For several years now, 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. The new qualifying format has made the comparison somewhat difficult - potentially, every driver could be running with a different fuel load. Moreover, with only one lap each, small errors could divert the results of any comparison significantly. But, we believe that over an entire season all these factors even out and the overall qualifying differentials between teammates remains the best tool to compare the natural capabilities of the drivers. So, with a few new charts and several observations - it's time to see who's hot and who's not...

With six qualifying sessions completed for 2003, the differentials are once again on a roll! Let's see which drivers deserve bragging rights.

Brazilian Notables

• Setting the Record Straight: the Brazilian Grand Prix was Mark Webber's - as well as Jaguar's - best grid position (third).

• The McLaren pair: A rare situation has happened this weekend - with Kimi Raikkonen outqualifying David Coulthard on Friday by 0.048 seconds and Coulthard repaying Raikkonen by outqualifying him on Saturday by the exact same gap, the average differential for the pair is zero.

• Going Down! The elevator is starting to show trends, and strangely enough, 12 drivers have thus far performed worse on Saturday than on friday, and only 7 did better. (See below)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  The Elevator

  We've decided to also keep track of the position changes between Friday and Saturday. We're not yet sure if it means anything, but we'll keep an eye on the results for the time being...

  

  

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