Formula One: 2010 Season Updated Stats- Red Bulls Top Qualifiers, McLaren Top Finishers
After the Silverstone Grand Prix, we have updated the current season statistics. Let’s see who has improved after the latest race.
Championship Leaders
The season has seen 5 championship leaders and since Hamilton continues to dominate the championship, we have not seen a new leader. After this race, Hamilton becomes the first driver to enjoy the lead going into 3 races. Constructors’ table continues to be dominated by McLaren, with a lead of 29 points over Red Bull. Out of the total 10 races, McLaren has gone into 6 races as championship leader.
Pole Positions
Red Bull have improved their pole position statistics with another pole in Britain and claiming 9 out of 10 pole positions this season. Vettel has started 5 races from pole positions this season but won only 2. Webber had 4 starts from pole while Hamilton had only one. In Silverstone, Webber started from the 2nd position for the fourth time this season, while Alonso had his 5th start from 3rd position in Silverstone. Again only 6 out of 25 drivers managed to start from front row.
Vettel is still the best qualifier as on average his qualifying position has improved to 1.8. He is followed by Webber who qualifies at number 2.5 on average while Hamilton on average qualifies at 5.9. The three worst qualifiers are Chandhok, Lucas di Grassi and Bruno Senna as all of these qualify on P23 on average.
The combined average qualifying position for two Red Bulls is 4th position. McLarens are second best with 14th position and Mercedes GP is slightly better than Ferrari to get 15th position.
Race Finishes
So far, only 5 drivers have won a race in the championship. Webber leads with 3 race victories, Hamilton, Button and Vettel have two victories each and Alonso has won a single race only. Thus, Red Bulls have won 5 times, McLaren 4 and Ferrari only once. This season Lewis Hamilton remains the best finisher so far, finishing every race in 4th position on average. Next best finishers are Button with an average finishing position of 5.7 and Rosberg with 6. These two have replaced Alonso and Kubica as second and third best finishers. Senna remains as one of the worst finishers while Trulli and di Glock have been replaced by Chandhok and di Grassi.
Each McLaren finishes the race an average of 5th position every race. Red Bull and Ferrari finish a race in P7 on average.
Up and Down the Pack
Massa and Hamilton hold their place as the biggest movers up the pack. Both drivers gained 14 positions each in Malaysian GP. Kobayashi’s finish at 7th from 18th in Valencia is the third best finish. Jenson’s victory in China from 5th position start is also a stat yet to be bettered.
Alonso’s start from 3rd position and finish at 14th place in Silverstone was the worst result of the season by any driver finishing the race. Massa’s fall of 9 places in Canada and 8 in Silverstone is the next worst this season. These numbers pretty much sum up Ferrari’s frustration.
As far as positions gained on the track is concerned, Chandhok gains 5 positions on average while Alguersuari gains 3. Alonso was next best but he fell 11 places in Britain and Button gained 10 positions. Currently Button is third best as he gains 2 position on average every race. Vettel and de la Rosa lose 6 positions every race on average while Hulkenberg loses 4 positions.
Both HRTs on average gain 6 track positions every race, while McLarens move up 4 and STRs move up 2 positions from their start every race. Red Bulls and Saubers both lose 10 positions each race and Williams lose 5 positions on average.
Retirements
The number of retirements has gone up from 57 to 61, while it stays at about 6 retirements per race. Australia saw most retirements viz. 10 while there have been only 3 in Valencia.
After Silverstone we saw a few changes in these numbers due to some good and bad performances. Not a lot has changed since Valencia, but not a lot has changed in championship positions either.
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