Atlas F1 Magazine Writer
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...
The Italian just barely beats Mark Webber to the crown - the Australian heads the list of the second qualifying session's averages, but in the first session as well as the overall averages he falls short of Bruni's gap.
However, before you delve into the final charts of the season, note the following:
As the season ends, it's also worth looking at the duel between each team pair in absolute numbers. Interestingly, not a single driver among those who participated in nearly the entire season has been able to outqualify his teammate in every single session - even Mark Webber, who is on top of the second session chart, was outqualified by teammate Christian Klien three times.
Finally, just like in 2003, the final chart of the elevator - showing the difference between each driver's result in session 1 compared to his final position in session 2 - once again shows how futile it is to actually have two qualifying sessions. Apart from the Sauber duo and Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello, the elevator shows that the position in the second session is more or less the same as in the first session.
Well, that's it for now folks. We'll return with Qualifying Differentials - and yet another new qualifying format - in 2005, but in the mean time we'd like to extend our congratulations to Gianmaria Bruni on a Job Well Done, and we hope to see him again in 2005!
Thirty six qualifying sessions, 25 drivers, 17 duels... Forget the World Drivers' Championship; put aside the Constructors' one - this is where it most counts: the Qualifying Differentials 2004 World Championship! And our newly crowned king is... Italian Gianmaria Bruni!
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Volume 10, Issue 44
2004 Season Review
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2004 Race-by-Race Review
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