For the entire season, Atlas F1 kept an eye on the battle between teammates with a simple measurement: comparing the qualifying times of each driver against his teammate's. Now that the season is over it's time to see who's hot and who's not...

So let's see who is the absolute king, the champion of champions, the driver who trashed his teammate to the ground! And the winner is...

Now hang on a minute there, Fernando! Sorry, you can't have the Mumm's Champagne, and not just because you're underaged. Considering Alex Yoong only participated in three qualifying sessions, the result for Alonso-Yoong is disqualified, since the rules of the Atlas F1 QD state that only those who participate in at least 15 of the 17 rounds are eligible for the contest. And 2001 had many, too many partial-participants:

So who is the winner? Well, taking into account only those pairs who fought against each other for the entire year, and scrapping the best and the worst result to weed out the freak occurences, we now give you the 2001 Qualifying Differentials Champion:

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the Kid from Kerpen has notched up yet another title - Michael Schumacher, Formula One World Champion, has made the double and is now the 2001 Qualifying Differentials Champion as well.

To emphasise just how dominant Schumacher was this year in the intra-team competition, take a look at the Qualifying Duel:

So there you have it, folks, the Qualifying Differentials for 2001. And, just quickly before we close the book on the season that was, here's a last look at the average differentials for each Grand Prix:

See you in 2002!