notes.md

lines of inquiry

factors influencing wins

• constructor vs driver
• financing
  • https://www.essentiallysports.com/f1-news-what-are-the-budgets-for-f1-teams-including-mercedes-red-bull-ferrari/
  • https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Team-Budget-Data-and-Prize-Money-Distribution_tbl1_277473373
  • an analysis but no data https://f1metrics.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/how-money-predicts-success-in-formula-1/
  • 2021 $145m, 2022 $140m, 2023 $135m
  • stored in ./data/budgets.csv
• weather variations
• pit stop timings

data notes

• constructor results vs standings: results are race results and points, standings are cumulative points and fluctuating rank position for the year (?)
• results: timing is actual time for 1st place and gap time for rest
• F1 API available from 2018

plot

• status codes over years - +1 Lap is just how results are recorded. lapped cars dont drive the remaining laps. then seems like timing not recorded
• visualize weather data and outliers - help how to use year+round as axis for scatter plot in powerbi?

Score tracks based on #loops, gear shifts delta, #pit stops - limit years

• Difficulty of track: number of loops, delta in gear shift,
• Safety of track: # accidents, accidents in dry VS wet weather
• Who controls when you go to a pit stop? How does location of pit stop change?
• Number of visits to pit stop VS final race timing?

Constructor company - budget, score (per race VS standing), overall ranking

• Number of construction faults on races
• Time taken at pit stops for each type of “repair”. What is the pit stop purpose? Refuel, tyre change, fix, change bumper
• Tyre quality - how many laps can the tyre work for before replacement
• Car turn off is it more due to construction vs weather?

what impacts pit stops? weather driver decides safety car - can't go faster than it. good time for drivers to do pit stop less pit stops -> faster timings. check what tyre changes the winners make

just got license,

• which company to go to. see budget.
• which race to go to - f1 sites look for rural and unpredictable weather. and less gear shifts.
• weather
• tyre strategy - raining dont need to change tyres, but will prob want to change as they absorb water.

circuits

• downforce level https://sportsdud.com/f1-list-of-power-tracks/
• interactive map and geojson https://github.com/bacinger/f1-circuits

things to try

• play axis for bar chart
• other analysis on nunmber of gear shifts
• has budget affected performance?