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2003 SuperStats: French GP

By David Wright, Australia
Atlas F1 Magazine Writer



Advice: With each table, click on a column's header (title) to sort the table by that column; click again to change the sorting order.

The SuperGrid compares the average Saturday qualifying position and times of all drivers over all rounds of the Formula One season. Each driver's time is also compared against the best overall Saturday qualifier (by average Saturday qualifying position) as well as the average of the season's pole position times, SuperPole. With over half the season completed, the new format involving one quick lap and unknown fuel loads continues to shuffle the order, with the occasional mistake introducing a further random element. Michael Schumacher remains on top, as both Williams drivers continue to close in on Rubens Barrichello. The rest of the field follows, headed by Jarno Trulli who outqualifed teammate Fernando Alonso again. The only change in the actual order is in the middle where Jenson Button, during a trying weekend for BAR, loses two places to Olivier Panis and Mark Webber. Despite a good Friday for the bottom three, Saturday saw them fall further away than before.

Currently, SuperPole is 1m20.459, which sees the 107% cutoff at 1m26.091.

By default, the table is sorted in by average qualifying position in ascending order, then by best qualifying position/positions achieved throughout the season in a similar manner to that that the FIA uses to rank the championship standings in ascending order.


The SuperRace compares the average finishing position, and total time and distance completed by all drivers over all rounds of the Formula One season. Two wins in two weeks means that Ralf Schumacher is right on brother Michael's tail. Meanwhile Kimi Raikkonen regained some ground lost at the last round, jumping back up two places, but now has Juan Pablo Montoya, Rubens Barrichello and Fernando Alonso (who fell three places thanks to the DNF) hot on his tail. These drivers are well clear of the rest of the field, who are headed by Raikkonen's teammate David Coulthard. A finish for Jacques Villeneuve just outside the points drags him off the bottom of the table as both Minardis fall a place after failing to finish on a weekend which started so well for them.

By default, the table is sorted by average finishing position in ascending order, then total distance covered in descending order.


The driver totals compare the total laps completed, total distance completed, laps led and distance led by each driver throughout the season. Ralf Schumacher remains the driver closest to a perfect record, with Fernando Alonso's DNF dropping him behind Michael Schumacher. Juan Pablo Montoya, Rubens Barrichello and Cristiano da Matta are in a close fight for fourth. Jenson Button suffered the biggest fall, falling four places after a problem with getting fuel into his car, as most of the field remained fairly static.

By default, the table is sorted by total distance in descending order, then total laps in descending order, then distance led in descending order.


The team totals compare the total laps completed, total distance completed, laps led and distance led by each team throughout the season. At the top of the table Williams, remains ahead of Ferrari and Renault, who despite dual DNFs remained ahead of McLaren. Overall, not much happened apart thanks to general good reliability except for Sauber and Minardi, who brought both cars home, (just) moving past BAR.

By default, the table is sorted by total distance in descending order, then total laps in descending order, then distance led in descending order.


The average times table consists of seven columns: the first five are the average of the fastest time recorded by each driver in each respective pre-race session over all rounds of the season; the sixth is the average of the fastest lap recorded in the race over all rounds of the season; and the seventh is the average lap time recorded during the race over all rounds of the season, calculated by dividing the total time a driver has raced during the season by the total laps the driver has completed in races. This table is listed in alphabetical order.


The average positions table consists of seven columns: the first five are the average of the positions recorded by each driver in each pre-race session over all rounds of the season; the sixth is the average of the positions of the fastest lap over all rounds of the season; and the seventh is the average of the race finishing positions over all rounds of the season. This table is listed in alphabetical order.


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July 9th 2003

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