We're now at the mid point of the 2015 season, so how are the team mates comparing against one another? Let's find out! The graphs on the left show how each driver compares to their team mate over various areas so far this season. The areas are compared are:
The graphs on the right show a cumulative qualifying gap. The respective colours relate to a driver to show who was quicker at each round and by how much, while the line represents a cumulative gap, adding together all qualifying results so far this season in sessions that both cars have set times in. FranklinAs expected, the reigning Champion has the upper hand at Franklin in the qualifying stakes, though in the few races that they have both made it to the end, Ruiz and Wagner have beaten the other twice each, though it should be noted Ruiz's loses come at Brazil and France, both races he made a number of errors. The graph also shows Ruiz's points haul to be smaller, though this can largely be attributed to the fact he's had three mechanical retirements to Wagner's one. Despite only being ahead in three sessions, when he has done so Wagner's done so by a distance. As a result he currently has a positive cumulative gap of 0.307 back to Ruiz, though the Brazilian has trimmed it considerably in the last two races. RossiRossi has to herald the biggest shock, as highly rated youngster Puccio Giodano is being somewhat swept aside by Enzo Domenicalli, who until this year has been mediocre at best. 6-3 in qualifying matches Ruiz, and while 4-3 in the races is closer for Giodano, he's still behind. It should be noted he has had two technical retirements and two further miserable races however, while Domenicalli has been in the top six in every race so far. Similar to Franklin, Giodano leads the cumulative qualifying with a gap of 0.611 back to Domenicalli despite only being ahead in three races. All his gaps have been over half a second however, while all but one of Domenicalli's have been under or around three tenths. LiverpoolLiverpool are the first team we reach to have made a driver switch already this season, so as well as combined graphs above, see below for the split graphs to see how individual's compared. Despite being the only driver to have competed in all nine races, Simon's 7-2 qualifying advantage over two team mates is still impressive, but shockingly he's 5-2 down in race results. He's redeemed this slightly by scoring marginally more points, but like Domenicalli has finished every race, albeit in the top seven. As the break downs below show, Beckenbauer had two in their seven races as team mates, and still out-raced Simon 4-1, suggesting Liverpool may have let the wrong driver go. Since joining Maxwell is holding his own however, more of less level in race and points, he just needs to find some extra qualifying pace. In that respect he's already nearly a second back from Simon in cumulative after just two races, however Beckenbauer is 2.5 seconds, and will be looking to claw at least some of that back when he makes his final appearance for the team at his home race in Germany.
DowntonDownton represent's possibly the biggest swing between quali and race performance between all of the teams. Nathaniel Powers leads an unprecedented 8-1 in Qualifying, with a cumulative gap of 2.022, but in the races Marcus Thunder has more than had the upper had, finishing ahead 5 out of the 6 times both have made it to the then. It should be noted however that Powers has suffered three technical retirements while Thunder's finished every race, and all came while the 2013 Champion was running not only ahead, but in a strong position, therefore equating for the loss in points. While 8-1 is rather large gap, the cumulative tells a slightly different story. Just two of these have been bigger margins than half a second, with three gaps coming in at less than one tenth of a second. If Thunder can find just marginally more pace as he did in Britain, it.s possible to turn it around. But if he gets out-qualified just twice more, Powers beats him overall in the qualifying stakes. IngramThe 2013 runner-up against easily the most impressive rookie of 2014 was always going to be close, and it's proved just that. Milkovich leads 5-3 in qualifying (Ingram missed qualifying in Brazil), but Mattson is 3-2 up on races. Despite having one more technical retirement, Milkovich also leads the points, although two strong races recently have seen Mattson close up. It should be noted however that every race Milkovich has finished has been in the points, while Mattson's had two non-score finishes. Cumulative qualifying between the pair was nye on unsplittable prior to France, but since then Milkovich has dominated his French stable mate with two sessions well over half a second quicker, putting him 1.574 up overall. WestwoodWestwood is quite possibly the closest battle out there, which is fantastic news for Tumo Kinnumen as he's up against a driver who has been in contention for both the 2013 and 2014 titles in Will Hoskins. Despite the closeness, Kinnumen is marginally ahead, out-qualifying Hoskins 5-4 and out-racing him 3-2. The pair have one technical retirement each, while the only area Hoskins leads is the points, thanks largely to his fourth place last time out in Canada. And while that race also assisted somewhat in closing the cumulative qualifying gap, Hoskins remains 1.685 adrift. The biggest gap he's had in a session to Kinnumen is 0.241, while four out of the five times Kinnumen has been ahead, the gap has been bigger than that. AMRAMR represent another of the closer teams, although one of the more unusual graphs. While Felix Beyer leads 5-4 in qualifying and 3-2 in races - despite having two technical retirements to his team mates one - he's 9 points adrift. The main explanation for this is consistency. While Nakumaya has varied from 4th to 16th, Beyer's best result is 5th and worst is 12th. AMR have struggled to score points recently finding themselves just on the fringes, and unless Nakumaya pulls another of his strong performances - something he hasn't managed since Spain - expect Beyer to score the next points. AMR also represent the closest cumulative qualifying gap with just 0.065 splitting the drivers in Nakumaya's favour, despite some big gaps earlier in the season. MeteorMeteor's graphs are skewed slightly by their sudden downturn in form following the Australian V-Prix. Both cars were on for solid points finishes, but with Harrison retiring and Hutchinson finishing 5th, the Austrian has remained comfortably clear on points ever since. In qualifying though, Harrison has rained over everyone he's partnered. 4-2 over Hutchinson and 3-0 over Parsons put him 7-2 up overall. While team mates with Parsons, both cars never made it to the end, and with Hutchinson he's behind 2-1. This can largely be attributed to retiring from stronger positions than his team mate however. 3 technical retirements all season, and 5 retirements overall is the most of any driver. In the cumulative qualifying Harrison has roughly three tenths advantage over both of his team mates, though if Hutchinson want's to pull that back he'll need to it quick as he's out the door after the USA, and with reserve Johan Halvosen signed for a race seat in2016, it's likely the Danish driver will make a surprise début in Germany. FUNAgostino v Davenport at FUN is one of the more equal battles, with the exception of qualifying, where Davenport has comfortably had the upper hand (NB. Davenport failed to set a time in Malaysia, and the drivers set identical times in South Africa) In the four races they've both finished however (having retired from three each - two of these technical apiece) they've beaten each beaten the other twice. With the only points scored so far in Australia however, Davenport's 8th place to Agostino's 9th means he has double his team mates tally. In Qualifying Davenport's gaps have been consistent but marginal, with just one over half a second. Overall he leads Agostino by 1.430 with Agostino having pulled back just 0.349 all season. OcelotOcelot shows as the most one sided battle out of all of the teams, despite them having the most varieties of line-ups. However thus far both Parsons and Dwyer, and Sikes and Parsons have gone up against each other just once, so we'll ignore them for now, though their graphs are below. The big one is rookie Judson Sikes against former race-winner Hugh Dwyer, with the Russian rookie comfortably clear. He's out-qualified Dwyer 5-2 and by some considerable margins at times. He's also ahead in race finishes, though only three times this season have both Ocelot's made it to the chequered flag, twice of which Sikes has led, and once was in Spain, their only points finish. Cumulatively Sikes has the biggest qualifying margin by some distance, 3.266 ahead of Dwyer after just 7 races as team mates. WarriorAbel Osterhagen's 4th place in the USA last season made him look more impressive than he was. Despite being often beaten by team mates, he pulled results out when they presented themselves, though he's failed to do that this season and it shows. While Harding got back up to speed following his accident in Malaysia last season, Osterhagen was consistently ahead by around three tenths in the first four races (NB. Harding failed to set a time in Malaysia), but since then Harding's clawed the battle back to 3-5. He's ahead 4-2 in races however and has scored the teams only point at home in Australia, though is should be noted he's finished every race, while team mate Osterhagen has three technical retirements, though most came while running lower in the order.
As a result of recent form Osterhagen still holds a cumulative qualifying advantage, but Harding has cut this from over 1.2 seconds to just under 0.5 in four races.
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