For several years now, Atlas F1 kept an eye on the battle between teammates with a simple measurement: comparing the qualifying times of each driver against his teammate's. The new qualifying format has made the comparison somewhat difficult - potentially, every driver could be running with a different fuel load. Moreover, with only one lap each in two back-to-back sessions, small errors could divert the results of any comparison significantly. But, we believe that over an entire season all these factors even out and the overall qualifying differentials between teammates remains the best tool to compare the natural capabilities of the drivers. So, with a few charts and several observations, it's time to see who's hot and who's not...

With eight double qualifying sessions completed for 2004, the differentials are once again on a roll! Let's see which drivers deserve bragging rights.

Canada Notables

• Setting the Record Straight: The Canadian Grand Prix saw Jaguar's Christian Klien set his best grid position (10th) as well as Jordan's Timo Glock (16th).

• Exclusions from both sessions: The Minardi duo of Zsolt Baumgartner and Gianmaria Bruni were excluded from the charts of both sessions, since Bruni did not run a fast lap on either sessions.

• Exclusions from the second session only: Sauber's duo were not included due to a puncture for Felipe Massa, and the BAR duo were not included due to a spin by Takuma Sato.

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