SUPERGRID and SUPERRACE

ATLAS TEAM F1
1996 SuperGrid and SuperRace
Post Season Edition
by Rory Gordon
Australia

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.


SuperGrid

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


SuperRace

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


TEAMS

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


OVERALL FIGURES

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


TOP 20

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


NOTES

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.


MAIN SOURCES

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".


PUBLICATION

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.