In a previous article we looked at how the mid-season changes in tyres and tyre use affected the teams.
This table gives the same data broken down by driver, showing how many points they scored before and after the changes to the tyres, and shows whether their average points haul at each race rose or fell after the British Grand Prix:
Driver | Rds 1-8 | Rds 9-19 | Rounds 1-8 avg. | Rounds 9-19 avg. | Difference | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sebastian Vettel | 132 | 265 | 16.50 | 24.09 | 46.00 | 397 |
Mark Webber | 87 | 112 | 10.88 | 10.18 | -6.43 | 199 |
Fernando Alonso | 111 | 131 | 13.88 | 11.91 | -14.19 | 242 |
Felipe Massa | 57 | 55 | 7.13 | 5.00 | -29.87 | 112 |
Jenson Button | 25 | 48 | 3.13 | 4.36 | 39.30 | 73 |
Sergio Perez | 12 | 37 | 1.50 | 3.36 | 124.00 | 49 |
Kimi Raikkonen* | 98 | 85 | 12.25 | 9.44 | -22.94 | 183 |
Romain Grosjean | 26 | 106 | 3.25 | 9.64 | 196.62 | 132 |
Nico Rosberg | 82 | 89 | 10.25 | 8.09 | -21.07 | 171 |
Lewis Hamilton | 89 | 100 | 11.13 | 9.09 | -18.33 | 189 |
Nico Hulkenberg | 6 | 45 | 0.75 | 4.09 | 445.33 | 51 |
Esteban Gutierrez | 0 | 6 | 0.00 | 0.55 | 6 | |
Paul di Resta | 36 | 12 | 4.50 | 1.09 | -75.78 | 48 |
Adrian Sutil | 23 | 6 | 2.88 | 0.55 | -80.90 | 29 |
Pastor Maldonado | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 1 | |
Valtteri Bottas | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 4 | |
Jean-Eric Vergne | 13 | 0 | 1.63 | 0.00 | 13 | |
Daniel Ricciardo | 11 | 9 | 1.38 | 0.82 | -40.58 | 20 |
Charles Pic | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Giedo van der Garde | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Jules Bianchi | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | |
Max Chilton | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 |
*Did not start last two races
Nico Hulkenberg and Romain Grosjean gained the most after the tyres were changed.
Most pairs of team mates responded to the change in tyres in a similar way: the Force India and Toro Rosso drivers scored worse, the Sauber and McLaren drivers scored better.
But Lotus were a major exception to this rule. While Kimi Raikkonen’s points-scoring rate fell (even taking into account the fact he didn’t enter the last two races), Grosjean’s went through the roof. That allowed Grosjean to catch and pass Felipe Massa for seventh in the drivers’ championship.
Red Bull’s gains from the tyre changes was more modest than, say, Sauber’s, but it was entirely accounted for by Sebastian Vettel, as Mark Webber’s points-scoring rate fell in the second half of the season.
Who do you think gained and lost the most after the tyres were altered? Have your say in the comments.
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Phillip (@pscarros)
28th November 2013, 15:35
Does this take in to account Webber’s mechanical issues?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
28th November 2013, 17:23
@pscarros It doesn’t take anyone’s retirements for any reasons into account, it’s just the points they scored.
mnmracer (@mnmracer)
29th November 2013, 0:10
Why should it only take Webber’s issues into account?
Jimbo Hull (@kartingjimbo)
28th November 2013, 18:54
Very interesting insight Keith! Vergne and Riccardo’s comparison is very interesting, seeing Vergne taking didderly squat in the 2nd half.
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
28th November 2013, 23:33
Yep and that shows beter the evolution of team score and how drivers picked up or lost form …
Aveen R (@aveenr)
28th November 2013, 19:39
Relatively speaking in the driver pairings, Mercedes were the most consistent with their drivers.
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
28th November 2013, 22:18
Wrong: it’s the Marussia and Caterham drivers @aveenr. ;)
To borrow one of BadF1stat’s facts: both Marussia and Caterham have impressively scored exactly the same number of points in every race since the 2010 Bahrain GP! :o
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
28th November 2013, 22:25
@vettel1 not just that, they also tie in the amount of times they changed the team’s name ! 1-1. And also the amount of drivers that drove for each outfit. 7-7
So it’s really neck and neck all across every single topic! :P
Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
28th November 2013, 22:36
Amazing similarities! :o And they’ve also been having trade-off’s for 10th place @fer-no65!
Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
28th November 2013, 23:35
@vettel1 And they promised the battle will continue for next year, champagne !!!
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65)
28th November 2013, 23:44
@vettel1 and they both fitted Pirellis this year ! :O
bull mello (@bullmello)
29th November 2013, 4:24
Very nice analysis @keithcollantine . Especially considering the unprecedented tire changes that certainly did have an effect on the season as statistically demonstrated here. I think some of the stats show a progression or regression by certain drivers individually as well as the progression or regression of the car as effected by the tires. Grosjean, for example, progressed individually. Hulkenberg progressed more individually while both Sauber cars progressed as a team in the second half. Telling stats for an unusual situation that I hope never repeats.
Len (@lunara)
29th November 2013, 10:06
Vettel was the best in the first half and the best in the second half, and yet some people try to make it look like he was helped only by the tyre changes. He was the best driver this season, period. Phenomenal consistency.