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SuperGrid & SuperRace 1997
Monaco GP Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia

 

SUPERGRID 1997

In the last update of the 1997 SuperGrid, mention was made of the possibility of Villeneuve breaking the record for consecutive poles. "Murray Walker" disease set in, and Frentzen got pole for Monaco. However, that hasn't really affected the top of the Supergrid, except that the gap between Villeneuve and some of the rest has decreased. The biggest move has been for Irvine who has dropped back a couple of places.

The SuperGrid following Monaco has some new, trial, figures. The "Split" shows the time difference between each driver and the driver immediately preceding him. The "Gap" column shows the time difference between each driver and the driver on pole position. The "%" column is each driver's percentage of "pole". Each column should, it is hoped, allow quicker analysis. With the inclusion of these new figures it was decided not to include the total time figures, since this would have made the table very wide.

The "107%" figure in the SuperGrid is based on the time for the driver currently on pole position for the 1997 SuperGrid, and NOT on the notional, ie. actual, pole times (the average for this is currently 1m22.273 and 107% is therefore 1m28.023).

With both Williams/Renault/Goodyear drivers at the top of the SuperGrid, it should come as no surprise that the best qualifying combination is exactly that, with averages of 1m22.691, 1m23.539 and 1m24.161 respectively.

Due to circuit changes, times for Monaco are not comparable with previous years.

As of this update, Sospiri and Rosset will not be shown in the 1997 SuperGrid/Race, unless either of them participates in another race.

This SuperGrid is sorted by time.

  Driver Team Pos. Time Split Gap  
1 Villeneuve WIL 1.4 1m22.346     100.00%
2 Frentzen WIL 3 1m23.036 0.69 0.69 100.84%
3 Schumacher, M FER 2.8 1m23.214 0.178 0.867 101.05%
4 Panis PRO 6.6 1m23.758 0.544 1.412 101.71%
5 Coulthard MCL 8.2 1m23.890 0.132 1.543 101.87%
6 Schumacher, R JOR 7.8 1m23.909 0.02 1.563 101.90%
7 Herbert SAU 8.4 1m24.018 0.108 1.671 102.03%
8 Irvine FER 10 1m24.064 0.046 1.717 102.09%
9 Fisichella JOR 8 1m24.069 0.005 1.722 102.09%
10 Hakkinen MCL 8.6 1m24.146 0.077 1.799 102.19%
11 Barrichello STE 10 1m24.230 0.084 1.884 102.29%
12 Alesi BEN 9.6 1m24.307 0.077 1.96 102.38%
13 Berger BEN 10.6 1m24.469 0.162 2.122 102.58%
14 Hill ARR 14 1m24.919 0.45 2.572 103.12%
15 Larini SAU 13.8 1m24.935 0.016 2.588 103.14%
16 Trulli MIN 18 1m25.585 0.65 3.239 103.93%
17 Nakano PRO 18 1m25.605 0.02 3.259 103.96%
18 Magnussen STE 17.8 1m25.628 0.022 3.281 103.99%
19 Salo TYR 18.4 1m25.655 0.027 3.308 104.02%
20 Diniz ARR 18.6 1m25.830 0.175 3.483 104.23%
21 Katayama MIN 19.2 1m26.020 0.19 3.674 104.46%
22 Verstappen TYR 20.2 1m26.195 0.175 3.849 104.67%
  ---107%---     1m28.111 1.915 5.764 107.00%

 

SUPERRACE 1997

Something that gets a mention every year in the SuperRace is the fact that covering a lot of laps in a race doesn't necessarily mean getting a lot of points: this update of the SuperRace has been sorted on completed laps, and clearly shows this.

While total distance covered and total race time seem to fall into rough line with laps covered, average position is well out of line.

Those readers with an inclination towards fiddling with the SuperGrid/Race figures might like to look at combining the distance with the time to get an average speed - it's interesting, but space does not permit it to be shown in this update.

An aster ("*") denotes that a driver has not participated in every race.

  Driver Team   Avg. Laps Total Racing Time
        Pos. 326 KMS  
1 Salo TYR   9.4 305 1,330.93 8h14m52.896
2 Larini SAU   9.6 277 1,262.08 7h14m26.888
3 Panis PRO   7.8 271 1,202.62 7h12m05.905
4 Berger BEN   8.2 266 1,144.87 7h06m59.433
5 Irvine FER   8.8 266 1,121.44 7h02m10.031
6 Hakkinen MCL   7.6 264 1,227.28 6h33m37.306
7 Alesi BEN   9.2 255 1,150.53 6h26m03.382
8 Katayama MIN   13.8 255 1,107.64 7h03m08.018
9 Schumacher, M FER   6.2 254 1,130.89 6h38m37.049
10 Verstappen TYR   14.2 235 991.941 6h20m32.177
11 Frentzen WIL   9.8 233 1,058.86 6h03m10.558
12 Fisichella JOR   10.2 233 996.454 6h12m10.534
13 Nakano PRO   12.8 223 985.741 5h58m11.290
14 Trulli MIN   14 204 922.293 5h15m48.654
15 Villeneuve WIL   8.4 200 866.728 5h00m20.773
16 Barrichello STE   13.2 182 792.846 5h10m18.415
17 Diniz ARR   15.4 171 820.636 4h33m53.977
18 Herbert SAU   13 171 734.706 4h14m24.510
19 Coulthard MCL   13.2 168 802.954 4h05m42.337
20 Magnussen STE * 12.75 165 687.152 4h49m14.500
21 Schumacher, R JOR   14.6 155 669.52 3h49m59.824
22 Hill ARR * 18.25 113 489.999 2h46m24.759
NOTES

The raw data are copyright © 1997 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (8 place de la Concorde, Paris 75008 France). These compilations are copyright © 1997 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.

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