SUPERGRID and SUPERRACE

1996 SuperGrid and SuperRace
San Marino Grand Prix Edition
by Rory Gordon
Australia

Welcome to the F1 SuperGrid and SuperRace for 1996.

To those of you who have not seen the SuperGrid and SuperRace before, the idea is to average out each driver's efforts during the season, using the times and positions that he has attained.

All suggestions, corrections and so on, are gratefully received, but are not necessarily acted upon, subject to the compiler's whims.

The SuperGrid and SuperRace are based on the tables formerly presented by John Taylor in Autocourse.

SuperGrid

Damon Hill remains in pole position for the 1996 SuperGrid, thanks to his huge margins in the first few races of the season. Despite his pole at San Marino, Michael Schumacher is still back on the second row.

At the other end of the grid, Forti still "dominate", with Luca Badoer now being the final qualifier and Andrea Montermini failing to qualify.

For interest, included for the first time in the SuperGrid is a mark for 107% of pole time, along with the 107% "times".

This Super Grid is sorted on Total Time.

     DRIVER        TEAM       TOTAL      AVG.      AVG.
                               TIME      TIME      POS.

  1. Hill           WIL      427.012   1:25.402    1.40
  2. Villeneuve     WIL      429.473   1:25.895    2.40
  3. Schumacher     FER      430.236   1:26.047    2.80
  4. Alesi          BEN      433.499   1:26.700    4.80
  5. Irvine         FER      434.034   1:26.807    7.20
  6. Barrichello    JOR      434.420   1:26.884    6.00
  7. Berger         BEN      434.758   1:26.952    7.00
  8. Hakkinen       MCL      435.619   1:27.124    8.00
  9. Coulthard      MCL      436.095   1:27.219    9.20
 10. Frentzen       SAU      436.321   1:27.264    9.80
 11. Salo           TYR      437.616   1:27.523   11.80
 12. Verstappen     FOO      438.016   1:27.603   11.80  
 13. Brundle        JOR      438.777   1:27.755   12.60
 14. Panis          LIG      438.914   1:27.783   13.20
 15. Herbert        SAU      439.604   1:27.921   14.00
 16. Katayama       TYR      440.253   1:28.051   15.20
 17. Diniz          LIG      443.317   1:28.663   18.00
 18. Lamy           MIN      444.937   1:28.987   18.60
 19. Rosset         FOO      445.326   1:29.065   19.00
 20. Badoer         FOR      455.083   1:31.017   21.20
 ----107% of Pole------------456.903---1:31.380--------
 21. Montermini     FOR      459.930   1:31.986   21.80

     Marques        MIN   *  173.923   1:26.962   16.50
     Fisichella     MIN   *  269.633   1:29.878   17.67

SuperRace

Hill remains the only driver to have completed every lap of every "part" of the 1996 SuperRace so far - he is the leader in every category.

Second position in the SuperRace goes now to Schumacher on one count (average position), or to Jacques Villeneuve (on laps completed).

Included for the first time this season in this table, is the number of laps led by each driver. The domination of the Williams drivers is immediately obvious, but the Ferrari drivers - despite all the talk of unreliability - also seem to be fairly consistent. This Super Race is sorted on Avg. Pos., and then on Laps.

     DRIVER        TEAM       AVG.      BEST    LAPS    LAPS
                              POS.   LAP AVG.    331     LED
                              
  1. Hill          WIL        1.60   1:27.023    331     191  
  2. Schumacher    FER        6.40   1:27.587    278       1
  3. Villeneuve    WIL        6.60   1:30.257    280     117
  4. Irvine        FER        7.20   1:28.617    269
  5. Barrichello   JOR        8.40   1:28.245    290
  6. Berger        BEN        9.00   1:30.706    270
  7. Hakkinen      MCL        9.40   1:28.553    275
  8. Alesi         BEN        9.40   1:30.587    219       3
  9. Panis         LIG        9.80   1:28.641    259
 10. Diniz         LIG       10.60   1:29.611    282
 11. Coulthard     MCL       11.00   1:31.486    236      19
 12. Lamy          MIN       11.20   1:30.313    275
 13. Herbert       SAU   *   13.00   1:31.023    191
 14. Salo          TYR       13.00   1:28.496    186
 15. Brundle       JOR       13.80   1:32.801    202
 16. Badoer        FOR   *   14.00   1:31.315    150
 17. Frentzen      SAU       14.20   1:31.311    216
 18. Katayama      TYR       14.40   1:28.774    197
 19. Montermini    FOR   *   14.50   1:37.627     95
 20. Rosset        FOO       15.00   1:32.673    209
 21. Verstappen    FOO       15.00   1:31.379    182
 22. Fisichella    MIN   *   15.33   1:31.457    127
 23. Marques       MIN   *   19.00   1:32.925     33

NOTES

The raw data are copyright FIA/FOCA. These compilations are copyright Rory Gordon.

These tables may be used for personal, private use. Any other use - including the posting to other "on-line services" and reproduction in any manner, mean or form - requires the compiler's permission prior to use.

The compiler accepts that there may be errors in the tables, and thus warns that he will not be held responsible in any way for any use of these tables.

Sources include, but are not restricted to: the Compuserve Motor Sports Forum; the Gale Force results service on the Internet; Motorsport News on the Internet; Auto Action (Australia); Motorsports News (Australia); Autosport (Britain).