So we are 6 races in which is just under a third of the way through the season so I thought it was a good time to look at the team mate duels we have had going off so far this season.
We are often quoted with the qualifying stats and who is in front in the championship standards is plain to see but exactly how close are they results wise?
Something I've done on a reg basis for the last two seasons, which I think is a good reflection of how close they are, is look at how many points the losing driver has scored compared to the winning driver as a percentage. Whilst its not an infallible measure it does give a good reflection on how close a second based team mate has been to achieving what the lead team mate has done and also is a good way to compare the different team mate battles.
Obviously for this stat to work the drivers have to have scored points which rules out Sauber and Caterham. Meanwhile Grosjean and Bianchi have 100% more points that their team mates so the stat is pretty one dimensional. On the other end of the scale JEV and Kyvat are all square on equal points. Because of that I've not included them in the stats. The rest however are below.
Hamilton has scored 96.7% of the points Rosberg has.
Vettel has scored 83.3% of the points that Ricciardo has.
Kmag has scored 67.7% of the points Button has.
Massa has scored 52.9% of the points Bottas has.
Perez has scored 42.5% of the points Hulkenberg has.
Kimi has scored 27.8% of the points Alonso has.
I don't think anyone expect Rosberg and Ricciardo to be in front at this stage but they are certainly both in striking distance for their world champion team mates. I was surprised Vettel wasn't further behind if I'm honest.
Whilst behind I think KMag getting 67.7% of the points Button did is impressive and is certainly closer to Button than Perez ever was. Speaking of Perez it will come as a shock to some that he finds himself in a similar position than he did at Mclaren with a team mate who has more that double his points. It seems he grabs eye catching results but lacks consistancy.
I was surprised Bottas is so far ahead of Massa but over at Massa's old team comes the biggest shock. In what was pinned as the closest team mate battle we'd see in 2014 we have the biggest gap with Alonso having nearly 3 times the points Kimi has which is actually far worse than Massa was compared to him last year.
So where are we on our team mate battles? Have we changed our minds? Do these stats surprise you? Do you think its a useful stat?
At the end of the day points mean prizes and whilst I understand there are variables I do think the percentage stat is a good way to show how each driver is doing in comparison.
We are often quoted with the qualifying stats and who is in front in the championship standards is plain to see but exactly how close are they results wise?
Something I've done on a reg basis for the last two seasons, which I think is a good reflection of how close they are, is look at how many points the losing driver has scored compared to the winning driver as a percentage. Whilst its not an infallible measure it does give a good reflection on how close a second based team mate has been to achieving what the lead team mate has done and also is a good way to compare the different team mate battles.
Obviously for this stat to work the drivers have to have scored points which rules out Sauber and Caterham. Meanwhile Grosjean and Bianchi have 100% more points that their team mates so the stat is pretty one dimensional. On the other end of the scale JEV and Kyvat are all square on equal points. Because of that I've not included them in the stats. The rest however are below.
Hamilton has scored 96.7% of the points Rosberg has.
Vettel has scored 83.3% of the points that Ricciardo has.
Kmag has scored 67.7% of the points Button has.
Massa has scored 52.9% of the points Bottas has.
Perez has scored 42.5% of the points Hulkenberg has.
Kimi has scored 27.8% of the points Alonso has.
I don't think anyone expect Rosberg and Ricciardo to be in front at this stage but they are certainly both in striking distance for their world champion team mates. I was surprised Vettel wasn't further behind if I'm honest.
Whilst behind I think KMag getting 67.7% of the points Button did is impressive and is certainly closer to Button than Perez ever was. Speaking of Perez it will come as a shock to some that he finds himself in a similar position than he did at Mclaren with a team mate who has more that double his points. It seems he grabs eye catching results but lacks consistancy.
I was surprised Bottas is so far ahead of Massa but over at Massa's old team comes the biggest shock. In what was pinned as the closest team mate battle we'd see in 2014 we have the biggest gap with Alonso having nearly 3 times the points Kimi has which is actually far worse than Massa was compared to him last year.
So where are we on our team mate battles? Have we changed our minds? Do these stats surprise you? Do you think its a useful stat?
At the end of the day points mean prizes and whilst I understand there are variables I do think the percentage stat is a good way to show how each driver is doing in comparison.
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