The latest review compares two drivers who lost their seats at the end of the year - Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari.
For a full explanation of the chart, see the previous Force India thread.
Here also are the actual qualifying and finishing positions:
Once again it was a pretty close thing between these two, with Buemi slightly edging it in both qualifying and race performances. Here too there was a clear season of two halves, with Buemi dominating the first part, qualifying ahead 7-1 in the first eight races, and finishing in the points four times over the same period. Alguersuari was, however, able to score some good results starting from the 'lucky' 18th spot, taking advantage of additional sets of fresh tyres in the races.
From Silverstone onwards, the qualifying picture was much closer, with Alguersuari quicker in the two wet sessions, Korea and Brazil, though the margins in all cases were small. Hungary should be disregarded as the two ran on different tyre compounds. In the races things were similarly tight, Alguersuari probably edging it over the second half of the season, though Buemi suffered more retirements than his Spanish colleague.
The chart shows clearly how Alguersuari saved his seat from the threat of Daniel Ricciardo by picking his performance up in the mid-season period, but ultimately it's easy to conclude that this pair were too difficult to separate, and that it was tough to justify keeping one, and firing the other.
For a full explanation of the chart, see the previous Force India thread.
Q2 times have been used for the qualifying comparisons in all cases except MON, CAN, EUR, GBR, HUN and ITA, where Q1 times have been used due to either driver failing to progress. For PRC the Q3 times have been used. Note that in Hungary only Alguersuari used the softer tyre in qualification. The overall qualifying comparison therefore excludes Hungary, as well as the two wet races.
Here also are the actual qualifying and finishing positions:
AUS | MAL | PRC | TUR | ESP | MON | CAN | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | SGP | JPN | KOR | IND | ABU | BRA | |
Buemi (Q) | 10 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 |
Buemi (R) | 8 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 10 | R | 15 | 8 | R | 10 | 12 | R | 9 | R | R | 12 |
Alguersuari (Q) | 12 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 13 |
Alguersuari (R) | 11 | 14 | R | 16 | 16 | R | 8 | 10 | 12 | 10 | R | 7 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 11 |
Once again it was a pretty close thing between these two, with Buemi slightly edging it in both qualifying and race performances. Here too there was a clear season of two halves, with Buemi dominating the first part, qualifying ahead 7-1 in the first eight races, and finishing in the points four times over the same period. Alguersuari was, however, able to score some good results starting from the 'lucky' 18th spot, taking advantage of additional sets of fresh tyres in the races.
From Silverstone onwards, the qualifying picture was much closer, with Alguersuari quicker in the two wet sessions, Korea and Brazil, though the margins in all cases were small. Hungary should be disregarded as the two ran on different tyre compounds. In the races things were similarly tight, Alguersuari probably edging it over the second half of the season, though Buemi suffered more retirements than his Spanish colleague.
The chart shows clearly how Alguersuari saved his seat from the threat of Daniel Ricciardo by picking his performance up in the mid-season period, but ultimately it's easy to conclude that this pair were too difficult to separate, and that it was tough to justify keeping one, and firing the other.