Stats

After a bit of a break F1 is back and we finally have a good reason to avoid people for an entire weekend.

Last year my predictions were a little bit mixed, some right, some not so much (read them here), so this year I’ve asked my other two writers to get involved as well, maybe between us we can get some better predictions.

Another year of testing is over, there may have only been eight days of testing but the mileage was still incredibly high.

Red Bull were the lowest placed team with multiple podium finishes and just three points separated their drivers making them the closest point scoring teammates.

Another day, another late teammate comparison from 2015! Force India had their best ever F1 season by finishing fifth in the Constructors’ Championship, despite scoring fewer points than in 2014.

Lotus, the lowest team with a podium finish and the only team that for 2016 have an entirely new driver partnership making this comparison fairly useless.

For 2015 Toro Rosso had two young rookie drivers, and they scored over twice as many points as Vergne and Kvyat did in 2014, but the same WCC position.

A much better season for Sauber this time round, from no points and tenth in 2014 to 36 points and eighth in 2015. I think everybody knows which of the two drivers was better in 2015, but I’ll compare the data anyway!

McLaren only finished ninth with their new Honda power units, their worst Constructors’ Championship position since 1980, when they scored just 11 points.

Earlier in December Red Bull asked me to make a quiz for them, I’ve never made a quiz before so after doing theirs thought I may as well make one for myself and here it is.