Final Qualifying Statistics - #17 - Interlagos

Final Qualifying Statistics - #17 - Interlagos

Once again I must apologise for failing to post these some time ago.

Final Average Starting Position 2007 - after Interlagos, Qualifying #17
=======================================================================

| Pre-2003
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 | F1 Career
Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP | Pos. ASP
==================================================================================
1. 2.59 [-0.04] L Hamilton - - - - - - - - | - -
2. 3.18 [+0.05] F Alonso 1 4.28 1 3.95 7 7.56 8 7.88 |166 19.47
3. 3.53 [-0.03] K Räikkönen 4 5.83 2 5.68 9 8.22 6 6.81 | 31 7.71
4. 4.24 [-0.20] F Massa 2 6.67 17 11.89 18 13.50 - - | 77 11.88
5. 5.41 [+0.03] N Heidfeld 10 10.17 12 9.57 21 16.00 15 12.31 | 81 12.28
6. 7.00 [+0.07] R Kubica 9 8.83 - - - - - - | - -
7.[=7] 9.06 [-0.25] M Webber 7 11.06 8 8.00 13 9.72 11 9.88 |168 19.59
8.[=7] 9.24 [-0.07] J Trulli 14 10.28 5 6.11 6 6.71 7 7.31 | 58 10.28
9. 9.88 N Rosberg 12 13.33 - - - - - - | - -
10. 10.71 [+0.40] H Kovalainen - - - - - - - - | - -
11. 10.82 [+0.07] G Fisichella 3 5.61 3 5.74 17 12.33 19 13.88 | 64 10.98
12. 12.35 [+0.16] R Schumacher 17 9.94 11 8.61 5 6.00 5 5.93 | 21 7.04
13. 13.35 [-0.28] D Coulthard 13 14.17 16 11.00 10 9.39 9 8.50 | 12 5.13
14. 13.94 [+0.13] J Button 3 7.78 4 5.94 3 5.50 13 11.33 | 93 13.02
15. 14.38 [-0.19] S Vettel - - - - - - - - | - -
16.[17] 15.00 [-0.25] R Barrichello 6 7.61 13 10.53 2 4.56 1 3.63 | 38 8.42
17.[16] 15.19 A Wurz - - 6 7.00 - - - - | 67 11.31
18. 15.65 [-0.10] V Liuzzi 15 15.50 19 13.00 - - - - | - -
19. 16.06 [+0.25] A Davidson - - 22 15.00 - - - - |169 20.00
20. 17.29 [+0.04] T Sato 20 19.67 14 10.88 8 8.06 16 13.00 |118 15.29
21. 17.70 S Speed 16 16.17 - - - - - - | - -
22. [-] 19.00 K Nakajima - - - - - - - - | - -
23.[22] 20.29 [+0.04] A Sutil - - - - - - - - | - -
24.[23] 21.11 C Albers 18 18.0 =24 17.26 - - - - | - -
25.[24] 21.57 [+0.07] S Yamamoto 27 20.86 - - - - - - | - -
26.[25] 22.00 M Winkelhock - - - - - - - - | - -

Averages include all demotions such as engine change penalties. The pre-2003
career reflects the change to single-lap/restricted qualifying format - I
don't propose to update the career figures.


Final Average Team Starting Position 2007 - after Interlagos, Qualifying #17
============================================================================

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP
=================================================================================
1. 2.88 McLaren 7. 13.50 2. 6.61 5. 8.81 4. 7.66 3. 5.62
2. 3.88 [-0.12] Ferrari 1. 1.50 6. 9.37 1. 4.25 1. 3.94 1. 2.35
3. 6.18 [+0.02] BMW-Sauber 6. 10.50 8. 11.95 8. 12.92 8. 12.81 5. 10.97*
4. [5] 10.79 [+0.04] Toyota 8. 15.50 3. 7.47 7. 11.81 5. 10.09 8. 14.59
5. [4] 10.82 [+0.23] Renault 3. 6.50 1. 4.84 4. 7.47 3. 7.59 4. 9.50
6. 11.21 [-0.26] Red Bull 5. 10.50 7. 11.24 6. 11.69 7. 11.84 9. 15.79*
7. 12.65 [+0.12] Williams 4. 9.50 5. 9.32 2. 6.39 2. 5.03 2. 3.21
8. 14.47 [-0.06] Honda 2. 4.50 4. 8.53 3. 6.78 6. 11.48 6. 12.71*
9. 16.21 [-0.17] T Rosso 9. 15.50 10. 17.50 10. 18.53 10. 18.66 11. 20.32*
10. 16.68 [+0.15] S Aguri 11. 20.50 - - - - - - - -
11. 20.82 [+0.04] Spyker 10. 18.50 9. 16.97 9. 16.36 9. 15.53 7. 13.33*

* Red Bull = Jaguar (2002-04), Honda = BAR (2002-05), BMW-Sauber = Sauber (2002-05),
Spyker = Midland (2006) = Jordan (2002-05), Toro Rosso = Minardi (2002-05)


Final Team-mates Head-to-Head 2007 - after Interlagos, Qualifying #17
=====================================================================

Team Driver-1 Driver-2 Posn.
=================================================
Williams Rosberg 15-1 Wurz +84
Rosberg 1-0 Nakajima +9
[ 16-1 +93]

Red Bull Webber 15-2 Coulthard +73
Spyker Sutil 7-2 Albers +8
Sutil 1-0 Winkelhock +1
Sutil 7-0 Yamamoto +9
[ 15-2 +18]

Toyota Trulli 14-3 Schumacher +53

BMW-Sauber Heidfeld 12-4 Kubica +24
Heidfeld 1-0 Vettel +1
[ 13-4 +25]

Super Aguri Davidson 11-6 Sato +21

Toro Rosso Liuzzi 6-4 Speed +13
Liuzzi 4-3 Vettel +6
[ 10-7 +19]
McLaren Hamilton 10-7 Alonso +10
Renault Kovalainen 10-7 Fisichella +2

Honda Button 9-8 Barrichello +18
Ferrari Massa 9-8 Räikkönen -12

Note: "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.


Appearances in Each Qualifying Session
======================================

Q1 Q2 Q3
==========================
F Alonso 17 17 17* FRA - no time
N Heidfeld 17 17 17
L Hamilton 17 17 17

K Räikkönen 17 17* 16 MON - no time
R Kubica 16 16 16

F Massa 17 17* 15 AUS - no time

J Trulli 17 17 14

M Webber 17 15 12

N Rosberg 17 16 11

G Fisichella 17 16 10

H Kovalainen 17 15 8

R Schumacher 17 12* 6 JPN - no time

J Button 17 14 4

D Coulthard 17 13* 3 MON - time deleted; FRA - no time

S Vettel 8 5 2

R Barrichello 17 11 1
T Sato 17 5 1

V Liuzzi 17 10* - ESP - no time
A Davidson 17 9* - ESP - no time
A Wurz 16 9 -
S Speed 10* 3 - ESP - no time
A Sutil 17 - -
C Albers 9* - - MON - no time
S Yamamoto 7 - -
M Winkelhock 1 - -
K Nakajima 1 - -

* Set no time in one or more sessions (Massa in Australia 3 laps;
Davidson in Spain 4 laps; Liuzzi in Spain 0 laps; Speed in
Spain 2 laps; Räikkönen in Monaco 3 laps; Albers in Monaco 3 laps;
Alonso in France 1 lap; Coulthard in France 2 laps; Schumacher
in Japan 0 laps).


Best Qualifying Performances (Current Drivers)
==============================================

Best in 2007 Best in Best in Best before 2005
Driver Posn.(#) GP(s) 2006 (#) 2005 (#) Posn. (#) First - Last
==============================================================================
L Hamilton Pole (6) . . . --- --- ---
F Massa Pole (6) . . . Pole (3) 7th (1) 4th (3) AUT 02 - BRA 04
K Räikkönen Pole (3) . . . Pole (3) Pole (5) Pole (3) Eur 03 - GBR 04
F Alonso Pole (2) MON/ITA Pole (6) Pole (6) Pole (3) MAS 03 - HUN 03

N Heidfeld 2nd (1) HUN 3rd (1) Pole (1) 4th (1) AUT 03
G Fisichella 4th (1) MON Pole (1) Pole (1) Pole (1) AUT 98
R Kubica 4th (1) FRA 6th (1) --- ---
N Rosberg 4th (1) HUN 3rd (1) --- ---
R Schumacher 5th (1) HUN 3rd (1) Pole (1) Pole (5) FRA 01 - CDN 04
D Coulthard 5th (1) CHN 7th (1) 5th (1) Pole (12) ARG 95 - MON 01
M Webber 5th (1) BRA 2nd (1) 2nd (1) 2nd (1) MAS 04
H Kovalainen 6th (2) USA/FRA --- --- ---
J Trulli 6th (1) ESP 3rd (1) Pole (1) Pole (2) MON 04 - BEL 04
J Button 6th (1) JPN Pole (1) Pole (1) Pole (1) RSM 04
S Vettel 7th (1) USA --- --- ---
R Barrichello 9th (1) MON 3rd (2) 5th (2) Pole (13) BEL 94 - BRA 04
T Sato 10th (1) AUS 17th (2) 4th (2) 2nd (1) Eur 04

A Wurz 11th (2) BRN/MON --- 7th (1) ???
A Davidson 11th (2) AUS/TUR --- 15th (1) ???
V Liuzzi 11th (1) CHN 12th (2) 11th (1) ---
S Speed 15th (2) FRA/GBR 11th (1) --- ---
A Sutil 19th (3) . . . --- --- ---
K Nakajima 19th (1) BRA --- --- ---
C Albers 20th (2) MAS/FRA 14th (1) 13th (1) ---
S Yamamoto 20th (1) TUR
M Winkelhock 22nd (1) Eur


All-Time Top 20 Poles
=====================

1. A Senna 65
2. M Schumacher 50 + 14 in 2003-05 [1] + 4 in 2006 [3]
3. A Prost 34
4. J Clark 33
5. N Mansell 32
6. JM Fangio 29
7. M Häkkinen 26
8. N Lauda 24
N Piquet 24
10. D Hill 20
11. M Andretti 18
12. J Stewart 17
R Arnoux 17
F Alonso 0 + 7 in 2003-05 [1] + 2 in 2005 [2] + 8 in 2006-07 [3]
15. S Moss 16
16. A Ascari 14
R Peterson 14
J Hunt 14
K Räikkönen 0 + 8 in 2003-05 [1] + 6 in 2006-07 [3]
20. J Brabham 13
G Hill 13
J Ickx 13
J Villeneuve 13 + 0 in 2003-04 [1] + 0 in 2005 [2]
JP Montoya 10 + 3 in 2003-04 [1] + 0 in 2005 [2]

1. Single lap qualifying (2003-05, except for AUS-MON '05)
2. Two single-lap sessions aggregated (AUS-MON '05 only)
3. Knockout, 3-period, race fuel


The Recent Record of Pole Position Holders at Interlagos
========================================================

Year Time Driver Chassis Rslt Winner Grd
=======================================================================
1998 1'17.092 M Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13 1st
1999 1'16.568 M Häkkinen McLaren MP4/14 1st
----
2000 1'14.111 M Häkkinen McLaren MP4/15 DNF M Schumacher 3rd
----
2001 1'13.780 M Schumacher Ferrari F2001 2nd Coulthard 5th
2002 1'13.114 JP Montoya Williams FW24 5th M Schumacher 2nd
2003 1'13.807 R Barrichello Ferrari F2002 DNF Fisichella 8th
2004 1'10.646 R Barrichello Ferrari F2004 3rd Montoya 2nd
2005 1'11.988 F Alonso Renault R25 3rd Montoya 2nd
2006 1'10.370 F Massa Ferrari 248 F1 1st
2007 1'11.931 F Massa Ferrari F2007 2nd Räikkönen 3rd

---- 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 25 Grands Prix at Interlagos,
9 have been won from pole position (last was Massa in 2006),
8 have been won from second (Montoya in 2005),
3 have been won from third (Räikkönen in 2007),
and 5 have been won from lower positions (Coulthard 5th/2001; Pace 6th/1975;
Arnoux 6th/1980; Prost 6th/1985; & Fisichella 8th/2003).

Average grid position of winners = 2.600.

--

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn,com

Final Engine Usage - #17 - Interlagos

Final Engine Usage - after Brazilian GP

E# - Number of engines used by driver/team/engine supplier in 2007
Km. - Distance covered in practice/qualifying/race in 2007
Avg. - Average distance per engine in 2007

Averages in [] indicate that the driver/team/engine supplier were halfway
through an incomplete two-race cycle.

C# Driver(s) Engine E# Km. Avg.
===========================================================
9 Nick Heidfeld BMW P86/7 9 8,140 904
4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault RS27 9 7,901 878
12 Jarno Trulli Toyota RVX-07 9 7,850 [872]
2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes FO108T 9 7,532 [837]
6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 056 9 7,466 [830]
1 Fernando Alonso Mercedes FO108T 9 7,414 824
11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota RVX-07 9 6,817 [757]
22 Takuma Sato Honda RA807E 9 6,630 737
17 A Wurz/K Nakajima Toyota RVX-07 9 6,590 [732]
15 Mark Webber Renault RS27 9 6,500 [722]
20 Adrian Sutil Ferrari 056 9 6,059 673
19 S Speed/S Vettel Ferrari 056 9 5,213 [579]
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
10 R Kubica/S Vettel BMW P86/7 10 8,223 [822]
3 G Fisichella Renault RS27 10 7,776 [778]
16 Nico Rosberg Toyota RVX-07 10 7,428 [752]
5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 056 10 7,479 [748]
8 Rubens Barrichello Honda RA807E 10 7,296 730
23 Anthony Davidson Honda RA807E 10 6,385 639
14 David Coulthard Renault RS27 10 6,156 [616]
18 Vitantonio Liuzzi Ferrari 056 10 5,959 [596]
21 Albers/Wink./Yama. Ferrari 056 10 5,707 [571]
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
7 Jenson Button Honda RA807E 11 6,696 609
-----------------------------------------------------------
209 153,217 [734]


Team Engine E# Km. Avg.
==================================================
McLaren Mercedes FO108T 18 14,946 [830]
Toyota Toyota RVX-07 18 14,667 [815]
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
BMW Sauber BMW P86/7 19 16,363 [861]
Renault Renault RS27 19 15,677 [825]
Ferrari Ferrari 056 19 14,945 [787]
Williams Toyota RVX-07 19 14,018 [743]
Super Aguri Honda RA807E 19 13,015 685
Red Bull Renault RS27 19 12,656 [666]
Spyker Ferrari 056 19 11,766 [619]
Toro Rosso Ferrari 056 19 11,172 [588]
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Honda Honda RA807E 21 13,992 666
--------------------------------------------------
209 153,217 [734]


Engine E# Km. Avg. Team(s)
============================================================
BMW P86/7 19 16,363 861 BMW Sauber
Ferrari 056 57 37,883 665 Ferrari, Toro Rosso, Spyker
Honda RA807E 40 27,007 675 Honda, Super Aguri
Mercedes FO108T 18 14,946 830 McLaren
Renault RS27 38 28,333 746 Renault, Red Bull
Toyota RVX-07 37 28,685 778 Toyota, Williams
------------------------------------------------------------
209 153,217 [734]


Enforced Engine Changes (Incurring 10-place penalty)
====================================================

GP Engine C# Team Driver When
====================================================================
01 AUS Ferrari 056 5 Ferrari F Massa After Qual
01 AUS Ferrari 056 21 Spyker C Albers Race day

02 MAS Honda RA807E 8 Honda R Barrichello Race day

06 CDN Renault RS27 4 Renault H Kovalainen Before Qual

08 FRA Ferrari 056 20 Spyker A Sutil After Qual

12 TUR Honda RA807E 7 Honda J Button After Qual
12 TUR Honda RA807E 8 Honda R Barrichello After Qual

14 BEL BMW P86/7 10 BMW Sauber R Kubica Before Qual
14 BEL Renault RS27 3 Renault G Fisichella After Qual

15 JPN Toyota RVX-07 16 Williams N Rosberg After FP-2
15 JPN Ferrari 056 18 Toro Rosso V Liuzzi Race day

Number of enforced changes
==========================
Ferrari 4 (Massa, Albers, Sutil, Liuzzi)
Honda 3 (Barrichello 2, Button)
Renault 2 (Kovalainen, Fisichella)
BMW 1 (Kubica)
Toyota 1 (Rosberg)
Mercedes 0
--------------
11


Free Engine Changes (No penalty)
================================

GP Engine C# Team Driver
========================================================
02 MAS Renault RS27 14 Red Bull D Coulthard

04 ESP Honda RA807E 9 Honda J Button
04 ESP Honda RA807E 22 S Aguri T Sato
04 ESP Honda RA897E 23 S Aguri A Davidson

08 FRA Toyota RVX-07 16 Williams N Rosberg
08 FRA Ferrari 056 18 Toro Rosso V Liuzzi

09 GBR Honda RA807E 23 S Aguri A Davidson

10 Eur Honda RA807E 23 S Aguri A Davidson

15 JPN Renault RS27 3 Renault G Fisichella
15 JPN Honda RA807E 7 Honda J Button
15 JPN Renault RS27 14 Red Bull D Coulthard

16 CHN Mercedes FO108T 1 McLaren F Alonso
16 CHN Honda RA807E 7 Honda J Button
16 CHN BMW P86/7 9 BMW Sauber N Heidfeld

17 BRA BMW P86/7 10 BMW Sauber R Kubica

Number of free changes
======================
Honda 7 (Button 3, Sato, Davidson 3)
Renault 3 (Coulthard 2, Fisichella
BMW 2 (Heidfeld, Kubica)
Ferrari 1 (Liuzzi)
Toyota 1 (Rosberg)
Mercedes 1 (Alonso)
--------------
15

All engine usage data from www .forix.autosport,com .


What was the situation after 17 events in 2006?

2006 2007
=================================
Engines used 229 209
Total km. 180,480 153,217 [1]
Average km. 786 734 [1]
Enforced changes 33 11
'Free' changes 30 15

1. The reason for the reduction in distance covered is because the FIA
no longer count the Friday practice sessions as part of the event for
engines. Teams now use different engines on Friday and swap to the
'race' engines for Saturday/Sunday.

--

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn,com

Final Top Speeds - #17 - Interlagos

These comparisons only use the top speeds recorded through the regular speed
trap during the Saturday Qualifying sessions. This means that, at most events,
there are comparisons that are fairly meaningless because of some problem that
affected one or more drivers during one particular session.

The first table compares the 2006 team/driver combination with the equivalent
2007 team/driver - the same driver if possible, otherwise the 2006 driver is
compared to his 2007 replacement. This analysis is intended as a team comparison,
but the first table is also of some interest - but should be read with caution.


Brazilian GP - 2006-07

2006 2007
Team-Engine Driver km/h Team-Engine Driver km/h Dif. %Diff.
====================================================================================
Spyker MF1-Toyota Monteiro 289.9 Spyker-Ferrari Sutil 307.6 +17.7 +6.11
S Aguri-Honda Sato 293.0 S Aguri-Honda Sato 309.8 +16.8 +5.73
Spyker MF1-Toyota Albers 293.7 Spyker-Ferrari Yamamoto 309.4 +15.7 +5.35
Williams-Cosworth Rosberg 301.1 Williams-Toyota Rosberg 314.9 +13.8 +4.58
McLaren-Mercedes Räikkönen 303.5 McLaren-Mercedes Alonso 317.4 +13.9 +4.58
BMW Sauber-BMW Heidfeld 300.1 BMW Sauber-BMW Heidfeld 313.7 +13.6 +4.53
BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica 299.6 BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica 313.1 +13.5 +4.51
T Rosso-Cosworth Liuzzi 301.5 T Rosso-Ferrari Liuzzi 313.8 +12.3 +4.08
T Rosso-Cosworth Speed 301.8 T Rosso-Ferrari Vettel 313.1 +11.3 +3.74
Williams-Cosworth Webber 301.1 Williams-Toyota Nakajima 311.5 +10.4 +3.45
Red Bull-Ferrari Doornbos 301.3 Red Bull-Renault Webber 311.7 +10.4 +3.45
S Aguri-Honda Yamamoto 297.7 S Aguri-Honda Davidson 307.7 +10.0 +3.36
McLaren-Mercedes de la Rosa 307.7 McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton 317.1 +9.4 +3.05
Ferrari Massa 307.4 Ferrari Massa 316.7 +9.3 +3.03
Red Bull-Ferrari Coulthard 299.5 Red Bull-Renault Coulthard 308.4 +8.9 +2.97
Ferrari M Schumacher 308.4 Ferrari Räikkönen 316.4 +8.0 +2.59
Toyota R Schumacher 303.2 Toyota Schumacher 310.7 +7.5 +2.47
Honda Button 299.9 Honda Button 305.9 +6.0 +2.00
Honda Barrichello 300.8 Honda Barrichello 306.4 +5.6 +1.86
Renault Fisichella 309.4 Renault Fisichella 315.0 +5.6 +1.81
Toyota Trulli 306.4 Toyota Trulli 309.7 +3.3 +1.08
Renault Alonso 309.1 Renault Kovalainen 311.1 +2.0 +0.65


The second table compares the best speed achieved by each team (IE both drivers),
and, as such, is a better

measure of the year-on-year change.

2006 2007
Team-Engine km/h Team-Engine km/h Diff. %Diff.
==================================================================
1. Spyker MF1-Toyota 293.7 Spyker-Ferrari 309.4 +15.7 +5.35
2. Williams-Cosworth 301.1 Williams-Toyota 314.9 +13.8 +4.58
3. BMW Sauber-BMW 300.1 BMW Sauber-BMW 313.7 +13.6 +4.53
4. S Aguri-Honda 297.7 S Aguri-Honda 309.8 +12.1 +4.06
5. T Rosso-Cosworth 301.8 T Rosso-Ferrari 313.8 +12.0 +3.98
6. Red Bull-Ferrari 301.3 Red Bull-Renault 311.7 +10.4 +3.45
7. McLaren-Mercedes 307.7 McLaren-Mercedes 317.4 +9.7 +3.15
8. Ferrari 308.4 Ferrari 316.7 +8.3 +2.69
9. Honda 300.8 Honda 306.4 +5.6 +1.86
10. Renault 309.4 Renault 315.0 +5.6 +1.81
11. Toyota 306.4 Toyota 310.7 +4.3 +1.40

2007 speed trap data from:

http :// www .formula1,com /results/season/2007/786/6460/speed_trap.html

The second table (above) ranks the 11 teams in order of the largest increase in
top speed, with Spyker making the biggest advance at Interlagos, and Toyota the
smallest. (At some events some teams have failed to better their top speed from
last year.

Here are the rankings at each 2007 event to date together with the average
ranking for the season to date.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Eur HUN TUR ITA CHN BRA Avge.
=============================================================================
1. Super Aguri-Honda 2 1 1 1 10 2 9 2 2 1 9 1 1 8 4 3.60 -
2. Williams-Toyota 8 6 2 4 5 6 4 1 4 6 2 2 10 2 2 4.27 +
3. T Rosso-Ferrari 4 2 4 5 3 8 2 6 1 3 1 8 9 3 5 4.67 -
4. Red Bull-Renault 6 9 3 3 9 1 1 3 5 2 7 9 11 7 6 5.47 -
5. Spyker-Ferrari 1 8 10 2 6 6 4 9 6 5 10 7 8 3 1 5.73 +
6. Toyota 5 4 5 8 7 9 6 7 8 8 5 6 3 1 11 6.20 -
McLaren-Mercedes 10 10 9 6 2 5 11 8 3 7 4 3 2 6 7 6.20 -
8. Honda 7 7 8 7 4 11 3 5 7 4 11 5 4 5 9 6.47 -
9. BMW Sauber-BMW 11 11 7 9 1 3 10 4 9 9 6 4 5 10 3 6.80 +
10. Ferrari 3 3 6 11 11 10 8 11 11 10 8 11 7 4 8 8.13 +
11. Renault 9 5 11 10 8 4 7 10 9 11 3 10 6 11 10 8.27 -

Notes: The Belgian GP did not take place in 2006 so there is no comparison
possible. Similarly the Japanese GP moved from Suzuka to Fuji rendering any
comparison meaningless.

Toro Rosso, Williams, Red Bull & Spyker have all changed engine supplier since
2006.

The + or - indicates a gain or loss in average since the last GP. A 'gain' is a
decrease in average and a 'loss' is an increase - obviously :-)

There have been some events where two teams were equal (to two decimals of
percentage difference) and have been ranked equally (BMW and Renault at
Silverstone is one example).

--

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn,com

Driver Rankings - after Interlagos

Numbers in brackets [] in second column indicate table positions before
adding the most recent GP (IE the change in table position).

GPs - number of GPs counted for each driver (from the last 100)

(-1) (+1), etc. - number of races deleted or added to driver's record
since the last event
PP - number of Pole Positions (in the last 100)
W - number of wins (in the last 100)
FL - number of Fastest Laps (in the last 100)
Points - these are my points, allocated for many & various things, not
just wins, poles, f.laps, etc.
[Change] - the change in points as a result of the most recent race
** - current drivers


The Last 100 GPs (~5 years)
===========================

First race (GP #1) - Austrian GP, 12 May 2002
Last race (GP #100) - Brazilian GP, 21 October 2007

Driver GPs PP W FL Points [Change]
===================================================================
1 Fernando Alonso 87 (+1) 17 19 11 5720.21 [-26.74] **
2 Kimi Räikkönen 99 14 15 24 5001.05 [+91.29] **
3 Michael Schumacher 83 (-1) 22 34 31 4506.19 [-122.73]
4 Felipe Massa 81 9 5 8 3602.03 [+159.47] **
5 Rubens Barrichello 99 (+1) 9 8 11 2243.45 [-51.61] **
6 Lewis Hamilton 17 (+1) 6 4 2 2167.74 [+38.74] **
7 Giancarlo Fisichella 97 2 3 1 2064.08 [-34.45] **
8 Jenson Button 95 3 1 - 1872.96 [-29.81] **
9 Juan Pablo Montoya 69 (-1) 9 6 7 1692.35 [-49.87]
10 Nick Heidfeld 94 1 - - 1585.99 [+12.25] **

11 Ralf Schumacher 91 4 2 2 1519.87 [-12.94] **
12 Jarno Trulli 98 2 1 - 1519.72 [-3.04] **
13 David Coulthard 99 - 2 1 1303.08 [-8.04] **
14 Mark Webber 99 (+1) - - - 1122.56 [-16.22] **
15 Takuma Sato 78 - - - 964.26 [+6.30] **
16 Nico Rosberg 35 (+1) - - 1 664.65 [+43.81] **
17 Robert Kubica 21 (+1) - - - 644.75 [+39.07] **
18 Vitantonio Liuzzi 39 (+1) - - - 594.55 [+16.75] **
19 Christijan Albers 45 - - - 568.71 [-8.26]
20 Jacques Villeneuve 59 (-1) - - - 542.07 [-13.09]

21 Heikki Kovalainen 17 (+1) - - - 533.17 [+5.08] **
22 Christian Klien 46 - - - 514.53 [-9.48]
23 Tiago Monteiro 36 - - - 497.83 [-7.90]
24 Alexander Wurz 17 - - - 396.50 [-4.62]
25 Scott Speed 28 - - - 379.12 [-4.85]
26 Anthony Davidson 20 (+1) - - - 304.92 [+20.39] **
27 [28] Adrian Sutil 17 (+1) - - - 270.88 [+9.79] **
28 [27] Pedro de la Rosa 21 (-1) - - 1 262.96 [-5.20]
29 Narain Karthikeyan 19 - - - 217.28 [-3.87]
30 Olivier Panis 44 (-1) - - - 205.01 [-8.83]

31 Sakon Yamamoto 14 (+1) - - - 198.33 [+0.97] **
32 Sebastian Vettel 8 (+1) - - - 178.89 [+8.75] **
33 Robert Doornbos 11 - - - 156.51 [-2.30]
34 Cristiano da Matta 27 - - - 152.72 [-5.98]
35 Antonio Pizzonia 20 - - - 136.03 [-3.83]
36 Zsolt Baumgartner 20 - - - 133.32 [-3.62]
37 Gianmaria Bruni 18 - - - 106.76 [-2.82]
38 Patrick Friesacher 11 - - - 91.49 [-1.74]
39 Giorgio Pantano 14 - - - 73.71 [-2.09]
40 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 22 (-1) - - - 69.94 [-4.96]

41 Franck Montagny 7 - - - 65.68 [-0.89]
42 Jos Verstappen 16 - - - 57.91 [-2.79]
43 Justin Wilson 16 - - - 51.92 [-2.44]
44 Ralph Firman 14 - - - 47.36 [-2.36]
45 Timo Glock 4 - - - 43.53 [-1.04]
46 Ricardo Zonta 5 - - - 40.02 [-0.92]
47 Yuji Ide 4 - - - 38.37 [-0.57]
48 Marc Gené 3 - - - 29.84 [-0.92]
49 Nicholas Kiesa 5 - - - 29.44 [-1.13]
50 [-] Kazuki Nakajima 1 (+1) - - - 24.16 [+24.16] **

51 [50] Eddie Irvine 12 (-1) - - - 18.56 [-2.54]
52 [51] Mika Salo 12 (-1) - - - 16.84 [-2.62]
53 Markus Winkelhock 1 - - - 11.96 [-0.13]
54 [52] Alan McNish 11 (-1) - - - 10.20 [-1.95]
55 [54] Alex Yoong 8 - - - 7.22 [-1.21]
56 [55] Enrique Bernoldi 6 (-1) - - - 3.01 [-0.89]

Fifty six drivers have driven in the last 100 GPs - Kazuki Nakajima is a new
entry.


The last 156 weeks (3 years)
============================

First race (GP #1) - Brazilian GP, 24 October 2004
Last race (GP #54) - Brazilian GP, 21 October 2007

Driver GPs PP W FL Points [Change]
===================================================================
1 Fernando Alonso 54 14 18 10 5246.56 [-30.15] **
2 Kimi Räikkönen 54 11 13 19 4404.60 [+98.50] **
3 Felipe Massa 53 9 5 8 3440.09 [+155.07] **
4 Michael Schumacher 38 (-1) 5 8 10 2539.91 [-170.66]
5 Lewis Hamilton 17 (+1) 6 4 2 2167.74 [+38.74] **
6 Giancarlo Fisichella 53 2 2 1 1788.82 [-35.97] **
7 Jenson Button 51 2 1 - 1368.28 [-39.41] **
8 Nick Heidfeld 49 1 - - 1360.41 [+12.02] **
9 Rubens Barrichello 55 1 - - 1187.52 [-23.77] **
10 Ralf Schumacher 54 1 - 1 1126.67 [-41.12] **

11 (12) Jarno Trulli 54 - - - 1086.88 [+3.23] **
12 (11) Juan Pablo Montoya 26 (-1) 2 4 2 1076.19 [-33.90]
13 David Coulthard 54 - - - 954.56 [+4.70] **
14 Mark Webber 54 - - - 898.57 [-10.77] **
15 Takuma Sato 48 - - - 740.96 [-8.57] **
16 Nico Rosberg 35 (+1) - - 1 664.65 [+43.81] **
17 Robert Kubica 21 (+1) - - - 644.75 [+39.07] **
18 Vitantonio Liuzzi 39 (+1) - - - 594.55 [+16.75] **
19 Christijan Albers 45 - - - 568.71 [-8.26]
20 Heikki Kovalainen 17 (+1) - - - 533.17 [+5.08] **

26 Anthony Davidson 18 (+1) - - - 303.01 [+20.62] **
27 Adrian Sutil 17 (+1) - - - 270.88 [+9.79] **

30 Sakon Yamamoto 14 (+1) - - - 198.33 [+0.97] **
31 Sebastian Vettel 8 (+1) - - - 178.89 [+8.75] **

37 (-) Kazuki Nakajima 1 (+1) - - - 24.16 [+24.16] **

Forty two drivers have driven in the last three years (156 weeks). Since the
Chinese GP Kazuki Nakajima has been added while Olivier Panis has dropped
out.


The last 104 weeks (2 years)
============================

First race (GP #1) - Bahrain GP, 12 March 2006
Last race (GP #35) - Brazilian GP, 21 October 2007

Driver GPs PP W FL Points [Change]
==================================================================
1 Fernando Alonso 35 (-1) 8 11 8 3801.35 [-216.24] **
2 Felipe Massa 34 (-1) 9 5 8 3171.49 [+129.08] **
3 Kimi Räikkönen 35 (-1) 6 6 9 2934.65 [-30.76] **
4 Lewis Hamilton 17 (+1) 6 4 2 2167.74 [+38.74] **
5 Michael Schumacher 18 (-2) 4 7 7 1922.22 [-56.50]
6 Giancarlo Fisichella 34 (-1) 1 1 - 1220.83 [-137.36] **
7 Nick Heidfeld 35 (+1) - - - 1081.32 [+28.12] **
8 Jenson Button 35 (-1) 1 1 - 966.76 [-73.56] **
9 Rubens Barrichello 35 (-1) - - - 741.08 [-28.45] **
10 (11) David Coulthard 35 (-1) - - - 678.42 [-26.19] **

11 (12) Jarno Trulli 35 (-1) - - - 678.37 [+2.58] **
12 (14) Nico Rosberg 35 (+1) - - 1 664.65 [+43.81] **
13 (10) Ralf Schumacher 35 (-1) - - - 657.28 [-103.40] **
14 (15) Robert Kubica 21 (+1) - - - 644.75 [+39.07] **
15 (16) Takuma Sato 34 - - - 573.98 [+9.19] **
16 (13) Mark Webber 35 (-1) - - - 569.01 [-56.25] **
17 Vitantonio Liuzzi 35 (+1) - - - 558.13 [+17.45] **
18 Heikki Kovalainen 17 (+1) - - - 533.17 [+5.08] **
19 (20) Scott Speed 28 - - - 379.12 [-4.85]
20 (21) Alexander Wurz 16 - - - 366.16 [-4.01]

22 Anthony Davidson 17 (+1) - - - 301.47 [+20.65] **
23 (24) Adrian Sutil 17 (+1) - - - 270.88 [+9.79] **

27 (29) Sakon Yamamoto 14 (+1) - - - 198.33 [+0.97] **

30 Sebastian Vettel 8 (+1) - - - 178.89 [+8.75] **

34 (-) Kazuki Nakajima 1 (+1) - - - 24.16 [+24.16] **

Thirty five drivers have appeared in the last two years (104 weeks). Since the
Chinese GP Kazuki Nakajima is a new entry, while Antonio Pizzonia and Narain
Karthikeyan have dropped out.


The last 52 weeks (1 year)
==========================

First race (GP #1) - Braziliam GP, 22 October 2006
Last race (GP #18) - Brazilian GP, 21 October 2007

Driver GPs PP W FL Points [Change]
==================================================================
1 Felipe Massa 17 7 4 6 2214.23 [+46.95] **
2 Lewis Hamilton 17 (+1) 6 4 2 2167.74 [+38.74] **
3 Kimi Räikkönen 18 3 6 6 2128.45 [+115.80] **
4 Fernando Alonso 18 2 4 3 1892.30 [-100.51] **
5 Nick Heidfeld 18 - - - 721.01 [+8.44] **
6 Heikki Kovalainen 17 (+1) - - - 533.17 [+5.08] **
7 Robert Kubica 17 - - - 532.55 [+20.32] **
8 Giancarlo Fisichella 17 - - - 443.98 [-52.67] **
9 Nico Rosberg 18 - - - 438.36 [+27.04] **
10 (11) Rubens Barrichello 18 - - - 368.56 [-11.91] **

11 (14) Takuma Sato 18 - - - 366.69 [+0.29] **
12 Alexander Wurz 16 - - - 366.16 [-4.01]
13 Jarno Trulli 18 - - - 362.17 [-7.46] **
14 (15) David Coulthard 18 - - - 361.52 [+9.36] **
15 (10) Jenson Button 18 - - - 359.30 [-38.71] **
16 Mark Webber 18 - - - 331.20 [-9.80] **
17 Ralf Schumacher 18 - - - 320.00 [-8.02] **
18 Vitantonio Liuzzi 18 - - - 303.53 [+1.02] **
19 Anthony Davidson 17 (+1) - - - 301.47 [+20.65] **
20 Adrian Sutil 17 (+1) - - - 270.88 [+9.79] **

21 Sebastian Vettel 8 (+1) - - - 178.89 [+8.75] **

23 (22) Sakon Yamamoto 8 - - - 142.52 [-17.70] **

27 (-) Kazuki Nakajima 1 (+1) - - - 24.16 [+24.16] **

Thirty drivers have appeared in the last year (52 weeks). Kazuki Nakajima
is a new entry since the Chinese GP.

--

Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn,com

Correction: Final Qualifying Statistics - #17 - Interlagos

I have just been advised that there is a major error in the Average Team Starting
Position table. Here is the corrected version:

2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP
=================================================================================
1. 2.88 McLaren 3. 6.89 2. 6.61 5. 8.81 4. 7.66 3. 5.62
2. 3.88 [-0.12] Ferrari 2. 6.06 6. 9.37 1. 4.25 1. 3.94 1. 2.35
3. 6.18 [+0.02] BMW-Sauber 6. 10.91 8. 11.95 8. 12.92 8. 12.81 5. 10.97*
4. [5] 10.79 [+0.04] Toyota 5. 10.11 3. 7.47 7. 11.81 5. 10.09 8. 14.59
5. [4] 10.82 [+0.23] Renault 1. 4.94 1. 4.84 4. 7.47 3. 7.59 4. 9.50
6. 11.21 [-0.26] Red Bull 8. 14.65 7. 11.24 6. 11.69 7. 11.84 9. 15.79*
7. 12.65 [+0.12] Williams 7. 12.19 5. 9.32 2. 6.39 2. 5.03 2. 3.21
8. 14.47 [-0.06] Honda 4. 7.75 4. 8.53 3. 6.78 6. 11.48 6. 12.71*
9. 16.21 [-0.17] T Rosso 9. 15.83 10. 17.50 10. 18.53 10. 18.66 11. 20.32*
10. 16.68 [+0.15] S Aguri 11. 20.14 - - - - - - - -
11. 20.82 [+0.04] Spyker 10. 18.06 9. 16.97 9. 16.36 9. 15.53 7. 13.33*

Thanks to John Oxton for pointing it out.

The 2006 columns contained the data after the FIRST race of 2006 instead of the
last race. Most of the positions (Pos.) were wrong as were all of the ASPs.

So nobody noticed?

--

Brian

Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos

Introduction for New Readers
============================

2007 is the tenth 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
==========

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 2007 Brazilian GP:

Lap Place Passer (Passed)
==================================================
2 7 Hamilton (Trulli)
7 6 Hamilton (Heidfeld)
8 4 Kubica (Webber)
11 17 Hamilton (Barrichello)
12 16 Hamilton (Sutil)
13 11 Button (Sato)
13 12 Nakajima (Sato)
14 12 Sato (Nakajima)
15 11 Nakajima (Sato)
15 14 Hamilton (Schumacher)
15 13 Hamilton (Davidson)
15 12 Hamilton (Sato)
17 11 Hamilton (Nakajima)
29 12 Hamilton (Barrichello)
33 3 Kubica (Alonso)
33 9 Hamilton (Vettel)
61 5 Kubica (Rosberg)
61 4 Kubica (Heidfeld) [team-mates]
61 5 Rosberg (Heidfeld)

That's 19 passes in total, compared to 51 last year.

Most: 10 by Hamilton

Note: Ten is the most by any driver in one race this season. The previous best was
nine by Felipe Massa at Silverstone.


The Last 10 Seasons
===================

For reasons of space I have removed the data for 1997 from this table. In
1997 there were 318 passes in 16 races, a race average of 20.

Grand Prix 2007 '06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99 '98 Total Avg.
=============================================================================
1. Australia 11 23 5 9 38 19 18 13 41 7 184 18.4
2. Malaysia 12 16 7 20 16 27 47 31 11 -- 187 20.8
3. Bahrain 20 39 14 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- 88 22.0
4. Spain 5 7 3 7 19 10 10 4 4 12 81 8.1
5. Monaco 2 19 10 5 0 9 6 2 5 4 62 6.2
6. Canada 21 9 12 19 8 15 13 14 14 10 135 13.5
7. USA 14 5 0 16 36 21 21 51 - - 164 20.5
8. France 6 5 5 14 12 3 8 17 43 17 130 13.0
9. Britain 16 6 8 11 49 47 7 8 13 44 209 20.9
10. Europe/LUX 18 13 24 11 8 27 7 28 33 6 175 17.5
11. Hungary 5 32 12 6 25 1 5 10 7 11 114 11.4
12. Turkey 15 25 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 70 23.3
13. Italy 10 12 14 38 5 20 19 18 14 28 178 17.8
14. Belgium 15 -- 28 22 -- 5 8 16 15 11 120 15.0
15. Japan 46 13 12 21 20 2 17 8 4 19 162 16.2
16. China 40 51 20 17 -- -- -- -- -- -- 128 32.0
17. Brazil 19 18 6 41 48 30 26 22 27 13 250 25.0
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Argentina -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 11 11 11.0
-- Austria -- -- -- -- 20 18 17 20 30 29 134 22.3
-- Germany -- 21 9 29 14 25 15 42 16 10 181 20.1
-- San Marino -- 4 7 6 4 6 13 7 11 8 66 7.3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 275 318 226 307 322 285 257 311 288 240 2829 16.5
No. GP 17 18 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 16 171
Race Avg. 16 18 12 17 20 17 15 18 18 15 16

Note: In 1997-98 the Luxembourg GP [LUX] was held at the Nürburgring, and is
considered as equivalent to the European GP (1999-2007).


Top 30 Races for Overtaking (1997-2007)
=======================================

# Year GP Wet SC
===========================================
1. 51 1997 - Belgium Wet SC (1)
51 2000 - USA Wet
51 2006 - China Wet
4. 49 2003 - Britain SC (2)
5. 48 2003 - Brazil Wet SC (4) Race stopped
6. 47 1999 - Australia SC (2)
47 2001 - Malaysia Wet SC (1)
47 2002 - Britain Showers
9. 46 2007 - Japan Wet SC (2)
10. 44 1998 - Britain Wet SC (1)

11. 43 1999 - France Wet SC (1)
12. 42 2000 - Germany Wet SC (2)
13. 41 2004 - Brazil Wet track
14. 40 2007 - China Wet
15. 39 1997 - Argentine SC (1)
39 2006 - Bahrain
17. 38 2003 - Australia SC (2)
38 2004 - Italy
19. 36 1997 - Spain
36 2003 - USA Wet
21. 33 1999 - Europe Wet

22. 32 1997 - Brazil
32 2006 - Hungary Wet SC (1)
24. 30 1999 - Austria
30 2002 - Brazil
30 2005 - Turkey
27. 29 1997 - Monaco Wet
29 2004 - Germany
29 1998 - Austria SC (1)
30. 28 2000 - Europe Wet
28 1997 - Hungary
28 1998 - Italy
28 2005 - Belgium


Dry Races (Not wet & no Safety Car)
===================================

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 2001 - USA
21 2002 - USA
21 2004 - Japan
21 1997 - Austria
21 2006 - Germany


Drivers' Season Total
=====================

1 2 3 ESP MON CDN USA FRA GBR Eur HUN TUR ITA BEL JPN CHN BRA
==================================================================================
21 Massa 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
19 Fisichella 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 2 0 1 1 - 2 4 0
18 Kubica 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 2 3 4
17 Button 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 1 4 1
16 Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 10
16 Rosberg 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 1
15 Trulli 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 - 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 2 0
14 Sutil 1 - 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0 0
14 Schumacher 0 1 1 - 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
13 Liuzzi 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0
13 Sato 0 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1
12 Alonso 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Coulthard 1 0 8 0 0 1 - 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 1 0 0
11 Barrichello 1 2 1 0 0 1 - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0
11 Wurz 0 5 1 - 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -
11 Räikkönen 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
10 Kovalainen 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
8 Heidfeld 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
8 Davidson 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 - 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
6 Webber 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 Vettel - - - - - - 0 - - - 1 0 0 1 1 2 0
2 Yamamoto - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
2 Nakajima - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
1 Albers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - - - - - - - -
0 Speed 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - -
0 Winkelhock - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - -
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
275 11 12 20 5 2 21 14 6 16 18 5 15 10 15 46 40 19


No. of Times Overtaken
======================

1 2 3 ESP MON CDN USA FRA GBR Eur HUN TUR ITA BEL JPN CHN BRA
=================================================================================
24 Trulli 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 - 3 1 0 1 0 2 5 4 1
20 Button 2 3 - 0 0 - 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 4 0
18 Barrichello 0 0 4 0 0 1 - 0 1 5 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
18 Sutil 0 - 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 3 1
16 Kovalainen 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 0
16 Davidson 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 - 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 1 1
15 Wurz 2 0 1 - 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 -
14 Yamamoto - - - - - - - - - - 0 2 2 0 7 3 0
14 Fisichella 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 - 3 2 0
14 Sato 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 4
11 Liuzzi 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 - 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 0
11 Schumacher 1 2 1 - 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1
10 Albers 0 0 1 1 0 4 3 1 0 - - - - - - - -
10 Speed 1 2 - 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 - - - - - - -
10 Rosberg 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1
9 Coulthard 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 1 0 1 - 1 1 1 0
9 Heidfeld 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
8 Webber 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 1
5 Kubica 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
5 Alonso 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 Massa 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Vettel - - - - - - 0 - - - 0 2 0 0 0 1 1
3 Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
2 Winkelhock - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - -
2 Räikkönen 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Nakajima - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
275 11 12 20 5 2 21 6 6 16 18 5 15 10 15 46 40 19


Gains/Losses on Lap One
=======================

Plus 3: Sato
Plus 2: Kubica, Button, Yamamoto
Plus 1: Räikkönen, Alonso, Webber, Trulli, Rosberg, Vettel, Nakajima,
Davidson

No change: Massa, Heidfeld, Barrichello

Minus 1: Coulthard, Sutil
Minus 3: Fisichella
Minus 4: Schumacher
Minus 6: Hamilton

Notes: Vitantonio Liuzzi and Heikki Kovalainen pitted at the end of lap one.


Gains/Losses on Lap One in 2007
===============================

Driver Total (ASP) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 GBR Eur HUN TUR ITA BEL JPN CHN BRA
==================================================================================
Speed +16 (17.7) -1 +3 - +7 +4 -1 +2 0 +2 - - - - - - - -
Kovalainen +15 (10.7) +1 +1 +3 -1 -1 +3 +1 - +1 - +2 0 0 +3 - +2 -
Coulthard +13 (13.4) +1 +1 +4 +1 -2 0 - +1 0 - 0 +3 +4 +1 - 0 -1
Sutil +6 (20.3) -3 - - +2 -1 -1 +4 +1 0 - +1 0 0 +4 - 0 -1
Barrichello +5 (15.0) +1 +1 -1 +1 +2 0 - +1 -3 - -3 +5 +1 0 - 0 0
Wurz +5 (15.2) -1 +1 0 - +1 +3 +1 +1 -1 0 -2 +2 +1 -2 - +1 -
Kubica +5 (7.0) 0 +1 0 0 -1 0 - 0 0 0 +1 +1 0 +2 - -1 +2
Heidfeld +4 (5.4) +1 0 0 0 +2 +1 +1 0 +1 - -1 +1 -1 -2 - +1 0
Sato +4 (17.3) 0 -5 +2 -1 +4 +1 -1 +2 0 - +4 -6 -1 -1 - +1 +3
Liuzzi +3 (15.6) -1 -1 0 0 -1 0 +4 - 0 - -1 +2 -1 -1 - +3 -
Yamamoto +3 (21.6) - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 +1 - 0 +2
Räikkönen +3 (3.5) 0 -1 -1 0 +4 -2 -2 +1 0 0 +1 +1 +1 0 - 0 +1
Fisichella +1 (10.8) 0 +4 0 -3 0 +2 +2 0 +1 0 +2 -4 +1 - - -1 -3
Albers +1 (21.1) 0 -1 0 0 +1 -1 +1 +1 0 - - - - - - - -
Webber +1 (9.1) 0 -1 0 +2 -2 -3 0 +1 +1 - +2 +1 +1 0 - -2 +1
Vettel +1 (14.4) - - - - - - -4 - - - +2 0 - -2 - +4 +1
Nakajima +1 (19.0) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - +1

Massa 0 (4.2) +3 -2 0 0 0 +1 0 0 - - -2 0 0 0 - 0 0
Winkelhock 0 (22.0) - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - -

Rosberg -2 (9.9) 0 -1 -3 +1 -1 +2 +2 0 +2 - 0 0 0 0 - -5 +1
Hamilton -3 (2.6) +1 +2 0 +2 0 0 0 -1 0 - 0 -1 0 0 - 0 -6
Button -6 (13.9) 0 -1 - +2 -1 - -6 +1 0 - -2 0 +1 0 - -2 +2
Alonso -6 (3.2) -2 +1 +1 -2 0 -1 0 0 0 - -2 -2 0 0 - 0 +1
Davidson -14 (16.1) - +3 +1 -4 -2 -1 -6 - 0 - +2 -4 -2 -1 - -1 +1
Trulli -17 (9.2) -1 -1 -1 +4 -5 -1 +1 - -1 0 -4 - -4 -3 - -2 +1
Schumacher -20 (12.4) +1 -4 -4 - -2 -2 - -2 -3 - 0 0 -1 +1 - - -4

Note: The number in brackets (ASP) is the average starting position in 2007
(grid position after any penalties have been applied). Obviously, a driver
who frequently 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 1998-2007
=====================

Using the data from my statistics these are all drivers who have achieved
50 or more passe

Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos (Correction)

A few errors crept in to the final report:

> These are the passes I read for the 2007 Brazilian GP:
>
> Lap Place Passer (Passed)
> ==================================================
69 4 Rosberg (Kubica)

I missed one.

> That's 19 passes in total, compared to 51 last year.
20 18 <--- 'typo'

> Most: 10 by Hamilton
>
> Note: Ten is the most by any driver in one race this season. The previous best was
> nine by Felipe Massa at Silverstone.

I also missed Vitantonio Liuzzi's 10 at Fuji, so Hamilton equalled the previous best.

Since 1998 there have been 13 instances of 10 or more in a race:

16 Barrichello AUS 1999
16 Irvine FRA 1999
13 Häkkinen AUT 1999
13 Kubica CHN 2006
11 Zonta ITA 2000
11 R Schumacher HUN 2003
10 Häkkinen FRA 1999
10 Frentzen GER 2000
10 M Schumacher MAL 2001
10 M Schumacher MAL 2002
10 Villeneuve AUT 2002
10 Liuzzi JPN 2007
10 Hamilton BRA 2007

Apologies.

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Brian

Re: Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos (Correction)

Just a few graphs I made using your uncorrected (I think) data.

Per year, 1997-2007
http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerYear2007.jpg

Per year 1987-2007 (using data from Mirco Dalla at the unmoderated
forum here)
http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg

Per year and GP, 1997-2007
http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerRacePerYear2007.jpg

Per track and GP, 1997-2007
http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerTrack2007.jpg

Per driver, 2007
http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg

Overtakings minus times overtaken, per driver
http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg

Ciro Pabón

P.S. Thanks, Brian. I'm a huge fan of your data.

Re: Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos (Correction)

In article
<9ce6dbb1-1cdf-4a2f-9707-9de6a49b1c1b@o42g2000hsc.googlegroups,com >,
Ciro <ciropabon@gmail,com > wrote:

> Per year 1987-2007 (using data from Mirco Dalla at the unmoderated
> forum here)
> http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg
....
> Per driver, 2007
> http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg
>
> Overtakings minus times overtaken, per driver
> http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg

You have all three headings pointing to the same graph.

--
Joe Claffey | "In the end, everything is a gag."
indianajoe3@comcast,net | - Charlie Chaplin

Re: Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos (Correction)

On Dec 15 2007, 5:05 pm, Indiana Joe <indianaj...@comcast,net > wrote:
> In article
> <9ce6dbb1-1cdf-4a2f-9707-9de6a49b1...@o42g2000hsc.googlegroups,com >,
>
>
>
>  Ciro <ciropa...@gmail,com > wrote:
> > Per year 1987-2007 (using data from Mirco Dalla at the unmoderated
> > forum here)
> > http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg
> ....
> > Per driver, 2007
> > http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg
>
> > Overtakings minus times overtaken, per driver
> > http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerDriver2007.jpg
>
>  You have all three headings pointing to the same graph.
>
> --
> Joe Claffey                           | "In the end, everything is a gag."
> indianaj...@comcast,net               |                  - Charlie Chaplin

Oops. Thanks, Joe. The correct links are:

Per year, 1983-2007.
http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerYear1983-2007.jpg

Overtakings minus times overtaken, per driver.
http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTDifferenceInOvertakingsPerDriver20.jpg

On a side note, the first of these two graphs is a surprise for me,
because it shows a marked diminishing in overtakings in the last 25
years.

Even if there is a relatively good correlation between Brian's
"scientific" method and Mirco's undescribed method for the years where
the two series overlap, I don't trust too much the figures of the P.B.
era (Pre Brian's statistics, I mean :) )

Re: Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos (Correction)

In article
<42d95a2b-f029-4071-a949-94d36e77e698@r60g2000hsc.googlegroups,com >,
Ciro <ciropabon@gmail,com > wrote:

> On a side note, the first of these two graphs is a surprise for me,
> because it shows a marked diminishing in overtakings in the last 25
> years.

The interesting thing is that it's a slow decline, rather than a steep
drop from year to year. This suggests that the cause is a series of
small changes, rather than one large one.

--
Joe Claffey | "In the end, everything is a gag."
indianajoe3@comcast,net | - Charlie Chaplin

Re: Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos (Correction)

"Indiana Joe" <indianajoe3@comcast,net > wrote:

> Ciro <ciropabon@gmail,com > wrote:
>
>> On a side note, the first of these two graphs is a surprise for me,
>> because it shows a marked diminishing in overtakings in the last 25
>> years.
>
> The interesting thing is that it's a slow decline, rather than a steep
> drop from year to year. This suggests that the cause is a series of
> small changes, rather than one large one.

If anyone is interested in more comprehensive overtaking data there was
an article included in autosport,com 's weekly journal on December 19.

If you have access to autosport's website (subscription required), it's
at:

http :// www .autosport,com /journal/article.php/id/1404

and is titled "Passing Thoughts: F1 Overtaking Analysis". Written by
Michele Merlino - an occasional poster to this forum. Mic has used my
'rules' but excludes some passes where lap time analysis 'proves' that
a driver had a problem which caused him to lose places. The data goes
back to 1983.

The numbers are presented as a graph, but I'll transcribe them:

1983 607
1984 666
1985 657
1986 581
1987 558
1988 493
1989 547
1990 494
1991 495
1992 406
1993 392
1994 289
1995 297
1996 186
1997 265
1998 207
1999 260
2000 279
2001 230
2002 235
2003 303
2004 287
2005 207
2006 291
2007 270

--

Brian

Re: Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos (Correction)


"Brian Lawrence" <Brian_W_LawrenceREMTHIS@msn,com > wrote in message
news:5u1cphF1frpi9U1@mid.individual,net ...
<snip>
> The numbers are presented as a graph, but I'll transcribe them:
>
> 1983 607
> 1984 666
> 1985 657
> 1986 581
> 1987 558
> 1988 493
> 1989 547
> 1990 494
> 1991 495
> 1992 406
> 1993 392
> 1994 289
> 1995 297
> 1996 186
> 1997 265
> 1998 207
> 1999 260
> 2000 279
> 2001 230
> 2002 235
> 2003 303
> 2004 287
> 2005 207
> 2006 291
> 2007 270

Looks to me like there was a gradual drop from 1983 to 1991, then a sudden
drop for 1992-93 (Williams domination), followed by an even bigger drop in
1994 (oh look, the year refuelling was reintroduced and the "plank" too -
what a coincidence!). Mindbogglingly low in 1996 (Williams domination again)
and since then it's been about steady except for another very low year in
'05. But to me the refuelling looks by far the biggest factor - echoing what
many have said since day one.

ian

Re: Final Overtaking Statistics - #17 - Interlagos (Correction)

"Ciro" <ciropabon@gmail,com > wrote:

> Just a few graphs I made using your uncorrected (I think) data.
>
> Per year, 1997-2007
> http :// ciropabon.googlepages,com /OTPerYear2007.jpg

[snip]

> P.S. Thanks, Brian. I'm a huge fan of your data.

Many thanks Ciro, interesting graphs.