Thursday, May 29, 2008

MASSA VS RAIKKONEN - PART 2 OF 3

We'll attempt to know better how Kimi Raikkonen has gained his reputation...

Team-Mate Comparison

Year Team Points Position Team-Mate Position
2001 Sauber 9 10 8
2002 McLaren 24 6 5
2003 McLaren 91 2 7
2004 McLaren 45 7 10
2005 McLaren 112 2 4
2006 McLaren 65 5 8
2007 Ferrari 110 1 4
2008* Ferrari 35* 2* 3*

Raikkonen and his Team-Mates (click to enlarge)

Kimi Raikkonen finished behind his team-mates on his debut seasons for his two teams--2001 for Sauber and 2002 for McLaren; on all the other occasions he has been comfortably ahead. His team-mates: Nick Heidfeld, David Coulthard, Juan Pablo Montoya, Pedro de la Rosa, Alexander Wurz and Felipe Massa.

Career Highlights

Year Wins Poles Fastest Laps
2001 0 0 0
2002 0 0 1
2003 1 2 2
2004 1 1 3
2005 7 5 10
2006 0 3 3
2007 6 3 6
2008* 2* 1* 3*

Grand Prix Wins, Poles and Fastest Laps (click to enlarge)

Raikkonen has a large number of fastest laps to his credit (he heads the list amongst today's F1 drivers) and his number of Grand Prix wins is the second highest on the grid.

Extra

Win Percentage: 13.2

Pole Percentage: 11.72

Fastest Lap Percentage: 21.88

Head-on comparison between Massa and Raikkonen comes this evening...

Click here to read Part 1 of this article.

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2 comments:

Chandrasekharan said...

your analysis is AMAZING !!! The strain and efforts which u ve put is evident from the contents, the way in which they ve been arranged and the data... kudos! keep writin such articles

S R I R A M said...

Thanks da! I'm happy you like it!