With the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship currently at its halfway mark, Speedcafe.com puts the first 15 races under the microscope in a five-part STATS WEEK analysis. Today we look at Laps Completed.
CLICK HERE for yesterday’s look at Laps Led
The first half of the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship has seen 869 laps of racing, and only one driver has completed them all.
Jim Beam Racing’s Steve Johnson sits alone atop the Laps Completed chart after 15 races, with the Queenslander keeping his nose clean while enjoying a faultless run of reliability.
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Craig Lowndes (crash damage, Race 2 Yas Marina), Shane van Gisbergen (chaotic pitstop, Race 5 Hamilton) and Rick Kelly (oil leak, Race 2 Yas Marina) all fall just one lap short of the benchmark.
A total of five drivers have missed the perfect score due to a single incident, with Fabian Coulthard (DNF due to accident, Race 6 Hamilton) and Will Davison (crash damage, Race 11 Winton) also falling into that category.
While the 2011 season has been largely smooth sailing for points leader Jamie Whincup, collisions in both races at Hamilton see the two-time champion ranked just sixth for Laps Completed.
By contrast, it’s been a trying year for the Toll Holden Racing Team, with Garth Tander and James Courtney completing just 94.3 and 84.2 percent of the laps respectively. Early accidents at Yas Marina (Race 2, Tander), Hamilton (Race 2, Courtney) and Townsville (Race 1, Courtney) have proven especially costly.
Not surprisingly, Steve Owen sits at the foot of the table, after failing to start Race 4 in Adelaide or complete a single lap on Sunday at Barbagallo due to accidents. The VIP Petfoods Commodore has missed a total of 210 laps (or 24.2 percent) of racing so far.
Remarkably, Karl Reindler – who also missed all 100 laps of racing on Sunday at Barbagallo – has completed just eight less laps in total than his team-mate Jason Bright, who currently sits in the championship’s top 10.
Coming off of race wins at both Barbagallo and Winton, the Team BOC Commodore saw just 19 of the 113 laps in Darwin thanks to a collision on Saturday and an engine failure on Sunday – significantly effecting Bright’s season total.
See below for the full Laps Completed table as of the 2011 season’s halfway point
Rank | Champ Pos. | Driver | Laps Completed | % of Total Laps | Race Finishes |
1 | 8 | Steven Johnson | 869 | 100.0% | 15 |
2 | 2 | Craig Lowndes | 868 | 99.9% | 15 |
3 | 3 | Shane van Gisbergen | 868 | 99.9% | 15 |
4 | 4 | Rick Kelly | 868 | 99.9% | 15 |
5 | 12 | Fabian Coulthard | 865 | 99.5% | 14 |
6 | 1 | Jamie Whincup | 864 | 99.4% | 15 |
7 | 6 | Will Davison | 863 | 99.3% | 15 |
8 | 14 | Michael Caruso | 850 | 97.8% | 14 |
9 | 9 | Alex Davison | 849 | 97.7% | 15 |
10 | 16 | Paul Dumbrell | 838 | 96.4% | 14 |
11 | 5 | Mark Winterbottom | 828 | 95.3% | 14 |
12 | 21 | James Moffat | 820 | 94.4% | 13 |
13 | 18 | Greg Murphy | 816 | 93.9% | 14 |
14 | 11 | Lee Holdsworth | 812 | 93.4% | 14 |
15 | 24 | David Reynolds | 804 | 92.5% | 14 |
16 | 7 | Garth Tander | 802 | 92.3% | 14 |
17 | 25 | Tony D’Alberto | 799 | 91.9% | 13 |
18 | 26 | Dean Fiore | 779 | 89.6% | 13 |
19 | 13 | Tim Slade | 775 | 89.2% | 12 |
20 | 20 | Russell Ingall | 770 | 88.6% | 12 |
21 | 22 | Jonathon Webb | 760 | 87.5% | 13 |
22 | 10 | Jason Bright | 758 | 87.2% | 12 |
23 | 27 | Karl Reindler | 750 | 86.3% | 12 |
24 | 28 | Warren Luff | 737 | 84.8% | 11 |
25 | 19 | James Courtney | 732 | 84.2% | 13 |
26 | 23 | Todd Kelly | 694 | 79.9% | 11 |
27 | 15 | Jason Bargwanna | 683 | 78.6% | 12 |
28 | 17 | Steve Owen | 659 | 75.8% | 11 |
