WINNING RACES -- ANY CREDIBILITY

hi guys

just wondering if WINNING RACES actually means very much and in the great scheme of things does it have even the slightest scrap of credibility or in fact is it even worth anything to a driver having it at the end of a race -

I have always thought it was just about the most pointless statistic that any driver can have during the course of a season as very often it depends on tyre wear and how the car responds to a change of rubber and at what stage of the race every driver decides to change tyres and when whatever driver has decided to introduce machinery sympathy into his own individual race and a multitude of other variables -

Case in point would be the fact that six different drivers during 2014 in much , much , much , slower cars than the very dominant mercedes managed to introduce machinery sympathy in a race which very much makes the statistic just about worthless -

qualifying is obviously a very different matter as it is very plain to see who is the quicker team mate in exactly the same machinery and only then do we have a true indication of any drivers true one lap pace when compared to there team mate -
------------------------- any thoughts ?