1999 SuperStats

	Post-Hungarian GP Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia

The Superstats is an on-going project that attempts to classify various performances throughout an F1 season by, generally, averaging each race's performance, in several categories, over the entire season. Conceived as the SuperGrid by the late John Taylor for Autocourse, I started my own compilations when Taylor died. Originally, the SuperStats - as the project was to become - was developed purely for my own interest. This has not changed, and the day I get bored with the SuperStats, they will stop. All figures used in the SuperStats are based on the official FIA timing sheets and, where necessary, those sheets are deemed to be the final authority. The most frequently asked for set of figures in the SuperStats are those that show average position and times for each driver, with some readers indicating that they would like to see these figures in every edition of the SuperStats. This will not happen, but to calm those devotees, here are the latest figures in those categories. Please note that in these two tables, the usual technique of depicting drivers who have not participated in all sessions/races is not used - mainly because it makes the tables almost unreadable. Also bear in mind that Salo appears three times - as he will for the rest of the season - once each for his times with BAR and Ferrari, and once for his overall performances. Positions Driver Team Friday Sat Warm-Up Race Av'age Av'age Av'age Av'age ------------- ---- ------ ------ ------- ------ Alesi Sauber 11.000 11.909 10.091 15.091 Badoer Minardi 18.400 20.400 19.200 12.900 Barrichello Stewart 6.818 5.182 9.000 11.091 Coulthard McLaren 3.455 2.818 1.636 8.182 de la Rosa Arrows 19.727 19.636 17.818 14.364 Diniz Sauber 14.727 14.182 11.636 13.273 Fisichella Benetton 10.818 9.727 11.727 9.919 Frentzen Jordan 10.545 5.545 8.818 6.182 Gene Minardi 18.727 20.818 21.182 13.555 Hakkinen McLaren 3.182 2.273 2.455 7.000 Herbert Stewart 13.182 11.364 8.727 13.800 Hill Jordan 9.636 10.455 9.182 12.737 Irvine Ferrari 4.000 5.091 6.182 3.828 Panis Prost 13.000 13.455 10.818 11.182 Salo BAR 13.333 15.667 16.000 10.000 Salo Ferrari 9.333 9.667 13.667 7.677 Salo TOTAL 11.333 12.667 14.833 8.833 Sarrazin Minardi 20.000 19.000 20.000 16.000 Schumacher, M Ferrari 3.625 3.125 3.375 5.000 Schumacher, R Williams 9.455 11.455 11.182 7.646 Takagi Arrows 20.273 19.909 18.818 15.182 Trulli Prost 11.636 11.000 9.818 12.555 Villeneuve BAR 11.818 10.273 12.000 17.182 Wurz Benetton 13.091 12.364 12.545 11.000 Zanardi Williams 10.273 13.909 15.909 14.455 Zonta BAR 14.125 16.000 18.286 13.867 Times Driver Team Friday Saturday Warm-Up Race Average Average Average Average ------------ ---- -------- -------- -------- -------- Alesi Sauber 1:26.069 1:26.391 1:27.496 1:25.875 Badoer Minardi 1:28.434 1:29.463 1:30.319 1:29.497 Barrichello Stewart 1:25.467 1:25.568 1:27.447 1:26.314 Coulthard McLaren 1:24.906 1:25.073 1:26.111 1:25.304 de la Rosa Arrows 1:27.751 1:28.434 1:28.904 1:27.935 Diniz Sauber 1:26.731 1:27.019 1:27.811 1:24.529 Fisichella Benetton 1:26.075 1:26.383 1:27.772 1:26.508 Frentzen Jordan 1:26.136 1:25.732 1:27.252 1:25.943 Gene Minardi 1:27.807 1:28.944 1:30.326 1:28.579 Hakkinen McLaren 1:24.842 1:25.144 1:26.255 1:25.249 Herbert Stewart 1:26.346 1:26.600 1:27.476 1:26.522 Hill Jordan 1:26.849 1:26.594 2:51.328 1:26.577 Irvine Ferrari 1:25.073 1:25.881 1:26.948 1:25.545 Panis Prost 1:26.431 1:26.805 1:27.599 1:26.746 Salo BAR 1:26.784 1:25.125 1:28.041 1:27.599 Salo Ferrari 1:27.380 1:25.487 1:28.091 1:28.036 Salo TOTAL 1:27.082 1:26.293 1:28.066 1:27.818 Sarrazin Minardi 1:22.578 1:20.016 1:20.764 1:21.225 Schumacher, M Ferrari 1:24.482 1:25.554 1:26.343 1:24.038 Schumacher, R Williams 1:25.893 1:26.784 1:47.962 1:26.421 Takagi Arrows 1:28.004 1:28.371 1:29.905 1:28.556 Trulli Prost 1:26.106 1:26.536 1:27.497 1:27.081 Villeneuve BAR 1:27.474 1:26.577 1:27.803 1:24.083 Wurz Benetton 1:26.375 1:26.829 1:27.866 1:27.550 Zanardi Williams 1:26.072 1:27.115 1:28.556 1:27.625 Zonta BAR 1:26.846 1:29.214 1:30.240 1:33.410 SPECIAL NOTE The last edition of the SuperStats, on pit stops, aroused quite a bit of controversy, with many people asking why the figures were not "normalised" in some way. Firstly, apologies to all those who did send a message and who have not got a reply. Usually, replies are sent to anyone who makes a valid point... usually, there isn't such a flood of messages. Next, and to the point, it was suggested that since all pit stops are not equal, there ought to be some way of differentiating between, for example, a stop for tyres and one for a front wing. I agree in principle. However, who is to decide where the line is drawn? And how the figures should be "normalised"? Is there a difference between a fuel and tyres stop that goes very wrong, and a front-wing stop that goes very well? Originally, the SuperStats were based on figures from a variety of sources. Over time, it became apparent that there were discrepancies in these figures. Today, the only figures used in the SuperStats are based on those from the official FIA timesheets - other sources are used for checking, but never as a primary source. Put simply, the FIA timesheets do not differentiate between pit stops for different purposes, hence neither do the SuperStats. The raw data are copyright © 1999 F?d?ration de l'Automobile (2 Chemin Blandonnet, 1215 Geneva 15, Switzerland). These compilations are copyright © 1999 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