Best Lap times at Various Tracks

[KC]

I was thumbing through a softback magazine sized book entitles "Formula 1: 50 Golden Years" put out by Fox Sports Net and Faircourt Publications. I noticed they had a nice listing of all the tracks with last years best lap time and then the all time lap record listed. Strangely enough most of the lap times are set by contemporary drivers and not all by the normal suspects.

Melbourne, Albert Park, Australia
99 Fastest Lap: M. Schumacher, Ferrari
Best Lap: H. H. Frentzen, Williams-Renault

Interlagos, Brazil
99 Fastest Lap: M. Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes
Best Lap: J. Villeneuve, Williams-Renault

Imola, Italy
99 Fastest Lap: M. Schumacher, Ferrari
Best Lap: H. H. Frentzen, Williams-Renault

Silverstone, England
99 Fastest Lap: M. Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes
Best Lap: M. Schumacher, Ferrari

Catalunya, Spain
99 Fastest Lap: M. Schumacher, Ferrari
Best Lap: G. Fisichella, Jordan

Nurburgring, Germany
99 Fastest Lap: M. Hakkinen, Mcaren-Mercedes
Best Lap: H. H. Frentzen, Williams-Renault

Monte Carlo, Monaco
99 Fastest Lap: M. Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes
Best Lap: M. Schumacher, Benetton-Ford (94)

Montreal, Canada
99 Fastest Lap: E. Irvine, Ferrari
Best Lap: M. Schumacher, Ferrari

Magny-Cours, France
99 Fastest Lap: D. Coulthard
Best Lap: N. Mansell, Williams-Renault

A-1 Ring, Austria
99 Fastest Lap: M. Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes
Best Lap: J. Villeneuve, Williams-Renault

Hockenheim, Germany
99 Fastest Lap: D. Coulthard, McLaren-Mercedes
Best Lap: D. Coulthard, McLaren-Mercedes

Hungaroring, Hungary
99 Fastest Lap: D. Coulthard, McLaren-Mercedes
Best Lap: N. Mansell, Williams-Renault

Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium
99 Fastest Lap: M. Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes
Best Lap: J. Villeneuve, Williams-Renault

Monza, Italy
99 Fastest Lap: R. Schumacher, Williams-Supertec
Best Lap: M. Hakkinen, McLaren-Mercedes

Suzuka, Japan
99 Fastest Lap: M. Schumacher, Ferrari
Best Lap: H. H. Frentzen, Williams-Renault


Sepang, Malaysia
99 Fastest Lap: M. Schumacher, Ferrari
Best Lap: M. Schumacher, Ferrari

Interesting to see how many fast times were set by HHF at Williams when he was supposed to have been an utter failure during his tenure there. I also find it very interesting that Fisichella has the lap record at Catalunya in a Jordan after seeing how so many of the records are held at technical tracks by McLaren and Ferrari. I also noticed how Coulthard's records seem to come at high speed circuits more than anywhere else. Mansell's name appears a couple of times and still shows just how fast he could be for one single lap.