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2005 SuperStats: Winter Testing

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.

Fastest times is a listing of the fastest time by each team at the eight tracks that have been used during winter testing. For each team at each track, the fastest time set during testing is listed first. This is then followed by the fastest time set during the November/December testing period and then January testing, followed by the improvement recorded between November/December and January testing if a time was set in both periods (- indicates a faster time was set in January, while + indicates the team was slower in January).

Barcelona:

Fiorano:

Jerez:

Misano:

Valencia:

Vallelunga:


Driver days compares the number of days each driver, and team, has driven during winter testing, with a driver day being counted for each driver that tests for a team on a day of testing - multiple drivers for one team on a day of testing mean multiple driver days. A total of 45 drivers have driven for ten teams in these tests during November, December and January, for a total of 336 driver days of testing.

Of the drivers that have taken part, Franck Montagny leads the way with 20 days, with Luca Badoer next on 17, followed by Jarno Trulli on 16. From the teams' perspective, BAR-Honda and Toyota lead the way on 52, seven ahead of Ferrari.


The driver totals compared the total number of laps completed by each driver during testing, with the total number of laps broken down circuit by circuit. A total of 24917 laps were completed during testing in November, December and January. Renault tester Franck Montagny leads the way with 1884 laps, well clear of Toyota's Jarno Trulli with Ferrari tester Luca Badoer leading the rest of the order, which is fairly evenly spread out. At the bottom of the table is a group that includes drivers that the teams are evaluating for possible further use as test drivers.

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


The driver totals compared the total number of laps completed by each driver during testing, with the total number of laps broken down circuit by circuit. Again, 24917 laps have been completed during the testing period. Top of the table is Toyota ahead of BAR-Honda, with Ferrari third. The remaining three teams put in a comparatively token effort, completing less laps between them than any of the seven teams above them completed individually.

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


The distance totals compare the total distance completed by drivers and teams during testing. A total of 108919.654 km has been covered during testing, the equivalent of more than 350 Grand Prix distances! These two tables follow a similar pattern to the previous tables.

By default, the tables are sorted by total distance in descending order.


The averages compare the average distance completed and average laps completed by the drivers and teams.

This table is listed in alphabetical order (drivers by surname).


Finally, the battle of the two tyre companies. With Sauber switching to Michelin, Bridgestone have only three teams at their disposal while Michelin has seven teams out there. On top of this, Ferrari is the only Bridgestone team running at the top level, with Bridgestone also having the two lowest ranked teams on its books. This table reflects this, with Michelin's totals around five times Bridgestone's totals in the categories of total distance and total laps, and about four when looking at driver days. When looking at the averages, Bridgestone runners are more competitive, within twenty percent of the average running per driver day compared to Michelin.

This table is also listed in alphabetical order.


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Volume 11, Issue 6
February 9th 2005

Articles

Technical Analysis: Ferrari F2004M
by Craig Scarborough

Technical Analysis: Red Bull RB1
by Craig Scarborough

2005 SuperStats: Winter Testing
by David Wright

The Fuel Stop
by Reginald Kincaid

Regular Columns

The F1 Trivia Quiz
by Marcel Borsboom

Bookworm Critique
by Mark Glendenning

On the Road
by Reuters

The Weekly Grapevine
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