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Team Performance
Team performance in Formula 1 racing is crucial for success. It involves the seamless coordination of various elements, drivers skill, and effective car design and engineering. The question is, how does an array of these factors, both good and bad, affect the overall team performance.
Overview
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Status Outcomes
Even state-of-the-art machinery can still face issues like engine and gearbox issues - but how do these factors affect team performance in relation to points?
We categorized all the F1 statuses into three bins to help visualize this:
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o Our positive bin is representative of a team that finished the race without any issues displayed in the neutral or negative columns.
o The neutral bin shows additional laps that the race leader has overtaken the team by. This is categorized as neutral because, although the team is not in the lead, they can still earn points without any major issues.
o Lastly, the negative bin is an array of categories that has significant effect on earned points due to the severity of the status issues. As we can see, it can range from a multitude of problems from a safety belt to a collision on the track.
Clusters
Unprecedented and unexpected factors can have a huge impact on a teams performance on the race way. This section highlights the most frequent outcomes that affect points earned for F1 racing teams, categorized by positive, neutral, and negative factors.
This portion emphasizes teams that successfully accumulated points through racing, considering various factors. The size of the bubble corresponds to the frequency of point acquisition by the team—larger bubbles indicating higher frequency, while smaller bubbles signify a lower frequency of points earned.
Positive Standouts
Finished without being lapped or negative factors resulted in the highest frequency of points earned across the board -- which makes a lot of sense.
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Neutral Standouts
Being lapped once, two, or three times still yielded a high frequency of points earned, but values after that had a large loss.
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Negative Standouts
This section captivates our attention as it delves into the most intriguing aspects of racing. Factors such as engine issues, spin-offs, and accidents still possess the potential to yield points. Notably, extensive research reveals that occurrences like engine troubles or spin-offs are more prevalent in F1 racing, and teams are better equipped to handle such challenges. On the contrary, issues like a broken wing or radiator malfunction, while less common, pose greater challenges and are not as easily mitigated.
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Team Performance
The stacked bar chart breaks down the teams distribution of points.
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Positive Outcomes:
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Ferrari, McLaren, and Williams lead in points and exhibit a notable frequency of negative outcomes. Because they are such renown teams, we surmise that they are well equip to deal with issues that arise.
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Neutral Outcomes:
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Chart shows fairly consistent distribution of neutral outcomes across all teams.
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Serves as a valuable benchmark for assessing overall team balance.
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Negative Outcomes:
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Negative outcomes are prevalent across the board, and it is interesting to see even top teams rack up huge numbers even when issues arise. This tells us that, these top teams are more well equip to deal with this.​
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Outcomes Overtime
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The line plot vividly illustrates the evolution of outcome counts throughout the years, ranging from 1950 to 2025. The color-coded details provide a comprehensive view of positive, neutral, and negative outcomes.
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o Positive Outcomes: We see a discernible upward trajectory reveals a consistent and substantial increase over the years.
o Neutral Outcomes: The count shows a slight increase throughout the 1900s, but then an almost cyclical rise an fall in the 2000s. Of the three, the neutral outcomes are the most consistent throughout F1 racing history.
o Negative Outcomes: While experiencing a steady increase in negative features for the first 40 years in F1 racing history, starting in 1950, and a huge spike in 1989. We see a very steady decline after that point.
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o Research shows that we see this negative trend declining after 1989 because "at the end of 1988 Formula One outlawed the use of 11 /2-litre engines... These turbocharged engines were restricted even more by limiting boost pressure and fuel tank capacity. The non-turbo category looked better and safer by comparison" (Jenkinson).
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The line plot unmistakably indicates a positive trend in outcome counts over the years. The increase in positive outcomes is prominent, accompanied by the stability of neutral outcomes and a slight decrease in negative outcomes.