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Overtaking Statistics #1 - Melbourne
Overtaking Statistics #1 - Melbourne
I hadn't forgotten about these - I needed to spend a bit of time
setting them up and didn't have enough time before today.
Introduction for New Readers
============================
2008 is the 11th 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.
To refresh memories, here is a brief summary of overtaking in 2007:
Bahrain 39
Malaysia 16 Leading Drivers (Top 20)
Australia 23 ========================
San Marino 4
Europe 13 26 M Schumacher
Spain 7 22 R Schumacher
Monaco 19 21 R Kubica & G Fisichella
Britain 6 20 F Massa
Canada 9 19 J Button
USA 5 18 S Speed
France 5 16 T Monteiro
Germany 21 14 N Rosberg & R Barrichello
Hungary 32 13 C Albers
Turkey 25 12 J Trulli, V Liuzzi & D Coulthard
Italy 12 11 N Heidfeld
China 51 10 C Klien & K Räikkönen
Japan 13 9 M Webber
Brazil 18 8 P de la Rosa
---------------- 7 JP Montoya & R Doornbos
Total 318
No. GP 18
Race Avg. 18
These are the passes I read for the 2008 Australian GP:
Lap Place Passer (Passed)
==========================================
2 9 Coulthard (Alonso) [1]
3 14 Sutil (Bourdais)
9 14 Nakajima (Piquet)
11 15 Massa (Piquet)
14 11 Glock (Sato)
17 14 Massa (Nakajima)
19 6 Räikkönen (Barrichello)
20 11 Massa (Sato)
49 7 Alonso (Kovalainen)
49 6 Alonso (Räikkönen)
49 6 Kovalainen (Räikkönen)
1. The lap chart shows DC in 10th on lap one and 9th on lap two. These
laps were behind the Safety Car so I'm assuming that DC passed Alonso
before they caught up to the SC.
That's 11 passes in total, the same number as last season.
Most: Massa 3
The Last 10 Seasons
===================
To save space I have removed the columns for 1997-98 from this table. I
have included the data from those seasons in the Total & Avg. columns.
The number of passes for each GP in 1997-98 is summarised after the table.
1997-2008
Grand Prix 2008 '07 '06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99 Total Avg.
===================================================================
1. Australia 11 11 23 5 9 38 19 18 13 41 198 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 4 117 10.6
5. Turkey .. 15 25 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- 70 23.3
6. Monaco .. 2 19 10 5 0 9 6 2 5 62 6.2
7. Canada .. 21 9 12 19 8 15 13 14 14 157 14.3
8. France .. 6 5 5 14 12 3 8 17 43 137 12.4
9. Britain .. 16 6 8 11 49 47 7 8 13 216 19.6
10. Germany .. -- 21 9 29 14 25 15 42 16 195 19.5
11. Hungary .. 5 32 12 6 25 1 5 10 7 142 12.9
12. Europe-3 .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - ---
13. Belgium .. 15 -- 28 22 -- 5 8 16 15 171 19.0
14. Italy .. 10 12 14 38 5 20 19 18 14 182 16.6
15. Singapore .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - ---
16. Japan-2 .. 46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 46 46.0
17. China .. 40 51 20 17 -- -- -- -- -- 128 32.0
18. Brazil .. 20 18 6 41 48 30 26 22 27 274 24.9
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Austria -- -- -- -- -- 20 18 17 20 30 155 22.1
-- Europe-2 -- 18 13 24 11 8 27 7 28 33 186 16.9
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 11 276 318 226 307 322 285 257 311 288 3163 16.7
No. GP 1 17 18 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 189
Race Avg. 11 16 18 12 17 20 17 15 18 18 17
1997-98
=======
Year Tot AUS BRA ARG RSM MON ESP CDN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN Eur
============================================================================
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 Nürburgring, and is
considered as equivalent to the European GP (1999-2007) - Europe-2. Europe-3
is the new 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 (1997-2008)
=======================================
# 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 1998 - Austria SC (1)
29 2004 - Germany
30. 28 1997 - Hungary
28 1998 - Italy
28 2000 - Europe Wet
28 2005 - Belgium
Top 20 '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 1997 - Austria
21 2001 - USA
21 2002 - USA
21 2004 - Japan
21 2006 - Germany
Drivers' Season Total
=====================
AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
=====================================
3 Massa 3
2 Alonso 2
1 Coulthard 1
1 Sutil 1
1 Glock 1
1 Nakajima 1
1 Kovalainen 1
1 Räikkönen 1
0 Barrichello -
0 Trulli -
0 Rosberg -
0 Davidson -
0 Hamilton -
0 Fisichella -
0 Button -
0 Heidfeld -
0 Kubica -
0 Webber -
0 Sato -
0 Piquet -
0 Bourdais -
0 Vettel -
-------------------------------------
11 11
No. of Times Overtaken
======================
AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
=====================================
2 Piquet 2
2 Sato 2
2 Räikkönen 2
1 Alonso 1
1 Bourdais 1
1 Nakajima 1
1 Barrichello 1
1 Kovalainen 1
0 Button -
0 Coulthard -
0 Webber -
0 Davidson -
0 Hamilton -
0 Fisichella -
0 Massa -
0 Heidfeld -
0 Kubica -
0 Trulli -
0 Rosberg -
0 Sutil -
0 Glock -
0 Vettel -
-------------------------------------
11 11
Gains/Losses on Lap One
=======================
Plus 3: Sato, Piquet
Plus 2: Rosberg, Räikkönen
Plus 1: Barrichello
No change: Hamilton, Kubica, Kovalainen, Alonso, Glock
Minus 1: Heidfeld, Trulli
Minus 3: Coulhtard, Bourdais
Note: Sutil started the race from the pitlane. Vettel, Button, Webber,
Fisichella and Davidson failed to complete lap one. Massa spun and lost
13 places before pitting at the end of lap one. Nakajima also pitetd at
the end of lap one. Gains/losses are net changes - excluding drivers
who retired or pitted on the opening lap.
Gains/Losses on Lap One in 2008
===============================
Driver Total (ASP) AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
===========================================
Sato +3 (20.0) +3
Piquet +3 (21.0) +3
Rosberg +2 (7.0) +2
Räikkönen +2 (15.0) +2
Barrichello +1 (10.0) +1
Hamilton 0 (1.0) 0
Kubica 0 (2.0) 0
Kovalainen 0 (3.0) 0
Alonso 0 (11.0) 0
Glock 0 (19.0) 0
Massa 0 (4.0) -
Vettel 0 (9.0) -
Button 0 (12.0) -
Nakajima 0 (13.0) -
Webber 0 (14.0) -
Fisichella 0 (16.0) -
Sutil 0 (18.0) -
Davidson 0 (22.0) -
Heidfeld -1 (5.0) -1
Trulli -1 (6.0) -1
Coulthard -3 (8.0) -3
Bourdais -3 (17.0) -3
Note: The number in brackets (ASP) is the average starting position in 2008
(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 1998-2008
=====================
Using only the data from my statistics these are all drivers who have achieved
50 or more passes.
197 R Barrichello *
154 M Schumacher
154 R Schumacher
146 D Coulthard *
126 J Button *
122 G Fisichella *
108 J Villeneuve
103 O Panis
99 J Trulli *
98 F Massa *
95 JP Montoya
89 J Alesi
88 K Räikkönen *
76 T Sato *
76 F Alonso *
73 H-H Frentzen
71 N Heidfeld *
70 M Webber *
67 E Irvine
54 J Verstappen
50 M Salo
* Current drivers
Two other drivers who didn't quite make the cut - Mika Häkkinen & Pedro de la Rosa
(both 49).
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.
--
Brian Lawrence
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn,com
I hadn't forgotten about these - I needed to spend a bit of time
setting them up and didn't have enough time before today.
Introduction for New Readers
============================
2008 is the 11th 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.
To refresh memories, here is a brief summary of overtaking in 2007:
Bahrain 39
Malaysia 16 Leading Drivers (Top 20)
Australia 23 ========================
San Marino 4
Europe 13 26 M Schumacher
Spain 7 22 R Schumacher
Monaco 19 21 R Kubica & G Fisichella
Britain 6 20 F Massa
Canada 9 19 J Button
USA 5 18 S Speed
France 5 16 T Monteiro
Germany 21 14 N Rosberg & R Barrichello
Hungary 32 13 C Albers
Turkey 25 12 J Trulli, V Liuzzi & D Coulthard
Italy 12 11 N Heidfeld
China 51 10 C Klien & K Räikkönen
Japan 13 9 M Webber
Brazil 18 8 P de la Rosa
---------------- 7 JP Montoya & R Doornbos
Total 318
No. GP 18
Race Avg. 18
These are the passes I read for the 2008 Australian GP:
Lap Place Passer (Passed)
==========================================
2 9 Coulthard (Alonso) [1]
3 14 Sutil (Bourdais)
9 14 Nakajima (Piquet)
11 15 Massa (Piquet)
14 11 Glock (Sato)
17 14 Massa (Nakajima)
19 6 Räikkönen (Barrichello)
20 11 Massa (Sato)
49 7 Alonso (Kovalainen)
49 6 Alonso (Räikkönen)
49 6 Kovalainen (Räikkönen)
1. The lap chart shows DC in 10th on lap one and 9th on lap two. These
laps were behind the Safety Car so I'm assuming that DC passed Alonso
before they caught up to the SC.
That's 11 passes in total, the same number as last season.
Most: Massa 3
The Last 10 Seasons
===================
To save space I have removed the columns for 1997-98 from this table. I
have included the data from those seasons in the Total & Avg. columns.
The number of passes for each GP in 1997-98 is summarised after the table.
1997-2008
Grand Prix 2008 '07 '06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99 Total Avg.
===================================================================
1. Australia 11 11 23 5 9 38 19 18 13 41 198 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 4 117 10.6
5. Turkey .. 15 25 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- 70 23.3
6. Monaco .. 2 19 10 5 0 9 6 2 5 62 6.2
7. Canada .. 21 9 12 19 8 15 13 14 14 157 14.3
8. France .. 6 5 5 14 12 3 8 17 43 137 12.4
9. Britain .. 16 6 8 11 49 47 7 8 13 216 19.6
10. Germany .. -- 21 9 29 14 25 15 42 16 195 19.5
11. Hungary .. 5 32 12 6 25 1 5 10 7 142 12.9
12. Europe-3 .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - ---
13. Belgium .. 15 -- 28 22 -- 5 8 16 15 171 19.0
14. Italy .. 10 12 14 38 5 20 19 18 14 182 16.6
15. Singapore .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - ---
16. Japan-2 .. 46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 46 46.0
17. China .. 40 51 20 17 -- -- -- -- -- 128 32.0
18. Brazil .. 20 18 6 41 48 30 26 22 27 274 24.9
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Austria -- -- -- -- -- 20 18 17 20 30 155 22.1
-- Europe-2 -- 18 13 24 11 8 27 7 28 33 186 16.9
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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 11 276 318 226 307 322 285 257 311 288 3163 16.7
No. GP 1 17 18 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 189
Race Avg. 11 16 18 12 17 20 17 15 18 18 17
1997-98
=======
Year Tot AUS BRA ARG RSM MON ESP CDN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN Eur
============================================================================
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 Nürburgring, and is
considered as equivalent to the European GP (1999-2007) - Europe-2. Europe-3
is the new 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 (1997-2008)
=======================================
# 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 1998 - Austria SC (1)
29 2004 - Germany
30. 28 1997 - Hungary
28 1998 - Italy
28 2000 - Europe Wet
28 2005 - Belgium
Top 20 '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 1997 - Austria
21 2001 - USA
21 2002 - USA
21 2004 - Japan
21 2006 - Germany
Drivers' Season Total
=====================
AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
=====================================
3 Massa 3
2 Alonso 2
1 Coulthard 1
1 Sutil 1
1 Glock 1
1 Nakajima 1
1 Kovalainen 1
1 Räikkönen 1
0 Barrichello -
0 Trulli -
0 Rosberg -
0 Davidson -
0 Hamilton -
0 Fisichella -
0 Button -
0 Heidfeld -
0 Kubica -
0 Webber -
0 Sato -
0 Piquet -
0 Bourdais -
0 Vettel -
-------------------------------------
11 11
No. of Times Overtaken
======================
AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
=====================================
2 Piquet 2
2 Sato 2
2 Räikkönen 2
1 Alonso 1
1 Bourdais 1
1 Nakajima 1
1 Barrichello 1
1 Kovalainen 1
0 Button -
0 Coulthard -
0 Webber -
0 Davidson -
0 Hamilton -
0 Fisichella -
0 Massa -
0 Heidfeld -
0 Kubica -
0 Trulli -
0 Rosberg -
0 Sutil -
0 Glock -
0 Vettel -
-------------------------------------
11 11
Gains/Losses on Lap One
=======================
Plus 3: Sato, Piquet
Plus 2: Rosberg, Räikkönen
Plus 1: Barrichello
No change: Hamilton, Kubica, Kovalainen, Alonso, Glock
Minus 1: Heidfeld, Trulli
Minus 3: Coulhtard, Bourdais
Note: Sutil started the race from the pitlane. Vettel, Button, Webber,
Fisichella and Davidson failed to complete lap one. Massa spun and lost
13 places before pitting at the end of lap one. Nakajima also pitetd at
the end of lap one. Gains/losses are net changes - excluding drivers
who retired or pitted on the opening lap.
Gains/Losses on Lap One in 2008
===============================
Driver Total (ASP) AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
===========================================
Sato +3 (20.0) +3
Piquet +3 (21.0) +3
Rosberg +2 (7.0) +2
Räikkönen +2 (15.0) +2
Barrichello +1 (10.0) +1
Hamilton 0 (1.0) 0
Kubica 0 (2.0) 0
Kovalainen 0 (3.0) 0
Alonso 0 (11.0) 0
Glock 0 (19.0) 0
Massa 0 (4.0) -
Vettel 0 (9.0) -
Button 0 (12.0) -
Nakajima 0 (13.0) -
Webber 0 (14.0) -
Fisichella 0 (16.0) -
Sutil 0 (18.0) -
Davidson 0 (22.0) -
Heidfeld -1 (5.0) -1
Trulli -1 (6.0) -1
Coulthard -3 (8.0) -3
Bourdais -3 (17.0) -3
Note: The number in brackets (ASP) is the average starting position in 2008
(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 1998-2008
=====================
Using only the data from my statistics these are all drivers who have achieved
50 or more passes.
197 R Barrichello *
154 M Schumacher
154 R Schumacher
146 D Coulthard *
126 J Button *
122 G Fisichella *
108 J Villeneuve
103 O Panis
99 J Trulli *
98 F Massa *
95 JP Montoya
89 J Alesi
88 K Räikkönen *
76 T Sato *
76 F Alonso *
73 H-H Frentzen
71 N Heidfeld *
70 M Webber *
67 E Irvine
54 J Verstappen
50 M Salo
* Current drivers
Two other drivers who didn't quite make the cut - Mika Häkkinen & Pedro de la Rosa
(both 49).
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.
--
Brian Lawrence
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn,com
Correction/apologies
"Brian Lawrence" <Brian_W_LawrenceREMTHIS@msn,com > wrote:
> To refresh memories, here is a brief summary of overtaking in 2007:
>
> Bahrain 39
> Malaysia 16 Leading Drivers (Top 20)
> Australia 23 ========================
> San Marino 4
> Europe 13 26 M Schumacher
> Spain 7 22 R Schumacher
> Monaco 19 21 R Kubica & G Fisichella
> Britain 6 20 F Massa
> Canada 9 19 J Button
> USA 5 18 S Speed
> France 5 16 T Monteiro
> Germany 21 14 N Rosberg & R Barrichello
> Hungary 32 13 C Albers
> Turkey 25 12 J Trulli, V Liuzzi & D Coulthard
> Italy 12 11 N Heidfeld
> China 51 10 C Klien & K Räikkönen
> Japan 13 9 M Webber
> Brazil 18 8 P de la Rosa
> ---------------- 7 JP Montoya & R Doornbos
> Total 318
> No. GP 18
> Race Avg. 18
Oops, I forgot to cut 'n paste the 2007 figures into that table.
Apologies.
--
Brian
"Brian Lawrence" <Brian_W_LawrenceREMTHIS@msn,com > wrote:
> To refresh memories, here is a brief summary of overtaking in 2007:
>
> Bahrain 39
> Malaysia 16 Leading Drivers (Top 20)
> Australia 23 ========================
> San Marino 4
> Europe 13 26 M Schumacher
> Spain 7 22 R Schumacher
> Monaco 19 21 R Kubica & G Fisichella
> Britain 6 20 F Massa
> Canada 9 19 J Button
> USA 5 18 S Speed
> France 5 16 T Monteiro
> Germany 21 14 N Rosberg & R Barrichello
> Hungary 32 13 C Albers
> Turkey 25 12 J Trulli, V Liuzzi & D Coulthard
> Italy 12 11 N Heidfeld
> China 51 10 C Klien & K Räikkönen
> Japan 13 9 M Webber
> Brazil 18 8 P de la Rosa
> ---------------- 7 JP Montoya & R Doornbos
> Total 318
> No. GP 18
> Race Avg. 18
Oops, I forgot to cut 'n paste the 2007 figures into that table.
Apologies.
--
Brian
Overtaking Statistics #2 - Sepang
Introduction for New Readers
============================
2008 is the 11th 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.
I cut 'n pasted an old file and negelected to update the 2006 data for
this summary. Just in case anyone wants to check what happened in 2007
I'll include it here.
Australia 11 Leading Drivers (Top 20)
Malaysia 12 ========================
Bahrain 20
Spain 5 21 F Massa
Turkey 15 19 G Fisichella
Monaco 2 18 R Kubica
Canada 21 17 J Button & N Rosberg
France 6 16 L Hamilton
Britain 16 15 J Trulli
Hungary 5 14 A Sutil & R Schumacher
Belgium 15 13 V Liuzzi & T Sato
Italy 10 12 F Alonso & D Coulthard
Japan 46 11 R Barrichello, A Wurz & K Räikkönen
China 40 10 H Kovalainen
Brazil 20 8 N Heidfeld & A Davidson
Europe 18 6 M Webber
USA 14
----------------
Total 276
No. GP 17
Race Avg. 16
These are the passes I read for the 2008 Malaysian GP:
Lap Place Passer (Passed)
==========================================
3 15 Nakajima (Barrichello)
4 9 Heidfeld (Alonso)
4 8 Heidfeld (Coulthard)
4 9 Alonso (Coulthard)
8 13 Nakajima (Vettel)
22 17 Rosberg (Sato)
28 18 Davidson (Sato) [team-mates]
40 13 Fisichella (Nakajima)
40 14 Rosberg (Nakajima) [team-mates]
41 15 Davidson (Nakajima)
41 16 Sato (Nakajima)
That's 11 passes in total, one less than last season.
Most: 2 Nakajima, Heidfeld, Rosberg & Davidson
The Last 10 Seasons
===================
To save space I have removed the columns for 1997-98 from this table. I
have included the data from those seasons in the Total & Avg. columns.
The number of passes for each GP in 1997-98 is summarised after the table.
1997-2008
Grand Prix 2008 '07 '06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99 Total Avg.
===================================================================
1. Australia 11 11 23 5 9 38 19 18 13 41 198 18.4
2. Malaysia 11 12 16 7 20 16 27 47 31 11 199 19.8
3. Bahrain .. 20 39 14 15 -- -- -- -- -- 88 22.0
4. Spain .. 5 7 3 7 19 10 10 4 4 117 10.6
5. Turkey .. 15 25 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- 70 23.3
6. Monaco .. 2 19 10 5 0 9 6 2 5 62 6.2
7. Canada .. 21 9 12 19 8 15 13 14 14 157 14.3
8. France .. 6 5 5 14 12 3 8 17 43 137 12.4
9. Britain .. 16 6 8 11 49 47 7 8 13 216 19.6
10. Germany .. -- 21 9 29 14 25 15 42 16 195 19.5
11. Hungary .. 5 32 12 6 25 1 5 10 7 142 12.9
12. Europe-3 .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - ---
13. Belgium .. 15 -- 28 22 -- 5 8 16 15 171 19.0
14. Italy .. 10 12 14 38 5 20 19 18 14 182 16.6
15. Singapore .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - ---
16. Japan-2 .. 46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 46 46.0
17. China .. 40 51 20 17 -- -- -- -- -- 128 32.0
18. Brazil .. 20 18 6 41 48 30 26 22 27 274 24.9
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Austria -- -- -- -- -- 20 18 17 20 30 155 22.1
-- Europe-2 -- 18 13 24 11 8 27 7 28 33 186 16.9
-- 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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 22 276 318 226 307 322 285 257 311 288 3174 16.7
No. GP 2 17 18 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 190
Race Avg. 11 16 18 12 17 20 17 15 18 18 17
1997-98
=======
Year Tot AUS BRA ARG RSM MON ESP CDN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN Eur
============================================================================
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 Nürburgring, and is
considered as equivalent to the European GP (1999-2007) - Europe-2. Europe-3
is the new 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 (1997-2008)
=======================================
# 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 1998 - Austria SC (1)
29 2004 - Germany
30. 28 1997 - Hungary
28 1998 - Italy
28 2000 - Europe Wet
28 2005 - Belgium
Top 20 '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 1997 - Austria
21 2001 - USA
21 2002 - USA
21 2004 - Japan
21 2006 - Germany
Drivers' Season Total
=====================
AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
=====================================
3 Massa 3 -
3 Nakajima 1 2
3 Alonso 2 1
2 Heidfeld - 2
2 Rosberg - 2
2 Davidson - 2
1 Coulthard 1 -
1 Sutil 1 -
1 Glock 1 -
1 Kovalainen 1 -
1 Räikkönen 1 -
1 Fisichella - 1
1 Sato - 1
0 Barrichello - -
0 Trulli - -
0 Hamilton - -
0 Button - -
0 Kubica - -
0 Webber - -
0 Piquet - -
0 Bourdais - -
0 Vettel - -
-------------------------------------
22 11 11
No. of Times Overtaken
======================
AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
=====================================
5 Nakajima 1 4
4 Sato 2 2
2 Piquet 2 -
2 Räikkönen 2 -
2 Barrichello 1 1
2 Alonso 1 1
2 Coulthard - 2
1 Bourdais 1 -
1 Kovalainen 1 -
1 Vettel - 1
0 Button - -
0 Webber - -
0 Davidson - -
0 Hamilton - -
0 Fisichella - -
0 Massa - -
0 Heidfeld - -
0 Kubica - -
0 Trulli - -
0 Rosberg - -
0 Sutil - -
0 Glock - -
-------------------------------------
22 11 11
Gains/Losses on Lap One
=======================
Plus 4: Hamilton
Plus 3: Coulthard, Sutil, Nakajima
Plus 2: Webber
Plus 1: Kubica, Kovalainen, Vettel, Rosberg
No change: Massa, Räikkönen, Piquet
Minus 1: Button, Davidson
Minus 2: Alonso, Fisichella, Sato
Minus 3: Trulli, Barrichello
Minus 5: Heidfeld
Notes: Bourdais failed to complete lap one and Glock pitted at the end of
lap one.
Gains/Losses on Lap One in 2008
===============================
Driver Total (ASP) AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
===========================================
Hamilton +4 (5.0) 0 +4
Rosberg +3 (11.5) +2 +1
Piquet +3 (17.0) +3 0
Nakajima +3 (17.5) - +3
Sutil +3 (19.0) - +3
Räikkönen +2 (8.5) +2 0
Webber +2 (10.0) - +2
Kubica +1 (3.0) 0 +1
Kovalainen +1 (5.5) 0 +1
Vettel +1 (12.0) - +1
Sato +1 (19.5) +3 -2
Massa 0 (2.5) - 0
Glock 0 (14.5) 0 -
Coulthard 0 (10.0) -3 +3
Button -1 (11.5) - -1
Davidson -1 (21.5) - -1
Alonso -2 (9.0) 0 -2
Barrichello -2 (12.0) +1 -3
Fisichella -2 (16.5) - -2
Bourdais -3 (17.5) -3 0
Trulli -4 (4.5) -1 -3
Heidfeld -6 (5.0) -1 -5
Note: The number in brackets (ASP) is the average starting position in 2008
(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 1998-2008
=====================
Using only the data from my statistics these are all drivers who have achieved
50 or more passes.
197 R Barrichello *
154 M Schumacher
154 R Schumacher
146 D Coulthard *
126 J Button *
123 G Fisichella *
108 J Villeneuve
103 O Panis
99 J Trulli *
98 F Massa *
95 JP Montoya
89 J Alesi
88 K Räikkönen *
77 F Alonso *
77 T Sato *
73 N Heidfeld *
73 H-H Frentzen
70 M Webber *
67 E Irvine
54 J Verstappen
50 M Salo
* Current drivers
Two other drivers who didn't quite make the cut - Mika Häkkinen & Pedro de la Rosa
(both 49).
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.
--
Brian Lawrence
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn,com
Introduction for New Readers
============================
2008 is the 11th 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.
I cut 'n pasted an old file and negelected to update the 2006 data for
this summary. Just in case anyone wants to check what happened in 2007
I'll include it here.
Australia 11 Leading Drivers (Top 20)
Malaysia 12 ========================
Bahrain 20
Spain 5 21 F Massa
Turkey 15 19 G Fisichella
Monaco 2 18 R Kubica
Canada 21 17 J Button & N Rosberg
France 6 16 L Hamilton
Britain 16 15 J Trulli
Hungary 5 14 A Sutil & R Schumacher
Belgium 15 13 V Liuzzi & T Sato
Italy 10 12 F Alonso & D Coulthard
Japan 46 11 R Barrichello, A Wurz & K Räikkönen
China 40 10 H Kovalainen
Brazil 20 8 N Heidfeld & A Davidson
Europe 18 6 M Webber
USA 14
----------------
Total 276
No. GP 17
Race Avg. 16
These are the passes I read for the 2008 Malaysian GP:
Lap Place Passer (Passed)
==========================================
3 15 Nakajima (Barrichello)
4 9 Heidfeld (Alonso)
4 8 Heidfeld (Coulthard)
4 9 Alonso (Coulthard)
8 13 Nakajima (Vettel)
22 17 Rosberg (Sato)
28 18 Davidson (Sato) [team-mates]
40 13 Fisichella (Nakajima)
40 14 Rosberg (Nakajima) [team-mates]
41 15 Davidson (Nakajima)
41 16 Sato (Nakajima)
That's 11 passes in total, one less than last season.
Most: 2 Nakajima, Heidfeld, Rosberg & Davidson
The Last 10 Seasons
===================
To save space I have removed the columns for 1997-98 from this table. I
have included the data from those seasons in the Total & Avg. columns.
The number of passes for each GP in 1997-98 is summarised after the table.
1997-2008
Grand Prix 2008 '07 '06 '05 '04 '03 '02 '01 '00 '99 Total Avg.
===================================================================
1. Australia 11 11 23 5 9 38 19 18 13 41 198 18.4
2. Malaysia 11 12 16 7 20 16 27 47 31 11 199 19.8
3. Bahrain .. 20 39 14 15 -- -- -- -- -- 88 22.0
4. Spain .. 5 7 3 7 19 10 10 4 4 117 10.6
5. Turkey .. 15 25 30 -- -- -- -- -- -- 70 23.3
6. Monaco .. 2 19 10 5 0 9 6 2 5 62 6.2
7. Canada .. 21 9 12 19 8 15 13 14 14 157 14.3
8. France .. 6 5 5 14 12 3 8 17 43 137 12.4
9. Britain .. 16 6 8 11 49 47 7 8 13 216 19.6
10. Germany .. -- 21 9 29 14 25 15 42 16 195 19.5
11. Hungary .. 5 32 12 6 25 1 5 10 7 142 12.9
12. Europe-3 .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - ---
13. Belgium .. 15 -- 28 22 -- 5 8 16 15 171 19.0
14. Italy .. 10 12 14 38 5 20 19 18 14 182 16.6
15. Singapore .. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - ---
16. Japan-2 .. 46 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 46 46.0
17. China .. 40 51 20 17 -- -- -- -- -- 128 32.0
18. Brazil .. 20 18 6 41 48 30 26 22 27 274 24.9
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Austria -- -- -- -- -- 20 18 17 20 30 155 22.1
-- Europe-2 -- 18 13 24 11 8 27 7 28 33 186 16.9
-- 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
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 22 276 318 226 307 322 285 257 311 288 3174 16.7
No. GP 2 17 18 19 18 16 17 17 17 16 190
Race Avg. 11 16 18 12 17 20 17 15 18 18 17
1997-98
=======
Year Tot AUS BRA ARG RSM MON ESP CDN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA AUT LUX JPN Eur
============================================================================
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 Nürburgring, and is
considered as equivalent to the European GP (1999-2007) - Europe-2. Europe-3
is the new 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 (1997-2008)
=======================================
# 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 1998 - Austria SC (1)
29 2004 - Germany
30. 28 1997 - Hungary
28 1998 - Italy
28 2000 - Europe Wet
28 2005 - Belgium
Top 20 '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 1997 - Austria
21 2001 - USA
21 2002 - USA
21 2004 - Japan
21 2006 - Germany
Drivers' Season Total
=====================
AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
=====================================
3 Massa 3 -
3 Nakajima 1 2
3 Alonso 2 1
2 Heidfeld - 2
2 Rosberg - 2
2 Davidson - 2
1 Coulthard 1 -
1 Sutil 1 -
1 Glock 1 -
1 Kovalainen 1 -
1 Räikkönen 1 -
1 Fisichella - 1
1 Sato - 1
0 Barrichello - -
0 Trulli - -
0 Hamilton - -
0 Button - -
0 Kubica - -
0 Webber - -
0 Piquet - -
0 Bourdais - -
0 Vettel - -
-------------------------------------
22 11 11
No. of Times Overtaken
======================
AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
=====================================
5 Nakajima 1 4
4 Sato 2 2
2 Piquet 2 -
2 Räikkönen 2 -
2 Barrichello 1 1
2 Alonso 1 1
2 Coulthard - 2
1 Bourdais 1 -
1 Kovalainen 1 -
1 Vettel - 1
0 Button - -
0 Webber - -
0 Davidson - -
0 Hamilton - -
0 Fisichella - -
0 Massa - -
0 Heidfeld - -
0 Kubica - -
0 Trulli - -
0 Rosberg - -
0 Sutil - -
0 Glock - -
-------------------------------------
22 11 11
Gains/Losses on Lap One
=======================
Plus 4: Hamilton
Plus 3: Coulthard, Sutil, Nakajima
Plus 2: Webber
Plus 1: Kubica, Kovalainen, Vettel, Rosberg
No change: Massa, Räikkönen, Piquet
Minus 1: Button, Davidson
Minus 2: Alonso, Fisichella, Sato
Minus 3: Trulli, Barrichello
Minus 5: Heidfeld
Notes: Bourdais failed to complete lap one and Glock pitted at the end of
lap one.
Gains/Losses on Lap One in 2008
===============================
Driver Total (ASP) AUS MAL BRN ESP TUR
===========================================
Hamilton +4 (5.0) 0 +4
Rosberg +3 (11.5) +2 +1
Piquet +3 (17.0) +3 0
Nakajima +3 (17.5) - +3
Sutil +3 (19.0) - +3
Räikkönen +2 (8.5) +2 0
Webber +2 (10.0) - +2
Kubica +1 (3.0) 0 +1
Kovalainen +1 (5.5) 0 +1
Vettel +1 (12.0) - +1
Sato +1 (19.5) +3 -2
Massa 0 (2.5) - 0
Glock 0 (14.5) 0 -
Coulthard 0 (10.0) -3 +3
Button -1 (11.5) - -1
Davidson -1 (21.5) - -1
Alonso -2 (9.0) 0 -2
Barrichello -2 (12.0) +1 -3
Fisichella -2 (16.5) - -2
Bourdais -3 (17.5) -3 0
Trulli -4 (4.5) -1 -3
Heidfeld -6 (5.0) -1 -5
Note: The number in brackets (ASP) is the average starting position in 2008
(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 1998-2008
=====================
Using only the data from my statistics these are all drivers who have achieved
50 or more passes.
197 R Barrichello *
154 M Schumacher
154 R Schumacher
146 D Coulthard *
126 J Button *
123 G Fisichella *
108 J Villeneuve
103 O Panis
99 J Trulli *
98 F Massa *
95 JP Montoya
89 J Alesi
88 K Räikkönen *
77 F Alonso *
77 T Sato *
73 N Heidfeld *
73 H-H Frentzen
70 M Webber *
67 E Irvine
54 J Verstappen
50 M Salo
* Current drivers
Two other drivers who didn't quite make the cut - Mika Häkkinen & Pedro de la Rosa
(both 49).
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.
--
Brian Lawrence
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn,com
