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Fastest lap of weekend #3 - Sakhir
| 2008-04-07 10:22:10 |
Fastest lap of weekend #3 - Sakhir |
Brian Lawrence |
How does the fastest lap of the whole weekend (3 practice sessions, 3 qualifying
segments and the race) compare to the fastest lap of the weekend in 2007?
Here are two tables - one compares driver with driver; easy enough if the same
driver remains in the same team. If not compare the 2007 driver with the guy
who replaced him.
'S' is the session when the best lap was achieved (P1/P2/P3/Q1/Q2/Q3/R)
'Lps' are the total laps in all sessions (2007 excludes any third drivers)
'Diff' is the gain/loss in seconds
'%Diff' is the difference in time as a percentage of the 2007 time
Negative Diff/%Diff mean that the driver/team improved. Positive means they
got worse.
There can be several reasons for the variations seen.
Apologies if the tables wrap - save it and reformat if you are interested.
Note: Spyker-Ferrari was renamed to Force India-Ferrari, all other teams remain
the same.
2007 Team 2007 Driver S Lps Time 2008 Driver S Lps Time Diff.
%Diff
============================================================================ =============
Spyker-Ferrari Albers P3 143 1'35.395 Fisichella P3 136
1'33.392 -2.003 -2.10
Spyker-Ferrari Sutil Q1 137 1'35.280 Sutil Q1 135
1'33.845 -1.435 -1.51
Honda Button Q2 77 1'33.731 Button Q2 102
1'32.362 -1.369 -1.46
Honda Barrichello Q2 133 1'33.624 Barrichello Q2 134
1'32.508 -1.116 -1.19
Red Bull-Renault Coulthard P3 93 1'33.826 Coulthard P3 124
1'32.918 -0.908 -0.97
T Rosso-Ferrari Liuzzi P3 111 1'33.700 Bourdais Q2 152
1'32.915 -0.785 -0.84
Toyota Schumacher Q2 133 1'33.294 Glock Q2 150
1'32.528 -0.766 -0.82
T Rosso-Ferrari Speed Q1 74 1'34.333 Vettel Q1 85
1'33.562 -0.771 -0.82
Williams-Toyota Rosberg Q2 146 1'32.815 Rosberg Q2 153
1'32.185 -0.630 -0.68
BMW Sauber-BMW Kubica Q2 150 1'32.292 Kubica Q2 132
1'31.745 -0.547 -0.59
Renault Fisichella Q2 147 1'32.889 Alonso Q2 132
1'32.345 -0.544 -0.59
McLaren-Mercedes Alonso Q2 129 1'32.214 Kovalainen Q2 134
1'31.718 -0.496 -0.54
Red Bull-Renault Webber Q2 119 1'32.808 Webber Q2 139
1'32.371 -0.437 -0.47
Toyota Trulli Q2 160 1'32.429 Trulli Q2 159
1'32.159 -0.270 -0.29
BMW Sauber-BMW Heidfeld Q2 153 1'32.154 Heidfeld Q2 141
1'31.909 -0.245 -0.27
Ferrari Massa Q2 130 1'31.359 Massa Q2 129
1'31.118 -0.241 -0.26
Renault Kovalainen Q2 144 1'32.935 Piquet Q2 132
1'32.790 -0.145 -0.16
Williams-Toyota Wurz Q2 131 1'32.915 Nakajima Q2 144 1'32.943 +0.028
+0.03
Ferrari Räikkönen Q2 143 1'31.812 Räikkönen Q2 124 1'31.933 +0.121
+0.13
McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton Q2 135 1'31.732 Hamilton Q2 130 1'31.922 +0.190
+0.21
S Aguri-Honda Sato Q1 111 1'33.984 Sato P3 107 1'34.592 +0.608
+0.65
S Aguri-Honda Davidson P3 118 1'32.900 Davidson Q1 114 1'34.140 +1.240
+1.33
Notes
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Once again Fisi improved most - compared with Albers. The same as at Melbourne &
Sepang.
The bottom five drivers were slower than in 2007 - Super Aguri are in the place we
would
expect. Räikkönen and Hamilton's positions illustrate that they both had bad
weekends.
The second table takes the best lap time from both drivers in each team and compares
with
the equivalent team last season. Probably a better comparison.
2007 Team 2007 Driver S Lps Time 2008 Driver S Lps Time Diff.
%Diff
============================================================================ =============
Spyker-Ferrari Sutil Q1 280 1'35.280 Fisichella P3 271
1'33.392 -1.888 -1.98
Honda Barrichello Q2 210 1'33.624 Button Q2 236
1'32.362 -1.262 -1.35
T Rosso-Ferrari Liuzzi P3 185 1'33.700 Bourdais Q2 237
1'32.915 -0.785 -0.84
Williams-Toyota Rosberg Q2 277 1'32.815 Rosberg Q2 297
1'32.185 -0.630 -0.68
Renault Fisichella Q2 291 1'32.889 Alonso Q2 264
1'32.345 -0.544 -0.59
Red Bull-Renault Webber Q2 212 1'32.808 Webber Q2 263
1'32.371 -0.437 -0.47
BMW Sauber-BMW Heidfeld Q2 303 1'32.154 Kubica Q2 273
1'31.745 -0.409 -0.44
Toyota Trulli Q2 293 1'32.429 Trulli Q2 309
1'32.159 -0.270 -0.29
Ferrari Massa Q2 273 1'31.359 Massa Q2 253
1'31.118 -0.241 -0.26
McLaren-Mercedes Hamilton Q2 264 1'31.732 Kovalainen Q2 264
1'31.718 -0.014 -0.02
S Aguri-Honda Davidson P3 229 1'32.900 Davidson Q1 221 1'34.140 +1.240
+1.33
Once again Force India improved the most - 1.8s. Only Super Aguri failed to improve -
three races with SECU, 4-race boxes, etc., and almost everyone are faster than last
year.
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Brian W Lawrence
Wantage,
Oxfordshire, UK
Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com
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