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1999 SuperStats |
| Post-Hungarian GP Edition. Compilation by Rory Gordon, Australia | |
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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.
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
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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
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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.
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