F1 in Figures

In the first half of the season Norris scored points very consistently. He scored 113 points before the summer break and just 47 after the break. For Ricciardo the corresponding figures were 50 and 65.

To me it […]

Interestingly, there is quite a big gap between the top 9 and the rest. Overall, I think the ratings are fairly low given how amazing the title battle was (he median rating was about 6.5; I don’t know how it […]

@peartree I think a lot of people fail to realize how good Leclerc is. He is really fast and able to drive difficult cars, which is why he destroyed Vettel in 2020. Sainz is a little slower than him in qualifying, […]

@keithedin I thought the typo was kinda funny. I agree Tsunoda should have scored some good points given his equipment. He has been awful all season in possibly the 3rd-fastest car.

@neutronstar Most of the time the stewards get it right. This time, however, I disagree with their decision. Vettel thought he was fully ahead of Tsunoda and turned in, but he wasn’t. Maybe their decision was […]

@neutronstar Vettel certainly didn’t look good in both incidents. Tsunoda tried to pass him on the outside, ran a little wide and lost the place again. But then Vettel turned in on him. He knew Tsunoda was still […]

Lost another points-scoring opportunity in another needless clash with a rival, this time Verstappen

Hadn’t seen that, but if he was fighting Verstappen, then how can Tsunoda be a struggler this time? I know […]

@srga91 Thanks for the explanation.
It’s a bit of a gray area I guess. Sainz allowed Norris to get past a few corners before the DRS straight, so it wasn’t totally obvious he got some advantage, but it likely […]

@srga91 Sadly the whole thing wasn’t broadcast, so I don’t really know what happened, but to me it seems it’s quite unfair to give a place back right before the DRS zone. Under normal circumstances Sainz would […]

Mercedes didn’t have to pit Hamilton as early to cover Pérez, as he was quite far ahead. He could have gone one or two laps longer at least. Shortening his first stint may actually have helped Hamilton as he […]

Wasn’t Hamilton penalized for a similar move at Spa in 2008? I know he immediately attacked Räikkönen after giving the place back, but that’s about the same as giving back a place right before the DRS detection zone nowadays.

Hamilton aced the start and possibly Mercedes should have pitted him early to avoid an undercut, as he wasn’t particularly fast on the yellow tire. That would have been a risky strategy, though, and Mercedes at […]

In reality it was pretty much 1 vs 1. Pérez wasn’t really a factor as he quickly lost ground after the first round of pit stops and the race was pretty much a 2-stopper, so there was little Red Bull could do to […]

This race was really the mirror image of the Bahrain Grand Prix, where the second car would aggressively undercut the leader, but sacrifice its overall strategy. Verstappen’s tire management in the final stint was […]

@ajayrious Gasly got himself in a bad situation. There wasn’t a lot he could have done to avoid the collision, but he shouldn’t have opened the door for Pérez and get sandwiched.

Finally Mercedes realised Hamilton’s tyres were dropping off at a rate which threatened to drop him even lower than the fifth place he’d been in before the Red Bull drivers pitted. On lap 50 he was told that cru […]

High tire degradation, a long straight with a crazily powerful DRS: Hamilton will effortlessly slice through the field.

@t1redmonkey He was just incredibly slow in qualifying after two Q3 appearances and invisible in the race. Probably it didn’t make much of a difference as with the lack of communication it would have been […]

A strong qualifying once again, but what a terrible strategy! Stroll made a crazy early stop, which put him out of contention, yet Williams decided to cover it. Given how difficult it was to overtake, track […]

Räikkönen is back and suddenly Giovinazzi is his old slow self again. Very strange.