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| 1998 SuperStats | |
| Belgian GP Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia | |
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This edition of the SuperStats, for the GP of Belgium, presents a
variety of data for the grids, the races, the teams and the venues so
far this season.
SUPERGRID So far this season, the McLaren drivers (Hakkinen and Coulthard) and M. Schumacher seem to have dominated the grids both in terms of times and positions - which should come as no real surprise. The top twelve drivers come from six teams (McLaren, Ferrari, Benetton, Williams, Jordan and Sauber). The sum of all the pole times so far is 18m32.491s (an average of 1m25.576s), which means that the sum 107% time is 19m50.365s (an average of 1m31.567s). Those three drivers who have not set a time in all qualifying sessions are marked with an aster ("*") and are shown separately. The figures given in this table show the average of each driver's official grid positions (on which the table is sorted), his total time, and the average of the percentages by which he was "off" the pole position.
Driver Avg. Total Time % Off
Pos'n Pole
Hakkinen 1.462 18m34.361s 0.165
Coulthard 2.923 18m39.346s 0.617
Schumacher, M 3.538 18m42.971s 0.922
Irvine 5.846 18m51.241s 1.694
Fisichella 6.769 18m51.754s 1.746
Villeneuve 6.923 18m51.673s 1.758
Frentzen 7.308 18m53.025s 1.856
Hill 8.538 18m56.795s 2.222
Wurz 8.923 18m57.600s 2.240
Schumacher, R 9.308 18m57.221s 2.254
Alesi 10.538 19m00.083s 2.506
Herbert 11.462 19m03.276s 2.772
Barrichello 13.077 19m09.311s 3.304
Trulli 14.154 19m11.982s 3.538
Salo 15.000 19m13.070s 3.651
Panis 15.538 19m13.603s 3.689
Diniz 16.308 19m18.094s 4.099
Takagi 17.231 19m18.376s 4.146
Nakano 19.846 19m30.089s 5.141
Tuero 19.923 19m31.136s 5.253
Verstappen * 15.833 9m15.621s 3.799
Magnussen * 18.714 10m05.897s 4.930
Rosset * 20.917 17m50.709s 5.942
SUPERRACE As with the SuperGrid, the SuperRace is dominated by the McLaren drivers and MSchumacher, although Villeneuve has completed more laps and more kilometres (not necessarily the same thing) than any other driver. So far, a total of 13,270 racing laps have been completed, covering 61,471.214 kilometres, at a total time of 337h31m50.830s. A little esoteric, perhaps, but there you go. Drivers who did not officially start in every race are marked with an aster ("*"), but are included in the main body of the table. The figures given in this table show the average of each driver's official finishing position (on which the table is sorted), the total number of racing laps he has completed, the total kilometres he has covered, and his total racing time.
Driver Avg. Laps Total Racing Time
Pos'n 844 Kilometres
Schumacher, M 4.46 770 3,519.986 19h12m56.229s
Hakkinen 5.38 685 3,102.708 16h48m41.753s
Coulthard 6.15 703 3,352.003 17h58m15.266s
Villeneuve 6.92 785 3,610.531 19h50m47.950s
Irvine 6.92 722 3,369.040 18h19m43.455s
Fisichella 9.00 675 3,104.812 17h15m31.884s
Wurz 9.23 707 3,239.729 17h36m37.185s
Alesi 9.69 689 3,245.939 17h32m37.887s
Frentzen 10.38 618 2,986.314 16h05m30.860s
Hill 11.08 708 3,303.862 16h05m12.324s
Schumacher, R 11.92 553 2,655.221 14h37m21.721s
Herbert 12.69 621 2,779.271 15h18m26.593s
Nakano 13.15 656 3,024.673 17h32m03.284s
Panis * 13.42 616 2,839.654 15h41m06.777s
Trulli 13.85 542 2,593.352 14h26m39.006s
Rosset * 14.00 385 1,740.210 9h41m34.381s
Barrichello * 14.42 467 2,110.131 11h42m27.477s
Verstappen * 14.50 264 1,222.263 6h39m38.434s
Diniz 14.54 461 2,072.425 12h16m47.219s
Magnussen * 15.29 257 1,117.088 6h20m00.809s
Takagi 15.31 513 2,342.597 13h31m06.824s
Tuero 15.54 478 2,318.169 12h46m37.777s
Salo * 15.67 395 1,821.236 10h12m05.735s
TEAMS In looking at these team figures, please bear in mind that some of them are based on the average of the team's drivers' averages and so may well be open to a variety of interpretations. Despite that, the figures do seem to concur with the trend in the tables above - that McLaren and Ferrari are dominating the season.
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