Analysis · Long-form features
Long-form. The arguments that don't fit in a quick take. Profiles, investigations, the chart-driven essays the rest of the site quietly points at.
REFERENCE · CALENDAR
Some races are coin flips. Some are over before the lights go out. F1 commentary throws the word 'unpredictable' around like it means something. We made it mean something.
REFERENCE · DRIVERS
Every wet race triggers the same chorus: 'X is a rain master.' The label gets handed out based on a handful of memorable laps. We tested it against eight years of FastF1 lap data, controlled for car, and at least two drivers on the current grid are dramatically overrated in the wet.
REFERENCE · CALENDAR
F1 fans know the broad strokes. Monza is power, Monaco is downforce, Suzuka is technical. The actual track-type matrix is more nuanced, and where it intersects with each team's car DNA is where the season gets decided.
REFERENCE · DRIVERS
Hamilton at Ferrari is the headline. 'Is he settled in yet?' is the question. We pulled seven seasons of teammate-pace data on every mid-career switch in F1 and turned the rhetorical question into a number.