The 1996 Formula One season was not one that placed great stress on the compilers of F1 statistics. Most of the races were fairly straight forward, with few being shortened. Nor were there many driver changes throughout the season - in fact, compared to recent past seasons, 1996 was one of the quietest for this.
Some of the figures below have been presented before on occasion, others have been regular through the season, while a few are new. One major change from the regular tables during the season is that the 1996 tables are sorted in alphabetical order; this solves any question of what figures to use as the basis for the sorting - pick your own, to prove your own point, if you like.
Based on the original concept by the late John Taylor in Autocourse, the SuperGrid/Race figures were developed mainly out of personal interest and are maintained mainly for that reason. Over the years, and quite a number of software packages, the SuperStuff collection has grown as more information becomes available more readily and more quickly. Perhaps it might now be around saturation point.
Most of the figures in the 1996 SuperGrid should be fairly obvious. The "Avg Time" figures are the average of the grid times for that driver, for the qualifying sessions in which he participated.
The "Avg % Off Pole" is a new, experimental, figure. Based on the 107% ruling, this figure averages each drivers' percentage of the pole time. So, if a driver got pole in one race and was at 102% in the next race, the figure here would be 101%. Naturally, the driver who set the most pole times in the season (Hill) has the figure nearest to 100%.
Drivers whose qualifying time was disallowed have been credited with that disallowed time - the question of allocating another time is impossible to resolve fairly - but have been "positioned" in their grid position. Drivers who had to start from the back of the grid or from pit lane have been credited with the position based on their grid time.
Drivers who did not participate in all 16 qualifying sessions are marked with an aster ("*"). Strictly speaking, these drivers do not qualify for the SuperGrid.
DRIVER TEAM AVG. TOTAL AVG. AVG. %
POS. TIME TIME OFF POLE
Alesi BEN 4.88 23m26.253 1m27.891 1.403
Badoer FOR * 20.70 14m47.635 1m28.764 6.735
Barrichello JOR 8.06 23m35.247 1m28.453 2.063
Berger BEN 5.75 23m27.301 1m27.956 1.512
Brundle JOR 11.13 23m41.830 1m28.864 2.539
Coulthard MCL 8.25 23m33.921 1m28.370 1.993
Diniz LIG 16.38 23m59.333 1m29.958 3.810
Fisichella MIN * 17.63 11m31.336 1m26.417 4.246
Frentzen SAU 10.56 23m41.291 1m28.831 2.500
Hakkinen MCL 6.63 23m29.789 1m28.112 1.691
Herbert SAU 12.94 23m49.335 1m29.333 3.053
Hill WIL 1.44 23m08.498 1m26.781 0.127
Irvine FER 7.88 23m30.837 1m28.177 1.745
Katayama TYR 15.00 23m57.167 1m29.823 3.619
Lamy MIN 18.44 24m14.808 1m30.926 4.892
Lavaggi MIN * 20.00 9m54.644 1m39.107 7.093
Marques MIN * 18.00 2m53.923 1m26.962 3.312
Montermini FOR * 21.30 14m54.643 1m29.464 7.533
Panis LIG 12.75 23m45.967 1m29.123 2.817
Rosset FOO 19.13 24m17.137 1m31.071 5.071
Salo TYR 13.25 23m51.152 1m29.447 3.192
Schumacher FER 2.63 23m16.545 1m27.284 0.705
Verstappen FOO 14.06 23m53.834 1m29.615 3.369
Villeneuve WIL 3.06 23m14.018 1m27.126 0.556
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Again, most of the figures for the 1996 SuperRace should be fairly obvious.
Drivers who were disqualified from a race have been credited with laps and race time, but have been "placed" at the end of the field. (This may change in future SuperRace figures.)
"Racing Time", a new figure, is the total time that each driver officially spent racing. It should be remembered that the official times are based on the completion of each lap. A curiosity note: the driver who spent the most time racing during 1996 (Villeneuve), "worked" for just over 24 hours during the entire season - his hourly rate would be interesting.
The "KPH" figure is based on distance completed divided by the racing time.
DRIVER TEAM AVG. LAPS RACING TIME KPH BEST LAP
POS. 1014 (AVG).
Alesi BEN 6.88 814 21h16m37.922 180.504 1m31.643
Badoer FOR * 12.83 283 7h40m15.023 156.185 1m29.253
Barrichello JOR 9.81 784 20h45m13.621 185.333 1m32.755
Berger BEN 8.81 774 20h25m24.867 185.631 1m34.093
Brundle JOR 10.63 705 18h41m26.748 185.317 1m34.366
Coulthard MCL 10.13 738 19h23m05.033 181.014 1m32.812
Diniz LIG 13.19 607 17h20m15.357 171.924 1m36.031
Fisichella MIN * 15.13 256 6h32m41.277 186.598 1m42.777
Frentzen SAU 11.56 711 18h59m46.767 175.794 1m32.134
Hakkinen MCL 7.44 900 23h33m41.276 181.681 1m32.101
Herbert SAU * 11.67 716 17h02m50.395 193.996 1m32.126
Hill WIL 4.69 841 21h44m44.019 184.688 1m31.374
Irvine FER 11.75 575 15h31m27.318 177.669 1m33.752
Katayama TYR 13.94 616 16h26m39.085 184.579 1m35.554
Lamy MIN 13.13 646 17h35m51.143 182.174 1m34.007
Lavaggi MIN * 14.00 139 3h30m18.414 167.196 1m29.242
Marques MIN * 19.00 33 0h55m41.181 151.434 1m32.925
Montermini FOR * 16.50 119 3h18m10.461 155.040 1m31.173
Panis LIG 10.19 729 19h02m49.796 176.425 1m33.614
Rosset FOO 13.88 614 16h31m24.534 186.217 1m36.260
Salo TYR 12.44 693 18h45m31.322 177.581 1m33.880
Schumacher FER * 6.80 721 19h12m59.900 186.965 1m32.614
Verstappen FOO 14.75 480 12h54m43.918 182.845 1m33.275
Villeneuve WIL 5.00 937 24h27m31.056 183.721 1m32.027
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Presenting figures on teams is something that seems fraught with difficulties, mainly due to establishing some basis of equity. I have been increasingly concerned about these figures and present here just a few figures to satisfy any cursory interest - many more, of very dubious value, are available upon request.
TEAM AVG. AVG. LAPS
GRID FIN. LED
POS. POS.
Benetton 5.31 7.84 92
Ferrari 5.25 9.28 116
Footwork 16.59 14.31
Forti * 21.00 14.67
Jordan 9.59 10.22
Ligier 14.56 11.69 16
McLaren 7.44 8.78 28
Minardi 18.52 15.31
Sauber 11.75 11.61
Tyrrell 14.13 13.19
Williams 2.25 4.84 762
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The next two tables show some career figures for the 1996 drivers.
DRIVER | GP | POLES %age | POINTS AVG. | WINS %AGE ------------|-----|---------------|---------------|------------- Alesi | 118 | 1 0.85 | 189.0 1.60 | 1 0.85 Badoer | 35 | | 7.0 0.20 | Barrichello | 64 | 1 1.56 | 46.0 0.72 | Berger | 196 | 11 5.61 | 358.0 1.83 | 9 4.59 Brundle | 158 | | 98.0 0.62 | Coulthard | 41 | 5 12.20 | 81.0 1.98 | 1 2.44 Diniz | 3 | | | Fisichella | 8 | | | Frentzen | 48 | | 29.0 0.60 | Hakkinen | 79 | | 91.0 1.15 | Herbert | 96 | | 67.0 0.70 | 2 2.08 Hill | 67 | 20 29.85 | 326.0 4.87 | 21 31.34 Irvine | 47 | | 28.0 0.60 | Katayama | 76 | | 5.0 0.07 | Lamy | 32 | | 1.0 0.03 | Lavaggi | 7 | | | Marques | 2 | | | Montermini | 22 | | | Panis | 49 | | 38.0 0.78 | 1 2.04 Rosset | 16 | | | Salo | 35 | | 10.0 0.29 | Schumacher | 85 | 14 16.47 | 362.0 4.26 | 22 25.88 Verstappen | 30 | | 11.0 0.37 | Villeneuve | 16 | 3 18.75 | 78.0 4.88 | 4 25.00 |
DRIVERS POD- KMS LAPS
IUMS LED LED
Alesi 26 1121 236
Badoer
Barrichello 2 46 8
Berger 46 3189 655
Brundle 9
Coulthard 11 1200 248
Diniz
Fisichella
Frentzen 1
Hakkinen 13 84 16
Herbert 5 149 27
Hill 40 6034 1284
Irvine 2
Katayama
Lamy
Lavaggi
Marques
Montermini
Panis 3 53 16
Rosset
Salo
Schumacher 46 5523 1226
Verstappen 2
Villeneuve 11 1353 281
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These final tables give the top 20 drivers in each category taken from 1950 through to the end of the 1996 season. Drivers who were active in the 1996 season are marked with an aster ("*"). Where two categories are in one table, the top 20 drivers for each category have been included, with sorting on the first set of figures. Three points to remember. First, from 1950 through to 1960, the Indianapolis 500 was counted as a Grand Prix. That should explain the presence in these tables of some names not usually associated with GP. Second, as with all GP statistics, compilers disagree on a number of matters - the most infamous being "What does a driver have to do to be credited with a race? Take the grid? Take the first grid? Move off at the start of the race? Be on the false (ie. pre-warm-up lap) grid?" For this reason, there are usually differences in published figures. Third, the final table, showing kilometres and laps led, only shows these figures from 1957 onwards.
DRIVER GPs Patrese, Riccardo 256 De Cesaris, Andrea 208 Piquet, Nelson 204 Prost, Alain 199 Berger, Gerhard * 196 Alboreto, Michele 194 Mansell, Nigel 187 Hill, Graham 176 Laffite, Jacques 176 Lauda, Niki 171 Boutsen, Thierry 163 Senna, Ayrton 161 Brundle, Martin * 158 Watson, John 152 Arnoux, Rene 149 Warwick, Derek 147 Reutemann, Carlos 146 Fittipaldi, Emerson 144 Jarier, Jean-Pierre 136 Cheever, Eddie 132 |
DRIVER POLES %AGE Senna, Ayrton 65 40.37 Prost, Alain 33 16.58 Clark, Jim 33 45.83 Mansell, Nigel 32 17.11 Fangio, Juan Manuel 29 56.86 Piquet, Nelson 24 11.76 Lauda, Niki 24 14.04 Hill, Damon * 20 29.85 Arnoux, Rene 18 12.08 Andretti, Mario 18 14.06 Stewart, Jackie 17 17.17 Moss, Stirling 16 24.24 Peterson, Ronnie 14 11.38 Hunt, James 14 15.22 Schumacher, Michael * 14 16.47 Ascari, Alberto 14 43.75 Hill, Graham 13 7.39 Brabham, Jack 13 10.32 Ickx, Jacky 13 11.21 Berger, Gerhard * 11 5.61 Nalon, Duke 1 33.33 Hoyt, Jerry 1 25.00 Sachs, Eddie 1 25.00 Faulkner, Walt 1 20.00 O'Connor, Pat 1 20.00 Rathmann, Dick 1 20.00 Vukovich, Bill 1 20.00 Villeneuve, Jacques * 3 18.75 Rindt, Jochen 10 16.67 Flaherty, Pat 1 16.67 McGrath, Jack 1 16.67 Parkes, Mike 1 16.67 |
DRIVER POINTS AVG. Prost, Alain 798.5 4.01 Senna, Ayrton 614.0 3.81 Piquet, Nelson 485.5 2.38 Mansell, Nigel 482.0 2.58 Lauda, Niki 420.5 2.46 Schumacher, Michael * 362.0 4.26 Stewart, Jackie 360.0 3.64 Berger, Gerhard * 358.0 1.83 Hill, Damon * 326.0 4.87 Reutemann, Carlos 310.0 2.12 Hill, Graham 289.0 1.64 Fittipaldi, Emerson 281.0 1.95 Patrese, Riccardo 281.0 1.10 Fangio, Juan Manuel 277.5 5.44 Clark, Jim 274.0 3.81 Brabham, Jack 261.0 2.07 Scheckter, Jody 255.0 2.28 Hulme, Denny 248.0 2.21 Laffite, Jacques 228.0 1.30 Regazzoni, Clay 212.0 1.61 Amick, George 6.0 6.00 Villeneuve, Jacques * 78.0 4.88 Fagioli, Luigi 32.0 4.57 Ascari, Alberto 139.0 4.34 Wallard, Lee 8.0 4.00 Farina, Nino 128.3 3.89 Vukovich, Bill 16.0 3.20 Holland, Bill 6.0 3.00 Serafini, Dorino 3.0 3.00 Gonzalez, Froilan 77.5 2.98 Hawthorn, Mike 127.5 2.83 Moss, Stirling 186.5 2.83 Rathmann, Jim 28.0 2.80 |
DRIVER WINS %AGE Prost, Alain 51 25.63 Senna, Ayrton 41 25.47 Mansell, Nigel 31 16.58 Stewart, Jackie 27 27.27 Clark, Jim 25 34.72 Lauda, Niki 25 14.62 Fangio, Juan Manuel 24 47.06 Piquet, Nelson 23 11.27 Schumacher, Michael * 22 25.88 Hill, Damon * 21 31.34 Moss, Stirling 16 24.24 Brabham, Jack 14 11.11 Fittipaldi, Emerson 14 9.72 Hill, Graham 14 7.95 Ascari, Alberto 13 40.63 Reutemann, Carlos 12 8.22 Jones, Alan 12 10.34 Andretti, Mario 12 9.38 Scheckter, Jody 10 8.93 Hunt, James 10 10.87 Wallard, Lee 1 50.00 Vukovich, Bill 2 40.00 Villeneuve, Jacques * 4 25.00 Sweikert, Bob 1 20.00 Flaherty, Pat 1 16.67 Brooks, Tony 6 15.79 Farina, Nino 5 15.15 Fagioli, Luigi 1 14.29 Hanks, Sam 1 12.50 |
DRIVER PODIUMS Prost, Alain 106 Senna, Ayrton 80 Piquet, Nelson 60 Mansell, Nigel 59 Lauda, Niki 54 Schumacher, Michael * 46 Berger, Gerhard * 46 Reutemann, Carlos 45 Stewart, Jackie 43 Hill, Damon * 40 Hill, Graham 38 Patrese, Riccardo 37 Fangio, Juan Manuel 35 Fittipaldi, Emerson 35 Scheckter, Jody 33 Hulme, Denny 33 Clark, Jim 32 Laffite, Jacques 32 Brabham, Jack 31 Regazzoni, Clay 28 |
DRIVER KMS LED LAPS Senna, Ayrton 13,585 2,982 Prost, Alain 12,616 2,712 Clark, Jim 10,189 2,039 Mansell, Nigel 9,642 2,089 Stewart, Jackie 9,077 1,893 Piquet, Nelson 7,465 1,572 Lauda, Niki 7,188 1,620 Hill, Damon * 6,034 1,284 Schumacher, Michael * 5,523 1,226 Hill, Graham 4,618 1,073 Brabham, Jack 4,541 827 Andretti, Mario 3,577 799 Reutemann, Carlos 3,309 648 Peterson, Ronnie 3,304 706 Hunt, James 3,229 634 Berger, Gerhard * 3,189 655 Ickx, Jacky 3,067 529 Jones, Alan 2,877 594 Scheckter, Jody 2,837 671 Patrese, Riccardo 2,571 568 Villeneuve, Gilles 2,244 533 |
Raw data are copyright FIA. These tables and compilations are copyright Rory Gordon.
Personal, private use is permitted. Any other use requires the prior permission of the compiler.
No responsibility is accepted by the compiler for any errors. All figures are subject to revision.
For both results and for cross-checking, include: CompuServe's Motor Sports Forum (GO RACING); the Internet's Gale Force (www.monaco.mc/f1); the Internet's Forix (www.siii.pt/f1/w3f1/in/f1); the Internet's Motorsport News International (www.motorsport.com); radio station Triple-S FM (Canberra, Australia); the FIA Media Service; Jacques Deschenaux' "Marlboro Grand Prix Guide"; and, David Hayhoe & David Holland's "Grand Prix Data Book".
The SuperGrid/Race is published regularly during the F1 season on the Motor Sports Forum and the Internet's Atlas F1 (archive.atlasf1.com). A variation is also published in Autosport's annual "Grand Prix Review". My thanks to Michael Hollander, Paul Kaizar and Andy Halberry.