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2004 SuperStats: United States 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 final session 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 final session qualifier (by average Saturday final session qualifying position) as well as the average of the season's pole position times, SuperPole. The format, involving one quick lap and unknown fuel loads, will shuffle the order, with the occasional mistake introducing a further random element. Michael Schumacher remains on top of the table with Rubens Barrichello movng ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya. Ralf Schumacher moves ahead of Jarno Trulli after a disaster for Jarno, while Sato's top three qualifying moved him past Trulli's teammate Fernando Alonso.

Currently, SuperPole is 1m20.803.

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. As in SuperGrid, Michael Schumacher remains on top, with Rubens Barrichello close behind, Jenson Button next, Jarno Trulli right on his tail, Fernando Alonso's crash dropping him behind Timo Glock and the disqualified Montoya. As usual there are a group of drivers in the midpack separated by only a place or two.

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. Rubens Barrichello continues to lead as his teammate Michael Schumacher moves up to second, just ahead of Juan Pablo Montoya, Olivier Panis and Jenson Button, who dropped three places. David Coulthard was a big mover, up three places, while teammate Kimi Raikkonen also moved up two places. Meanwhile returnee Giorgio Pantano completed as many laps in the race in the USA as he did when he didn't even attend Canada - zero.

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. Ferrari extend their lead on to of this table, BAR moving ahead of Sauber with Sato's third place with Renault just behind. Toyota move up a place, as they swap places with Williams. Finally McLaren move off the the bottom of the table, passing both Jaguar and Minardi.

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 six are the average of the fastest time recorded by each driver in each respective pre-race session over all rounds of the season while the sixth is the average of the fastest lap recorded in the race over all rounds of the season. This table is listed in alphabetical order.


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


A recent addition to Superstats, the following tables show how many kilometres the various drivers and teams cover each racing weekend, in these days of 'limited' engine life under the one engine per weekend rule. Which drivers complete the most kilometres, whether those teams that run third cars complete more kilometres than those that don't or can't and whether a team is conserving the amount of running on its engines can be seen here.

By default, the table is sorted by total km in descending order.

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June 23rd 2004

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