Sebastien Buemi 69th F1 Driver To Score On Debut

Further to my post on Sebastien Buemi's amazing first F1 race, I read a short post from F1Fanatic, which complimented Buemi on his performance in Melbourne. The article basically says that Sebastien Buemi did a great job and that no more could have been asked of him.

The part of the article that really stood out for me (and made me write about it here) was the revelation that Sebastien Buemi is the 69th Formula 1 driver to score points in his debut race.

I knew that Buemi was amongst a select group who had scored on debut, but I had no idea how many other F1 drivers were in that group. The article also lists some of the current drivers who are also in that select group:

He is the 69th driver to score a point on his debut, joining current drivers Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Rosberg, Timo Glock and Mark Webber.

That’s interesting, but I’m not sure it really means anything. We have a couple of World Champions (Hamilton and Raikkonen), a rising star (Vettel), some very good drivers (Webber and Rosberg), but we also Glock and Bourdais, who despite being good solid drivers, haven’t exactly set the world alight.

So what does it all mean? Probably nothing, but it’s interesting nonetheless and a good achievement by Sebastien Buemi.