Driver Ratings (part 4, 5, 6): share of team points, Qualifying performance, Fan rating
Each driver is awarded a rating based on their performance on a scale of 0-10
Share of Team points
Formula 1 is a sport that is filled with excitement and competition. The drivers are constantly battling for position, and the teams are working hard to get the best performance out of their cars. In order to win in Formula 1, it takes more than just one driver; it takes a team effort.
The percentage of points scored by team mates is an important statistic in Formula 1. This number shows how well the drivers on a team are working together and how successful they have been collectively. A high percentage of points scored by team mates usually means that the drivers are working well together and that the car is performing well as a unit. A low percentage of points scored by team mates usually indicates problems within the team or with the car’s performance.
This might not be good indicator for driver performance if we consider only 1 race, since only 50% of drivers can score points during the race, but for the entire season this provides a good representation of driver’s skill of maximizing scoring points with the machinery they have.
Qualifying Performance:
We know not all cars are setup equally and within team mates this year it is interesting to see drivers on different setups. More often than not, Perez’s setup is optimized for qualifying one-lap pace to split up Ferrari’s during the qualification session and also run a off-set strategy to gain advantage during the race. This new metric aims to rate the driver’s based on their performance relative to their ideal lap.
This helps to account for the minor setup changes within and across teams. To get an ideal lap time, we divide the entire circuit into 25 mini-sectors and using only fast laps(within 1.07% of fastest quali lap) and ignoring out laps and lock-ups, we calculate the average speed for each mini sector. These lap times are stitched together to get an ideal lap time relative to the driver.
The closer the driver’s fastest lap is to their ideal lap, the better their performance is, since they are pushing their car through out the lap to its limit, while being consistent. Similar to our previous ratings, we apply a min-max scaler and scale the ratings between 0-10
For the Canadian GP, the ratings are as follows:
Fan ratings:
Even though these ratings account for driver individual attributes such as their skill and performance during the Grand Prix. A driver overall performance still depends on the car he is driving.
There are a few factors that contribute to this variance in car performance. The first is the design of the car itself. Some teams have better designers who are able to create a faster car, while others rely on other aspects such as engine power or aerodynamics to make up for any deficiencies in their design. The second factor is team personnel. Teams with better engineers and mechanics tend to be faster than those with less skilled staff members. Finally, there is also luck involved sometimes; accidents or poor weather conditions can cause one team's car to perform much worse than expected while another team's performs much better.
After every race, f1hotornot.com surveys fans(mostly Reddit users) to share their Driver ratings on a scale of Worst-Bad-Average-Good-Best and aggregates to give overall rating. Taking these ratings and scaling to 0-10 would help compare drivers across circuits and years. This rating helps account for driver’s overall performance for the Grand Prix. If we look at the Canadian ratings below, Zhou is ranked 4th after a phenomenal race scoring points for the second time in his rookie year. In contrast, a driver induced error led to crashing out of the pit lane did not impress fans and Yuki was the lowest rated. For every race, best performer will be on the top with 10 points and bad performance gets 0 points.
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