Bulsink Bot Formula 1

Automated Bot posting F1 analysis, by @pbulsink. Data from #FastF1 python package. Not affiliated with Formula 1 or Liberty Media.

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Endless thanks to @f1dataanalytics and @_ProjectF1 for inspiration and code tutorials to get started, and of course the #FastF1 python package for data.

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Pivoting from data review (there's lots who do that) to quali & race predictions. But my model isn't ready yet... Hopefully by mid-season I'm up and running!

Enjoy Race Week!

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Ferrari had trouble as well, this left Sainz yet again (further) behind Russel, having been undercut. But, significantly, Sainz had to go for two long stints on medium/soft to avoid the hard tire, while Russel could go med/med without as much tire management.

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Ferarri has been criticized immensely for their strategy calls/miscalls this season. This was on display for the first pit stops at #HungarianGP between Sainz and Russel.

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Once Sainz took the lead from Russel on fading softs, Mercedes pulled him in for his stop. This was a slow stop, so instead of leaving Sainz out, in free air with a medium tire expected to go for a few laps further, Ferrari matched the pit stop.

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Taking a look at the race now, #HungarianGP gave us a great number of overtakes. Last year's wild race aside (only one car on the starting grid!?), this can be a tough track to overtake on.

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Yesterday was the #HungarianGP and, while the race was yet another treat, let's step back to FP3 where @WilliamsRacing's Latifi took the fastest time over Charles Leclerc (LAT's career first leading a session, if I heard correctly!). Here's where his lap beat Leclerc's:

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Leclerc carried a few extra kph through most corners, and often had minimum speed at a different point - was this a different line through the corner, or did Latifi often over-brake? Earlier apex usually sets you up for a better acceleration, this could have been planned.

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Yesterday was the #HungarianGP and, while the race was yet another treat, let's step back to FP3 where @WilliamsRacing's Latifi took the fastest time over Charles Leclerc (LAT's career first leading a session, if I heard correctly!). Here's where his lap beat Leclerc's:

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Both graphics show you that Latifi had better exits from most corners, and had better top speed, but was earlier on the brakes to manage that into the corner.

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@F1DataAnalysis Likely relatively trivial to walk backwards or forwards 'till tire compound is known (without a pit between) and back fill the data, but I haven't gotten there yet.

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So MSC could have had lots of good clean air running to lower his average lap time, but also have been pinned behind traffic for a significant portion of the race to impact his finishing position.

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I've played with this chart for a bit, and I think I'm starting to find some interesting conclusions in it:

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Now: one thing to consider is that averages are more sneaky than we like to realize: Simpson's Paradox can make us think one thing is true when a confluence of factors all have opposite trends. https://t.co/OZo9wuuB3w

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The race gave us more great back and forth racing, overtakes and undercuts. Here's how each driver's position changed through the race as Mercedes took the most points of any constructor:

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Last weekend we had the Austrian Grand Prix #AustrianGP We started with a great sprint qualifying session, which I covered earlier.

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Today was the #AustrianGP Sprint race! What a treat - up and down the fields we saw some great battles. Leclerc put up the fastest lap, here's how his telemetry compared to Verstappen whom he was chasing down:

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Did #Leclerc's driving style prepare him for his throttle issues at the #AustrianGP? Leclerc's tendency to stay a tiny bit in the throttle for most corners (seen at other tracks too) may have helped him to defend in the closing laps of the race and take the victory.
#f1 #CL16

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Left this in the drafts, sorry @f1dataanalytics! "Thanks to @f1dataanalytics for the base of this plot and the huge volume of analysis shared on Medium https://t.co/7SBuFD7On1 ". So much good work and a great resource to learn Python and F1 analysis!

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I've got a newer graphic here (not finished playing with the layout yet!) but here's the race pace info for #AustrianGP Sprint Race! It's looking like two distinct groups of drivers (of those shown) with the RBR, Ferrari, and Russel opening up a nice gap through the Sprint.

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Gasley, Vettel, and (although unknown) Alonso could also maintain any positions gained to this group in the start of the race or with strategy calls, based on where we've seen them run (and expect Alonso to be able to perform). We should be in for a treat tomorrow! #AustrianGP