Atlas F1

1997 SuperGrid and SuperRace

German Grand Prix Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia

SuperGrid

Villeneuve's early season dominance of the grids sees him continue to dominate in the 1997 SuperGrid, closely followed by Williams team-mate Frentzen and then Michael Schumacher. Even with another 8 races to go in the season, it seems that one of these three will take the final pole in 1997.

Villeneuve is still in top spot, based on both position and time.

DRIVER          TEAM        AVG.       AVG.    % OFF
                            POS.       TIME     POLE

Villeneuve      WIL         2.40   13m45.730   1m22.573
Frentzen        WIL         3.00   13m49.337   1m22.934
Schumacher, M   FER         3.10   13m51.183   1m23.118
Schumacher, R   JOR         7.00   13m56.369   1m23.637
Coulthard       MCL         7.20   13m55.671   1m23.567
Hakkinen        MCL         7.30   13m56.552   1m23.655
Fisichella      JOR         7.70   13m57.199   1m23.720
Alesi           BEN         8.50   13m58.262   1m23.826
Irvine          FER         9.50   13m59.106   1m23.911
Herbert         SAU        10.20   14m00.250   1m24.025
Barrichello     STE        11.60   14m04.466   1m24.447
Hill            ARR        14.20   14m08.173   1m24.817
Trulli          TOT        15.80   14m10.306   1m25.031
Nakano          PRO        16.80   14m12.356   1m25.236
Magnussen       STE        17.70   14m13.833   1m25.383
Diniz           ARR        17.80   14m15.197   1m25.520
Salo            TYR        17.80   14m15.794   1m25.579
Verstappen      TYR        19.10   14m19.422   1m25.942
Katayama        MIN        19.90   14m20.422   1m26.042
---107%---                         14m43.531   1m28.353

Panis           PRO    *    7.86    9m36.981   1m22.426
Berger          BEN    *    8.57   10m02.257   1m26.037
Wurz            BEN    *    8.67    3m56.616   1m18.872
Trulli          PRO    *   10.00    4m21.549   1m27.183
Larini          SAU    *   13.80    7m04.673   1m24.935
Morbidelli      SAU    *   15.50    2m39.680   1m19.840
Trulli          MIN    *   18.29    9m48.757   1m24.108
Fontana         SAU    *   20.00    4m23.880   1m27.960
Marques         MIN    *   21.00    4m29.376   1m29.792
Sospiri         LOL    *   23.00    1m40.972   1m40.972
Rosset          LOL    *   24.00    1m42.086   1m42.086


SuperGrid

This year's SuperRacepoints out what a difference a car can make - Trulli's performances in the Minardi and the Prost show this clearly.

Frentzen's recent "bad" results see him slide down a few positions.

Not that long ago, it looked as though Hill was solidly tied to last position in the 1997 SuperRace. His better results - actually finishing - over the last few races have seen him climb quite a few positions. The Minardi team dominates the bottom positions.

DRIVER          TEAM        AVG.   TOTAL KMS    RACING TIME
                            POS.    

Schumacher, M   FER         5.70   2,480.573   13h25m16.491
Alesi           BEN         6.30   2,608.147   13h44m33.883
Trulli          PRO    *    7.33     902.655    4h29m07.512
Berger          BEN    *    7.43   1,754.495    9h59m41.045
Panis           PRO    *    7.43   1,730.687    9h56m14.838
Villeneuve      WIL         7.90   2,008.160   10h40m29.356
Fisichella      JOR         9.00   2,410.570   13h22m48.628
Larini          SAU    *    9.60   1,262.079    7h14m26.888
Hakkinen        MCL        10.00   2,184.941   11h08m31.740
Wurz            BEN    *   10.33     717.245    3h40m32.169
Frentzen        WIL        10.40   1,913.012   10h35m02.735
Coulthard       MCL        10.90   1,956.113   10h04m42.159
Fontana         SAU    *   11.33     772.582    3h47m46.280
Irvine          FER        11.50   1,958.287   11h23m03.787
Herbert         SAU        11.70   1,848.246   10h03m19.827
Morbidelli      SAU    *   12.00     527.449    2h48m36.178
Salo            TYR        12.10   2,423.096   13h47m34.708
Trulli          TOT        12.30   2,259.556   12h02m56.058
Schumacher, R   JOR        12.30   1,884.109    9h54m22.237
Nakano          PRO        12.90   2,014.992   11h04m06.529
Verstappen      TYR        13.90   2,074.999   11h45m16.336
Hill            ARR    *   14.33   1,706.138    9h28m44.705
Trulli          MIN    *   14.43   1,356.901    7h33m48.546
Magnussen       STE    *   14.67   1,570.737    9h13m43.070
Barrichello     STE        14.80   1,686.264    9h39m27.674
Diniz           ARR        15.40   1,759.927    9h29m42.852
Katayama        MIN        15.80   1,636.183    9h49m38.347
Marques         MIN    *   18.00     319.370    1h36m36.914
Sospiri         LOL    *
Rosset          LOL    *


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The data are subject to revision. The compiler will not be held responsible for any errors or omissions.

Rory Gordon
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