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.
As with the grid for Spain, the 1996 SuperGrid following the Spanish GP has Williams, Ferrari and Benetton taking up the first three rows, with Damon Hill still in pole position.
Personally, I find it fascinating to see, the further into the season we go, just how close in total time, some of the drivers are: for example, Eddie Irvine and Gerhard Berger are separated by only hundredths of a second on total time, and by thousandths of a second after seven races.
At the rear of the grid, the Fortis still clearly dominate - if that is the right word.
This Super Grid is sorted on Total Time.
DRIVER TEAM TOTAL AVG. AVG.
TIME TIME POS.
Hill WIL 588.528 1:24.075 1.43
Schumacher FER 592.359 1:24.623 2.57
Villeneuve WIL 592.520 1:24.646 3.43
Alesi BEN 596.478 1:25.211 4.43
Irvine FER 597.909 1:25.416 7.00
Berger BEN 597.950 1:25.421 6.29
Barrichello JOR 598.303 1:25.472 6.14
Hakkinen MCL 600.377 1:25.768 8.29
Coulthard MCL 600.971 1:25.853 9.29
Frentzen SAU 601.445 1:25.921 9.86
Salo TYR 603.075 1:26.154 11.71
Verstappen FOO 603.714 1:26.245 12.00
Panis LIG 603.957 1:26.280 12.57
Brundle JOR 604.734 1:26.391 13.43
Herbert SAU 604.977 1:26.425 13.14
Katayama TYR 607.134 1:26.733 15.29
Diniz LIG 610.467 1:27.210 17.71
Lamy MIN 613.561 1:27.652 18.57
Rosset FOO 615.923 1:27.989 19.29
Badoer FOR 626.757 1:29.537 21.14
---107%--- 629.725 1:29.960
Montermini FOR 632.681 1:30.383 21.86
Marques MIN * 173.923 1:26.962 16.50
Fisichella MIN * 437.848 1:27.570 18.00
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Just when it looked like Hill had the entire season wrapped up, Murray Walker must have put the "kiss of death" on him. From having a record of finishing every lap of every race, Hill has suddenly plummeted to 80%. However, he does have the consolation that he still leads the 1996 SuperRace.
Mika Hakkinen highlights the fact that you don't have to have a fast car (comparatively) to be successful.
DRIVER TEAM AVG. LAPS %AGE
POS. 471 LAPS
Hill WIL 4.57 381 80.892
Villeneuve WIL 6.29 411 87.261
Schumacher FER 7.14 343 72.824
Hakkinen MCL 8.29 409 86.837
Alesi BEN 8.29 344 73.036
Irvine FER 8.29 338 71.762
Panis LIG 9.43 335 71.125
Berger BEN 9.57 323 68.577
Barrichello JOR 9.71 335 71.125
Diniz LIG 10.43 350 74.310
Coulthard MCL 10.71 311 66.030
Herbert SAU * 10.83 286 60.722
Frentzen SAU 11.29 354 75.159
Salo TYR 11.71 272 57.749
Badoer FOR * 13.00 210 44.586
Brundle JOR 13.14 249 52.866
Lamy MIN 13.71 275 58.386
Verstappen FOO 14.43 229 48.620
Katayama TYR 14.57 207 43.949
Rosset FOO 15.57 212 45.011
Fisichella MIN * 16.80 128 27.176
Montermini FOR * 17.00 95 20.170
Marques MIN * 19.00 33 7.006
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The raw data are copyright FIA/FOCA. These compilations are copyright Rory Gordon.
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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).