2012 Formula One Teammates Qualifying Battle

[Markus Neumann]

It´s bs, give the team a reprimand by giving them a fine.

HRT would have to file for bankruptcy if they did that

 

[Josh Barton]

No, i feel that we should focus on the real speed of the guys and not some paperwork bs that pushes people down because of something that happened in the last race or in some practice.

An example would be De La Rosa, had one of his team crew on the track for too long, so he get´s a drive through.
It´s bs, give the team a reprimand by giving them a fine.

But yes, i do understand that is the way it is, what i´m trying to find out is the actual speed between drivers and what they can do on fumes in the tank compared to their teammate.

Yeah thats good Thats what I wanted to hear

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Updated for China Grand Prix

• Hamilton is slowly edging away from Button now almost a second clear over 3 races.
• Raikkonen managed to place himself above Grosjean for the first time this year.
• Schumacher´s 6 tenths lead has now been eaten up by Nico but he´s still 0.05 seconds quicker.
• Webber´s lead has actually decreased as Vettel went faster on his Q2 lap then Webber did on his Q3 lap.
• Maldonado again slightly quicker, this time 0.006 seconds. Is 8 tenths away now.
• Hulkenbergs 6 tenth lead is now down to almost 2 tenths after a strong qualifying from Paul.
• Ricciardo just keeps getting away, now over 2 seconds clear of the new to F1 Jean Eric Vergne.
• Alonso taking another 4-5 tenths and is now over 1.5s clear of Massa.
• After a stunning performance Kobayashi has now taken of the Qualifying mantle from Perez.
• Kovalainen again showing he is brilliant at qualifying by now almost being a second clear of Petrov.
• Glock once again puts 5 tenths in between him and the newcomer Pic.
• De La Rosa shows his experience, now 1.5 second clear of Narain.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Updated with Bahrain´s results,

 

[Markus Neumann]

It's interesting that Sauber is so close at the moment. Last year, qualifying was Kobayashi's huge weakness. Seems he has worked on it.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Compared to Perez i´d say his qualifying overall was better then Perez last season.

 

[Markus Neumann]

Hmm, seems you're partially right.

According to http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/statistics/2011-f1-statistics/2011-f1-statistics-qualifying/

Perez : Kobayashi
11:8
but Kobayashi was actually slightly faster on average.

 

[Alberto Casado]

If Massa gets a 1 by his name this season, I will be majorly majorly shocked.

Come on, it can happen. Thunderstorms on Alonso's hot lap, punctures, maybe breaking a wing in monaco.

With the three factors together, Massa would have a fair chance

 

[Luka Kerin]

Ricciardo completely owning JEV, more so than any team mate in the competition.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

Ricciardo completely owning JEV, more so than any team mate in the competition.

Good. Cocky French idiot

 

[Ho3n3r]

Good. Cocky French idiot

What has he done wrong? No, really, I am asking, coz I do not know much about him

 

[Chris Jenkins]

After the young drivers test in Abu Dhabi in November he was quoted as saying "I should be given a chance with Red Bull, as I would've have done any worse than Webber".

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Updated with Spain.

De La Rosa will be one year ahead if things continue like this.

 

[Kevin Cordice]

Mclaren seen to make they drives work extra hard to maximize on WCC & WDC, thats to see with a top team in the highest level of Motorsport.

 

[Dave Stephenson]

Yes that is a good point, i will honor the drivers Will update soon!




The plan i had was to count the total qualifying time between teammates over a season.
That way we know exactly how many seconds a driver has managed to put between him and his teammate over a season.
So say -0.500s for Grosjean this time, next Quali Kimi is 1 second faster so the total will be -0.500 in favor of Kimi.

You could include both if you really loved us Nice thread btw!

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Updated with Monaco Q.

Have bolded the "clean sweeps" which means you have literally dominated your teammate in qualifying.

Only guys with clean sweeps are Alonso, Hamilton and De La Rosa.

Oh and Sauber i´ve not counted as Perez binned the car and did not set a laptime.

 

[Diego Lopez]

maybe is me but Perez could have gone to Q2 ,was it a steering problem? he sure did look fast.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

They think it might have been suspension/steering damage caused by Maldonaldo ploughing into him.

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Updated for Canada now, man the Sauber battle is super tight!!
Changes place from GP to GP and we are talking hundreds that separate those two over SEVEN Qualifyings

 

[Alberto Casado]

I wonder what do Buemi and Alguersuari think every time they see Vergne in that car.