So here we are, it's already the start of the 2014 season! Last year was the inaugural year of the much coveted CTA Race of the Year and it's time to launch this year's competition. Hungary won last year, and the rivalry for this year is fierce after the mayor of Budapest released an image showing his prize:
We don't do things in half measures at CTA, one trophy just isn't enough!
With the complete regulations overhaul I think we can look forward to some exciting topsy-turvy races, so perhaps we can see some races convince the hard to please CTA crowd to award an average score of above 8/10 for the first time! At the other end of the spectrum, can anything be worse than last year's Spanish grand prix?! We also don't shy away from controversy here at CTA, as the races will also be battling it out for the infamous prize of most disputed race of the year - the race that we just couldn't agree on and had the widest spread of opinions.
How does it work?
It's simple! After each race an "out of ten" thread with a poll will be made in this forum. It might not be made by me but I will try to remember to post a link to each poll in this thread. Just submit your score out of ten for the race - that's it! Typically I will give you up until the Friday before the following Grand Prix to get your votes in (which normally means about two weeks).
Your score out of ten should be based on your enjoyment of the race. This can be based on whatever criteria you like, it's your opinion. Opinions, of course, can be biased and that's fine! That is what this is all about, getting an idea of people's emotions through the season - at what point in the year we were glued to our TVs and when were we dozing off?
After the votes are in I will tally up the scores and calculate an average, and also a number to represent the spread in opinions (higher number = more controversy!). If necessary I will also calculate some tiebreak scores to separate closely matched races. I'll then post the updated tables of results here.
Let the fun begin!
For the people who want the stats!
If you're not interested in the statistical details of how I'm calculating the average etc. you don't need to read any further! For those that are interested, here are the statistics I'm using (with some slight modifications to last year). I won't explain things in much detail now but feel free to ask questions if you don't understand something. Equally, I'm always open to suggestions for how to improve things.
Race of the year: The median is now the primary score, instead of the mean, as it is less sensitive to a few outlying scores. So the CTA race of the year is now determined with scores in this order:
Score - Median
Tiebreak 1 - Mean
Tiebreak 2 - Mode
Most disputed race: The standard deviation is removed and replaced with the average deviation in all cases (average deviation is the sum of the difference of the votes from the mean/median/mode).
Score: Average deviation on Median
Tiebreak 1: Average deviation on Mean
Tiebreak 2: Average deviation on Mode
Like last year I will only consider the values down to one decimal place. So if two races with the same median also have a mean of 7.6 to one decimal place, I will use the mode to separate them.
With the complete regulations overhaul I think we can look forward to some exciting topsy-turvy races, so perhaps we can see some races convince the hard to please CTA crowd to award an average score of above 8/10 for the first time! At the other end of the spectrum, can anything be worse than last year's Spanish grand prix?! We also don't shy away from controversy here at CTA, as the races will also be battling it out for the infamous prize of most disputed race of the year - the race that we just couldn't agree on and had the widest spread of opinions.
How does it work?
It's simple! After each race an "out of ten" thread with a poll will be made in this forum. It might not be made by me but I will try to remember to post a link to each poll in this thread. Just submit your score out of ten for the race - that's it! Typically I will give you up until the Friday before the following Grand Prix to get your votes in (which normally means about two weeks).
Your score out of ten should be based on your enjoyment of the race. This can be based on whatever criteria you like, it's your opinion. Opinions, of course, can be biased and that's fine! That is what this is all about, getting an idea of people's emotions through the season - at what point in the year we were glued to our TVs and when were we dozing off?
After the votes are in I will tally up the scores and calculate an average, and also a number to represent the spread in opinions (higher number = more controversy!). If necessary I will also calculate some tiebreak scores to separate closely matched races. I'll then post the updated tables of results here.
Let the fun begin!
For the people who want the stats!
If you're not interested in the statistical details of how I'm calculating the average etc. you don't need to read any further! For those that are interested, here are the statistics I'm using (with some slight modifications to last year). I won't explain things in much detail now but feel free to ask questions if you don't understand something. Equally, I'm always open to suggestions for how to improve things.
Race of the year: The median is now the primary score, instead of the mean, as it is less sensitive to a few outlying scores. So the CTA race of the year is now determined with scores in this order:
Score - Median
Tiebreak 1 - Mean
Tiebreak 2 - Mode
Most disputed race: The standard deviation is removed and replaced with the average deviation in all cases (average deviation is the sum of the difference of the votes from the mean/median/mode).
Score: Average deviation on Median
Tiebreak 1: Average deviation on Mean
Tiebreak 2: Average deviation on Mode
Like last year I will only consider the values down to one decimal place. So if two races with the same median also have a mean of 7.6 to one decimal place, I will use the mode to separate them.
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What was the race of 2013. Sorry I wasn't paying attention. Probably because I didn't know what I was actually voting for. 
