Qualifying Statistics #9 - the Nürburgring
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. 2.67 [+0.04] J Button 16 14.72 14 13.94 3 7.78 4 5.9 3 5.5
2. 3.56 [+0.06] S Vettel 10 11.00 15 14.38 - - - - - -
3. 3.67 [-0.21] R Barrichello 17 14.83 16 15.00 6 7.61 13 10.5 2 4.6
4. 6.11 [-0.64] M Webber 9 9.17 7 9.06 7 11.06 8 8.0 13 9.7
5. 7.89 [+0.89] N Rosberg 12 12.11 9 9.88 12 13.33 - - - -
6. [8] 8.22 [+0.09] K R�ikk�nen =3 4.39 3 3.53 4 5.83 2 5.7 9 8.2
7. 8.33 [+0.45] F Alonso 6 6.89 2 3.18 1 4.28 1 4.0 7 7.6
8. [6] 8.44 [+0.69] J Trulli 7 7.61 8 9.24 14 10.28 5 6.1 6 6.7
9. 8.67 [-0.08] F Massa 1 2.94 4 4.24 2 6.67 17 11.9 18 13.5
10. 11.00 [+0.25] S Nakajima 18 15.11 22 19.00 - - - - - -
11. 11.67 [+0.54] R Kubica 5 5.83 6 7.00 9 8.83 - - - -
12.[14] 11.89 [-0.74] H Kovalainen =3 4.39 10 10.71 - - - - - -
13. 12.22 [-0.16] N Heidfeld 8 9.00 5 5.41 10 10.17 12 9.6 21 16.0
14.[12] 12.33 [+0.95] T Glock 11 11.11 - - - - - - 22 16.5
15. 12.89 [-1.11] L Hamilton 2 3.89 1 2.59 - - - - - -
16. 14.11 [-0.52] N Piquet 14 13.50 - - - - - - - -
17. 15.44 [+0.06] S Buemi - - - - - - - - - -
18.[20] 16.44 [-0.94] A Sutil 20 18.94 23 20.29 - - - - - -
19.[18] 17.11 [+0.23] S Bourdais 15 13.67 - - - - - - - -
20.[19] 17.33 [+0.08] G Fisichella 19 18.33 11 10.82 3 5.61 3 5.7 17 12.3
Average positions include all demotions such as engine/gearbox change penalties,
but not necessarily last-minute changes such as pitlane starts.
Average Team Starting Position 2009 - after N�rburgring, Qualifying #9
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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. 3.17 [-0.08] Brawn 9. 14.78 8. 14.47 4. 7.75 4. 8.5 3. 6.8 *
2. 4.83 [-0.30] Red Bull 6. 11.00 6. 11.21 8. 14.65 7. 11.2 6. 11.7 *
3. 8.44 Ferrari 1. 3.67 2. 3.88 2. 6.06 6. 9.4 1. 4.2
4. 9.44 [+0.56] Williams 8. 13.58 7. 12.65 7. 12.19 5. 9.3 2. 6.4
5. 10.39 [+0.83] Toyota 4. 9.36 4. 10.79 5. 10.11 3. 7.5 7. 11.8
6. 11.06 Renault 5. 10.19 5. 10.82 1. 4.94 1. 4.8 4. 7.5
7. 11.94 [+0.19] BMW-Sauber 3. 7.42 3. 6.18 6. 10.81 8. 11.9 8. 12.9 *
8. 12.39 [-0.92] McLaren 2. 4.11 1. 2.88 3. 6.89 2. 6.6 5. 8.8
9. 16.28 [+0.15] T Rosso 7. 12.33 9. 16.21 9. 15.83 10. 17.5 10. 18.5 *
10. 16.89 [-0.42] 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 N�rburgring, Qualifying #9
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Team Driver-1 Driver-2 Posn.
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Renault Alonso 8-1 Piquet +52
Toyota Trulli 8-1 Glock +35
Williams Rosberg 7-2 Nakajima +28
Red Bull Vettel 7-2 Webber +23
Toro Rosso Buemi 7-2 Bourdais +14
Brawn Button 6-3 Barrichello +9
BMW-Sauber Kubica 6-3 Heidfeld +5
F India Fisichella 5-4 Sutil -10
McLaren Hamilton 5-4 Kovalainen -10
Ferrari R�ikk�nen 5-4 Massa +4
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)
09 GER Timo Glock 19th 3-place penalty (blocked Alonso)
Appearances in Each Qualifying Session
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Q-1 Q-2 Q-3
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J Button 9 9 9
R Barrichello 9 9 9
S Vettel 9 9 9
N Rosberg 9 9 8
K R�ikk�nen 9 8 8
M Webber 9 8 8
F Alonso 9 9 7
J Trulli 9 8 7
F Massa 9 8 6
T Glock 9 7 5
R Kubica 9 6 4
L Hamilton 9 6* 3 AUS (0 laps)
K Nakajima 9 9 2
H Kovalainen 9 8 2
N Piquet 9 5 1
S Buemi 9 3 1
A Sutil 9 3 1
N Heidfeld 9 8 0
S Bourdais 9 2 0
G Fisichella 9 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
M Webber Pole (1) GER 2nd (1) 5th (1) 2nd (1) 2nd (2) MAL 04 - ESP 05
R Barrichello 2nd (3) . . . 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
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 (2) BRN/GER Pole (7) Pole (6) --- ---
K Nakajima 5th (1) GBR 10th (1) 19th (1) --- ---
H Kovalainen 6th (1) GER Pole (1) 6th (2) --- ---
A Sutil 7th (1) GER 16th (1) 19th (3) --- ---
N Heidfeld 9th (1) AUS 5th (4) 2nd (1) 3rd (1) Pole (1) Eur 05
S Buemi 10th (1) CHN --- --- --- ---
N Piquet 10th (1) GER 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) --- --- ---
Personal Bests set at N�rburgring 2009
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Career In 2009
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Pole M Webber M Webber
2nd R Barrichello (3)
5th L Hamilton (2)
6th H Kovalainen
7th A Sutil A Sutil
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 the N�rburgring
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Year Time Driver Chassis Rslt Winner Grd
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1999 1'19.910 H-H Frentzen Jordan 199 DNF Herbert Stewart 14th
2000 1'17.529 D Coulthard McLaren MP4/15 3rd M Schumacher Ferrari 2nd
2001 1'14.960 M Schumacher Ferrari F2001 1st
----
2002 1'29.906 JP Montoya Williams FW24B DNF Barrichello Ferrari 4th
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2003 1'31.523 K R�ikk�nen McLaren MP4/17D DNF R Schumacher Williams 3rd
2004 1'28.351 M Schumacher Ferrari F2004 1st
2005 1'30.197 N Heidfeld Williams FW27 2nd Alonso Renault 6th
2006 1'29.819 F Alonso Renault R26 2nd M Schumacher Ferrari 2nd
2007 1'31.450 K R�ikk�nen Ferrari F2007 DNF Alonso McLaren 2nd
2009 1'32.230 M Webber Red Bull RB5 1st
---- Indicates changes in track length and/or layout.
Note: In 2007 this race was named the European GP.
Note: 2003-05 was decided on "single lap". 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 15 GPs at the new N�rburgring,
only three have been won from pole (last by Webber in 2009),
five have been won from second (Alonso in 2007),
three have been won from third (Ralf in 2003),
one has been won from fourth (Rubens in 2002),
one from sixth (Alonso in 2005),
one from eighth (Alboreto in 1985 [German GP]),
and one from 14th (Herbert in 1999).
Average Starting Position of race winner = 3.600.
--
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.
Since the 2008 German GP took place at Hockenheim, there is no value in comparing
speeds. These were the top speeds registered by each driver during the event.
Team Driver Sess Speed
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F India-Mercedes Fisichella Race 303.5 kph
T Rosso-Ferrari Bourdais Q1 302.4
McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton Race 302.0
BMW Sauber-BMW Heidfeld P2 301.8
Renault Alonso P1 301.7
McLaren-Mercedes Kovalainen Race 301.7
Ferrari R�ikk�nen Q1 301.3
Ferrari Massa Q1 301.2
F India-Mercedes Sutil Q1 300.8
T Rosso-Ferrari Buemi Q1 300.6
Renault Piquet P2 300.5
Red Bull-Renault Vettel Race 300.5
Red Bull-Renault Webber Q1 299.7
Brawn-Mercedes Barrichello Race 299.2
Brawn-Mercedes Button Race 298.5
BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica Q1 297.8
Williams-Toyota Rosberg P1 296.7
Toyota Trulli P2 296.5
Toyota Glock P2 296.5
Williams-Toyota Nakajima Race 296.4
The higher temperatures on Sunday may have helped some teams to set their
maximums during the race. Note that the four Toyota-powered cars were the
slowest
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 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
All data from www.fia.com or www.formula1.com.
Brian Lawrence
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As with the top speed it is not worth comparing the 2009 (N嚙緝burgring) data with the
2008 (Hockenheim) data. These were the best laps for each driver:
Team Driver Sess Laps Best Lap
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McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton P3 131 1'31.121
Red Bull-Renault Webber Q1 145 1'31.257
Renault Alonso Q1 133 1'31.302
Ferrari Massa P3 157 1'31.351
Red Bull-Renault Vettel Q1 141 1'31.430
Brawn-Mercedes Barrichello Q1 138 1'31.482
Brawn-Mercedes Button Q1 155 1'31.568
Williams-Toyota Rosberg Q1 154 1'31.598
Ferrari R嚙箠kk嚙緯en P3 128 1'31.615
Toyota Trulli P3 155 1'31.620
Williams-Toyota Nakajima P3 154 1'31.731
BMW Sauber-BMW Heidfeld Q1 156 1'31.771
McLaren-Mercedes Kovalainen Q1 152 1'31.881
F India-Mercedes Sutil Q1 138 1'32.015
Toyota Glock P3 148 1'32.022
Renault Piquet Q1 152 1'32.128
F India-Mercedes Fisichella P3 121 1'32.135
BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica Q1 141 1'32.190
T Rosso-Ferrari Buemi P3 152 1'32.239
T Rosso-Ferrari Bourdais P3 107 1'32.883
Ideally drivers will aim to achieve their best lap during qualifying, when it
is most important. Normally this will be in Q2 (or Q1 if they fail to reach Q2),
but the weather meant slower times in Q2 at the N嚙緝burgring. As usual it is
interesting to note the drivers who failed to improve on times set in practice -
Hamilton, Massa, R嚙箠kk嚙緯en, Trulli, Nakajima, Glock, Fisichella, Buemi and
Bourdais.
Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 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 German GP:
Lap Place Passer (Passed) KERS
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2 4 Button (Massa) -/K
2 16 Glock (Bourdais) -/-
3 17 Nakajima (Bourdais) -/-
4 13 Fisichella (Buemi) -/-
8 12 Fisichella (Heidfeld) -/-
12 11 Fisichella (Alonso) -/-
16 16 Nakajima (Glock) -/-
17 12 Button (Buemi) -/-
19 9 Button (Heidfeld) -/-
20 17 Alonso (Trulli) -/-
23 14 Fisichella (Glock) -/-
33 6 Button (R�ikk�nen) -/K
35 8 Alonso (Glock) -/-
35 12 Heidfeld (Buemi) -/-
41 8 Heidfeld (Kubica) -/- [team-mates]
56 16 Trulli (Buemi) -/-
57 16 Buemi (Trulli) -/-
59 11 Fisichella (Nakajima) -/-
That's 18 passes in total, compared to 25 in 2008, at Hockenheim.
Most: 5 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 18 25 -- 21 9 29 14 25 15 42 16 238 19.8
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 147 303 276 318 226 307 322 285 257 311 288 3612 16.8
No. GP 9 18 17 18 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 215
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 -
16 Glock 1 5 6 - - 1 2 - 1
15 Alonso 1 1 7 1 1 - - 2 2
11 Sutil 1 1 7 - - - 2 - -
11 Fisichella - - 1 1 - 1 - 3 5
10 Kubica - - 8 - 1 - - 1 -
9 Barrichello 1 2 - 2 - - 4 - -
8 Button - - 2 1 - - - 1 4
7 Webber - 2 2 3 - - - - -
7 Buemi - 1 3 1 - - 1 - 1
5 R�ikk�nen - 1 4 - - - - - -
5 Vettel - 3 1 - 1 - - - -
5 Heidfeld 1 - 1 - - 1 - - 2
4 Kovalainen - - 4 - - - - - -
4 Bourdais - - 4 - - - - - -
4 Massa - - 3 1 - - - - -
4 Nakajima - - 1 1 - - - - 2
2 Piquet - - 1 1 - - - - -
2 Rosberg - - - 1 - 1 - - -
2 Trulli 1 - - - - - - - 1
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147 10 17 61 13 4 5 10 9 18
No. of Times Overtaken
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AUS MAL CHN BRN ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN Eur
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19 Heidfeld - 4 7 3 - 1 1 1 2
13 Trulli - 1 7 1 - 1 1 - 2
12 Fisichella 2 1 6 3 - - - - -
11 Hamilton - 2 3 1 - - 3 2 -
11 R�ikk�nen - 1 8 - - - 1 - 1
9 Piquet 1 1 2 1 1 - 2 1 -
9 Bourdais 4 - 1 1 - - 1 - 2
7 Sutil - - 5 - - 2 - - -
7 Massa - 1 - 1 2 1 - 1 1
7 Alonso 1 3 - - - - - 2 1
7 Kubica - - 4 - - - - 2 1
6 Rosberg 1 - 5 - - - - - -
6 Buemi 1 - 1 - - - - - 4
6 Nakajima - 2 3 - - - - - 1
5 Kovalainen - - 2 1 1 - 1 - -
5 Glock - - 1 1 - - - - 3
3 Button - - 3 - - - - - -
2 Webber - 1 1 - - - - - -
2 Barrichello - - 2 - - - - - -
0 Vettel - - - - - - - - -
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147 10 17 61 13 4 5 10 9 18
Gains/Losses on Lap One
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Plus 5: Rosberg, Kubica
Plus 3: Massa, Buemi, Fisichella
Plus 2: Kovalainen
Plus 1: Barrichello, R�ikk�nen, Bourdais
No change: Alonso
Minus 1: Webber
Minus 2: Button, Vettel, Sutil, Heidfeld
Minus 3: Trulli
Minus 6: Piquet
Minus 7: Nakajima
Note: Timo Glock started the race from the pitlane. Lewis Hamilton pitted at the end
of lap one.
Gains/Losses on Lap One in 2009
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Driver Total (ASP) AUS MAL CHN BRN ESP MON TUR GBR GER
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Rosberg +12 (7.9) -1 +4 - -1 - 0 +4 +1 +5
Massa +11 (8.7) +3 +2 - -1 - 0 +1 +3 +3
Fisichella +10 (17.3) +2 0 - +4 - -2 +1 +2 +3
Hamilton +9 (12.9) +2 +1 - +2 - +1 0 +3 -
R�ikk�nen +6 (8.2) +2 0 - +3 - -1 -3 +4 +1
Kubica +4 (11.7) 0 - - -2 - 0 +2 -1 +5
Piquet +4 (14.1) +3 +2 - +4 - +1 +2 -2 -6
Bourdais +3 (17.1) +2 -2 - +1 - +1 0 0 +1
Webber +2 (6.1) - -2 - +4 - 0 +1 0 -1
Heidfeld +2 (12.2) - 0 - +2 - 0 -2 +4 -2
Buemi -1 (15.4) +1 0 - -4 - -1 -1 +1 +3
Sutil -2 (16.4) - 0 - +1 - +1 -2 - -2
Vettel -3 (3.6) +1 +1 - -2 - 0 -1 0 -2
Alonso -3 (8.3) -5 +4 - -1 - 0 +1 -2 0
Button -6 (2.7) 0 -2 - 0 - 0 +1 -3 -2
Trulli -7 (8.4) - 0 - -1 - -1 +1 -3 -3
Kovalainen -7 (11.9) - - - -6 - 0 +3 -6 +2
Glock -7 (12.3) - -5 - +1 - 0 -1 -2 -
Barrichello -10 (3.7) -5 +2 - 0 - +1 -9 0 +1
Nakajima -11 (11.0) +1 -4 - -4 - 0 +2 +1 -7
Note: The number in brackets (ASP) is the average starting position in 2009 (final
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.
* Current drivers
206 R Barrichello *
154 M Schumacher
154 R Schumacher
146 D Coulthard
134 J Button *
133 G Fisichella *
108 J Villeneuve
103 O Panis
102 J Trulli *
101 F Massa *
95 JP Montoya
93 K R�ikk�nen *
92 F Alonso *
89 J Alesi
77 M Webber *
77 N Heidfeld *
76 T Sato
73 H-H Frentzen
67 E Irvine
63 R Kubica *
57 L Hamilton *
54 J Verstappen
52 N Rosberg *
50 M Salo
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
30 T Glock
22 S Vettel
21 K Nakajima
14 N Piquet
12 S Bourdais
7 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.