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1997 SuperGrid and SuperRace
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1997 Final Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia
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With the end of the 1997 season, Atlas brings you the final SuperGrid
and SuperRace tables for the year.
As in past years, while the figures presented during the season vary
from issue to issue, the season-end figures are a veritable glut,
hopefully a feast of figures for the F1 anorak.
With the exception of the first SuperGrid table, all sorting is done
purely by name.
The 1997 SuperGrid is made up of the grid times of all drivers who
qualified at all races during the season.
Since Hakkinen and Villeneuve were disqualified from a race each,
their grid times for those races have not been included and drivers
behind them on the grid have been moved up one spot. It is felt that
this is the most satisfactory method of dealing with disqualifications
- please note that this is a change from previous years, and may be
subject to change in future years.
The 1997 Supergrid lap was 83.388 kilometres, the sum of one lap at
each of the 1997 circuits. The total of the pole times was 23 minutes
35.227 seconds, and the total 107% time was 25 minutes 14.293 seconds
(the average pole time was 1 minute 23.249 seconds, and so the average
107% time was 1 minute 29.076 seconds). This means that the speed
around the 1997 SuperGrid circuit for the notional pole-winner was
212.119 kilometres per hour.
Any driver who did not qualify for all races is marked with an aster
("*"). Note that Trulli is mentioned 3 times: once for each of Minardi
and Prost; and once ("TOT") for his overall performance. The "% off
pole" figures are the average of the percentage off the pole position
time that the driver was.
This table shows the eligible drivers for the 1997 SuperGrid sorted in
order of their times based on the average of their grid times over the
full season, along with the time split to the previous driver, the
gap to the driver on pole, and with Frentzen's pole time of 1 minute
23.745 seconds as 100%, their percentage of that time.
Driver Team Average Split Gap %'age
Frentzen WIL 1m23.745s 100.000%
Schumacher, M FER 1m23.848s 0.103s 0.103s 100.123%
Coulthard MCL 1m24.304s 0.456s 0.559s 100.667%
Alesi BEN 1m24.389s 0.085s 0.644s 100.769%
Fisichella JOR 1m24.432s 0.043s 0.687s 100.820%
Schumacher, R JOR 1m24.479s 0.047s 0.734s 100.876%
Irvine FER 1m24.600s 0.121s 0.855s 101.021%
Herbert SAU 1m24.767s 0.167s 1.022s 101.220%
Barrichello STE 1m24.975s 0.208s 1.230s 101.469%
Hill ARR 1m25.097s 0.121s 1.351s 101.614%
Magnussen STE 1m25.661s 0.564s 1.916s 102.288%
Nakano PRO 1m25.687s 0.590s 1.942s 102.319%
Diniz ARR 1m25.743s 0.057s 1.998s 102.386%
Salo TYR 1m26.493s 0.750s 2.748s 103.282%
Verstappen TYR 1m26.612s 0.119s 2.867s 103.424%
Katayama MIN 1m26.641s 0.029s 2.896s 103.458%
---107%--- 1m29.607s 2.966s 5.862s 107.000%
Wurz BEN * 1m18.872s
Hakkinen MCL * 1m22.492s
Villeneuve WIL * 1m22.584s
Panis PRO * 1m23.344s
Trulli MIN * 1m24.108s
Larini SAU * 1m24.935s
Trulli TOT * 1m25.282s
Morbidelli SAU * 1m25.323s
Berger BEN * 1m26.037s
Trulli PRO * 1m26.457s
Fontana SAU * 1m26.790s
Marques MIN * 1m30.273s
Sospiri LOL * 1m40.972s
Rosset LOL * 1m42.086s
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This table shows the total of each driver's grid times, and their
average grid time for the races in which they participated. The "% off
pole" figures are the average of the percentage that each driver was
from pole position's 100%.
Driver Team Total Time Avg. Time % off pole
Alesi BEN 23m54.496s 1m24.382s 1.385
Barrichello STE 24m04.576s 1m24.975s 2.063
Berger BEN * 20m01.214s 1m26.037s 1.713
Coulthard MCL 23m53.167s 1m24.304s 1.252
Diniz ARR 24m17.637s 1m25.743s 3.020
Fisichella JOR 23m55.344s 1m24.432s 1.439
Fontana SAU * 5m49.161s 1m27.290s 3.013
Frentzen WIL 23m43.666s 1m23.745s 0.579
Hakkinen MCL * 21m59.870s 1m22.492s 1.070
Herbert SAU 24m01.037s 1m24.767s 1.821
Hill ARR 24m06.641s 1m25.097s 2.214
Irvine FER 23m58.196s 1m24.600s 1.599
Katayama MIN 24m32.896s 1m26.641s 4.063
Larini SAU * 7m04.673s 1m24.935s 3.200
Magnussen STE 24m16.233s 1m25.661s 2.891
Marques MIN * 13m32.457s 1m30.273s 4.312
Morbidelli SAU * 11m22.582s 1m25.323s 2.691
Nakano PRO 24m16.676s 1m25.687s 2.926
Panis PRO * 13m53.439s 1m23.344s 1.662
Rosset LOL * 1m42.086s 1m42.086s 14.230
Salo TYR 24m30.389s 1m26.493s 3.911
Schumacher, M FER 23m45.378s 1m23.846s 0.718
Schumacher, R JOR 23m56.142s 1m24.479s 1.486
Sospiri LOL * 1m40.972s 1m40.972s 12.983
Trulli MIN * 9m48.747s 1m24.107s 3.987
Trulli PRO * 10m05.198s 1m26.457s 1.571
Trulli TOT * 19m53.945s 1m25.282s 2.779
Verstappen TYR 24m32.072s 1m26.592s 3.986
Villeneuve WIL * 22m01.337s 1m22.584s 0.160
Wurz BEN * 3m56.616s 1m18.872s 1.009
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This table shows the average speed around the 83.388 kilometre circuit
for those drivers who qualified at every race. Also shown is the
average of each driver's grid positions.
Driver Team KPH Avg. Pos.
Alesi BEN 209.270 8.12
Barrichello STE 207.810 10.94
Berger BEN * 8.93
Coulthard MCL 209.464 7.47
Diniz ARR 205.948 16.53
Fisichella JOR 209.146 8.24
Fontana SAU * 19.50
Frentzen WIL 210.862 3.47
Hakkinen MCL * 5.81
Herbert SAU 208.320 10.76
Hill ARR 207.513 12.18
Irvine FER 208.731 9.24
Katayama MIN 203.814 19.82
Larini SAU * 13.80
Magnussen STE 206.146 15.65
Marques MIN * 20.56
Morbidelli SAU * 15.63
Nakano PRO 206.083 16.24
Panis PRO * 8.40
Rosset LOL * 24.00
Salo TYR 204.161 18.76
Schumacher, M FER 210.609 3.59
Schumacher, R JOR 209.030 8.47
Sospiri LOL * 23.00
Trulli MIN * 18.29
Trulli PRO * 10.57
Trulli TOT * 14.43
Verstappen TYR 203.928 19.53
Villeneuve WIL * 2.19
Wurz BEN * 8.67
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The 1997 SuperRace totalled 1,054 laps of a 4.905 kilometre circuit
(the average of a single lap at all the circuits), and any driver
completed the full race distance at every race would have driven
5,045.777 kilometres (Alesi was the closest) - race distance does not
match the apparent laps and kilometres due to averaging and because
not all races are over complete laps.
A driver who was disqualified from a race has had no data entered for
that race.
In all, the drivers completed 17,155 racing laps and travelled
82,127.018 kilometres. Total racing time for all drivers was 435 hours
32 minutes 8.835 seconds. On average, each driver racing raced at each
race for 1 hour 12 minutes 13.028 seconds.
This table shows each driver's average finishing position and the
number of total laps he completed. In addition, the "Avg. %'age"
figures show the average percentage of each race that each driver
completed and the notional distance he covered (both based on total
laps completed). Finally, there is the average of each driver's best
race lap.
Driver Team Avg. Laps Avg. Total Kms Average
Pos. %'age Best Lap
Alesi BEN 7.35 947 90.128 4,599.216 1m29.125s
Barrichello STE 15.71 625 59.231 2,943.652 1m31.417s
Berger BEN * 7.07 808 86.788 3,896.619 1m30.823s
Coulthard MCL 10.00 788 73.573 3,760.980 1m32.437s
Diniz ARR 14.76 671 63.654 3,248.432 1m28.834s
Fisichella JOR 9.24 851 82.045 4,108.457 1m29.836s
Fontana SAU * 12.00 211 87.895 1,073.686 1m30.173s
Frentzen WIL 8.35 810 76.739 3,868.995 1m34.111s
Hakkinen MCL * 10.44 675 68.481 3,354.922 1m30.558s
Herbert SAU 10.00 829 76.637 3,908.143 1m29.450s
Hill ARR * 12.75 758 76.750 3,694.979 1m31.056s
Irvine FER 10.88 800 73.838 3,746.119 1m35.417s
Katayama MIN 15.82 636 58.112 2,927.426 1m37.783s
Larini SAU * 9.60 277 84.642 1,262.079 1m32.723s
Magnussen STE * 15.31 588 56.207 2,825.169 1m32.427s
Marques MIN * 16.33 321 52.474 1,606.298 1m33.830s
Morbidelli SAU * 12.00 355 85.819 1,769.486 1m26.320s
Nakano PRO 13.41 719 67.972 3,415.025 1m31.702s
Panis PRO * 8.10 558 88.576 2,552.575 1m29.214s
Salo TYR 12.82 906 85.313 4,289.778 1m30.747s
Schumacher, M FER 6.53 874 84.442 4,233.464 1m29.092s
Schumacher, R JOR 12.71 700 65.420 3,373.560 1m30.876s
Trulli MIN * 14.43 298 65.639 1,356.901 1m32.270s
Trulli PRO * 9.86 403 96.096 2,057.391 1m29.757s
Trulli TOT * 12.14 701 80.868 3,414.292 1m24.423s
Verstappen TYR 13.82 782 73.740 3,692.606 1m31.378s
Villeneuve WIL * 6.38 810 79.094 3,843.815 1m28.156s
Wurz BEN * 10.33 155 83.179 717.245 1m22.054s
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This table shows the total time each driver spent racing during the
1997 season, and his average speed. Also shown, if applicable, are the
total laps and kilometres the driver led a race.
Driver Team Racing Time KPH Laps Kms Led
Led
Alesi BEN 23h50m55.205s 192.850 32 183.598
Barrichello STE 15h12m51.384s 193.480
Berger BEN * 20h48m11.799s 187.308 41 272.150
Coulthard MCL 19h08m48.739s 196.428 77 396.309
Diniz ARR 17h08m39.863s 189.475
Fisichella JOR 21h49m44.530s 188.211 7 47.761
Fontana SAU * 5h27m31.894s 196.687
Frentzen WIL 20h13m57.398s 191.226 78 392.288
Hakkinen MCL * 16h51m43.547s 198.962 51 239.328
Herbert SAU 20h31m11.440s 190.457
Hill ARR * 19h33m13.002s 188.967 62 246.016
Irvine FER 20h26m19.653s 183.285 24 131.106
Katayama MIN 16h46m01.650s 174.593
Larini SAU * 7h14m26.888s 174.301
Magnussen STE * 15h35m49.269s 181.135
Marques MIN * 8h26m59.951s 190.095
Morbidelli SAU * 8h52m02.279s 199.552
Nakano PRO 18h18m08.063s 186.591
Panis PRO * 14h10m43.090s 180.030
Salo TYR 23h30m40.576s 182.456
Schumacher, M FER 22h10m49.032s 190.866 302 1408.236
Schumacher, R JOR 17h34m06.073s 192.025
Trulli MIN * 7h33m48.546s 179.402
Trulli PRO * 10h21m10.948s 198.723 37 159.951
Trulli TOT * 17h54m59.494s 190.567 37 159.951
Verstappen TYR 20h17m42.081s 181.946
Villeneuve WIL * 19h55m59.766s 192.834 343 1564.865
Wurz BEN * 3h40m32.169s 195.137
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Single Lap Comparisons
Introduced earlier this season, this table shows each driver's average
comparative qualifying and racing performances, based on his average
qualifying times and positions, and on his average best race lap times
and positions.
Driver Team Average Average Average Fast Lap
Grid Time Grid Pos. Best Lap Pos.
Alesi BEN 1m24.382s 8.12 1m29.125s 7.882
Barrichello STE 1m24.975s 10.94 1m31.417s 13.118
Berger BEN * 1m26.037s 8.93 1m30.823s 6.643
Coulthard MCL 1m24.304s 7.47 1m32.437s 8.625
Diniz ARR 1m25.743s 16.53 1m28.834s 15.000
Fisichella JOR 1m24.432s 8.24 1m29.836s 7.125
Fontana SAU * 1m27.290s 19.50 1m30.173s 12.750
Frentzen WIL 1m23.745s 3.47 1m34.111s 4.875
Hakkinen MCL * 1m22.492s 5.81 1m30.558s 8.800
Herbert SAU 1m24.767s 10.76 1m29.450s 10.500
Hill ARR * 1m25.097s 12.18 1m31.056s 12.438
Irvine FER 1m24.600s 9.24 1m35.417s 8.400
Katayama MIN 1m26.641s 19.82 1m37.783s 17.938
Larini SAU * 1m24.935s 13.80 1m32.723s 8.400
Magnussen STE * 1m25.661s 15.65 1m32.427s 14.933
Marques MIN * 1m30.273s 20.56 1m33.830s 19.375
Morbidelli SAU * 1m25.323s 15.63 1m26.320s 13.714
Nakano PRO 1m25.687s 16.24 1m31.702s 13.882
Panis PRO * 1m23.344s 8.40 1m29.214s 8.800
Salo TYR 1m26.493s 18.76 1m30.747s 15.353
Schumacher, M FER 1m23.846s 3.59 1m29.092s 4.750
Schumacher, R JOR 1m24.479s 8.47 1m30.876s 8.313
Trulli MIN * 1m24.107s 18.29 1m32.270s 16.833
Trulli PRO * 1m26.457s 10.57 1m29.757s 10.857
Trulli TOT * 1m25.282s 14.43 1m24.423s 13.615
Verstappen TYR 1m26.592s 19.53 1m31.378s 16.750
Villeneuve WIL * 1m22.584s 2.19 1m28.156s 4.667
Wurz BEN * 1m18.872s 8.67 1m22.054s 7.000
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Teams
Team information has been presented in the past with a note of
scepticism and this note applies also this year. This is because the
team information is compiled generally on the average of the team's
drivers' average peformances - the exceptions to this are the "Total
Laps" figures which show the total number of laps completed by the
team's drivers, and "Laps Led" which shows the total number of laps
led by the team's drivers).
In other words, the information in the team tables means as much or as
little as the reader wants it to mean.
Team Average Average Total Laps
Grid Pos. Fin. Pos. Laps Led
Arrows 14.35 13.76 1,429 62
Benetton 8.57 8.25 1,910 73
Ferrari 6.41 8.71 1,674 326
Jordan 8.35 10.97 1,551 7
Lola * 23.50
McLaren 6.64 10.22 1,463 128
Minardi 19.55 15.53 1,255
Prost 11.74 10.46 1,680 37
Sauber 14.92 10.90 1,672
Stewart 13.29 15.51 1,213
Tyrrell 19.15 13.32 1,688
Williams 2.83 7.36 1,620 421
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Races
New to the Super figures for 1997 is some information on each of the
races during the season. These figures have only recently been
developed and should be regarded as being experimental.
Broadly speaking, the information in these tables is based on the
average of the participating drivers' performances for that race. The
exceptions to this are the two sets of figures based on totals which,
strange as it may seem, are based on the totals of the participating
drivers' performances for that race.
Race Average Average Total
Grid Time Race Time Race Time
Australia 1m33.773s 0h59m28.683s 20h49m02.343s
Brazil 1m17.526s 1h28m03.211s 30h49m07.425s
Argentina 1m27.054s 1h16m41.917s 28h07m22.180s
San Marino 1m25.465s 1h01m21.297s 22h29m48.537s
Monaco 1m19.553s 1h09m51.488s 25h36m52.731s
Spain 1m19.074s 1h19m13.335s 29h02m53.375s
Canada 1m19.444s 0h52m34.762s 19h16m44.772s
France 1m15.895s 1h15m23.499s 27h38m36.967s
Britain 1m23.219s 1h10m43.952s 25h56m06.955s
Germany 1m43.548s 0h54m34.552s 20h00m40.149s
Hungary 1m16.222s 1h21m55.247s 30h02m15.434s
Belgium 1m51.804s 1h18m30.865s 27h28m48.164s
Italy 1m24.329s 1h03m37.543s 23h19m45.940s
Austria 1m11.303s 1h15m52.737s 26h33m27.473s
Luxembourg 1m18.053s 0h58m11.707s 21h20m17.552s
Japan 1m37.651s 1h13m25.340s 24h28m26.805s
Europe 1m22.275s 1h28m43.274s 32h31m52.033s
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Race Avg. Total Average
Laps Laps Best Lap
Australia 37 782 1m34.143s
Brazil 66 1392 1m19.302s
Argentina 48 1058 1m29.649s
San Marino 41 897 1m28.202s
Monaco 35 771 1m58.112s
Spain 54 1191 1m23.507s
Canada 36 796 1m21.969s
France 41 1197 1m19.778s
Britain 47 1024 1m26.734s
Germany 30 655 1m57.576s
Hungary 59 1297 1m20.377s
Belgium 36 747 1m57.873s
Italy 43 948 1m26.786s
Austria 61 1275 1m13.695s
Luxembourg 42 928 1m26.958s
Japan 43 852 1m41.193s
Europe 61 1345 1m24.850s
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The raw data are copyright © 1997 Fédération Internationale
de l'Automobile (8 place de la Concorde, Paris 75008 France). These
compilations are copyright © 1997 Rory Gordon. Reproduction in any
form of these compilations is forbidden without the express
permission of the compiler.
The data are subject to revision. The compiler will not be held
responsible for any errors or omissions.
Rory Gordon
Send comments to: gordon@atlasf1.com