F1 in Figures

In two rounds this season, Formula 1 will trial a ‘revised qualifying format’. The qualifying format will remain functionally identical, however drivers will only be permitted to run hard tyres in Q1, medium tyr […]

I found it kinda funny that two ex-Red Bull number-2 drivers were delaying the current Red Bull number-2 driver, which possibly deprived him of second place.

Bottas was back to his 2021 level, that is, he was completely useless this weekend. He was slow in qualifying and had a bad start. He made a fool of himself in the wheel-to-wheel battles as well, although […]

@bascb Ferrari probably set the car up for the race instead of qualifying, which might explain why Red Bull scored a front-row lock-out this time. Usually Red Bull has a race-pace advantage over Ferrari, but that […]

@niefer I’d say it will be even more difficult to keep drivers behind when you have to manage the tires. Haas are not particularly good at strategy either. Anyway, his main race sadly didn’t last long.

@niefer In a normal race Magnussen would have dropped well outside the points. Now his stunning qualifying at least earned him a point.

Large-scale slipstreaming only occurs on the opening lap. At COTA there was a strong headwind, which made the slipstream more powerful. Combined with DRS this gave the attacker an unrealistically large advantage. […]

Ricciardo just dive-bombed Tsunoda. It was a silly place to try to overtake in the first place. That weird turn 6 is just too tight for proper wheel-to-wheel action; I’ve never seen anyone successfully overtake […]

The 5-second penalty was a small price to pay to get past the slow Stroll. The penalty point may prove more of an inconvenience, though.

Not having DRS in the race and not having full ERS also explain some of the difference, as well as tire management. It is sad that these cars are so fast over one lap, yet so slow in the race. It is, however, not […]

DRS is no longer needed I think. These cars can follow quite easily nowadays, so with DRS a faster car is guaranteed to pass a slower car, which isn’t too exciting. Without DRS the on-track battles will be more […]

I think it’s actually the opposite. Since the 1980s every new generation has been better than the previous one. What’s now considered an average driver was a top driver 20 years ago. The margins are fine nowadays […]

Wurz had a weight disadvantage in 1999 and 2000, which is why he couldn’t compete with Fisichella. He was alright in the few races he drove in the mid-2000s, being a reliable, if not a slightly boring driver. […]

“Think about driving off-line to keep the tyres cool when you need it.” “Losses to George, initial braking turn 14, turn 17.”

Is this coaching still allowed? I thought these kinds of instructions have been […]

Most overtakes take place down the main straights, precisely where the DRS zones are. It’s difficult to estimate how many of these overtakes wouldn’t have occurred without DRS.

@robbie True, it’s early days, but Bahrain is one of the best tracks for overtaking, so the end result was certainly underwhelming. It seems the cars could follow slightly more closely, but at the same time the […]

Leclerc and Magnussen deserve at least a 9 I think. Also a 6 for Sainz seems a bit harsh and Stroll probably deserves some credit for finishing in 12th with that car. By the way, what happened to Hülkenberg?

@apophisjj I don’t think those cars were that terrible, especially the last years (2019-2021) were pretty good I think. It seems the new cars aren’t much of an improvement at least, which is disappointing (I was […]

@robbie Closer racing automatically means overtaking gets easier. With the vast reduction of the dirty air these new cars produce I was expecting overtaking to be too easy here, but for some reason it was just as […]

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 […]