1998 SuperGrid and SuperRace |
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Austrian GP Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia |
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 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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