not too distant past - Schumacher, Vettel, Hamilton, I'd have thought it would be more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Reliability was terrible so not too surprising

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As someone else said, back then the cars broke down as often as they completed a lap

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the 88 McLaren record will always remain the most impressive for that reason.