Analysis: F1 team mate battles so far

There are three drivers who have beaten their team mates in each qualifying session and race so far this year.
So is that because they’re much better than their team mates – or some other reason?
Here’s a look at the side-by-side comparisons of the F1 drivers so far this year.
Ferrari
Qualifying Kimi Raikkonen 1 – 3 Felipe Massa
Race Kimi Raikkonen 3 – 1 Felipe Massa
Laps completed Kimi Raikkonen 232 – 182 Felipe Massa
BMW
Qualifying Nick Heidfeld 0 – 4 Robert Kubica
Race Nick Heidfeld 1 – 3 Robert Kubica
Laps completed Nick Heidfeld 237 – 226 Robert Kubica
McLaren
Qualifying Lewis Hamilton 3 – 1 Heikki Kovalainen
Race Lewis Hamilton 2 – 2 Heikki Kovalainen
Laps completed Lewis Hamilton 236 – 192 Heikki Kovalainen
Williams
Qualifying Nico Rosberg 3 – 1 Kazuki Nakajima
Race Nico Rosberg 3 – 1 Kazuki Nakajima
Laps completed Nico Rosberg 211 – 233 Kazuki Nakajima
Toyota
Qualifying Jarno Trulli 4 – 0 Timo Glock
Race Jarno Trulli 3 – 0 Timo Glock
Laps completed Jarno Trulli 198 – 166 Timo Glock
Red Bull
Qualifying David Coulthard 1 – 3 Mark Webber
Race David Coulthard 0 – 3 Mark Webber
Laps completed David Coulthard 202 – 179 Mark Webber
Renault
Qualifying Fernando Alonso 4 – 0 Nelson Piquet Jnr
Race Fernando Alonso 3 – 0 Nelson Piquet Jnr
Laps completed Fernando Alonso 205 – 132 Nelson Piquet Jnr
Honda
Qualifying Jenson Button 2 – 2 Rubens Barrichello
Race Jenson Button 2 – 2 Rubens Barrichello
Laps completed Jenson Button 141 – 204 Rubens Barrichello
Toro Rosso
Qualifying Sebastian Vettel 2 – 2 Sebastien Bourdais
Race Sebastian Vettel 0 – 2 Sebastien Bourdais
Laps completed Sebastian Vettel 39 – 118 Sebastien Bourdais
Force India
Qualifying Giancarlo Fisichella 4 – 0 Adrian Sutil
Race Giancarlo Fisichella 3 – 0 Adrian Sutil
Laps completed Giancarlo Fisichella 176 – 68 Adrian Sutil
Super Aguri
Qualifying Takuma Sato 2 – 2 Anthony Davidson
Race Takuma Sato 1 – 2 Anthony Davidson
Laps completed Takuma Sato 207 – 119 Anthony Davidson




Alex Andronov said on 1st May 2008, 6:47
Alianora you are a legend!
Alianora La Canta said on 1st May 2008, 14:37
I’ve has an e-mail saying D Winn’s looking at this data as well. It may well be that he finishes his calculations before me.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 1st May 2008, 14:45
Might want to hold your fire there Alianora I’ve had some stuff through from D Winn and someone else and it’ll be up on the site shortly. If you’ve got any extra stuff though please do send it!
Melanie said on 1st May 2008, 22:18
In the Kimi and Massa teammate stats, I assume that you have included Australia in the qualifying but not in the races. With the technical problems I would assume that Australia should either include both the qualifying and the race, or both qualifying and the race should just be excluded.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine) said on 1st May 2008, 22:23
Melanie – good spot, no Australia should have been included because, of course, Raikkonen finished. I’ll fix that.