Comments on: Who is the most successful country in motorsport and F1? http://www.number66.net/who-is-the-most-successful-country-in-motorsport-and-f1/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:05:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Martin Galpin http://www.number66.net/who-is-the-most-successful-country-in-motorsport-and-f1/comment-page-1/#comment-4349 Martin Galpin Wed, 05 May 2010 21:36:15 +0000 http://number66.net/2007/02/08/feature-who-are-the-real-champions/#comment-4349 Gary: Remember this is a very old article now - there has been two British champions since then! Gary: Remember this is a very old article now – there has been two British champions since then!

]]> By: gary http://www.number66.net/who-is-the-most-successful-country-in-motorsport-and-f1/comment-page-1/#comment-4348 gary Wed, 05 May 2010 21:32:26 +0000 http://number66.net/2007/02/08/feature-who-are-the-real-champions/#comment-4348 i just worked it out and great britian has had 14 world champions not 11 i just worked it out and great britian has had 14 world champions not 11

]]> By: Dan http://www.number66.net/who-is-the-most-successful-country-in-motorsport-and-f1/comment-page-1/#comment-4347 Dan Sat, 01 May 2010 12:57:37 +0000 http://number66.net/2007/02/08/feature-who-are-the-real-champions/#comment-4347 Surely the Blue in the Union Flag which represents Great Britain (which includes Scotland) is pulled from the flag of St Andrew, thus meaning that any Scottish driver could also (rightly) be seen as a British driver. Use your noggin Alan and stop complaining about people being nationalistic when you brought it up. Surely the Blue in the Union Flag which represents Great Britain (which includes Scotland) is pulled from the flag of St Andrew, thus meaning that any Scottish driver could also (rightly) be seen as a British driver. Use your noggin Alan and stop complaining about people being nationalistic when you brought it up.

]]> By: Alan Jones http://www.number66.net/who-is-the-most-successful-country-in-motorsport-and-f1/comment-page-1/#comment-4342 Alan Jones Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:54:50 +0000 http://number66.net/2007/02/08/feature-who-are-the-real-champions/#comment-4342 perhaps to an Englishman they are British but to the rest of the world they are Scottish. Nevermind then have your little pole one thing I have learnt in life is not to bother arguing with a deluded nationalistic Brit they will always shift the goalposts, as Ross says "Classic case of making statistics say what you want" perhaps to an Englishman they are British but to the rest of the world they are Scottish. Nevermind then have your little pole one thing I have learnt in life is not to bother arguing with a deluded nationalistic Brit they will always shift the goalposts, as Ross says “Classic case of making statistics say what you want”

]]> By: Martin http://www.number66.net/who-is-the-most-successful-country-in-motorsport-and-f1/comment-page-1/#comment-4341 Martin Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:43:44 +0000 http://number66.net/2007/02/08/feature-who-are-the-real-champions/#comment-4341 Whether Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark are "identified" as being Scottish is irrelevant - they are/were British, raced under a British competition license and travelled on a British passport. Scotland is not a sovereign nation. With regards to Finland - you are correct, somehow they were missed from the World Champions list. I have since amended this. However, when this article was written, Kimi Räikkönen had not yet won his world championship. I'm also not convinced that there exist a tangible correlation between population and success Formula One. By that logic, the USA (or soon China) would eclipse other nations and this is obviously not the case. It is interesting point though. Whether Jackie Stewart and Jim Clark are “identified” as being Scottish is irrelevant – they are/were British, raced under a British competition license and travelled on a British passport. Scotland is not a sovereign nation.

With regards to Finland – you are correct, somehow they were missed from the World Champions list. I have since amended this. However, when this article was written, Kimi Räikkönen had not yet won his world championship.

I’m also not convinced that there exist a tangible correlation between population and success Formula One. By that logic, the USA (or soon China) would eclipse other nations and this is obviously not the case. It is interesting point though.

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