Atlas F1 Qualifying Differentials
  by Marcel Borsboom, Netherlands

Atlas F1 is going to keep an eye on the battle between teammates throughout the season with a simple measurement: we compare the qualifying times of each driver against his teammate's result. After every Grand Prix, we will show how teammates have fared up against each other, and where they are overall since the beginning of the season. At the end of the season, the World Champion of Qualifying Differentials will be elected - the driver who was most beaten by his teammates, in seconds. Only those who participate in at least 15 of the 17 rounds are eligible for the coveted crown; and for those who made the efforts and participated in all 17 races, the best and worst result will be scrapped.


With six qualifying session completed for 2000, the differentials are once again on a roll! Let's see which drivers deserve bragging rights.

Europe Notables

  • Heidfeld. Rookie Nick Heidfeld qualified one of the worst cars of this year, the Prost-Peuogeot, 13th on the grid, in his first F1 race on home soil. Sadly, however, his car was found to be underweight and he was disqualified altogether from the European Grand Prix. Therefore, the Prost duo of Heidfeld and teammate Jean Alesi, were excluded from this week's Qualifying Differentials.

  • Coulthard. This was David Coulthard's first pole position since Canada 1998. It was also the first time this year that he outqualified teammate Mika Hakkinen.

  • The excuses: Having qualified the lowest this year on the 10th position, Heinz-Harald Frentzen blamed Jos Verstappen for holding him up on his fast lap.

  • Changes since Spain: Once again, no changes were noted in the overall averages since the last race.

The average gap between teammates in Europe was 0.546, This, compared to the average in Spain of 0.48s; 0.725s in Britain; 0.654s in San Marino; 0.455s in Brazil; and 0.874s in Australia.

Europe Differentials

Total Averages through Europe

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