First up, a smoothed plot showing qualifying laptimes of both drivers in a team normalised against the overall best lap time in the session:
How about a comparison of the raw speed (as measured by the speed trap) for each driver across each circuit? A nice spin-off of this chart is that it allows us to compare fastest speeds across circuits (though bear in mind the weather may also contribute...)
Comments, suggestions, interpretations etc appreciated via the comments... or grab the code and run some analyses yourself (if you do take this route, please blog the results and post a link back here in the comments:-)
Only a suggestion, but I'd be tempted to change the colour of either Mercedes or McLaren in the top two figures because they're close to each other and very similar.
ReplyDeleteThe main things I'm getting from these is how tight the qualifying is (if we ignore HRT, Marussia, Caterham and Toro Rosso), especially from after the European GP.
I love the top speed chart. Monaco doesn't half stand out.
@kpfssport Agreed re: colour; do you have any suggestions re: an appropriate palette?
ReplyDeleteI assume you're limited to those output colours you've already got. I'd keep Mercedes in silver (because I'm silly like that) and possibly swap the McLaren colour for the Marussia colour and vice versa.
ReplyDelete@kpfssport I can do any colours you want...
ReplyDeletePossibly McLaren as a green, that ought to stand out.
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