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1998 |
World Championship
1998 Results Analysis
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Congratulations to Guido Gehrmann and his
Topless. An ICARO pilot did not win World’s Championship, that’s true, and
we’re disappointed. We know that a mix of ability and good luck is always
necessary to gain the victory, and this time it didn’t happen to our
Champions.
Anyway ICARO -as a Manufacturer- got a very important success, so confirming
that world leadership has been reached. We aren’t overestimating ourself: we
can say it after carefully analyzing placing distribution per Brand. Just
look at the figures, and you’ll be convinced.
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Moyes |
39 |
Bautek |
6 |
Aeros |
2 |
FreeFlight |
1 |
ICARO |
35
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Guggenmos |
4 |
Quasar |
2 |
SolarWings |
1 |
LaMouette |
19 |
Avian |
3 |
Ellipse |
1 |
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WillsWing |
15 |
UP |
3 |
Tecma |
4 |
- |
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Airwave |
7 |
Airborne |
3 |
Seedwings |
1 |
TOTAL |
146 |
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| Let’s start by considering
how many pilots per Brand brought the competition to an end: it’s clear that
Four are the important Brands
on which it makes sense to carry out statistical
examinations.
Icaro and Moyes show a well-balanced massive participation, while Wills Wing
and La Mouette are at a lower -but still important- level. Other brands
figures are marginal for statistics, although a few pilots in this group got
an excellent score.
Anyway we’re speaking about a Championship in which a meaningful number of
pilots took part, and a good 146 of them finished the competition.
As a Brand ICARO wins hands down, while La Mouette reaches the prestigious
target of the individual victory, and generally has an acceptable result
thanks to some good performances. On the whole Moyes loses. For Wills Wing
is a débacle.
Let’s see the details.
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| That means that among the
world’s first 30 roughly one out of two is an ICARO, and among the very
first (8) a good two out of three are ICARO’s: these figures are
impressive indeed! |
Icaro got these placings:
5 |
within the first |
8 |
62% |
14 |
within the first |
30 |
47% |
23 |
within the first |
60 |
38% |
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tot
points |
Icaro
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35
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219,744
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Moyes
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39 |
196,811
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LaMouette
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19 |
112,874
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WillsWing
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15 |
59,325
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Moyes is definitly losing,
especially if compared with Icaro. In fact the total number of Icaro’s
and Moyes’ pilots are comparable, or rather Moyes has more pilots but
scored less points! |
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tot
points |
Icaro
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15
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116,262
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Moyes |
15 |
102,999 |
LaMouette
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15 |
99,567
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WillsWing
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15 |
59,325
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If we repeat the analysis
taking into account just as many pilots as Wills Wing ( i.e. the best 15
placings for the other 3 Brands) the above mentioned differences raise
even more. |
If we repeat the analysis taking into
account just as many pilots as Wills Wing( i.e. the best 15 placings for the
other 3 Brands) the above mentioned differences raise even more.

The following table visually summarizes the
whole above analysis, showing the first 60 placings splitted up in columns
according to the related Brands. Let’s look at the
following table.
You’ll see at a glance that our statement
-although apparently presumptuous- is definitely true: World’s Championship
1998 results have stated a true Icaro’s leadership among hang gliders
manufacturers.
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La Mouette |
Moyes |
Wills Wing |
Others |
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