the best ever F1 driver?

the best ever F1 driver?

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bordseye

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1,986 posts

193 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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well here for a change is a serious scientific analysis https://www.unifr.ch/makro/assets/files/p_stadelma...

the answer, insofar as I can understand the stats, is Fangio.

bordseye

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1,986 posts

193 months

Saturday 28th November 2015
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the bit that interests me and which caused me to look for data in the first place is the split between car and driver. In a winning combination, how much is down to the car and how much to the driver. Was Schumacher that good or was it just that Ferrai made by far the best car and Schumacher was a bit better than his team mate?

I washoping that a statistical analysis looking at how often the two cars in a team finished close together would show that. At the moment, for example, Mercedes finish first and second every race they finish which shows that they are dominant but doesnt show that Hamilton is better than Vettel.