1998 Superstats

Atlas F1

1998 SuperStats

Luxembourg GP Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia

This is the final edition of the "pretty-table" SuperStats for the 1998 season. The SuperStats will not be appearing in the next issue of Atlas, while the figures are prepared - and checked - for the end-of-season issue. In that issue, as has become traditional, will be the large array of final SuperStats figures for the entire season.

For this edition of the SuperStats, for the GP of Luxembourg, the comparative average placings of each driver in each of the main sessions is presented. These sessions are: Friday; Qualifying; Warm-up; and, Race.

Since it is the race position that is the only real position that matters, after all, the table is sorted by those figures. Personally, I found the initial results to be not quite what was expected - and the whole thing became even more interesting when sorted on other figures.

Please note that Verstappen, Rosset and Magnussen have not participated in all sessions of all events, and that there are additional drivers who have not participated in all races (eg. the GP of Belgium).

Average Positions


Driver           Friday    Saturday    Warm-Up    Race 
-------------    ------    --------    -------    -----
Schumacher, M     4.333     3.200       3.533      4.07
Hakkinen          1.933     1.667       1.800      5.00
Irvine            5.467     5.533       6.133      6.40
Coulthard         2.267     3.133       2.533      6.73
Villeneuve        7.400     6.733       9.533      7.53
Fisichella        7.400     6.867       7.067      8.73
Alesi            10.533    10.400      10.533      9.40
Wurz             10.467     8.733       9.333      9.60
Frentzen          7.133     7.600       9.133      9.80
Hill              9.400     9.000      11.533     10.60
Schumacher, R     9.867     8.867      10.467     11.73
Herbert          10.733    11.800      12.867     13.67
Panis            12.733    15.067      13.800     13.71
Nakano           19.533    19.933      18.133     13.73
Barrichello      12.200    13.000      11.733     13.86
Verstappen       16.500    16.250      16.500     14.25
Trulli           13.600    13.867      13.400     14.27
Rosset           19.533    20.786      20.909     14.40
Takagi           15.933    17.467      15.333     14.93
Tuero            20.067    20.133      18.733     15.33
Magnussen        18.571    18.714      16.429     15.29
Diniz            18.067    16.600      17.200     15.53
Salo             16.933    15.133      12.533     15.57


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
Send comments to: gordon@atlasf1.com