1998 SuperGrid and SuperRace

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1998 SuperGrid and SuperRace

Austrian GP Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia

SuperGrid

This edition of the SuperStats, for the Grand Prix of Austria, is devoted wholly to SuperGrid figures. (The next edition of the SuperStats will be wholly devoted to SuperRace figures.)

As usual in the SuperGrid, any driver who has not participated at all races is marked with an aster ("*") in the following tables.

So far this season, the total actual time of the pole positions is 13 minutes 44.998 seconds, with the average thus being 1 minute 22.500 seconds. This means that the figures for the "107% mark", on this basis, are 14 minutes 42.748 seconds and 1 minute 28.275 seconds respectively.

The first table shows each driver's average grid position and the total of his grid times. The "% Off Pole" figures show the average of the percentage that each driver was off each race's pole time.

Driver               Avg.    Total        % Off
                     Pos'n   Time         Pole 
                                               
Hakkinen             1.600   13m46.868s   0.214
Schumacher, M        3.000   13m52.119s   0.865
Coulthard            3.200   13m51.023s   0.716
Irvine               6.000   13m59.457s   1.747
Fisichella           6.500   13m58.873s   1.686
Frentzen             6.900   13m59.843s   1.801
Villeneuve           7.500   14m00.767s   1.917
Wurz                 8.900   14m03.548s   2.221
Schumacher, R        9.900   14m04.555s   2.364
Hill                 9.900   14m05.670s   2.499
Alesi               10.500   14m06.021s   2.557
Herbert             11.000   14m06.948s   2.663
Barrichello         12.900   14m11.989s   3.262
Verstappen      *   14.000    4m16.651s   3.592
Trulli              14.100   14m14.524s   3.547
Salo                14.700   14m14.875s   3.636
Panis               15.100   14m14.959s   3.610
Diniz               16.600   14m19.763s   4.205
Takagi              17.200   14m19.824s   4.225
Magnussen       *   18.714   10m05.897s   4.930
Tuero               19.500   14m26.626s   5.049
Nakano              19.800   14m27.657s   5.139
Rosset              20.900   14m32.719s   5.762

The second table shows a notional SuperGrid based solely on this season's average grid times. In this table, all figures are based on the average grid times of the drivers, with Hakkinen's time being the notional pole time.

The "Split" figures are the time difference between one driver and the next. The "Gap" figures are the time differences between each driver and Hakkinen's time. The "%'age" figures are based on Hakkinen's time as being 100%.

Note that the "Average" figures used in this table are compatible with the "Total Time" figures in the table above.

Driver              Average     Split    Gap        %'age
                                                         
Hakkinen            1m22.687s                     100.000
Coulthard           1m23.102s   0.415s   0.415s   100.502
Schumacher, M       1m23.212s   0.110s   0.525s   100.635
Fisichella          1m23.887s   0.675s   1.200s   101.452
                                                         
Irvine              1m23.946s   0.058s   1.259s   101.522
Frentzen            1m23.984s   0.039s   1.297s   101.569
Villeneuve          1m24.077s   0.092s   1.390s   101.681
Wurz                1m24.355s   0.278s   1.668s   102.017
Schumacher, R       1m24.456s   0.101s   1.769s   102.139
Hill                1m24.567s   0.112s   1.880s   102.274
Alesi               1m24.602s   0.035s   1.915s   102.316
Herbert             1m24.695s   0.128s   2.008s   102.428
Barrichello         1m25.199s   0.504s   2.512s   103.038
Trulli              1m25.452s   0.254s   2.766s   103.345
Salo                1m25.487s   0.035s   2.801s   103.387
Panis               1m25.496s   0.008s   2.809s   103.397
Diniz               1m25.976s   0.480s   3.289s   103.978
Takagi              1m25.982s   0.006s   3.296s   103.986
Tuero               1m26.663s   0.680s   3.976s   104.808
Nakano              1m26.766s   0.103s   4.079s   104.933
Rosset              1m27.272s   0.506s   4.585s   105.545
---107%---          1m28.475s   2.979s   5.788s   107.000
                                                         
Verstappen      *   1m25.550s                     103.463
Magnussen       *   1m26.557s                     104.680

I have been questioned in the past as to why a driver who does not participate in every race is marked out, and is ineligible for the SuperGrid. In the following table are the averages of the grid times for the races so far this season.

As will be seen from this table, the grid times between each GP vary greatly and to classify a driver who participates only at, say, Brazil, Canada and France would be to greatly advantage him.

Race         Avg. Grid
             Time     
                      
Australia    1m32.884s
Brazil       1m19.173s
Argentina    1m28.306s
San Marino   1m28.516s
Spain        1m23.089s
Monaco       1m22.349s
Canada       1m20.001s
France       1m16.823s
Britain      1m25.826s
Austria      1m32.178s

The raw data are copyright © 1998 Fédération de l'Automobile (8 place de la Concorde, Paris 75008 France). These compilations are copyright © 1998 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.

For any comments, please contact the compiler.

Rory Gordon
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