ATLAS F1 - THE JOURNAL OF FORMULA ONE MOTORSPORT
2003 SuperStats: British GP

By David Wright, Australia
Atlas F1 Magazine Writer



Advice: With each table, click on a column's header (title) to sort the table by that column; click again to change the sorting order.

The SuperGrid compares the average Saturday qualifying position and times of all drivers over all rounds of the Formula One season. Each driver's time is also compared against the best overall Saturday qualifier (by average Saturday qualifying position) as well as the average of the season's pole position times, SuperPole. With over half the season completed, the new format involving one quick lap and unknown fuel loads continues to shuffle the order, with the occasional mistake introducing a further random element. Michael Schumacher remains on top, while the recent trend of both Williams drivers closing in on Rubens Barrichello was reversed after Barrichello took pole position. The rest of the field follows, headed by front row starter Jarno Trulli who outqualifed teammate Fernando Alonso again, Alonso also losing a place to Raikkonen in the standings. A few other minor shuffles took place as well.

Currently, SuperPole is 1m20.459, which sees the 107% cutoff at 1m26.091.

By default, the table is sorted in by average qualifying position in ascending order, then by best qualifying position/positions achieved throughout the season in a similar manner to that that the FIA uses to rank the championship standings in ascending order.


The SuperRace compares the average finishing position, and total time and distance completed by all drivers over all rounds of the Formula One season. The two Schumachers remain at the top. Kimi Raikkonen, Rubens Barrichello and Juan Pablo Montoya are now almost as one, their varying results bringing them very close together. Fernando Alonso's DNF dropped him from being on the tail of the trio ahead to putting him in Coulthard's grasp. Jarno Trulli leads another closely matched trio of himself, Cristiano da Matta and Mark Webber. Finally, Heinz-Harald Frentzen leads the final group of drivers containing some cars that are slow, some unreliable and some that are both. In this group are Ralph Firman, teammate Giancarlo Fisichella and Jacques Villeneuve all with the same average finishing position!

By default, the table is sorted by average finishing position in ascending order, then total distance covered in descending order.


The driver totals compare the total laps completed, total distance completed, laps led and distance led by each driver throughout the season. Ralf Schumacher remains the driver closest to a perfect record as the great reliability of most of the field sees very few changes in the order. With mainly small changes, the biggest fall came from Antonio Pizzonia, dropping three places in his last drive for Jaguar.

By default, the table is sorted by total distance in descending order, then total laps in descending order, then distance led in descending order.


The team totals compare the total laps completed, total distance completed, laps led and distance led by each team throughout the season. At the top of the table Williams, remains ahead of Ferrari and Renault, who despite Alonso's DNF remained just ahead of McLaren. Elsewhere Toyota moved ahead of Jaguar, and Sauber moved past Jordan thanks to Pizzonia and Fisichella's retirements, while BAR moves right onto the tail of Minardi, just a couple of kms behind.

By default, the table is sorted by total distance in descending order, then total laps in descending order, then distance led in descending order.


The average times table consists of seven columns: the first five are the average of the fastest time recorded by each driver in each respective pre-race session over all rounds of the season; the sixth is the average of the fastest lap recorded in the race over all rounds of the season; and the seventh is the average lap time recorded during the race over all rounds of the season, calculated by dividing the total time a driver has raced during the season by the total laps the driver has completed in races. This table is listed in alphabetical order.


The average positions table consists of seven columns: the first five are the average of the positions recorded by each driver in each pre-race session over all rounds of the season; the sixth is the average of the positions of the fastest lap over all rounds of the season; and the seventh is the average of the race finishing positions over all rounds of the season. This table is listed in alphabetical order.


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Volume 9, Issue 30
July 23rd 2003

Articles

Interview with Chris Dyer
by Timothy Collings

Rookie at the Ring
by Thomas O'Keefe

Ann Bradshaw: View from the Paddock
by Ann Bradshaw

2003 British GP Review

2003 British GP Review
by Pablo Elizalde

Tilting at Tilke
by Karl Ludvigsen

The Arnie Magic
by Richard Barnes

Stats Center

Qualifying Differentials
by Marcel Borsboom

SuperStats
by David Wright

Charts Center
by Michele Lostia

Columns

Season Strokes
by Bruce Thomson

On the Road
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Elsewhere in Racing
by David Wright & Mark Alan Jones

The Weekly Grapevine
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