2009 Qualifying Statistics #8 - Silverstone
Brian Lawrence
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2009 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos ASP Pos ASP
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1. 2.63 [+0.49] J Button 16 14.72 14 13.94 3 7.78 4 5.9 3 5.5
2. 3.50 [-0.36] S Vettel 10 11.00 15 14.38 - - - - - -
3. 3.88 [-0.26] R Barrichello 17 14.83 16 15.00 6 7.61 13 10.5 2 4.6
4. [5] 6.75 [-0.54] M Webber 9 9.17 7 9.06 7 11.06 8 8.0 13 9.7
5. [4] 7.00 N Rosberg 12 12.11 9 9.88 12 13.33 - - - -
6. [8] 7.75 [-0.54] J Trulli 7 7.61 8 9.24 14 10.28 5 6.1 6 6.7
7. [6] 7.88 [+0.31] F Alonso 6 6.89 2 3.18 1 4.28 1 4.0 7 7.6
8. [7] 8.13 [+0.13] K R�ikk�nen =3 4.39 3 3.53 4 5.83 2 5.7 9 8.2
9. 8.75 [+0.32] F Massa 1 2.94 4 4.24 2 6.67 17 11.9 18 13.5
10.[11] 10.75 [-0.82] S Nakajima 18 15.11 22 19.00 - - - - - -
11.[10] 11.13 [+0.13] R Kubica 5 5.83 6 7.00 9 8.83 - - - -
12. 11.38 [-0.48] T Glock 11 11.11 - - - - - - 22 16.5
13. 12.38 [+0.38] N Heidfeld 8 9.00 5 5.41 10 10.17 12 9.6 21 16.0
14. 12.63 [+0.06] H Kovalainen =3 4.39 10 10.71 - - - - - -
15. 14.00 [+0.71] L Hamilton 2 3.89 1 2.59 - - - - - -
16[=16] 14.63 [-0.08] N Piquet 14 13.50 - - - - - - - -
17[=16] 15.38 [+0.67] S Buemi - - - - - - - - - -
18. 16.88 [+0.02] S Bourdais 15 13.67 - - - - - - - -
19.[20] 17.25 [-0.18] G Fisichella 19 18.33 11 10.82 3 5.61 3 5.7 17 12.3
20.[19] 17.38 [+0.09] A Sutil 20 18.94 23 20.29 - - - - - -
Average positions include all demotions such as engine/gearbox change penalties,
but not last-minute changes such as pitlane starts.
Average Team Starting Position 2009 - after Silverstone, Qualifying #8
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2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos ASP
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1. 3.25 [+0.11] Brawn 9. 14.78 8. 14.47 4. 7.75 4. 8.5 3. 6.8 *
2. 5.13 [-0.44] Red Bull 6. 11.00 6. 11.21 8. 14.65 7. 11.2 6. 11.7 *
3. 8.44 [+0.23] Ferrari 1. 3.67 2. 3.88 2. 6.06 6. 9.4 1. 4.2
4. 8.88 [-0.41] Williams 8. 13.58 7. 12.65 7. 12.19 5. 9.3 2. 6.4
5. 9.56 [-0.51] Toyota 4. 9.36 4. 10.79 5. 10.11 3. 7.5 7. 11.8
6. 11.06 [+0.13] Renault 5. 10.19 5. 10.82 1. 4.94 1. 4.8 4. 7.5
7. 11.75 [+0.25] BMW-Sauber 3. 7.42 3. 6.18 6. 10.81 8. 11.9 8. 12.9 *
8. 13.31 [+0.38] McLaren 2. 4.11 1. 2.88 3. 6.89 2. 6.6 5. 8.8
9. 16.13 [+0.34] T Rosso 7. 12.33 9. 16.21 9. 15.83 10. 17.5 10. 18.5 *
10. 17.31 [-0.05] F India 10. 18.61 11. 20.82 10. 18.06 9. 16.9 9. 16.4 *
* Red Bull = Jaguar (2004), Brawn = Honda (06-08) / BAR (04-05), BMW-Sauber = Sauber
(04-05), Force India = Spyker (07) / Midland (06) / Jordan (04-05), Toro Rosso =
Minardi (04-05)
Team-mates Head-to-Head 2009 - after Silverstone, Qualifying #8
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Team Driver-1 Driver-2 Posn.
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Renault Alonso 8-0 Piquet +54
Williams Rosberg 7-1 Nakajima +30
Toyota Trulli 7-1 Glock +29
Red Bull Vettel 7-1 Webber +26
Toro Rosso Buemi 6-2 Bourdais +12
BMW-Sauber Kubica 6-2 Heidfeld +10
Brawn Button 6-2 Barrichello +10
Ferrari R�ikk�nen 5-3 Massa +5
F India Fisichella 5-3 Sutil +1
McLaren Hamilton 4-4 Kovalainen -11
Notes: "Posn." shows the advantage in qualifying positions to date. A
positive number shows the driver on the left has the advantage and a
negative number the driver on the right.
2009 Grid Penalties
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Qual Penalty (reason)
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01 AUS Timo Glock 6th pit lane start (rear wing flexing)
01 AUS Jarno Trulli 8th pit lane start (rear wing flexing)
01 AUS Lewis Hamilton 15th 5-place penalty (changed gearbox)
02 MAL Sebastian Vettel 3rd 10-place penalty (caused accident in AUS)
02 MAL R Barrichello 4th 5-place penalty (changed gearbox)
03 CHN Timo Glock 14th 5-place penalty (changed gearbox)
04 BRN Adrian Sutil 16th 3-place penalty (blocked Webber)
06 MON Lewis Hamilton 16th 5-place penalty (changed gearbox)
Appearances in Each Qualifying Session
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Q-1 Q-2 Q-3
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J Button 8 8 8
R Barrichello 8 8 8
S Vettel 8 8 8
N Rosberg 8 8 8
F Alonso 8 8 7
K R�ikk�nen 8 7 7
J Trulli 8 7 7
M Webber 8 7 7
F Massa 8 7 5
T Glock 8 7 5
R Kubica 8 6 4
K Nakajima 8 8 2
L Hamilton 8 5* 2 AUS (0 laps)
H Kovalainen 8 7 1
S Buemi 8 3 1
N Heidfeld 8 7 0
N Piquet 8 4 0
S Bourdais 8 2 0
A Sutil 8 2 0
G Fisichella 8 1 0
* Set no time in one or more sessions.
Best Qualifying Performances (Current Drivers)
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Best in 2009 Best in Best in Best in Best before 2006
Driver Posn.(#) GP(s) 2008 (#) 2007 (#) 2006 (#) Posn. (#) First - Last
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J Button Pole (4) .... 9th (1) 6th (1) Pole (1) Pole (2) RSM 04 - CDN 05
S Vettel Pole (3) . . . Pole (1) 7th (1) --- ---
J Trulli Pole (1) BRN 2nd (1) 6th (1) 3rd (1) Pole (3) MON 04 - USA 05
R Barrichello 2nd (2) AUS/GBR 9th (1) 9th (1) 3rd (2) Pole (13) BEL 94 - BRA 04
F Alonso 2nd (1) CHN 2nd (1) Pole (2) Pole (6) Pole (9) MAL 03 - CHN 05
T Glock 2nd (1) BRN 5th (1) --- --- 16th (2) CDN 04 - CHN 04
K R�ikk�nen 2nd (1) MON Pole (2) Pole (3) Pole (3) Pole (8) Eur 03 - TUR 05
M Webber 3rd (2) CHN/GBR 2nd (1) 5th (1) 2nd (1) 2nd (2) MAL 04 - ESP 05
R Kubica 4th (1) AUS Pole (1) 4th (1) 6th (1) ---
N Rosberg 4th (1) MAL 5th (2) 4th (1) 3rd (1) ---
F Massa 4th (1) ESP Pole (6) Pole (6) Pole (3) 4th (3) AUT 02 - BRA 04
L Hamilton 5th (1) BRN Pole (7) Pole (6) --- ---
K Nakajima 5th (1) GBR 10th (1) 19th (1) --- ---
H Kovalainen 7th (1) MON Pole (1) 6th (2) --- ---
N Heidfeld 9th (1) AUS 5th (4) 2nd (1) 3rd (1) Pole (1) Eur 05
S Buemi 10th (1) CHN --- --- --- ---
N Piquet 12th (2) ESP/MON 7th (1) --- --- ---
G Fisichella 13th (1) MON 12th (1) 4th (1) Pole (1) Pole (2) AUT 98 - AUS 05
S Bourdais 14th (1) MON 4th (1) --- --- ---
A Sutil 15th (2) MON/TUR 16th (1) 19th (3) --- ---
Personal Bests set at Silverstone 2009
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Career In 2009
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Pole S Vettel (4) S Vettel (3)
2nd R Barrichello (2)
3rd M Webber (2)
5th K Nakajima K Nakajima
Most Pole Positions
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1950-2002 (Top 25) Since 2003 (Top 10)
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1 Ayrton Senna 65 1 Michael Schumacher 18 +
2 Michael Schumacher 50 + 2 Fernando Alonso 17
3 Jim Clark 33 3 Kimi R�ikk�nen 16
Alain Prost 33 4 Felipe Massa 15
5 Nigel Mansell 32 5 Lewis Hamilton 13
6 Juan Manuel Fangio 29 6 Rubens Barrichello 7 +
7 Mika H�kkinen 26 Jenson Button 7
8 Niki Lauda 24 8 Ralf Schumacher 5 +
Nelson Piquet 24 9 Jarno Trulli 4
10 Damon Hill 20 Sebastian Vettel 4
11 Mario Andretti 18
Ren� Arnoux 18
13 Jackie Stewart 17
14 Stirling Moss 16 + also achieved poles in other era
15 Alberto Ascari 14
Ronnie Peterson 14
James Hunt 14
18 Graham Hill 13
Jack Brabham 13
Jacky Ickx 13
Jacques Villeneuve 13
21 David Coulthard 12
Gerhard Berger 12
24 Jochen Rindt 10
Juan Pablo Montoya 10 +
Since 2003 we have had:
* Single lap qualifying (2003-05, except for AUS-MON 2005)
* Two single-lap sessions aggregated (AUS-MON 2005 only)
* Knockout, 3-period, race fuel (from EUR 2005)
The Recent Record of Pole Position Holders at Silverstone
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Year Time Driver Chassis Rslt Winner Grd
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1999 1'24.804 M H�kkinen McLaren MP4/14 DNF Coulthard McLaren 3rd
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2000 1'25.706 R Barrichello Ferrari F1-2000 DNF Coulthard McLaren 4th
2001 1'20.447 M Schumacher Ferrari F2001 2nd H�kkinen McLaren 2nd
2002 1'18.998 JP Montoya Williams FW24 3rd M Schumacher Ferrari 3rd
2003 1'21.209 R Barrichello Ferrari F2003-GA 1st
2004 1'18.233 K R�ikk�nen McLaren MP4/19B 2nd M Schumacher Ferrari 4th
2005 1'19.905 F Alonso Renault R25 2nd Montoya McLaren 3rd
2006 1'20.253 F Alonso Renault R26 1st
2007 1'19.997 L Hamilton McLaren MP4/22 3rd R�ikk�nen Ferrari 2nd
2008 1'21.049 H Kovalainen McLaren MP4/23 5th Hamilton McLaren 4th
2009 1'19.509 S Vettel Red Bull RB5 ???
---- Indicates changes in track length and/or layout.
Note: Since 2006 the grid has been decided on a three-period knockout system.
The "pole time" is no longer necessarily the fastest time set during qualifying.
There have been 42 GPs at Silverstone,
15 have been won from pole (last was Alonso in 2006),
12 have been won from second (R�ikk�nen in 2007),
seven have been won from third (Montoya in 2005),
four have been won from fourth (Hamilton in 2008),
three have been won from fifth (Herbert in 1995),
and two from lower - Collins (6th in 1958) & Fittipaldi (7th in 1975).
Average Qualifying Position of race winner = 2.429.
--
Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_...@msn.com
Brian Lawrence
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I posted these comparisons from 2006 to 2008 to illustrate changes in top speeds as
measured through the speed traps.
The first table compares the 2008 team/driver combination with the equivalent 2009
team/driver - the same driver if possible, otherwise the 2008 driver is compared to
his 2009 replacement. This comparison is intended as a team comparison, but the first
(driver) table is also of some interest - but should be read with care.
Notes
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Honda have been renamed Brawn-Mercedes and Force India have switched from
Ferrari to Mercedes engines.
'S#' Session in which the top speed was recorded (P1/P2/P3/Q1/Q2/Q3/R)
'Diff' difference in top speed (km/hr)
'%Dif' difference in top speed (as percentage of 2008 speed)
British GP 2008/2009
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2008 2009
Team-Engine Driver S# km/h Driver S# km/h Dif. %Dif.
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Toyota Trulli Q1 292.6 Trulli Q2 296.9 +4.3 +1.47
F India-[Ferrari] Sutil Q1 295.6 Sutil Q1 297.6 +2.0 +0.68
F India-[Ferrari] Fisichella P2 294.2 Fisichella P3 295.9 +1.7 +0.58
[Honda] Button Q1 293.7 Button Q2 295.3 +1.6 +0.54
[Honda] Barrichello P2 294.4 Barrichello Q2 295.4 +1.0 +0.34
Williams-Toyota Rosberg P1 294.5 Rosberg Q2 294.6 +0.1 +0.03
Red Bull-Renault Webber P1 295.2 Webber P2 294.4 -0.8 -0.27
Red Bull-Renault Coulthard Q1 296.1 Vettel Q2 295.0 -1.1 -0.37
BMW Sauber-BMW Heidfeld Q1 297.2 Heidfeld Q2 295.8 -1.4 -0.47
Williams-Toyota Nakajima Q2 295.5 Nakajima Q2 294.0 -1.5 -0.51
BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica Q1 297.4 Kubica Q2 295.3 -2.1 -0.71
Toyota Glock Q2 295.1 Glock Q2 293.0 -2.1 -0.71
Renault Piquet Q1 298.0 Piquet Q2 295.8 -2.2 -0.74
Renault Alonso Q1 298.6 Alonso Q2 295.1 -3.5 -1.17
Ferrari Massa Q2 297.2 Massa Q2 293.7 -3.5 -1.18
T Rosso-Ferrari Vettel Q1 297.0 Buemi R 292.3 -4.7 -1.58
Ferrari R�ikk�nen Q1 301.1 R�ikk�nen Q2 296.2 -4.9 -1.63
T Rosso-Ferrari Bourdais Q1 298.5 Bourdais P2 293.0 -5.5 -1.84
McLaren-Mercedes Kovalainen P1 299.2 Kovalainen P2 293.5 -5.7 -1.91
McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton Q1 299.5 Hamilton R 292.4 -7.1 -2.37
Only six drivers managed a better top speed than in 2008, both Brawns, both
Force Indias, Trulli and Rosberg. The other 14 were slower, Ferraro, Toro Rosso
and McLaren being the slowest.
The second table compares the top speed achieved by each team (IE the top
speed of both drivers), and as such is a better comparison.
2008 2009
Team-Engine Driver S# km/h Driver S# km/h Diff. %Diff.
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F India-[Ferrari] Sutil Q1 295.6 Sutil Q1 297.6 +2.0 +0.68
Toyota Glock Q2 295.1 Trulli Q2 296.9 +1.8 +0.61
[Honda] Barrichello P2 294.4 Barrichello Q2 295.4 +1.0 +0.34
Williams-Toyota Nakajima Q2 295.5 Rosberg Q2 294.6 -0.9 -0.30
Red Bull-Renault Coulthard Q1 296.1 Vettel Q2 295.0 -1.1 -0.37
BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica Q1 297.4 Heidfeld Q2 295.8 -1.6 -0.54
Renault Alonso Q1 298.6 Piquet Q2 295.8 -2.8 -0.94
Ferrari R�ikk�nen Q1 301.1 R�ikk�nen Q2 296.2 -4.9 -1.63
T Rosso-Ferrari Bourdais Q1 298.5 Bourdais P2 293.0 -5.5 -1.84
McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton Q1 299.5 Kovalainen P2 293.5 -6.0 -2.00
Just three teams posted better top speeds than in 2008.
Taking the positions from table 2 at each race (1 is most improved, 10 is
least improved) and averaging them gives a season average position.
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Tot Avg.
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1. F India-Mercedes 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 13 1.62
2. Brawn-Mercedes 2 6 5 4 2 3 5 3 30 3.75
3. Red Bull-Renault 5 1 2 7 5 4 4 5 33 4.12
4. Renault 7 3 7 9 3 10 2 7 48 6.00
Toyota 10 4 6 2 7 8 9 2 48 6.00
6. BMW Sauber-BMW 1 5 9 6 8 7 7 6 49 6.12
7. T Rosso-Ferrari 4 7 4 5 9 9 3 9 50 6.25
8. Williams-Toyota 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 52 6.50
9. Ferrari 8 9 1 10 10 2 10 8 58 7.25
10. McLaren-Mercedes 9 10 10 3 4 5 8 10 59 7.38
McLaren joined Ferrari with three last-places, just managing to drop below Ferrari
again.
All data from www.fia.com or www.formula1.com.
Brian Lawrence
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Q: How does the best lap of the whole weekend (3 practice sessions, 3 qualifying
periods and the race) compare to the best lap of the weekend in 2008?
Here are two tables - one compares driver with driver; easy enough if the same
driver remains in the same team. If not we compare the 2008 driver with the guy
who replaced him.
Note: Honda has morphed into Brawn-Mercedes, while Force India have switched
from Ferrari to Mercedes power.
'S' is the session when the best lap was achieved (P1/P2/P3/Q1/Q2/Q3/R)
'Lps' are the total laps in all sessions
'Diff' is the gain/loss in seconds
'%Diff' is the difference in time as a percentage of the 2008 time
Negative Diff/%Diff mean that the driver/team improved. Positive means they
got worse.
There can be several reasons for the variations seen.
2008 Team 2008 Driver S Lps Time 2009 Driver S Lps Time Diff. %Diff
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[Honda] Barrichello P2 124 1'21.002 Barrichello Q2 152 1'18.335 -2.667 -3.29
Williams-Toyota Nakajima P2 129 1'20.985 Nakajima Q1 168 1'18.530 -2.455 -3.03
Toyota Trulli Q2 137 1'20.601 Trulli Q2 168 1'18.240 -2.361 -2.93
[Honda] Button P2 114 1'20.929 Button Q2 150 1'18.663 -2.266 -2.80
Williams-Toyota Rosberg P1 153 1'20.744 Rosberg Q2 175 1'18.591 -2.153 -2.67
Red Bull-Renault Coulthard Q2 72 1'20.174 Vettel Q2 155 1'18.119 -2.055 -2.56
Renault Alonso Q2 124 1'19.992 Alonso Q2 157 1'18.161 -1.831 -2.29
F India-[Ferrari] Sutil P2 87 1'21.756 Sutil Q1 147 1'19.909 -1.847 -2.26
F India-[Ferrari] Fisichella P2 116 1'21.565 Fisichella Q1 153 1'19.802 -1.763 -2.16
Red Bull-Renault Webber Q2 135 1'19.710 Webber Q2 147 1'18.209 -1.501 -1.88
Toyota Glock Q2 134 1'20.274 Glock Q2 173 1'18.791 -1.483 -1.85
Ferrari R嚙箠kk嚙緯en P1 144 1'19.948 R嚙箠kk嚙緯en Q2 162 1'18.566 -1.382 -1.73
Renault Piquet Q2 129 1'20.115 Piquet Q2 162 1'19.392 -0.723 -0.90
Ferrari Massa P1 120 1'19.575 Massa Q2 158 1'18.927 -0.648 -0.81
T Rosso-Ferrari Bourdais Q2 152 1'20.531 Bourdais Q1 123 1'19.898 -0.633 -0.79
BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica Q2 113 1'19.788 Kubica Q2 132 1'19.308 -0.480 -0.60
BMW Sauber-BMW Heidfeld Q2 152 1'19.802 Heidfeld Q2 157 1'19.448 -0.354 -0.44
McLaren-Mercedes Kovalainen P1 138 1'19.587 Kovalainen Q2 132 1'19.353 -0.234 -0.29
T Rosso-Ferrari Vettel Q2 96 1'20.109 Buemi Q1 156 1'20.236 +0.127 +0.16
McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton Q2 131 1'19.537 Hamilton Q1 143 1'19.917 +0.380 +0.48
Notes
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Eighteen drivers set faster laps with only Buemi and Hamilton failing to do so.
The second table takes the best lap time from both drivers in each team and compares
with the equivalent team last season. Probably a better comparison.
2008 Team 2008 Driver S Lps Time 2009 Driver S Lps Time Diff. %Diff
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[Honda] Button P2 238 1'20.929 Barrichello Q2 302 1'18.335 -2.594 -3.21
Williams-Toyota Rosberg P1 284 1'20.744 Nakajima Q1 343 1'18.530 -2.214 -2.74
Toyota Glock Q2 271 1'20.274 Trulli Q2 341 1'18.240 -2.034 -2.53
Renault Alonso Q2 253 1'19.992 Alonso Q2 319 1'18.161 -1.831 -2.29
F India-[Ferrari] Fisichella P2 203 1'21.565 Fisichella Q1 300 1'19.802 -1.763 -2.16
Red Bull-Renault Webber Q2 207 1'19.710 Vettel Q2 302 1'18.119 -1.591 -2.00
Ferrari Massa P1 264 1'19.575 R嚙箠kk嚙緯en Q2 320 1'18.566 -1.009 -1.27
BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica Q2 265 1'19.788 Kubica Q2 289 1'19.308 -0.480 -0.60
T Rosso-Ferrari Vettel Q2 248 1'20.109 Bourdais Q1 279 1'19.898 -0.211 -0.26
McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton Q2 269 1'19.537 Kovalainen Q2 275 1'19.353 -0.184 -0.23
All 10 teams were quicker than in 2008.
Taking the positions of the teams in table 2 we can produce an average position for
the season to date.
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 Tot Avg.
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1. Brawn-Mercedes 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 10 1.25
2. Red Bull-Renault 2 4 3 3 2 4 4 6 28 3.50
3. Williams-Toyota 3 2 4 6 3 7 2 2 29 3.62
4. F India-Mercedes 8 6 1 1 5 2 3 5 31 3.88
5. Toyota 4 3 5 7 4 9 5 3 40 5.00
6. Renault 5 5 6 4 8 5 6 4 43 5.38
7. T Rosso-Ferrari 10 7 8 5 6 3 7 9 55 6.88
8. Ferrari 6 9 9 10 7 6 9 7 63 7.88
9. BMW Sauber-BMW 7 8 7 9 9 10 8 8 66 8.25
10. McLaren-Mercedes 9 10 10 8 10 8 10 10 75 9.38
Brian Lawrence
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2009 is the 12th season that I have posted these amateur overtaking analyses. My intention
was to allow easier comparisons between Grands Prix, seasons, circuits, drivers, etc.
In order to make any meaningful and/or useful observations it is essential to produce the
stats in as consistent a way as possible. To do this I have devised several "rules" that
I try to follow for each event. Please note before posting to complain that I missed an
obvious passing manoeuvre that it has probably been excluded because of one of my "rules".
The rules are outlined in the "Disclaimer" below - please read it.
This analysis was mainly derived from the official FIA lap chart, which is usually
available from www.fia.com, http://forix.autosport.com or www.autosport.com/f1/ on race
day or the following day. The original charts remain copyright of the FIA.
Other excellent Formula One websites are available. This analysis is completely and
totally
unofficial.
Disclaimer
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For the purposes of this analysis, I only count what I will term "genuine" passing
manoeuvres, which means that I always exclude:
a) any place changes made during pit stops
b) all lapping or unlapping manoeuvres
c) any place changes made during the first lap
Hopefully, a) & b) are obvious. c) is because although lap one is often the best
opportunity to make up places, it is also not typical of the rest of the race, and so,
for the purpose of comparing races with other races and seasons with other seasons,
it is simpler to exclude lap one completely. I do summarise the changes on lap one
later in the post.
For the purposes of this analysis a "pit stop" encompasses the slowing down lap and the
out lap, since any passes during those laps MIGHT be due to the driver slowing down or
speeding up.
Passes are not counted in these stats UNLESS the gained position is held until the
start/finish line is next crossed and so gets recorded onto the lap chart. I try to
ignore anything that isn't recorded in the lap chart, even if it was seen on TV.
These are the passes I read for the 2009 British GP:
Lap Place Passer (Passed) KERS
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2 8 Button (Massa) -/K
2 13 Fisichella (Kubica) -/-
2 12 Fisichella (Piquet) -/-
2 11 Fisichella (Heidfeld) -/-
2 14 Hamilton (Kubica) -/-
3 14 Kubica (Hamilton) -/-
30 16 Hamilton (Alonso) -/-
31 16 Alonso (Hamilton) -/-
32 15 Alonso (Piquet) -/-
That's 9 passes in total, compared to 44 in 2008, which was very wet.
Most: 3 Fisichella
The Last 10 Seasons
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To save space I have removed the columns for 1997-98 from this table, but I have included
the data from those two seasons in the Total & Avg. columns. The number of passes for each
GP in 1997-98 is summarised following the main table.
1997-2009
Grand Prix 2009 '08 '07 '06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99 Total Avg.
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1. Australia 10 11 11 23 5 9 38 19 18 13 41 208 17.3
2. Malaysia 17 11 12 16 7 20 16 27 47 31 11 216 19.6
3. China 61 9 40 51 20 17 -- -- -- -- -- 198 33.0
4. Bahrain 13 14 20 39 14 15 -- -- -- -- -- 115 19.2
5. Spain 4 3 5 7 3 7 19 10 10 4 4 124 9.5
6. Monaco 5 21 2 19 10 5 0 9 6 2 5 117 9.0
7. Turkey 10 11 15 25 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- 91 18.2
8. Britain 9 44 16 6 8 11 49 47 7 8 13 269 20.7
9. Germany -- 25 -- 21 9 29 14 25 15 42 16 220 20.0
10. Hungary -- 3 5 32 12 6 25 1 5 10 7 145 12.1
11. Europe-3 -- 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 4 4.0
12. Belgium -- 29 15 -- 28 22 -- 5 8 16 15 200 20.0
13. Italy -- 33 10 12 14 38 5 20 19 18 14 215 17.9
14. Singapore -- 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12 12.0
15. Japan-2 -- 26 46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 72 36.0
16. Brazil -- 21 20 18 6 41 48 30 26 22 27 295 29.9
17. Abu Dhabi -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0.0
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-- Austria -- -- -- -- -- -- 20 18 17 20 30 155 22.1
-- Canada -- 17 21 9 12 19 8 15 13 14 14 174 14.5
-- Europe-2 -- -- 18 13 24 11 8 27 7 28 33 186 16.9
-- France -- 9 6 5 5 14 12 3 8 17 43 146 12.2
-- Japan-1 -- -- -- 13 12 21 20 2 17 8 4 125 12.5
-- San Marino -- -- -- 4 7 6 4 6 13 7 11 71 7.1
-- USA -- -- 14 5 0 16 36 21 21 51 - 164 20.5
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Totals 129 303 276 318 226 307 322 285 257 311 288 3594 16.8
No. GP 8 18 17 18 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 214
Race Avg. 16 17 16 18 12 17 20 17 15 18 18 17
1997-98
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Year Tot AUS BRA ARG RSM MON ESP CDN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN Eur
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1997 331 3 32 39 5 29 36 22 7 7 14 28 51 4 21 11 9 13
1998 240 7 13 11 8 4 12 10 17 44 10 11 11 28 29 6 19 --
Note: In 1997-98 the Luxembourg GP [LUX] was held at the N�rburgring, and is
considered as equivalent to the European GP (1999-2007) - Europe-2. Europe-3 is
the Valencia venue. The 1997 European GP took place at Jerez (Europe-1), and is
a one-off event in the era covered by this table.
Top 30 Races for Overtaking (1997-2009)
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# Year GP Wet SC
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1. 61 2009 - China Wet SC (2)
2. 51 1997 - Belgium Wet SC (1)
51 2000 - USA Wet
51 2006 - China Wet
5. 49 2003 - Britain SC (2)
6. 48 2003 - Brazil Wet SC (4) Race stopped
7. 47 1999 - Australia SC (2)
47 2001 - Malaysia Wet SC (1)
47 2002 - Britain Showers
10. 46 2007 - Japan Wet SC (2)
11. 44 1998 - Britain Wet SC (1)
12. 43 1999 - France Wet SC (1)
13. 42 2000 - Germany Wet SC (2)
14. 41 2004 - Brazil Wet track
15. 40 2007 - China Wet
16. 39 1997 - Argentine SC (1)
39 2006 - Bahrain
18. 38 2003 - Australia SC (2)
38 2004 - Italy
20. 36 1997 - Spain
36 2003 - USA Wet
22. 33 1999 - Europe Wet
23. 32 1997 - Brazil
32 2006 - Hungary Wet SC (1)
25. 30 1999 - Austria
30 2002 - Brazil
30 2005 - Turkey
28. 29 1997 - Monaco Wet
29 1998 - Austria SC (1)
29 2004 - Germany
Top 20 'Dry' Races (Not wet & no Safety Car)
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1. 39 2006 - Bahrain
2. 38 2004 - Italy
3. 36 1997 - Spain
4. 32 1997 - Brazil
5. 30 1999 - Austria
30 2002 - Brazil
30 2005 - Turkey
8. 29 2004 - Germany
9. 28 1997 - Hungary
28 1998 - Italy
28 2005 - Belgium
12. 27 1999 - Brazil
27 2002 - Malaysia
27 2002 - Europe
15. 25 2002 - Germany
25 2003 - Hungary
17. 24 2005 - Europe
18. 22 2000 - Brazil
19. 21 1997 - Austria
21 2001 - USA
21 2002 - USA
21 2004 - Japan
21 2006 - Germany
Drivers' Season Total
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AUS MAL CHN BRN ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN Eur
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16 Hamilton 4 1 6 - 1 1 1 2
15 Glock 1 5 6 - - 1 2 -
13 Alonso 1 1 7 1 1 - - 2
11 Sutil 1 1 7 - - - 2 -
10 Kubica - - 8 - 1 - - 1
9 Barrichello 1 2 - 2 - - 4 -
7 Webber - 2 2 3 - - - -
6 Buemi - 1 3 1 - - 1 -
6 Fisichella - - 1 1 - 1 - 3
5 R�ikk�nen - 1 4 - - - - -
5 Vettel - 3 1 - 1 - - -
4 Kovalainen - - 4 - - - - -
4 Bourdais - - 4 - - - - -
4 Massa - - 3 1 - - - -
4 Button - - 2 1 - - - 1
3 Heidfeld 1 - 1 - - 1 - -
2 Nakajima - - 1 1 - - - -
2 Piquet - - 1 1 - - - -
2 Rosberg - - - 1 - 1 - -
1 Trulli 1 - - - - - - -
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129 10 17 61 13 4 5 10 9
No. of Times Overtaken
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AUS MAL CHN BRN ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN Eur
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17 Heidfeld - 4 7 3 - 1 1 1
12 Fisichella 2 1 6 3 - - - -
11 Trulli - 1 7 1 - 1 1 -
11 Hamilton - 2 3 1 - - 3 2
10 R�ikk�nen - 1 8 - - - 1 -
10 Piquet 1 1 2 1 1 - 2 2
7 Sutil - - 5 - - 2 - -
7 Bourdais 4 - 1 1 - - 1 -
6 Rosberg 1 - 5 - - - - -
6 Massa - 1 - 1 2 1 - 1
6 Kubica - - 4 - - - - 2
5 Nakajima - 2 3 - - - - -
5 Kovalainen - - 2 1 1 - 1 -
5 Alonso 1 3 - - - - - 1
3 Button - - 3 - - - - -
2 Buemi 1 - 1 - - - - -
2 Webber - 1 1 - - - - -
2 Barrichello - - 2 - - - - -
2 Glock - - 1 1 - - - -
0 Vettel - - - - - - - -
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129 10 17 61 13 4 5 10 9
Gains/Losses on Lap One
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Plus 4: R�ikk�nen, Heidfeld
Plus 3: Massa, Hamilton
Plus 2: Fisichella
Plus 1: Nakajima, Rosberg, Buemi
No change: Vettel, Barrichello, Webber, Bourdais
Minus 1: Kubica
Minus 2: Glock, Alonso, Piquet
Minus 3: Trulli, Button
Minus 6: Kovalainen
Note: Adrian Sutil started the race from the pitlane.
Gains/Losses on Lap One in 2009
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Driver Total (ASP) AUS MAL CHN BRN ESP MON TUR GBR
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Piquet +10 (14.6) +3 +2 - +4 - +1 +2 -2
Hamilton +9 (14.0) +2 +1 - +2 - +1 0 +3
Massa +8 (8.8) +3 +2 - -1 - 0 +1 +3
Rosberg +7 (7.0) -1 +4 - -1 - 0 +4 +1
Fisichella +7 (17.2) +2 0 - +4 - -2 +1 +2
R�ikk�nen +5 (8.1) +2 0 - +3 - -1 -3 +4
Heidfeld +4 (12.4) - 0 - +2 - 0 -2 +4
Webber +3 (6.8) - -2 - +4 - 0 +1 0
Bourdais +2 (16.9) +2 -2 - +1 - +1 0 0
Sutil 0 (17.4) - 0 - +1 - +1 -2 -
Vettel -1 (3.5) +1 +1 - -2 - 0 -1 0
Kubica -1 (11.1) 0 - - -2 - 0 +2 -1
Alonso -3 (7.9) -5 +4 - -1 - 0 +1 -2
Button -4 (2.6) 0 -2 - 0 - 0 +1 -3
Trulli -4 (7.8) - 0 - -1 - -1 +1 -3
Nakajima -4 (10.8) +1 -4 - -4 - 0 +2 +1
Buemi -4 (15.4) +1 0 - -4 - -1 -1 +1
Glock -7 (11.4) - -5 - +1 - 0 -1 -2
Kovalainen -9 (12.6) - - - -6 - 0 +3 -6
Barrichello -11 (3.9) -5 +2 - 0 - +1 -9 0
Note: The number in brackets (ASP) is the average starting position in 2009 (grid
position after any penalties have been applied).
Obviously, a driver who often starts from pole position has very little chance
to gain places while one who usually starts at the back of the grid has a good
chance of gaining places.
Most Passes 1998-2009
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Using only the data from my statistics these are all drivers who have achieved
50 or more passes.
206 R Barrichello *
154 M Schumacher
154 R Schumacher
146 D Coulthard
130 J Button *
128 G Fisichella *
108 J Villeneuve
103 O Panis
101 J Trulli *
101 F Massa *
95 JP Montoya
93 K R�ikk�nen *
90 F Alonso *
89 J Alesi
77 M Webber *
76 T Sato
75 N Heidfeld *
73 H-H Frentzen
67 E Irvine
63 R Kubica *
57 L Hamilton *
54 J Verstappen
52 N Rosberg *
50 M Salo
* Current drivers
Two other drivers who didn't quite make the cut - Mika H�kkinen & Pedro de la Rosa
(both 49).
Other current drivers:
45 H Kovalainen
37 A Sutil
29 T Glock
22 S Vettel
19 K Nakajima
14 N Piquet
12 S Bourdais
6 S Buemi
It's not unusual for me to make an occasional mistake or to omit something in
the above. I do, of course, take full responsibility for any errors. I would
be grateful to anyone for pointing them out, and will incorporate any
corrections in later posts.