Was Nico Rosberg’s 2014 Pole-to-Win Conversion Rate Historically Bad?

During the 2014 Formula One season, Nico Rosberg qualified on pole position 11 times. However, he was only able to convert three of those poles into wins. Those disappointing race performances, in comparison with his qualifying prowess, helped cost Rosberg the drivers' championship. But was Rosberg's pole-to-win conversion rate of just over 25 percent a historically bad mark? Have other drivers qualified on pole as often, only to continually miss out on the race win, as Rosberg did? To find out, we took the top 10 drivers in terms of number of poles in a single season and ranked them according to their pole-to-win conversion rate. Rosberg's 11 poles are tied for the sixth most in a season, but where does his conversion rate rank?   Not...

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