Qualifying Statistics #6 - Monte Carlo

[Brian_W_Lawrence]

Firstly apologies for lateness. I have spent the last couple of weeks on a Caribean beach.
I was going to advise you of that, but my PC developed a problem a few days before leaving,
and I was unable to post. The problem was fixed while I was away, but I had some catching
up to do and various real life jobs to finish as well. I should be able to catch up over the
next day or two.


Average Starting Position 2009 - after Monte Carlo, Qualifying #6

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2009     2009                        2008     2007     2006     2005    2004

Pos.     ASP                       Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos. ASP Pos ASP Pos ASP

==============================================================================

 1.      2.17 [-0.23] J Button      16 14.72 14 13.94  3  7.78  4  5.9  3  5.5

 2.      4.33 [-0.07] S Vettel      10 11.00 15 14.38  -  -     -  -    -  -

    [3]  4.33 [-0.27] R Barrichello 17 14.83 16 15.00  6  7.61 13 10.5  2  4.6

 4.      6.67 [-0.13] N Rosberg     12 12.11  9  9.88 12 13.33  -  -    -  -

 5. [6]  7.50 [+0.30] F Alonso       6  6.89  2  3.18  1  4.28  1  4.0  7  7.6

 6. [7]  7.83 [+0.03] M Webber       9  9.17  7  9.06  7 11.06  8  8.0 13  9.7

 7. [9]  8.33 [-1.27] K Räikkönen   =3  4.39  3  3.53  4  5.83  2  5.7  9  8.2

 8.      8.67 [-0.73] F Massa        1  2.94  4  4.24  2  6.67 17 11.9 18 13.5

 9. [5]  8.83 [+1.83] J Trulli       7  7.61  8  9.24 14 10.28  5  6.1  6  6.7

10[=10] 11.17 [+1.17] R Kubica       5  5.83  6  7.00  9  8.83  -  -    -  -

11.[14] 11.50 [-0.30] S Nakajima    18 15.11 22 19.00  -  -     -  -    -  -

12[=10] 11.67 [+1.67] T Glock       11 11.11  -  -     -  -     -  -   22 16.5

13.     12.17 [+0.77] N Heidfeld     8  9.00  5  5.41 10 10.17 12  9.6 21 16.0

14.[15] 12.33 [-1.07] H Kovalainen  =3  4.39 10 10.71  -  -     -  -    -  -

15.[13] 12.83 [+1.23] L Hamilton     2  3.89  1  2.59  -  -     -  -    -  -

16[=16] 14.17 [-0.63] S Buemi        -  -     -  -     -  -     -  -    -  -

17[=16] 14.33 [-0.47] N Piquet      14 13.50  -  -     -  -     -  -    -  -

18.     16.33 [-0.47] S Bourdais    15 13.67  -  -     -  -     -  -    -  -

19.     17.17 [-0.83] G Fisichella  19 18.33 11 10.82  3  5.61  3  5.7 17 12.3

20.     17.67 [-0.53] A Sutil       20 18.94 23 20.29  -  -     -  -    -  -

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Average positions include all demotions such as engine/gearbox change penalties,
but not last-minute changes such as pitlane starts.


Average Team Starting Position 2009 - after Monte Carlo, Qualifying #6

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  2009                       2008      2007      2006     2005      2004

Pos. ASP                   Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos. ASP  Pos ASP

===========================================================================

 1.  3.25 [-0.25] Brawn      9. 14.78  8. 14.47  4.  7.75  4.  8.5  3.  6.8 *

 2.  6.08 [-0.02] Red Bull   6. 11.00  6. 11.21  8. 14.65  7. 11.2  6. 11.7 *

 3.  8.50 [-1.00] Ferrari    1.  3.67  2.  3.88  2.  6.06  6.  9.4  1.  4.2

 4.  9.08 [-0.22] Williams   8. 13.58  7. 12.65  7. 12.19  5.  9.3  2.  6.4

 5. 10.25 [+1.75] Toyota     4.  9.36  4. 10.79  5. 10.11  3.  7.5  7. 11.8

 6. 10.67 [-0.03] Renault    5. 10.19  5. 10.82  1.  4.94  1.  4.8  4.  7.5

 7. 11.67 [+0.97] BMW-Sauber 3.  7.42  3.  6.18  6. 10.81  8. 11.9  8. 12.9 *

 8. 12.58 [+0.08] McLaren    2.  4.11  1.  2.88  3.  6.89  2.  6.6  5.  8.8

 9. 15.25 [-0.55] T Rosso    7. 12.33  9. 16.21  9. 15.83 10. 17.5 10. 18.5 *

10. 17.42 [-0.68] F India   10. 18.61 11. 20.82 10. 18.06  9. 16.9  9. 16.4 *

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* Red Bull = Jaguar (2004), Brawn = Honda (06-08) / BAR (04-05), BMW-Sauber = Sauber
(04-05), Force India = Spyker (07) / Midland (06) / Jordan (04-05), Toro Rosso =
Minardi (04-05)


Team-mates Head-to-Head 2009 - after Monte Carlo, Qualifying #6

Team        Driver-1          Driver-2    Posn.

===============================================

Renault     Alonso       6-0  Piquet       +41

Williams    Rosberg      6-0  Nakajima     +29

Red Bull    Vettel       5-1  Webber       +21

Toyota      Trulli       5-1  Glock        +17

Brawn       Button       5-1  Barrichello  +13

Toro Rosso  Buemi        5-1  Bourdais     +13

BMW-Sauber  Kubica       4-2  Heidfeld      +6

McLaren     Hamilton     4-2  Kovalainen    -3

F India     Fisichella   4-2  Sutil         +3

Ferrari     Massa        3-3  Räikkönen     -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.


2009 Grid Penalties

Qual  Penalty (reason)

===========================================================================

01 AUS  Timo Glock        6th  pit lane start (rear wing flexing)

01 AUS  Jarno Trulli      8th  pit lane start (rear wing flexing)

01 AUS  Lewis Hamilton   15th  5-place penalty (changed gearbox)

02 MAL  Sebastian Vettel  3rd  10-place penalty (caused accident in AUS)

02 MAL  R Barrichello     4th  5-place penalty (changed gearbox)

03 CHN  Timo Glock       14th  5-place penalty (changed gearbox)

04 BRN  Adrian Sutil     16th  3-place penalty (blocked Webber)

06 MON  Lewis Hamilton   16th  5-place penalty (changed gearbox)

Appearances in Each Qualifying Session

Driver          Q-1  Q-2  Q-3

=============================

J Button          6    6    6

R Barrichello     6    6    6

S Vettel          6    6    6

N Rosberg         6    6    6

F Alonso          6    6    5

K Räikkönen       6    5    5

J Trulli          6    5    5

M Webber          6    5    5

T Glock           6    5    4

F Massa           6    5    4

R Kubica          6    4    3

L Hamilton        6    5*   2   AUS (0 laps)

K Nakajima        6    6    1

H Kovalainen      6    5    1

S Buemi           6    3    1

N Heidfeld        6    5    0

N Piquet          6    3    0

S Bourdais        6    2    0

G Fisichella      6    1    0

A Sutil           6    1    0

* Set no time in one or more sessions.


Best Qualifying Performances (Current Drivers)

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Driver         Best in 2009     Best in  Best in   Best in   Best before 2006

               Posn.(#) GP(s)   2008 (#) 2007 (#)  2006 (#)  Posn. (#) First  - Last

=======================================================================================

J Button       Pole (4) . . .   9th  (1)  6th  (1)  Pole (1)  Pole  (2) RSM 04 - CDN 05

S Vettel       Pole (1) CHN     Pole (1)  7th  (1)  ---       ---

J Trulli       Pole (1) BRN     2nd  (1)  6th  (1)  3rd  (1)  Pole  (3) MON 04 - USA 05

R Barrichello  2nd  (1) AUS     9th  (1)  9th  (1)  3rd  (2)  Pole (13) BEL 94 - BRA 04

F Alonso       2nd  (1) CHN     2nd  (1)  Pole (2)  Pole (6)  Pole  (9) MAL 03 - CHN 05

T Glock        2nd  (1) BRN     5th  (1)  ---       ---       16th  (2) CDN 04 - CHN 04

K Räikkönen    2nd  (1) MON     Pole (2)  Pole (3)  Pole (3)  Pole  (8) Eur 03 - TUR 05

M Webber       3rd  (1) CHN     2nd  (1)  5th  (1)  2nd  (1)  2nd   (2) MAL 04 - ESP 05

R Kubica       4th  (1) AUS     Pole (1)  4th  (1)  6th  (1)  ---

N Rosberg      4th  (1) MAL     5th  (2)  4th  (1)  3rd  (1)  ---

F Massa        4th  (1) ESP     Pole (6)  Pole (6)  Pole (3)  4th   (3) AUT 02 - BRA 04

L Hamilton     5th  (1) BRN     Pole (7)  Pole (6)  ---       ---

H Kovalainen   7th  (1) MON     Pole (1)  6th  (2)  ---       ---

N Heidfeld     9th  (1) AUS     5th  (4)  2nd  (1)  3rd  (1)  Pole  (1) Eur 05

S Buemi        10th (1) CHN     ---       ---       ---       ---

K Nakajima     10th (1) MON     10th (1)  19th (1)  ---       ---

N Piquet       12th (2) ESP/MON 7th  (1)  ---       ---       ---

G Fisichella   13th (1) MON     12th (1)  4th  (1)  Pole (1)  Pole  (2) AUT 98 - AUS 05

S Bourdais     14th (1) MON     4th  (1)  ---       ---       ---

A Sutil        15th (1) MON     16th (1)  19th (3)  ---       ---

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Personal Bests set at Monte Carlo 2009

Posn. Career          In 2009

===================================

Pole  J Button (7)    J Button (4)

2nd                   K Räikkönen

7th                   H Kovalainen

10th  K Nakajima (2)  K Nakajima 

12th                  N Piquet (2)

13th                  G Fisichella

14th                  S Bourdais

15th  A Sutil         A Sutil

Most Pole Positions

1950-2002 (Top 25)                Since 2003 (Top 10)

=========================         ========================

 1 Ayrton Senna        65         1 Michael Schumacher  18 +

 2 Michael Schumacher  50 +       2 Fernando Alonso     17

 3 Jim Clark           33         3 Kimi Räikkönen      16

   Alain Prost         33         4 Felipe Massa        15

 5 Nigel Mansell       32         5 Lewis Hamilton      13

 6 Juan Manuel Fangio  29         6 Rubens Barrichello   7 +

 7 Mika Häkkinen       26           Jenson Button        7

 8 Niki Lauda          24         8 Ralf Schumacher      5 +

   Nelson Piquet       24         9 Jarno Trulli         4

10 Damon Hill          20        10 Juan Pablo Montoya   3 +

11 Mario Andretti      18

   René Arnoux         18

13 Jackie Stewart      17

14 Stirling Moss       16       + also achieved poles in other era

15 Alberto Ascari      14

   Ronnie Peterson     14

   James Hunt          14

18 Graham Hill         13

   Jack Brabham        13

   Jacky Ickx          13

   Jacques Villeneuve  13

21 David Coulthard     12

   Gerhard Berger      12

24 Jochen Rindt        10

   Juan Pablo Montoya  10 +

Since 2003 we have had:

* Single lap qualifying (2003-05, except for AUS-MON 2005)
* Two single-lap sessions aggregated (AUS-MON 2005 only)
* Knockout, 3-period, race fuel (from EUR 2005)


The Recent Record of Pole Position Holders at Monte Carlo

Year  Time      Driver        Chassis         Rslt   Winner         Grd

=======================================================================

2000  1'19.475  M Schumacher  Ferrari F1-2000  DNF   Coulthard      3rd

2001  1'17.430  D Coulthard   McLaren MP4/16   5th   M Schumacher   2nd

2002  1'16.676  JP Montoya    Williams FW24    DNF   Coulthard      2nd

----  

2003  1'15.529  R Schumacher  Williams FW25    4th   Montoya        3rd

2004  1'13.985  J Trulli      Renault R24      1st

2005 [2'30.323] K Räikkönen   McLaren MP4/20   1st

2006  1'13.962  F Alonso      Renault R26      1st

2007  1'15.726  F Alonso      McLaren MP4/22   1st

2008  1'15.787  F Massa       Ferrari F2008    3rd   Hamilton       3rd

2009  1'14.902  J Button      Brawn BGP 001    1st

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

Note: In 2005 the grid was decided using two-session aggregate qualifying.
Since 2006 it has been decided on a three-period knockout system.

There have been 55 Grands Prix at Monte Carlo,
22 have been won from pole position (last was Button in 2009),
13 from second position (Coulthard in 2002),
10 from third (Hamilton in 2008),
three from fourth (Beltoise in 1972),
four from fifth (Prost in 1985),
and three from lower positions (Rindt in 1970 [8th], Trintignant 1955 [9th],
and Panis in 1996 [14th]).

Average Starting Position of race winner = 2.564.

 

[Brogan]

Firstly apologies for lateness. I have spent the last couple of weeks on a Caribean beach.

Alright for some

Interesting stat's on the average starting position of the race winner.
I never realised so many had been won from 3rd and below.

Would be interesting to see how those figures compare to other circuits.
If I get the time I might knock up a quick table/chart using your data.

 

[Brian_W_Lawrence]

Brogan,

Don't rush to do that, I'll dig out some data for all circuits and post a list.

Brian

 

[Brogan]

Thanks Brian, look forward to seeing the data.

 

[Brian_W_Lawrence]

OK, this is a list of the average starting/qualifying position of race winners for
each circuit. This list was produced almost exactly four years ago, so the
data from mid-2005 to date needs adding.

Venue            GPs   A.Q.P.

==========================

AVUS               1   1.000

Monsanto           1   1.000

Riverside          1   1.000

Sakhir             1   1.000

East London        3   1.333

Catalunya         14   1.357

Aintree            5   1.400

Mount Fuji         2   1.500

Bremgarten         5   1.800

A-1 Ring           7   1.857

Estoril           13   1.923



Ain Diab           1   2.000

Jerez              7   2.000

Le Mans            1   2.000

Pescara            1   2.000

Porto              2   2.000

Suzuka            17   2.000

Paul Ricard       14   2.143

Nurburgring (old) 22   2.227

Magny-Cours       13   2.231

Watkins Glen      20   2.300

Hungaroring       18   2.333

Imola             25   2.360

Silverstone       37   2.378

Las Vegas          2   2.500

Nivelles           2   2.500

Pedralbes          2   2.500

TI Aida            2   2.500

Rouen              5   2.600

Phoenix            3   2.667

Sepang             6   2.667

Monte Carlo       50   2.680

Zandvoort         30   2.700

Interlagos        22   2.714

Montreal          25   2.720

Adelaide          11   2.727

Mexico City       15   2.733

Clermont-Ferrand   4   2.750

Hockenheim        27   2.778

Jarama             9   2.778

Reims             11   2.909

Brands Hatch      14   2.929



Spa (new)         19   3.105

Zolder            10   3.300

Buenos Aires      20   3.350

Mosport            8   3.375

Monza             53   3.377

Melbourne          9   3.444

Indianapolis       4   3.500

Spa (old)         18   3.500

Österreichring    18   3.667

Jacarepagua       10   3.700



Dijon              6   4.000

Donnington         1   4.000

Long Beach         8   4.000

Nurburgring (new) 11   4.000

Ste Jovite         2   4.000

Anderstorp         6   4.167

Kyalami           20   4.250

Detroit            7   4.714



Montjuich          4   6.500



Indy 500 (oval)   11   7.000

Zeltweg            1   7.000



Dallas             1   8.000



Sebring            1  10.000

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                 718   2.919

 

[Brogan]

Great stuff, thanks.

Keeping data up to date can be an onerous task, I know.
Luckily we have all the data from 1950 to present date in the database so we should be able to write some new routines to show this sort of stuff.

We plan to overhaul the database in the coming months so I'll look at adding as much stat's stuff in as possible when we do.

 

[Brian_W_Lawrence]

These are the circuits used since I produced the last list, updated to include the
Turkish GP.

Catalunya      1.263  19

Fuji           2.500   2

Hockenheim     2.645  31

Hungaroring    2.783  23

Imola          2.296  27

Indianapolis   2.875   8

Interlagos     2.538  26

Istanbul       1.200   5

Magny-Cours    2.056  18

Melbourne      2.714  14

Monte Carlo    2.536  56

Montréal       2.833  30

Monza          3.190  58

Nürburgring    3.667  15

Sakhir         2.167   6

Sepang         2.091  11

Shanghai       2.000   6

Silverstone    2.429  42

Singapore     15.000   1

Spa (new)      3.174  23

Suzuka         2.850  20

Valencia       1.000   1

For completeness, there were three races where the winning car was shared by two
drivers. In the previous list I used the qualifying position of the car not the driver
who took the flag. These were at Buenos Aires, Reims & Aintree.