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#F1 2012 DRIVER#

For me, this further proves SV as having “the right stuff” He is able to win with superior car, and one that is less than perfect.

We knew RBR had slowed since last year, and it was clear to see a reduction in their dominance, but I didnt suspect the reduction was so extreme. Data wins arguments, and I am glad this site continues to present this data, adding value to the F1 viewing community head and shoulders above any other F1 outlet I have ever found.

#F1 2012 DRIVER#

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Which team do you think had the best blend of performance and reliability in their car in 2012? And who under-performed and over-performed with the machinery they built? Their only race-ending technical failure was suffered by Romain Grosjean while he was running second in Valencia. Mercedes had five – all for Michael Schumacher.Īs well as exhibiting similar performance to Ferrari, Lotus had similarly good reliability too. Red Bull also suffered with unreliability, clocking up three race-ending failures. The adage “to finish first, first you must finish” remains true as ever. Those lost points would certainly have been enough to beat Ferrari to second in the constructors’ championship and perhaps overhaul Red Bull too. Lewis Hamilton broke down while leading in Singapore and Abu Dhabi and Jenson Button did likewise while holding second in Italy. McLaren did conspicuously worse with four non-classifications due to technical problems. Ferrari did very well in this respect, with neither car breaking down in a race all year long – in Fernando Alonso’s case, for the second year in a row. Performance is meaningless if a car doesn’t get to the end of the race, of course. This serves as a reminder that this data reflects single-lap qualifying pace better than race pace. They were 0.75% off the ultimate pace throughout 2012 and 0.57% off the quickest car (McLaren) – the corresponding figures for 2011 are 0.83% and 0.78%.Įven so, Lotus were closer to the pace than Ferrari on average, yet scored only one win to the Scuderia’s three. It might come as a surprise to learn Ferrari were closer to the pace on average in 2012 compared to 2011. Over the first four races where they were a dismal 1.26% off, but from Spain the figure was half that: 0.63%. Having struggled in the first four races, the upgrades introduced in Spain after the Mugello test allowed them to slash their deficit by more than half – progress they built on in the remainder of the year.

In the latter part of the season they hit the front once more, but McLaren beat them in the final two rounds.įerrari’s performance in 2012 was closely scrutinised and the data tells an interesting story. However they were later required to make a change to their engine maps which appeared to set them back again. Red Bull exhibited crushing pace in the European Grand Prix which prompted speculation they were about to return to their dominance of 2011. The pole positions statistics back this up as the two teams took eight each, though McLaren lost one due to a penalty in Spain and Red Bull picked one up for the same reason in Monaco. If we average out the teams’ performance across the entire season McLaren emerge as the quickest team ahead of Red Bull (see table). Instead they fell back into the clutches of Marussia, who they were involved in a fight for tenth in the championship with until the final race. Eight races in it looked as though Caterham were finally going to catch the midfield. The cars at the tail of the field were generally closer to the pace this year. Throughout the season there were often six teams covered by 1% on lap time – last year there was usually only three. While Red Bull felt the effect of the changes most strongly, it had consequences for every team in the pit lane. Last year they were the quickest team at 18 out of 19 race weekends (94.7%), this year that fell to 7 out of 20 (35%).

It was said from the beginning of the season that the restrictions on exhaust-blowing would hit Adrian Newey’s cars hardest, and here is the proof. One point leaps out immediately when comparing this graph with the same data for last year: Red Bull got slower.