Average Starting Position 2005 - after Interlagos, Qualifying #17
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Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP | Pos. ASP
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1. 3.41 (-0.15) F Alonso 7 7.56 8 7.88 - - |166 19.47
2. 5.00 (+0.81) J Trulli 6 6.71 7 7.31 7 8.71 | 58 10.28
3. 5.18 (-0.01) K Räikkönen 9 8.22 6 6.81 5 5.35 | 31 7.71
4. 6.12 (-0.19) G Fisichella 17 12.33 19 13.88 10 11.19 | 64 10.98
5. 6.33 (-0.17) J Button 3 5.50 13 11.33 9 10.29 | 93 13.02
6. 7.00 A Wurz - - - - - - | 67 11.31
(7) 7.00 (-0.36) JP Montoya 4 5.61 2 4.19 3 2.94 | 7 4.18
8. 7.94 (+0.31) M Webber 13 9.72 11 9.88 21 19.53 |168 19.59
9. 8.00 P de la Rosa - - - - 19 16.53 |128 16.10
(10) 8.00 (-0.06) M Schumacher 1 3.94 3 4.25 1 1.82 | 2 2.95
11. 9.06 (+0.06) R Schumacher 5 6.00 5 5.93 4 3.47 | 21 7.04
12. 9.57 N Heidfeld 21 16.00 15 12.31 8 10.12 | 81 12.28
13.(14) 10.76 (-0.12) R Barrichello 2 4.56 1 3.63 2 2.88 | 38 8.42
14.(13) 10.86 (+0.71) T Sato 8 8.06 16 13.00 17 15.35 |118 15.29
15.(16) 11.23 (-0.24) C Klien 19 13.67 - - - - | - -
16.(15) 11.53 (+0.22) D Coulthard 10 9.39 9 8.50 6 5.88 | 12 5.13
17. 12.00 (-0.06) J Villeneuve 14 11.33 14 11.67 12 12.29 | 33 7.77
18. 12.06 (-0.25) F Massa 18 13.50 - - 11 11.88 | 77 11.88
19. 13.00 V Liuzzi - - - - - - | - -
13.00 R Zonta 20 14.60 - - - - |116 15.09
21. 15.00 A Davidson - - - - 22 20.00 | - -
(22) 15.00 (-0.50) A Pizzonia 11 9.50 18 13.82 - - | - -
23.(24) 17.00 (-0.31) T Monteiro - - - - - - | - -
24.(23) 17.12 (-0.07) N Karthikeyan - - - - - - | - -
25. 17.47 (-0.03) C Albers - - - - - - | - -
26.(27) 17.73 P Friesacher - - - - - - | - -
27.(26) 17.83 (+0.23) R Doornbos - - - - - - | - -

Averages include all demotions such as engine change penalties.


Average Team Starting Position 2005 - after Interlagos, Qualifying #17
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2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP
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1. 4.76 Renault 4. 7.47 3. 7.59 4. 9.50 8. 16.06* 6. 11.76* 5. 11.47*
2. 6.12 McLaren 5. 8.81 4. 7.66 3. 5.62 3. 4.64 1. 2.62 1. 2.50
3. 7.15 Toyota 7. 11.81 5. 10.09 8. 14.59 - - - - - -
4. 8.73 BAR 3. 6.78 6. 11.48 6. 12.71 6. 11.06 5. 11.50 8. 13.00
5. 9.18 Williams 2. 6.39 2. 5.03 2. 3.21 2. 4.41 4. 10.14 6. 11.62
6. 9.38 Ferrari 1. 4.25 1. 3.94 1. 2.35 1. 3.09 2. 3.41 2. 5.28
7. 11.65 Red Bull 6. 11.69 7. 11.84 9. 15.79 7. 13.59 6. 12.26 4. 8.81*
8. 12.03 Sauber 8. 12.92 8. 12.81 5. 10.97 5. 10.06 9. 15.88 9. 13.69
9. 17.06 Jordan 9. 16.36 9. 15.53 7. 13.33 4. 8.38 3. 7.70 3. 7.53
10. 17.62 Minardi 10. 18.53 10. 18.66 11. 20.32 11. 20.65 11. 21.12 11. 20.53

* Red Bull = Jaguar (2000-04) = Stewart (1999) Renault = Benetton (1999-2001)


Team-mates Head-to-Head 2005 - after Interlagos, Qualifying #17
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Posn.
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Toyota Trulli 14-2 R Schumacher +61
1-0 Zonta +12
[15-2 +73]

Renault Alonso 14-3 Fisichella +46

BAR Button 13-1 Sato +66
Button 1-0 Davidson +6
[14-1 +72]

Williams Webber 9-5 Heidfeld +35
Webber 3-0 Pizzonia +9
[12-5 +44]

Ferrari M Schumacher 11-6 Barrichello +47
Sauber Massa 11-6 Villeneuve -1

Red Bull Klien 7-6 Coulthard 8
Liuzzi 0-4 Coulthard -10
[7-10 -2]
Minardi Albers 6-5 Friesacher +1
Albers 4-2 Doornbos +4
[10-7 +5]

McLaren Räikkönen 7-8 Montoya +44
Räikkönen 0-1 de la Rosa -1
Räikkönen 1-0 Wurz +6
[8-9 +49]
Jordan Karthikeyan 8-9 Monteiro -2

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.


Best Qualifying Performances (Current Drivers)
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Best in 2005 Best in Best in Best before 2003
Driver Posn.(#) GP(s) 2004 2003 Posn. (#) First - Last
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K Räikkönen Pole (5) . . . Pole (1) Pole (2) 2nd (1) BEL 02
F Alonso Pole (5) . . . Pole (1) Pole (2) 17th (1) USA 01
G Fisichella Pole (1) AUS 5th (1) 8th (1) Pole (1) AUT 98
N Heidfeld Pole (1) Eur 13th (1) 4th (1) 5th (1) AUT 02
J Button Pole (1) CDN Pole (1) 5th (1) 3rd (1) BEL 00
J Trulli Pole (1) USA Pole (2) 2nd (2) 2nd (2) MON/BEL 00
M Schumacher Pole (1) HUN Pole (8) Pole (5) Pole (50) MON 94 - JPN 02
JP Montoya Pole (2) ITA/BEL 2nd (4) Pole (1) Pole (10) GER 01 - ITA 02

M Webber 2nd (1) ESP 2nd (1) 3rd (2) 18th (3) AUS/FRA/USA 02
J Villeneuve 4th (1) AUS 9th (1) 6th (1) Pole (13) AUS 96 - Eur 97
R Schumacher 4th (1) ESP Pole (1) Pole (3) Pole (1) FRA 01
T Sato 4th (2) FRA/ITA 2nd (1) 13th (1) 7th (1) JPN 02
R Barrichello 5th (2) FRA/GBR Pole (4) Pole (3) Pole (6) BEL 94 - HUN 02
D Coulthard 5th (1) AUS 3rd (1) 2nd (1) Pole (12) ARG 95 - MON 01
C Klien 6th (3) . . . 10th (1) --- ---
A Wurz 7th (1) RSM --- --- 5th (3) RSM 98 - MAS 00
F Massa 7th (1) BEL 4th (2) --- 7th (2) AUT 02 - HUN 02
P de la Rosa 8th (1) BRN --- --- 5th (1) GER 00
V Liuzzi 11th (1) ESP --- --- ---
N Karthikeyan 12th (1) AUS --- --- ---
T Monteiro 12th (1) BRA --- --- ---
P Friesacher 13th (1) MON --- --- ---
R Zonta 13th (1) USA 11th (1) --- 6th (1) AUT 00
C Albers 14th (2) ESP/MON --- --- ---
A Pizzonia 14th (1) BRA 8th (1) 6th (1) ---
A Davidson 15th (1) MAS --- --- 20th (2) HUN 02 - BEL 02
R Doornbos 17th (3) . . . --- --- ---


All Time Top 20 Poles
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1. A Senna 65
2. M Schumacher 50 + 14 in 2003-05 [1] + 0 in 2005 [2]
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
14. S Moss 16
15. A Ascari 14
R Peterson 14
J Hunt 14
18. 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 + 0

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


The Recent Record of Pole Position Holders at Interlagos
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Year Time Driver Chassis Rslt Winner Grd
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1995 1:20.081 D Hill Williams FW17 DNF M Schumacher 2nd
1996 1:18.111 D Hill Williams FW18 1st
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1997 1:16.004 J Villeneuve Williams FW19 1st
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1998 1:17.092 M Häkkinen McLaren MP4/13 1st
1999 1:16.568 M Häkkinen McLaren MP4/14 1st
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2000 1:14.111 M Häkkinen McLaren MP4/15 DNF M Schumacher 3rd
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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 ???

---- Indicates changes in track length and/or layout.

There have been 22 Grands Prix at Interlagos,
8 have been won from pole position (last was Häkkinen in 1999),
7 have been won from second (Montoya in 2004),
2 have been won from third (M Schumacher in 2000),
and 5 have been won from lower positions (Coulthard 5th/2001; Pace, Arnoux
and Prost 6th; and Fisichella (8th/2003).

Average grid position of winners = 2.682.

--

Brian Lawrence
Brian_W_Lawrence (AT) msn (DOT) com
Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK

"Brian Lawrence" <Brian_W_LawrenceREMTHIS (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote


Jaysus Christ! I could have probably qualified ahead of Trulli more than
that! What the heck is he doing?! Get Frentzen in that car!!!!!


Bumble

Bumble Bee Boy 2 <bumblebeeboy2 (AT) hotmail (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Mr Bumble, what are you saying!?! If Ralf can't count on you to big him
up, then what hope does he have?

--
This message was brought to you by Wayne Stuart - Have a nice day!

"Wayne Stuart" <me4 (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote

What can you do? He's still great in races, and should have won in Belgium
if he didn't try and be clever, but his qualifying efforts are appauling! I
realise Trulli is one of the best, if not the best qualifier out there. But
Ralf shouldn't be so slow in comparison, it used to be his strength, maybe
it's the 1 lap thing...

BTW Do the qualifying stats include Trulli's adjusted position due to engine
change?


Bumble

"Bumble Bee Boy 2" <bumblebeeboy2 (AT) hotmail (DOT) co.uk> wrote:

Ahem,

Brian

"Brian Lawrence" <Brian_W_LawrenceREMTHIS (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote

I saw that, I couldn't locate #16 so didn't know if you knew or not about
Trulli's engine change... Just giving you a heads-up! Good job you're doing
there, keep it up!


Bumble