The INCREDIBLE Evolution of Formula 1 Lap Times
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Formula 1 has come a long way in the past 70 years of racing, with massive breakthroughs in technology and safety. Over this time, the performance of the cars has improved at a rate that is honestly astonishing.
So today I'm going to show just how the speed of Formula 1 has evolved, show you the key breakthroughs and the constant battle between the FIA and the teams over the performance of the cars.
Raw data here - bit.ly/3tN1u4f
Thanks so much to User gg2443 for collating the data!
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This is it, the Driver61 F1 Lap Time Evolution-o-meter, but let me first explain how we got to this point.
We've broken down the data of every fastest lap, of every race in Formula 1 history. All to understand the relative pace difference between each year - and I'm then going to show you when the key rule changes came in and how they affected things.
So, how have we done this? Well, a lot of the raw data was collected by a member of the F1 community on Reddit, we've linked this below. And then I've analysed the data for us and come out with some real insights.
It's as simple as researching every fastest lap, from every race ever. Then comparing these to each other, to get a percentage difference compared to the previous car at the same circuit a year ago. So if the fastest lap at Spa in 1950 was 4:34.1 and then the next year was 4:22.0. This comes to a difference of 4.51%.
Now, on it's own this isn't that valuable. But when you do this for every track on the calendar and average it out, you can begin to see the relative difference between one years car and the next. Sometimes the progression in engineering and technology means the cars get quicker, and sometimes the rule changes mean the cars get slower. Then all you have to do is do this for every year - and we're done.
Except, it's not that simple. For example, Spa is very different now to how it was back then. The same goes for Silverstone, Monza, and well, every other track on the calendar.
So to solve that issue, each time the track is changed - it's treated as an entirely different track and then isn't counted unless there is a time from the previous year to compare it to. But what's handy, is that the tracks change quite infrequently - so you can use ones that haven't changed to work out the rough time difference. So on the year Spa changed, both Monaco and Monza didn't - so we can use these as a baseline to compare to.
Now, this is by no means perfect. Despite there being a decent sample of data, and lots of track types and conditions to average out. There are some things that will effect times - like the tyres being used. Can they change them in the race? Are the cars using a brand new engine every race, and so can burn it out? Is there a tyre war pushing tyre performance on? Are the cars allowed to refuel? Are drivers stopping deliberately to fit new tyres and get the fastest lap?
Yes, all of these things matter. But it gives us the best picture possible, let me explain.
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This was brilliant. 1. Starting by communicating the assumptions made 2. Defining the contexts for each period 3. An efficient visual in communicating the overall story
@aymenSeb3i
2 жыл бұрын
@@sweeeenie168 I was about to say the same thing except for the phd part.
@JLchevz
2 жыл бұрын
agreed
Could you make that into a print? I think that would be a super super cool piece of wall art.
@Driver61
2 жыл бұрын
Drop your email here and we'll let you know when it's available! forms.gle/SaTLv13sKmyf4wRY9
@jaganize
2 жыл бұрын
THIS!
@bbazuin
2 жыл бұрын
Would be even better on a log y scale
@chrismorris1304
2 жыл бұрын
I work in engineering and this is the nerdiest/best thing I've seen all year🙌🏼
@BallisticEVA01
2 жыл бұрын
@@Driver61 Thank you sir, already sent the form, cant wait to put that chart nexto to my F1 1/18 collection models!! :)
Insane! The effort put into this is phenomenal. I'd pay for a 2 hour expanded documentary. Excellent work!
@sniperlover88
2 жыл бұрын
Dave!!
@PierreEmmanuelDOCQUIN
2 жыл бұрын
+1
@darrinkinney2268
2 жыл бұрын
No joke, the details of specific rule changes and how they altered times (specifically the past 20 years) is fascinating stuff. I felt the tyre specs were not highlighted enough. Seems every year they are altering the tyres in some way or another. Races were way more interesting when the tyres were not as refined as they are now. Seeing lap times drop by a second when they finally went off was a show in and of itself.
@flikq1
2 жыл бұрын
@@darrinkinney2268 I agree on the tyre front, however I think given the volume of changes and complexity of comparisons as you move from tyre brand to tyre brand it would likely be a video in it's own right, one I'd certainly enjoy!
@yurian10
2 жыл бұрын
Same!
What a tremendous video! I can't fully comprehend the effort that went into not only researching but producing the video. I really appreciate the addition of the lower racing categories and having the HAND DRAWN chart frequently reappear with the important annotations, perfectly augmented with subtle animations; and not cheapened with the need to include memes. Great job!
@sarinet5651
2 жыл бұрын
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Loved this!!!!
@KelvinMercer
2 жыл бұрын
ok
@britishbastard6561
2 жыл бұрын
Never thought I’d see you here!
@asharlodi8987
2 жыл бұрын
Yo
@DeanoDrives
2 жыл бұрын
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2 жыл бұрын
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Having a tyre war also has a big effect on the F1 lap times, when F1 moved to single spec control tyre in 2007, lap times were about 2 to 3 seconds slower than in 2006's tyre war between Bridgestone and Michelin
Utterly, utterly fascinating - I've been waiting for something like this for years! Will be very interesting to update the stats again in 5 years once the 2022 regs have bedded-in
Well now, this was an absolutely brilliant video. I love a good graph like that. 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
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2 жыл бұрын
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@matthew-jy5jp
2 жыл бұрын
Liam get a life 😂 seriously mate. I get new F1 fans have some type of serious brain damage that make you love this boring-ass board as much as you do. But I highly doubt anyone needs a list of lap time throughout formula one's years of evolution
@ringoferrer2343
2 жыл бұрын
@@matthew-jy5jp mate what did he do to you lmao
@thespuditron9387
2 жыл бұрын
@@matthew-jy5jp Lad, I’ve been an F1 fan since the 90s, so I’m absolutely not a new fan. I like graphs and comparisons such as this video. You must do too, since you checked out the video. Have a gorgeous day.👋🏻
If you need that graph digitalized I'm sure George Russel will help you. I mean he's the PowerPoint master after all😂
@agussinaga2122
2 жыл бұрын
Fact
This is the type of nerdiness I’m looking for in F1 content….appreciate the effort this took to complete🙌🏾🙌🏾
This is something that I've trying to find online or comprehend with my limited understanding for the last 15 years. Thanks for this major effort!
@sarinet5651
2 жыл бұрын
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As a new F1 fan, I feel left out when my dad talks about the classics. Thanks you, this is very well summarized and mapped out. I have a short attention span and tend to keep skipping through the videos, but I sat through this one and enjoyed it.
Great video, and great controls for the analysis. It's almost impossible to compare eras, but you qualified that very well, and pointed it out along the way what set the eras apart from each other.
@sarinet5651
2 жыл бұрын
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Yet to watch but thank you for making a beautiful graph by hand. 🏎
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@sarinet5651
2 жыл бұрын
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This is one of the best vids of F1 I have ever seen on YT or TV.
One of the best racing history break-downs I have seen 61, very well done thank you. :) NC
Amazing work! Would be interesting to see a relative instead of absolute graph, as naturally the improvements in seconds will diminish as a laptime is reduced, while it may still be a comparable improvement in terms of percentages. For example going from 120s laptime to 110 is the same relative improvement as going from 60s to 55, even though on your graph it looks like it's only half as good.
Absolutely brilliant! An incredible amount of data logically massaged and explained with the technical improvements and rule changes - this one video makes all of F1 make sense. Thank you!
AMAZING VIDEO. I could imagine how many effort are behind the data. AWESOME
Thank you very much! You did an outstanding job by putting all the data together and presenting it very comprehensible.
This is absolutely superb. I'm not even an F1 race fan but I love the cars themselves, especiallythe classics and always wondered how the lap times compared! Thanks for doing the legwork!
Loved this - amazing work thank you 🙏 that filled me in on loads of brilliant info 👍❤️
Thank you for putting so much work into these videos. You always manage to maintain the perfect balance between being informational and engaging at the same time.
What an incredible work!!! I really appreciate it!!!! Thank you
Great job! Not only the data is incredible but the footage selected was perfect!
That was an incredibly interesting and insightful video crammed into those short minutes. Thanks to all involved for collating and interpreting the data for what was clearly an extremely complicated and time consuming task.
Nice video as always!!
Fantastic video; love the visualizations and work you've done to validate the information.
Man, this is some huge work you did!!! congrats and thanks!
This is a brilliant video! Kudos to the effort put in and clarity in communication!
Great work! I especially love the comparison to modern junior formulas.
For the teams, the bottom line is “just try and slow us down!”
Great job on the analysis! Makes a lot of sense. Interesting results and great commentary.
Very interesting! Thank you for putting so much time and effort into this
New Drive to Survive F1 fan here. Thanks so much for this video I've wondered about this for so long!
Awesome video with a lot of information throughout F1 history. Great work.
What a great video. Thank you for producing that, it was brilliant.
An absolutely awesome video Scott. Thanks for the effort put in.
needed this THANK YOU
If Driver61 had made revision videos for my A-levels I might have done something with my life…
Awesome video mate, remarkable work! As a fan of Formula 1 for more than 25 years I enjoyed this one a lot!
I love numbers and stats, I of course appreciate your awesome work, well done, thank you for this! Kind regards from Austria, Chris
This is gold. Thanks for the video. Great study.
This was very well done. Great Job!
This level of research and presentation deserves a reward; excellent work and delivery of said work.
Amazing data! ♥ I love it! Always want it
Absolutely amazing video, thanks for the effort.
Awesome job, Callum. I always enjoy talking with you, but this is awesome to see you at work.
Thank you for this! Very cool! I've thought about this fairly recently but didn't have the patience to even consider starting such a research project.
Incredibly well researched and presented. Thank you!
What a video. Mindblowing, really. Quite a lecture. Many thanks for putting in so much effort to produce that. And kudos for the clarity.
Awesome analysis! And remarkable trend! Thanks. Next question - perhaps impossible to separate out for a meaningful answer. Are drivers, collectively or individually, getting faster? Younger, stronger, better trained and with the benefits of simulator practice one would think - yes!
Incredible video, congratulations!
Kudos 👏👏👏 This is an awesome production and explanation! Amazing work fella
Incredible job Mansell! Awesome content as always
superb video - thanks!
Superb video mate!!
Hearing the word "efficiency" in the era of the SUV cars everywhere makes me smile.
Great video + fantastic graph 🤩 I could literally put it as a poster in my garage 👍
Well done man to get all the data into one graph!
Great video!!! Thank you very very much)))
Bro, your videos are so good. Thank you for all of the content you are creating.
Great work, really enjoyed it
I've watched some videos from this channel but I wasn't subbed. Now I am. This video is incredibly well done. I hope it gets millions of views honestly
Fantastic video. Great job.
Now true F1 fans love this stuff. The development history, reasoning behind rule and regulation changes, etc. The small technical details that usually make the difference when summed up
Thank you for this video, I really enjoyed it
Wonderful piece of work. Thank you very much
Questions I've been wondering about for years. The amount of work and thought put into this is first class. As another viewer commented about the hand drawn graph being available I'd hang it on my wall 100% Amazing work thank you
@Driver61
2 жыл бұрын
Link in the pinned comment!
Great job. It is not so easy to compile such large amount of data and explain in such a simple manner.
Fantastic video!
Thanks for making that reasonably easy to understand. I loved it.
pronunciation on point! no more sloppy Gs, very enjoyable to listen to the voice-over in this one. great improvement !
Great content as always!
Dude. Instant subscriber right here. Just fantastic buddy.
Just awesome work!
Insane!!.Much appreciated
Very well done graph, video and presentation. Just awesome
Very well thought out, every variable to think of, you mentioned 👍🏼
Great video!
Fantastic! You guys have some of the best F1 content anywhere
Brillant analysis mate. Well done!
Really nice videos Mr Mansell , bless you bringing this analizis to us
Quality videos every single time. As an F1 fan this page is essential viewing as far as I'm concerned
Great video, loving that chart 👍
Impressive work and analysis. Congrats!
this is a video i've always wanted. thanks
The sheer amount of data that would have been needed to make this!! Kudos to you guys!!
Excellent! Good work!
Love this video one of the best videos I’ve seen on KZread 👌
this clips are just awesome. the amount of date needed. but the result is great to see.
@sarinet5651
2 жыл бұрын
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Very cool insight, thank you for sharing this with us! 👍😎
@sarinet5651
2 жыл бұрын
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I was thinking about exactly this just over a week ago, glad you made a video about it
Really really nice one ! Very intresting !
Thank You very much for such interesting content!
wow! This is an INCREDIBLE good comprehension of the lap times evolution. I enjoyed it very much
This was incredible fun and interesting to watch, thank you
great vid!
Great work!
Great analysis Lando!