Monday 30 July 2012

Half-Term Teammate Comparison

With 11 races complete and 9 left it's time to have a look at how teammates are stacking up against each-other. Looking at points scored for the entire gird can be misleading with only the top 10 awarded points and car retirements further skewing comparison.

A better way to judge how a driver is performing against the only other competitor with the same equipment is to look at the head to head qualifying and race finishes were both cars qualified or finished.

Also a look at average qualifying and race position can give an idea of which cars are strongest in qualifying and the race. Obviously ranking cars on qualifying and race average positions isn't an exact science as some drivers are obviously better than others but it gives a good idea of the grid order especially when averaging the two teammates performances. To give a true indication, qualifying penalties are not included.

Ranked in order of average car performance in the races so far-


Sebastian Vettel vs Mark Webber (Red Bull)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 5.7 (2nd)
- Combined teammate race position is 4.8 (1st)

Qualifying
Vettel vs Webber
4.8 vs 6.5 (average qualifying position)
6 vs 5 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Vettel vs Webber
4.5 vs 5.1 (average finishing position)
6 vs 4 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Kimi Raikkonen vs Romain Grosjean (Lotus)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 7.5 (3rd)
- Combined teammate race position is 5.8 (2nd)

Qualifying
Raikkonen vs Grosjean
8.2 vs 6.7 (average qualifying position)
4 vs 7 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Raikkonen vs Grosjean
5.5 vs 6 (average finishing position)
5 vs 2 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Fernando Alonso vs Felipe Massa (Ferrari)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 8.8 (5th)
- Combined teammate race position is 7.3 (3rd)

Qualifying
Alonso vs Massa
6.4 vs 11.2 (average qualifying position)
11 vs 0 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Alonso vs Massa
3.7 vs 10.9 (average finishing position)
10 vs 0 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Lewis Hamilton vs Jenson Button (McLaren)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 5.4 (1st)
- Combined teammate race position is 7.6 (4th)

Qualifying
Hamilton vs Button
2.9 vs 7.8 (average qualifying position)
10 vs 1 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Hamilton vs Button
5.9 vs 9.3 (average finishing position)
5 vs 2 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Michael Schumacher vs Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 7.6 (4th)
- Combined teammate race position is 5.8 (5th)

Qualifying
Schumacher vs Rosberg
7.5 vs 7.7 (average qualifying position)
5 vs 6 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Schumacher vs Rosberg
7.4 vs 7.9 (average finishing position)
4 vs 1 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Kamui Kobayashi vs Sergio Perez (Sauber)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 12 (8th)
- Combined teammate race position is 8.9 (6th)

Qualifying
Kobayashi vs Perez
11.5 vs 13.3 (average qualifying position)
6 vs 5 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Kobayashi vs Perez
9.5 vs 8.3 (average finishing position)
3 vs 3 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Paul Di Resta vs Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 11.7 (6th)
- Combined teammate race position is 10 (7th)

Qualifying
Di Resta vs Hulkenberg
12 vs 11.3 (average qualifying position)
5 vs 6 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Di Resta vs Hulkenberg
9.7 vs 10.3 (average finishing position)
5 vs 4 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Bruno Senna vs Pastor Maldonado (Williams)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 11.8 (7th)
- Combined teammate race position is 12.2 (8th)

Qualifying
Senna vs Maldonado
14.4 vs 9.2 (average qualifying position)
2 vs 9 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Senna vs Maldonado
12.1 vs 12.2 (average finishing position)
4 vs 2 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Daniel Ricciardo vs Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 15.5 (9th)
- Combined teammate race position is 13.2 (9th)

Qualifying
Ricciardo vs Vergne
14 vs 16.9 (average qualifying position)
9 vs 2 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Ricciardo vs Vergne
13.2 vs 13.2 (average finishing position)
5 vs 4 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Heikki Kovalainen vs Vitaly Petrov (Caterham)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 19.1 (10th)
- Combined teammate race position is 17 (10th)

Qualifying
Kovalainen vs Petrov
18.5 vs 19.6 (average qualifying position)
9 vs 2 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Kovalainen vs Petrov
17.2 vs 16.8 (average finishing position)
3 vs 5 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Timo Glock vs Charles Pic (Marussia)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 21.9 (11th)
- Combined teammate race position is 18.3 (11th)

Qualifying
Glock vs Pic
21.7 vs 22 (average qualifying position)
6 vs 4 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
Glock vs Pic
18 vs 18.6 (average finishing position)
3 vs 2 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)



Pedro de la Rosa vs Narain Karthikeyan (HRT)

- Combined teammate average qualifying position is 7.5 (3rd)
- Combined teammate race position is 5.8 (2nd)

Qualifying
De la Rosa vs Karthikeyan
22.3 vs 23.6 (average qualifying position)
11 vs 0 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed qualifying)

Race
De la Rosa vs Karthikeyan
20.1 vs 20.3 (average finishing position)
6 vs 0 (teammate finishing above other where both cars completed race)


Best Qualifying Car 

1) McLaren
2) Red Bull
3) Lotus
4) Mercedes
5) Ferrari
6) Force India
7) Williams
8) Sauber
9) Toro Rosso
10) Caterham
11) Marussia
12) HRT


Best Race Car 

1) Red Bull
2) Lotus
3) Ferrari
4) McLaren
5) Mercedes
6) Sauber
7) Force India
8) Williams
9) Toro Rosso
10) Caterham
11) Marussia
12) HRT


More on team mate comparisons-
  
Formula 1 Team-Mate Strength Comparisons

Massa Ferrari Form Guide 2006 - 2012


Stats compiled with the help of Manipef1.com and F1.com.

 
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