I’ve just finished putting together lap charts for each of the races from 2008 to go into the statistics section. But then I hit upon the idea of turning them into a quiz.
How many of last year’s races can you name by looking at the lap charts? Let anorak battle commence!
Click to enlarge and see each full chart:
Before posting this I couldn’t decide whether it was insanely hard or insultingly easy, but I guess I’ll find out the answer to that in the comments…
Here’s a few hints to get you started:
- Look at the number of laps and number of drivers
- Safety car periods are easy to spot
- Late changes of position are easy to remember
- Surprisingly, some of the most boring races are among the easiest to spot
Can you name them all? Post your answers below. I’ll upload the finished charts later.
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Schumi the greates
27th January 2009, 12:46
Im not going to even attempt it
Liquid
27th January 2009, 12:48
Not the best thing i’d waste my time on.. :)
Alex Andronov
27th January 2009, 12:49
Absolutely love this idea for a quiz! Awesome work!
Jonathan
27th January 2009, 12:50
Just to check I’m looking at it right… I guess the top line is first place and the bottom line is last place?
Not sure I’ll work it all out, but I’ll try and spot some of the more obvious races.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
27th January 2009, 12:57
Yes, that’s right – top line is P1, second P2, etc…
mattclinch
27th January 2009, 13:07
incredibly difficult to do when all lines are black…
Robert McKay
27th January 2009, 13:08
02 is Hungary, I think.
Journeyer
27th January 2009, 13:19
I think that one is Belgium.
Robert McKay
27th January 2009, 13:25
Could well be actually, I was looking at the leader at the end stopping and thinking of Massa’s engine, but the start looks a bit too busy.
Tricky aint it!
Journeyer
27th January 2009, 13:37
Didn’t Kimi stop near the end too? ;)
matt
27th January 2009, 17:38
I think spa too. Cant be bothered with any others.
Scott Joslin
27th January 2009, 13:17
Gah, I looked at this and thought best not to get involved in this but it is too hard to resist!!
Is 06 Brazil?
Adrian
27th January 2009, 13:18
Is 06 Brazil??
I was looking for that and Spa as I thought they’d be really obvious ones…
Gheen
27th January 2009, 20:28
No, 06 is Spain
mattclinch
27th January 2009, 13:25
11 is Monaco.
Scott Joslin
27th January 2009, 13:28
08 – Silverstone
09 – Hungary
Journeyer
27th January 2009, 13:31
I’d guess 08 is Fuji.
Journeyer
27th January 2009, 13:29
I think Brazil is 03.
cyanide
27th January 2009, 13:31
Haha Keith! Not even going to attempt this. Good luck to everyone who does :D
Journeyer
27th January 2009, 13:33
01 has to be Singapore. :D
And 14 is Britain.
Kester
27th January 2009, 13:52
10 is easy. 2 I’m pretty certain with. Haven’t really looked at the rest enough.
Steffen
27th January 2009, 13:52
So, how’s that?
1 Singapore
2 Spa
3 Interlagos
4 Shanghai
5 Magny Cours
6 Barcelona
7 Sepang
8 Fuji
9 Budapest
10 Melbourne
11 Monaco
12 Bahrain
13 Monza
14 Silverstone
15 Istanbul
16 Hockenheim
17 Montréal
18 Valencia
I think there’s a small mistake with lap count in the Sepang lap chart….
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
27th January 2009, 13:56
Ah, the first person to try to name all 18! I’ll wait until a few more have posted before listing the answers…
Journeyer
27th January 2009, 13:58
Looks about right, Steffen. :D
Gheen
27th January 2009, 20:30
Exactly! I got the same answers.
Gheen
27th January 2009, 20:34
Did you use any outside sources? I got the same answers without any and I’m just wondering. This is to Steffen.
ajokay
27th January 2009, 13:53
I think this is the most anoraky thing i’ve ever seen… it’s awesome.
I don’t think I could name any, but number 10 had a sweet first-lap accident.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
27th January 2009, 13:56
…a new slogan is born!
GooddayBruce
27th January 2009, 14:01
My answers are the same as Steffen’s (honest)
Is the lap chart for Turkey wrong? I’m sure Hamilton finished second in that one and his line (the one with the extra stop) finishes in third.
Good idea for a quiz – although it is likely to appeal only to geeks like me.
Journeyer
27th January 2009, 14:16
Nope, it looks right. Lewis’ extra stop was in the middle of the race. Kimi was the last of the frontrunners to stop, and he came out behind Lewis.
Kester
27th January 2009, 14:12
1 – Singapore
2 – Spa
9 – Hungry
10 – Australia
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
27th January 2009, 15:18
Comment from Madurai moved here
KS
27th January 2009, 15:37
Think just a lap chart is too hard to guess, maybe a in words would be easlier and more interesting. Such as just describing how 2 drivers overtake and each other with a backmarker..
muckymuck
27th January 2009, 15:45
Keith, one chart at a time next time! My eyes are hurting me…
Are you into BMW these days? This is the 6th time a BMW has been your post pic out of the last 10 posts!
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
27th January 2009, 19:32
Indeed I have! Well, I’ve changed the image on this one now, but the next image on a post is going to be a BMW as well. I’m not particularly a fan though, and I’ll try to balance things out more in future…
muckymuck
27th January 2009, 19:55
I don’t blame you with the BMW pics – they match your website real well. Actually as much as I hated the interim car when it first came out, there’s something charming about the F1.09…that blue paint is quite nice. Still hate the front wing though.
By the way, I think I’m starting to see a 3-D image in the charts above…
PatrickL
27th January 2009, 16:20
My guess would be:
1 Singapore
2 Belgian
3 Brazilian
4 China
5 France
6 Spain
7 Malaysian
8 Japan
9 Hungarian
10 Australia
11 Monaco
12 Bahrain
13 Italian
14 British
15 Turkey
16 Germany
17 Canada
18 European
Same as posted before actually.
I think chart number 7 is incorrect though. Davidson is shown to be finished 2 laps down, but the results say he was only one lap down.
Fred Schechter
27th January 2009, 17:03
Wow,, Kieth, I thought you were busy before,, now I’m just wondering if the OCD is paying off.
Wow! (tell me at least it was just trimming off the numbers from photoshop and not you knitting position vs.lap all year!)
Great job,, I’ll need to sit down with this one and peruse it at home.
Any shots at an official F1 race drinking game .pdf card to print out for the season? (also everyone will need to pitch in with regional additions for their home broadcasters I’d guess as well).
antonyob
27th January 2009, 17:21
OMG! the anorak has finally eaten itself! keith, a new low or a new high, i cant work out which
Pedro Andrade
27th January 2009, 17:22
1.Singapore
2.Belgium
3.Brazil
4.China
5.France
6.Spain
7.Malaysia
8.Japan
9.Hungary
10.Australia
11.Monaco
12.Bahrain
13.Italy
14.Silverstone
15.Turkey
16.Germany
17.Canada
18.Valência
Yay, second! :)
Pedro Andrade
27th January 2009, 17:24
1.Singapore
2.Belgium
3.Brazil
4.China
5.France
6.Spain
7.Malaysia
8.Japan
9.Hungary
10.Australia
11.Monaco
12.Bahrain
13.Italy
14.Silverstone
15.Turkey
16.Germany
17.Canada
18.Valência
Yay, second! :)
Keith: This is the second time I’m posting this. The first time around the comment didn’t appear, and somehow I can edit antonyob’s comment! Maybe because we posted at the same time?
DanielPT
27th January 2009, 17:26
I also say that 09 is Hungary.
Chalky
27th January 2009, 17:35
Well I went through it and I’m with Steffen.
Same answers.
PatrickL
27th January 2009, 17:39
Not sure what happened to my post again.
I agree with Steffen.
I think chart number 7 is incorrect though. Davidson is shown to be finished 2 laps down, but the results say he was only one lap down.
Steffen
27th January 2009, 23:00
Yep! And Piquet actually finished on the lead lap in P11 whereas the chart indicates he’s a lap down.
DanielPT
27th January 2009, 17:39
16 is Hockenheim.
17 is Canada.
07 is Valencia.
03 is Interlagos.
05 is Magny Cours.
10 is Australia.
DanielPT
27th January 2009, 17:46
Actually is the same thing as Steffen, only i change Valencia with Sepang, so i would say Sepang is 18.
Christian
27th January 2009, 18:07
1 Singapore
2 Spa
3 Interlagos
4 Shanghai
5 Magny Cours
6 Barcelona
7 Sepang
8 Fuji
9 Budapest
10 Melbourne
11 Monaco
12 Bahrain
13 Monza
14 Silverstone
15 Istanbul
16 Hockenheim
17 Montréal
18 Valencia
Dan
27th January 2009, 19:54
there is an easy way to do this, if you’ve got the 2008 F1 season review they have charts just like this, just use that. I wont, to me its a waste of time though, but good work all the same ;)
Pedro Andrade
27th January 2009, 20:51
Easier still is to count the laps in each graph, as most races have a different number of laps. But it’s more fun to see the patterns! :)
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
27th January 2009, 21:32
If you cheat, you’re only cheating yourself :-)
patrickl
28th January 2009, 1:44
Actually these lap charts are also available on the offical F1 site live timing archive.
Personally I took the results, counted the numbers of drivers who were a lap down (and 2 down etc) and searched the chart that matched. Wich is how I found that no chart matches the Malaysian race. It’s similar to chart 7, but not exactly the same.
Chaz
27th January 2009, 22:42
lol lol lol, this is insanely great, F1Fanatics indeed. Oh and no I can’t name any lol…
kay
28th January 2009, 3:35
think 3 is brazil see 6 place vettel and over takes ham into 5 then both overtake glock who was 4th
and one of the boring ones is valencia
Chalky
28th January 2009, 8:56
Hungary was the easiest to pick out.
Just find the chart when the lead car stopped 3 laps from the end.
sumedh
28th January 2009, 10:20
1. singapore
2. spa
3. Brazil
Are very easy to spot
4. China ( from the 2-3 interchange at the end of the race)
5. France ( from 1-2 interchange mid-way
6. Spain ( not too sure)
7. Malaysia ( no.2’s retirement mid-way)
8. Japan
9. Hungary
10. Australia
11. Monaco (Sutil’s retirement)
Are very easy to spot
12. Baharin (not too sure)
13. Italy ( question: where is bourdias’ engine stall on that chart ( no sign of 2-20 slide)
14. Britain ( little tricky; 3 cars on lead lap)
15. Turkey ( not too sure)
16. Germany
17. Canada
18. Valenica ( not too sure)
Mr Soap
28th January 2009, 10:43
13) Thats because Bourdais started 4th, not 2nd.
Toro
28th January 2009, 21:07
Now I’m starting to understand why the website is calledf1FANATIC!! Have fun, I’m not even going to try:)
Kris
29th January 2009, 11:50
1 is singapore
2 is belgium
3 is brazil
4 is china
5 is france
6 is spain
..and thats as much time as I have :(