Providing insights on how Formula 1 teams and drivers find performance using data and statistics.
May 12, 2022 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Pre-race procedures 📋
Fernando Alonso's pre-grid and formation lap routine at the 2022 Australian Grand Prix: a thread 🧵
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Systems check
As a mechanic attaches the steering wheel to the steering column, Alonso ensures that the quick-release mechanism is locked and the wheel fixed in place. He then pulls and releases the clutch twice in order to verify that the paddle is working as intended.
Mar 15, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Best mini-section times recorded for each team across the three days of Pre-Season testing 2022.
Upshift RPM Analysis for Drivers and Teams in the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship [Details below]
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Featuring more than 300.000 upshifts recorded across the 22 Grands Prix of 2021, this dataset, while being an indirect metric, can point to how hard the teams have been pushing their power units (more specifically the ICE), throughout the season.
Jan 8, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Analysis of Launch RPM for Drivers and Teams in the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship
The dataset consists of 345 starts from the 2021 season, recording the engine RPM prior to launching off the line.
From this data, we get an impression of the strategies employed by the teams in the hopes of optimizing the performance of their car once the lights go out.