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INTERLAGOS, 1995 — Jean Alesi before the final qualifying session. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/ALLSPORT)

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A Documented List of All of Ayrton Senna's and Gerhard Berger's Pranks on Each Other

Source: this Reddit post (thank you deleted Reddit user, you're a real one)

For those who don't know, from 1990 to 1992, Berger and Senna were teammates, they also pranked each other constantly, pranks that were approved by Ron Dennis himself, here's a list of all the pranks and goofs they played on each other

The Briefcase Incident: During the Italian GP weekend, Senna and Berger were riding a helicopter over Monza, during the flight, Senna was showing off his new tailor made carbon fiber composite briefcase, Senna argued that because of it being carbon fiber, it would be impossible to destroy, Berger tested Senna's hypothesis by throwing the briefcase off the helicopter, the briefcase reportedly fell somewhere on the track and was retrieved

The Hose Incident: several days before the race, at a dinner that Senna and Berger attended, many people were getting thrown into the pool as a joke, Berger escaped and Senna ran away to his room, Berger chased him down, Senna threw a glass of water at him in self defense, now the game was on, Berger and the guests concocted an extension to a hose and slid it under his bedroom door at 3 in the morning, Senna jumped through the window to escape, according to Berger "it looked as if a bomb exploded in his room"

The Frog Incident: During their stay at Australia, Berger filled Senna's hotel room with 12 frogs, according to Berger, they were more like toads, Senna stormed to confront Berger, he said "i've spent an hour catching 12 frogs in my room" Berger replied "did you find the snake?", Senna responded by buying an extremely strong smelling French cheese, stuck into Berger's AC unit, and cranked it up

The Shaving Cream Incident: On the night of an important dinner with Honda Executives, Senna decided to fill Berger's shoes with shaving cream, forcing him to attend this important dinner with a tuxedo and running shoes, Berger tried to take revenge by mixing 4 sleeping pills into some orange juice the day of the Japanese GP, but the suspicious drink was denied, Note: some reports say that the drink was offered to Senna, others state it was offered to Maurício Gugelmin, a fellow Brazilian who was in on the original prank and was driving for Layton house at the time

The Passport Incident: possibly one of the funniest pranks, during a trip to Argentina, Senna's passport was checked, only to find his photo had been replaced with, according to Ron Dennis " an equivalent-sized piece of male genitalia" i.e a picture of cock and balls, this might seem hilarious to you, but airport security didn't find it funny, and Senna was detained for 24 hours, as revenge, Senna superglued all of Berger's credit cards together

Honorable mentions: The Pembrey Circuit Incident: During a test at Pembrey Circuit in Wales, a very small track with a confusing layout, Mclaren engineers purposely gave Senna wrong instructions on the correct layout of the track, after 3 laps, Senna storms back to his mechanics, yells "you funny fuckers" then did a 180 spin and drove 3 laps on the right layout

The Lancia Incident: during the first day of testing for the 1995 Season, now at Ferrari, Berger and Jean Alesi stole Jean Todt's Lancia Delta, and while riding around in it, Berger decided it would be funny to rip the handbrake, they crashed and flipped Jean Todt's car, Alesi had to be taken to the hospital, when Jean Todt asked Berger what happened to his car, Berger replied that he and Alesi had "put some slight curb marks on the roof"

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A couple of new entries for this list to be slotted in between the 2023 Miami GP and the 1995 Brazilian GP:

2023 Monaco GP: 1.79M

2023 Canadian GP: 1.76M

Source: ESPN

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Bahrain GP is most watched F1 race on ESPN since 1995

Bahrain GP is most watched F1 race on ESPN since 1995

Race was second most watched ever on ESPN, topped only by 1995 Brazilian GP Broadcast drew average of 656k viewers in 18 to 49 age category The 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix has become the most watched Formula One race on ESPN since 1995, reaching an average of 1.35 million US viewers. ESPN says that the Bahrain Grand Prix was the second most watched Formula One broadcast of all time on its network,…

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史上初のドリフト世界大会の出場者が決定！15ヵ国から26名が参加！【FIA IDC】

おお、イランからも、リトアニアからも！ 以前にもお伝えした通り、9月30日、10月1日の2日間、東京お台場の特設コースで、歴史上初となるFIA（国際自動車連盟）公認のドリフト大会、『FIAインターコンチネンタル・ドリフト・カップ』が開催されます。 8月下旬、この記念すべき大会に出場する選手が発表されました。 ブラジル C.Andre Silva（アンドレ・シルバ） Brazilian Championship of Drift ’14 ランキング6位, ’15 ランキング3位 中国 Zhang Shao Hua（張少華） Chinese Drift Championship ‘13 チャンピオン 台湾 Feng Jen Chih（馮仁稚） China Drift Championship ‘11 チャンピオン フランス Mesili Sebastien（セバスチャン・メジリ） Korea Automobile Racing Association IDC selection 1位 香港 Charles NG（チャールズ・ウン） Chinese Drift Championship ‘13 ランキング3位 イラン Shahab Pishanidar（シャハブ・ピシャニダール） Formula Drift Pro Championships in Iran ’10 to ’17 チャンピオン イタリア Guidetti Riccardo（ギデッティ・リカルド） King of Italy Drift Match Verona race ’16 1位 Manuel Vacca（マヌエル・バッカ） King of Italy Drift Match Verona race ’16 2位 日本 藤野秀之 D1 Grand Prix ’17 ランキング1位 川畑真人 D1 Grand Prix ’07, ’13, ’15 チャンピオン 斎藤太吾 D1 Grand Prix ’08, ’16 チャンピオン 横井昌志 D1 Grand Prix ’17 ランキング2位 韓国 Kim In Sung（キム・イン・サン） Korea Automobile Racing Association IDC selection 2位 Kim Dong Wook（キム・ダン・ウ） Korea Automobile Racing Association IDC selection 3位 リトアニア Aurimas Bakchis（アウリマス・バッキーズ） Formula Drift ’14 ランキン4位 ’15 ランキング5位 ’16 ランキング4位 マレーシア Muhammad Zaiham Hamdan（ムハマド・ザイハム・ハムダン） Federal Open Drift Challenge ’13 チャンピオン, King of Asia ’16 チャンピオン Ser Meng Hui（セル・メン・ヒ） D1 Grand Prix Malaysia ’06 Rd4 3位, D1 Grand Prix Thiland ’12 Rd3 2位 Djan Ley（ツンクー・ジャン・レイ） D1 Grand Prix Malaysia ’06 チャンピオン, Formula Drift ASIA ’09-‘10 チャンピオン ロシア Georgy Chivchyan（ジョー��・チヴシャン） Russian Drift Series ‘15 チャンピオン Arkady Tsaregratsev（アルカディ・サレグラセブ） Russian Drift Series ’13,’14,‘16 チャンピオン タイ M Auttapon（アタポン・プラコブコン） D1 Grand Prix Thailand ’12,’13 ランキング3位 Chanatpon Kerdpiam（チャナッポン・ケードピアム） D1 Grand Prix Thailand ’13 2位, King of Nation Thailand ’16 チャンピオン Daychapon Toyingcharoen（デチャポン・トイングチャレン） D1 Grand Prix China ’16 ランキング6位, D1 Grand Prix Thailand ’12 ランキング3位, ’13 ランキング4位 イギリス Steve Biagioni（スティーヴ・ビアジオニ） King Of Europe ’13 チャンピオン アメリカ Michael Essa（マイケル・エッサ） Formula Drift ’13 チャンピオン Matt Field（マット・フィールド） Formula Drift ’16 Texas and Irwindale 1位 という感じです。計15ヵ国から26名が出場予定です。D1GPにも参戦したことがある選手がいます。なかでもゴーチャことジョージ・チヴシャン選手なんかは、大活躍していましたね。 日本からは4選手。過去2年間のチャンピオンと、2017年8月時点でのランキング上位2名ということで、納得の人選だといえるでしょう。 それにしても、世界各地で独自に行われているドリフト大会から、実力者達が集まってきますね。 ドリフトのオールドファンだったら、1995年にビデオOPTIONが開催した、『全日本ドリフト統一チャンピオン決定戦』を思い出すひともいるかもしれません。CARBOY誌の『ドリコンGP』、ビデオOPTIONの『いか天』、ヤングバージョン誌の『STCC』など、媒体別に行われていたドリフト大会の上位入賞者だけを集めて行われた大会です。その大会で、すでにレーシングドライバーとなっていた織戸学は、前後ハイグリップタイヤを履かせたS14シルビアで圧倒的なスピードを見せて優勝し、ドリフト界で確固たる地位を築きました。そして、この流れが世界初のプロドリフト選手権である2001年のD1GP誕生につながっていくのです。 そのときのような、なにか混沌とした状態から新しいものが始まるワクワク感がありますね。当然、場所が日本なので、日本人が有利ではあるでしょう。しかし、勝てるかどうかはまったく予想がつきません。もちろん、この歴史的大会で日本人が勝ってほしいことはいうまでもありませんが、時代の始まりを目撃できるということに、まず気持ちが高ぶってきますね。 【チケット購入方法】 ・ローソン･ミニストップ店内設置 Loppi （Lコード：35115） ・ローソンチケットHP　ローチケ.com（http://l-tike.com/sports/fiadriftingcup） ・電話予約（TEL：0570-000-777） ※発券は店頭のみ ・イーティックスHP（http://www.e-tix.jp/fiadriftingcup/） ※ウェブサイトにてオンラインチケットを発券 ※開催日前日の23時59分までご購入いただけます。 ＜FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup 開催概要＞ 開催日時：2017年9月30日～10月1日　開場予定：9：00 開演予定：10：30 開催場所：東京都・台場特設コース（東京都江東区青海1-1-49 お台場NOP地区） アクセス：ゆりかもめ 船の科学館駅（徒歩1分） 実施内容：FIA(国際自動車連盟)が新たに���認したモータースポーツ・ドリフトの初めての世界大会 公認：FIA 主催：株式会社サンプロス チケットの詳しい情報は公式WEBサイトで見ることができます。 （まめ蔵） 【関連リンク】​​ FIA IDC 公式サイト：http://www.fiadriftingcup.com/ あわせて読みたい * 【SUPER GT2017】GT300クラスはLEON CVSTOS AMGが優勝！ 第6戦 SUZUKA 1000km FINALは耐久レースらしい逆転劇 * ルイス・ハミルトン優勝！ 21年前にスパ・フランコルシャンでお父さんと約束した夢とは？【2017年F1第12戦ベルギーGP】 * D1グランプリ第5戦・エビスで大活躍の小橋選手。その意外な「過去」とは？ * ツインリンクもてぎ20周年セレモニーでタイムトラベルレースを開催。そして重大発表も！ * 売り切れ続出！SUZUKA 1000km限定メニューやオリジナルグッズが大人気【SUPER GT SUZUKA 1000km 】 http://dlvr.it/Pjr7VW

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German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

Michael Schumacher was worshipped by the Hockenheim trustworthy, profitable 4 occasions in entrance of his house crowd (1995, 2002, 2004 and 2006)

Guten tag, Germany… and welcome again.

Hockenheim returns to the Formulation 1 calendar after a two-year hiatus this weekend, and what higher option to get the German followers by the gates than having certainly one of their compatriots sitting atop the drivers’ championship.

Come Sunday, Sebastian Vettel will probably be aiming to do what Lewis Hamilton couldn’t at Silverstone – win on house soil.

The headlines have been already written for the Mercedes man to assert a document sixth British Grand Prix victory however the prancing horse had different concepts. As a substitute it was Vettel who held aloft the winner’s trophy to prolonged his lead this intriguing title race to eight factors.

Hockenheim recollections

Ferrari’s workforce radio to race chief Felipe Massa in 2010 was a basic: “Fernando… is quicker… than you.” Alonso went previous to take the race win

So what does the two.842-mile Hockenheim circuit deliver to the desk?

Bust-ups, crashes and emotional drama, it will appear.

Located within the Rhine Valley, the unique circuit at Hockenheim took drivers on a flat-out thrill trip by lush, inexperienced forests. Throw in some ewoks and a few speeder bikes as an alternative of F1 automobiles, and it might simply have doubled-up as Endor from Return of the Jedi.

In 1982, Nelson Piquet was main the race for Brabham and regarded sure for a podium end; enter Eliseo Salazar. As Piquet tried to lap the inexperienced backmarker, a conflict of wheels despatched the Brabham and ATS right into a spin and into retirement. The incident had a glimmer of the Hamilton v Raikkonen, first-lap Silverstone drama about it. The aftermath, nonetheless, took a punchier flip.

Brazilian Piquet leapt out of his automobile like a raging bull, launching himself on the Chilean, fists flying, and with a relatively ungentlemanly kick in direction of a fragile space. If solely Instagram had been accessible again then for these two to kind out their variations.

If go all the way down to the woods at present… you would possibly discover David Coulthard’s 2001 McLaren with a blown engine

The daybreak of a brand new millennium noticed one other Brazilian make the Hockenheim headlines, this time for the appropriate causes. Step ahead Rubens Barrichello, 122 grands prix into his profession and nonetheless no victory parade. Beginning 18th on the grid and having German legend Michael Schumacher as a team-mate, it did not look very promising.

However someway all of it fell into place.

Schumacher went out in a first-corner crash, a monitor invader triggered a security automobile and the heavens opened. All of the whereas Barrichello drove faultlessly by the sphere earlier than the tears of pleasure got here as he crossed the road for a stirring maiden win.

Two years after that historic second, the lengthy straights by the forests got the outdated heave-ho, with a shorter structure constructed across the present stadium part.

It is honest to say the alterations haven’t been universally embraced. Certainly, in the event you take a look at fan boards the post-2002 Hockenheimring doesn’t get the identical love that was bestowed on the outdated monitor.

However a victory for Vettel would certainly put aside a few of these misgiving among the many house trustworthy.

Sebastian… are you prepared?

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Seven German drivers in whole have claimed high spot on the rostrum at numerous circuits for the reason that 1960s.

There are solely two minutes on the clock to guess all of them.

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Beforehand in F1: Spherical 10, Britain

Better of British qualifying: The group solely needed one particular person on pole for Sunday’s race and so they received it. Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel in an exhilarating last-lap tussle to take his place on the entrance row at Silverstone

Championship sunny delight: Within the warmth of the Silverstone solar, it was the blazing crimson of Vettel’s Ferrari that took the chequered flag. A gap nudge from the wheel of Kimi Raikkonen left Hamilton with all the things to do, with the Mercedes man recovering beautifully from the again to complete second

The monitor

Again pocket info

When kids begin their first day of faculty in Germany, they obtain a schultute, which is a big cardboard cone stuffed with toys, chocolate and sweets.

Based on German legislation, an individual’s gender have to be apparent by first title, so the civil registration workplace, or Standesamt, can refuse names that do not comply.

In 2013, Germany dumped the mammoth, 63-letter phrase Rindfleischetikettierungsuberwachungsaufgabenubertragungsgesetz. It interprets as “legislation delegating beef label monitoring” and regardless of the German’s love for prolonged compound nouns, was deemed a tad extreme for the trendy language.

There is not any middle-lane hogging in Germany. When utilizing the well-known Autobahn, motorists stick religiously to the foundations of the highway: hold as far to the appropriate as doable and use left lanes for passing solely.

Drivers’ social

Vive la France! Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly joined within the celebrations for France’s 4-2 win over Croatia within the World Cup closing…

… so did fellow Frenchman Romain Grosjean…

… Lewis Hamilton spoke for a lot of after England’s semi-final defeat by Croatia…

…and in the course of all of the soccer drama, Valtteri Bottas went to see Eminem at Twickenham

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German Grand Prix protection particulars Date Session Time Radio protection On-line textual content commentary Thursday, 19 July Preview 21:30-22:00 BBC Radio 5 reside Friday, 20 July First follow 09:55-12:35 BBC Sport on-line From 09:30 Second follow 13:55-15:35 BBC Sport on-line From 13:30 Saturday, 21 July Third follow 10:55-12:05 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further From 10:30 Qualifying 13:55-15:05 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further Sunday, 22 July Race 13:45-16:30 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further From 12:30 Monday, 23 July Evaluation 04:30-05:00 BBC Radio 5 reside

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Who’s The Best Formula One Driver Of All Time?

The greatest drivers in the world are assembling in Monte Carlo this weekend for Formula One’s flagship race, the Monaco Grand Prix. So we thought it was the right time to dive into the history of road racing’s fastest sport — and this being FiveThirtyEight, what better way to investigate that history than to use our favorite benchmark, the Elo rating system, to rate every driver of all time?

Elo is a simple way to grade competitors based on a series of head-to-head results. Longtime FiveThirtyEight readers will know that we’ve put it to work before in ranking NFL, NBA, MLB, college basketball and football, and women’s and men’s club soccer teams. Here, we’re using it to rate F1 drivers going back to 1950, the first season in which the FIA World Championship of Drivers was staged.

Rating each contestant in fields of more than 20 drivers is a bit different from rating teams that play one-on-one games, so we had to make a few tweaks to our usual Elo formula. (Skip to the bottom for all the details.) The short version, though, is that all drivers are assigned Elo ratings going into each qualifying session and race, which represent their form — along with that of their engine manufacturer, mechanics, pit crew and so forth — at that particular moment. The average is around 1500, with the best racers soaring into the 2000s. After each event, the driver’s rating will change based on the result: In general, finishing high helps you gain Elo points, while finishing low costs you Elo points. (Duh.) If a driver doesn’t finish a race, Elo acts as though that driver never entered the race. That avoids the question of fault for a crash or a mechanical failure, though it may reward drivers who take more risks to finish higher. It may also reward drivers who qualify well but do poorly on Sundays. But the best racers will consistently outduel the highest-rated of their peers.

Most racers, of course, aren’t in that category. But a few drivers In F1’s history have managed to dominate for long stretches of time; sometimes they even came along at the right time to have an epic rivalry with another all-time great. You can see these legendary racers highlighted in the chart above, which you can also search and click to isolate other individual drivers’ ratings over time.

So … who’s the best ever?

To judge the best-ever racers according to Elo, we wanted to strike a balance between career performance and peak form. So we made a compromise: We averaged a driver’s Elo across the five best consecutive seasons of his or her career, provided the driver participated in a minimum percentage of that season’s races.1 According to the resulting metric, no driver in history was more dominant than the late Brazilian racer Ayrton Senna:

F1′s top racers (according to Elo)

Top Formula 1 drivers since 1950, by the highest average Elo rating over a racer’s best five-year span

Driver Best five years Avg. Elo Rating 1 Ayrton Senna 1988-92 2178 2 Michael Schumacher 2000-04 2106 3 Lewis Hamilton 2014-18 2060 4 Sebastian Vettel 2009-13 2056 5 Juan Manuel Fangio 1953-57 2053 6 Alain Prost 1987-91 2048 7 Mika Hakkinen 1997-01 2047 8 Niki Lauda 1974-78 2025 9 Damon Hill 1993-97 2000 10 David Coulthard 1998-02 1983 11 Nico Rosberg 2012-16 1981 12 Jim Clark 1963-67 1978 13 Nelson Piquet 1983-87 1946 14 Riccardo Patrese 1989-93 1936 15 Rubens Barrichello 2000-04 1935 16 Gerhard Berger 1990-94 1914 17 James Hunt 1974-78 1905 18 Mark Webber 2009-13 1899 19 Alberto Ascari 1950-54 1890 20 Jackie Stewart 1969-73 1877 21 Graham Hill 1961-65 1875 22 Fernando Alonso 2010-14 1870 23 Mario Andretti 1975-79 1865 24 Jean Alesi 1992-96 1864 25 Stirling Moss 1957-61 1863 26 Juan Pablo Montoya 2001-05 1860 27 Jacques Villeneuve 1996-00 1856 28 Carlos Reutemann 1977-81 1850 29 John Surtees 1963-67 1846 30 Nigel Mansell 1983-87 1846

* Includes the 2018 season, which is currently in progress.

To be eligible, drivers prior to 1970 needed to take part in 25 percent of the season’s races and qualifying sessions. Drivers since then needed to participate in 60 percent of the year’s races and qualifying sessions.

This should come as no surprise to racing fans — Senna is regarded by many other champions as F1’s greatest driver. Nor is it a shock to see Michael Schumacher, the seven-time World Champion, coming in at No. 2. But what’s striking is that Nos. 3 and 4 in the ranking above are current rivals: Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel. How lucky are modern F1 fans, that we get to see two names on the all-time short list of greatest drivers going head-to-head every few weeks?

Here are some of the racers and rivalries that defined entire eras of F1 history, according to our Elo rankings:

Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio (No. 5 in our all-time list) was F1’s first superstar, winning five of the first eight World Championships ever awarded, in 1951 and 1954-57. It would be 45 years before Michael Schumacher equaled (and then surpassed) Fangio’s title count. But Fangio did have a fierce contemporary challenger, in the form of Ferrari’s Alberto Ascari (No. 19). Ascari was the only racer to beat Fangio for the championship between 1951 and 1957 — even granting that Fangio sat out 1952. Ascari would die in a training accident in 1955, though, robbing Fangio of his greatest on-track rival. “I have lost my greatest opponent,” Fangio said. “Ascari was a driver of supreme skill and I felt my title (in 1955) lost some of its value because he was not there to fight me for it.”

Over the four-season stretch from 1962 to 1965, British rivals Jim Clark (No. 12) and Graham Hill (No. 21) represented the emergence of Britain as a force in the Formula One landscape, with Hill at British Racing Motors and Clark at the Lotus team founded by legendary designer Colin Chapman. During that time, the duo combined to claim 32 of F1’s 39 available pole positions — including every single pole of the 1965 season — and won 29 of 39 total races. They’d have been a perfect 4-for-4 on championships in that span, too, if not for bad luck in the last race of the 1964 season: Mechanical problems struck both Clark and Hill during the race, allowing John Surtees to claim the title by a single point over Hill. (Naturally, Clark and Hill bounced back to finish 1-2 in the standings the following year.)

Friends away from the track, Niki Lauda (No. 8) and James Hunt (No. 17) had a fierce rivalry behind the wheel that peaked during the 1976 season. Lauda went into the year as F1’s top-rated driver by Elo before suffering a fiery crash at the German Grand Prix that nearly took his life. Six weeks after being given last rites, Lauda somehow bounced back to finish fourth at the Italian Grand Prix. But in the end, Hunt ended up eking out the 1976 title by a single point over his Austrian rival. Hunt was quick again the following season, but he was unable to keep his car on the track; he took six poles to Lauda’s two but retired from eight of 17 races, six of which were due to mechanical failure. Lauda took advantage, claiming his second title in three years.

France’s Alain Prost (No. 6) won a grand total of four championships in his career, tied for the third most ever. But from 1988 to 1991, he would claim only a single title, thanks largely to the otherworldly skills of Ayrton Senna (No. 1), his one-time McLaren teammate. Senna won more than 40 percent of the races he entered during that span, peaking with one of the highest Elo ratings ever in 1989. Even Prost’s lone title in those seasons — in 1989 — was more about Senna’s bad luck than Prost outracing him; although Prost beat his teammate only once all year in races they both finished, Senna suffered six retirements2 to Prost’s three. Senna was so dominant that Prost ended up leaving McLaren for Ferrari in 1990; the rivalry would continue off and on for the next few seasons until Prost retired after his 1993 championship. Senna died the next year in a crash in San Marino. Prost was a once-in-a-generation driving talent, but he had the misfortune to race against Senna, a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon.

While most of the rivalries on this list were fueled by emotion, this one was all about the driving. Michael Schumacher (No. 2) had captured back-to-back F1 crowns with Benetton in 1994 and 1995 but had experienced uneven results after leaving for Ferrari, including a disqualification for dangerous driving in 1997. Driving for McLaren, Mika Hakkinen (No. 7) captured back-to-back championships in 1998 (with Schumacher finishing second) and ’99. Then in 2000, Schumacher finally outdueled his Finnish rival with four straight wins to close the season. It was his third career title and the first in the set of five in a row Schumacher would win until he was unseated by up-and-coming phenom Fernando Alonso in 2005. Schumacher finished his career with the most total championships of any driver ever, and he would call Hakkinen his “best opponent.”

From 2008 to 2017, Lewis Hamilton (No. 3) and Sebastian Vettel (No. 4) won the F1 title every season except for two (2009 and 2016) — and one of them was runner-up in each of those years. And yet, we’re somehow only reaching the peak of this rivalry right now, since the dominant periods for Vettel’s former team, Red Bull (2010-13), and Hamilton’s Mercedes squad (2014-16) didn’t quite overlap. Starting last season, though, we’re finally getting some direct competition between these two four-time champions, and it’s given us moments like this deliberate collision at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. According to Elo, Vettel has one of the best peak ratings of any driver ever, and Hamilton isn’t far behind, so if these two continue on their current trend, there’s plenty of room for the legend of this rivalry to grow.

Methodology

Unlike most other sports where FiveThirtyEight uses Elo, Formula One is not a head-to-head sport; multiple drivers take to the circuit at the same time or in the same session, and the result is a combination of both car and driver. In order to make this work, we’ve made some assumptions about how to view the results:

Driver and car are considered to be inseparable from Elo’s point of view. So when we say that Nigel Mansell’s peak Elo in 1992 was 2428, we really mean, “Nigel Mansell, driving the Williams-Renault FW14B, had a peak Elo of 2428.”

Each session or race is treated as if it were a round-robin 1-on-1 tournament. A driver who finishes second out of 15 cars is viewed as having gone 13-1 in this tournament, losing to the first place finisher and defeating the rest.

Elo includes each race that awards Formula One championship points3 and the primary qualifying session for that race.

If a driver fails to finish a race — whether because of mechanical failure or a crash — we treat that driver as if he or she didn’t compete in the race. This may reward drivers who are overly brave (or stupid) by not punishing them, or cars that were quick yet unreliable, but it avoids having to assign blame in controversial incidents or, even worse, clear cases where a crash was not a driver’s fault.

Like several other FiveThirtyEight Elo systems, the average driver has an Elo score around 1500, while new drivers start with 1300 points. The “K-factors” in this version of Elo — which are multipliers that determine the sensitivity and fluctuation of a driver’s rating — are more extreme in the beginning of a driver’s career. Drivers start with a K-factor of 24 for approximately the first year, then reduce as they gain experience. Qualifying results are predictive of race results, which makes sense considering that qualifying results both set the starting grid for the following race and allow for drivers to demonstrate their raw speed and talent on a level field. The minimum K-factor for qualifying sessions is 16, while the minimum K-factor for races is 12. Drivers always gain Elo points after “defeating” another driver and lose ground after “losing” to them.

The overall system is zero-sum, in that the total number of points remains constant before and after a session or race, but given that each session or race can include drivers with a range of K-factors, there can be asymmetric point gains and losses. We adjust for this by normalizing participants’ scores after each session. Without this normalization, it is possible in the short term both for Elo deflation to occur — a new driver does poorly and gives away more points than the opponents claim — and Elo inflation to occur — a new driver does well and gains more points than opponents lose. Given the rapid driver churn in Formula One — especially during the early years of the sport — these effects would be more noticeable than in other sports and would quickly lead to skewed rating scales across the seven decades of championships.

To build the Formula One Elo, we used the historical race results compiled at github.com/emkael/elof1. These were pulled from various sources: Data for the 1950 and 1951 seasons came from Wikipedia, for 1952 and 1953 from second-a-lap.blogspot.com, and for subsequent seasons from ergast.com/mrd. Data for qualifying races was also pulled from chicanef1.com.

Additional contributions by Gus Wezerek.

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6 Races Which Show Jos Verstappen Was Pretty Awesome Too

It didn’t take long for Max Verstappen to exceed his fathers achievements in F1, but that’s not to say that Jos wasn’t a good driver.

Although his debut season at Benetton alongside Schumacher didn’t go brilliantly, after that he frequently showed throughout his career that he was a very talented driver, if a little rough around the edges. Here are six races where ‘Jos the Boss’ showed his class.

1995 Argentine GP

Verstappen did some giant-killing for Simtek before the team folded.

Verstappen was loaned to the tiny Simtek team by Benetton for the 1995 season and it didn’t take long for him to perform. At the second race of the year in Argentina he qualified a very impressive 14th, but went even better during the race and was up to an incredible 6th after 17 laps – ahead of Gerhard Berger’s Ferrari!

Sadly he dropped back after a very slow pitstop and then retired with gearbox failure. A few races later the team went bust, but in the short time he was with them he’d impressed.

1996 Brazilian GP

Jos joined the Footwork (Arrows) team for 1996 and continued to perform well. In the Brazilian Grand Prix he was sensational in the early stages, leaping from 13th on the grid up to 7th and was the fastest driver on the track. Unfortunately he was once again let down by the car as his engine failed after just 19 laps.

1996 proved to be a great year for Jos. In the following race in Argentina he out-qualified both McLarens to take 7th on the grid (his best ever) and finished a strong 6th. In the soaking wet Spanish Grand Prix he was one of the fastest drivers, setting the third fastest lap in the race, and he was chasing down Frentzen for 4th when he spun out of the race.

1997 Canadian GP

Despite his impressive performances for Arrows in 1996 the sudden availability of Damon Hill left Verstappen without his seat, and he joined the waning Tyrrell team for 1997. They only had V8 engines and spent much of the year jostling with Minardi at the back, but there were some promising races.

The Canadian Grand Prix was one of those races. Jos was renowned for being good at the start (in 1996 he gained places in every race but one) and he shot up from a season-best grid slot of 14th to 10th by the end of the first lap. Despite having a power disadvantage on a power circuit he continued to make places, making a ballsy pass on Barrichello (which he would definitely be penalised for today) and by lap 15 Jos was up to 6th. Later on that became 5th and he looked set for a sensational result, but bad luck struck again and he retired.

2000 Canadian GP

After half a season with Stewart and a year out testing for the aborted Honda F1 team project, Jos was back with a full time race seat in 2000, driving the gorgeous Orange Arrows.

It was a competitive package and Verstappen made the most of it in the wet Canadian Grand Prix, surging up to finish 5th in a late charge where he overtook several drivers.

His pass on Alex Wurz was particularly ballsy, as you can see from this onboard.

Two wheels on the grass! In the wet!

2001 Malaysian GP

Verstappen was well known as very handy wet-weather driver, but his performance in the 2001 Malaysian Grand Prix was something else. After going from 18th to 6th on the first lap (yup, just the 12 places gained) he took advantage of a sudden rainstorm to run as high as 2nd at one point.

As the track dried he couldn’t help but slip back to 7th by the end, but not without putting up a great fight against like likes of Schumacher, Hakkinen and Frentzen. It was an amazing performance and Schumacher had nothing but praise for his former team-mate after the race.

The rest of the year was less sensational though, such as in the very next race where he crashed into Juan Pablo Montoya whilst being lapped, denying the Colombian victory. He was replaced by Frentzen for 2002 and after one final season with Minardi in 2003, his F1 career was over.

2006 South African A1GP

Jos found a seat with Team Netherlands for the inaugural A1GP season in 2005/06. Although it was a fairly unremarkable season there was one massive highlight, when he won the feature race in South Africa on the final lap having started from the back. It was his first win in motor racing for nearly 14 years.

That was his last year in single seaters and he then made the switch to endurance racing, where he won the LMP2 class at Le Mans in 2008, as well as winning the LMP2 championship in the Le Mans Series.

Jos the Boss was far from being a great F1 driver, but on the right day, with the right car and, most importantly, with the right frame of mind, he was as talented as anyone. His son isn’t too bad either.

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German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

Michael Schumacher was worshipped by the Hockenheim trustworthy, profitable 4 occasions in entrance of his house crowd (1995, 2002, 2004 and 2006)

Guten tag, Germany… and welcome again.

Hockenheim returns to the Formulation 1 calendar after a two-year hiatus this weekend, and what higher option to get the German followers by the gates than having certainly one of their compatriots sitting atop the drivers’ championship.

Come Sunday, Sebastian Vettel will probably be aiming to do what Lewis Hamilton couldn’t at Silverstone – win on house soil.

The headlines have been already written for the Mercedes man to assert a document sixth British Grand Prix victory however the prancing horse had different concepts. As a substitute it was Vettel who held aloft the winner’s trophy to prolonged his lead this intriguing title race to eight factors.

Hockenheim recollections

Ferrari’s workforce radio to race chief Felipe Massa in 2010 was a basic: “Fernando… is quicker… than you.” Alonso went previous to take the race win

So what does the two.842-mile Hockenheim circuit deliver to the desk?

Bust-ups, crashes and emotional drama, it will appear.

Located within the Rhine Valley, the unique circuit at Hockenheim took drivers on a flat-out thrill trip by lush, inexperienced forests. Throw in some ewoks and a few speeder bikes as an alternative of F1 automobiles, and it might simply have doubled-up as Endor from Return of the Jedi.

In 1982, Nelson Piquet was main the race for Brabham and regarded sure for a podium end; enter Eliseo Salazar. As Piquet tried to lap the inexperienced backmarker, a conflict of wheels despatched the Brabham and ATS right into a spin and into retirement. The incident had a glimmer of the Hamilton v Raikkonen, first-lap Silverstone drama about it. The aftermath, nonetheless, took a punchier flip.

Brazilian Piquet leapt out of his automobile like a raging bull, launching himself on the Chilean, fists flying, and with a relatively ungentlemanly kick in direction of a fragile space. If solely Instagram had been accessible again then for these two to kind out their variations.

If go all the way down to the woods at present… you would possibly discover David Coulthard’s 2001 McLaren with a blown engine

The daybreak of a brand new millennium noticed one other Brazilian make the Hockenheim headlines, this time for the appropriate causes. Step ahead Rubens Barrichello, 122 grands prix into his profession and nonetheless no victory parade. Beginning 18th on the grid and having German legend Michael Schumacher as a team-mate, it did not look very promising.

However someway all of it fell into place.

Schumacher went out in a first-corner crash, a monitor invader triggered a security automobile and the heavens opened. All of the whereas Barrichello drove faultlessly by the sphere earlier than the tears of pleasure got here as he crossed the road for a stirring maiden win.

Two years after that historic second, the lengthy straights by the forests got the outdated heave-ho, with a shorter structure constructed across the present stadium part.

It is honest to say the alterations haven’t been universally embraced. Certainly, in the event you take a look at fan boards the post-2002 Hockenheimring doesn’t get the identical love that was bestowed on the outdated monitor.

However a victory for Vettel would certainly put aside a few of these misgiving among the many house trustworthy.

Sebastian… are you prepared?

Flashback quiz

What number of grand prix winners from Germany are you able to title?

It is a easy query… with a couple of very simple solutions, maybe?

Seven German drivers in whole have claimed high spot on the rostrum at numerous circuits for the reason that 1960s.

There are solely two minutes on the clock to guess all of them.

What number of German winners are you able to title?

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Beforehand in F1: Spherical 10, Britain

Better of British qualifying: The group solely needed one particular person on pole for Sunday’s race and so they received it. Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel in an exhilarating last-lap tussle to take his place on the entrance row at Silverstone

Championship sunny delight: Within the warmth of the Silverstone solar, it was the blazing crimson of Vettel’s Ferrari that took the chequered flag. A gap nudge from the wheel of Kimi Raikkonen left Hamilton with all the things to do, with the Mercedes man recovering beautifully from the again to complete second

The monitor

Again pocket info

When kids begin their first day of faculty in Germany, they obtain a schultute, which is a big cardboard cone stuffed with toys, chocolate and sweets.

Based on German legislation, an individual’s gender have to be apparent by first title, so the civil registration workplace, or Standesamt, can refuse names that do not comply.

In 2013, Germany dumped the mammoth, 63-letter phrase Rindfleischetikettierungsuberwachungsaufgabenubertragungsgesetz. It interprets as “legislation delegating beef label monitoring” and regardless of the German’s love for prolonged compound nouns, was deemed a tad extreme for the trendy language.

There is not any middle-lane hogging in Germany. When utilizing the well-known Autobahn, motorists stick religiously to the foundations of the highway: hold as far to the appropriate as doable and use left lanes for passing solely.

Drivers’ social

Vive la France! Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly joined within the celebrations for France’s 4-2 win over Croatia within the World Cup closing…

… so did fellow Frenchman Romain Grosjean…

… Lewis Hamilton spoke for a lot of after England’s semi-final defeat by Croatia…

…and in the course of all of the soccer drama, Valtteri Bottas went to see Eminem at Twickenham

Find out how to observe on BBC Sport

BBC Sport has reside protection of all of the season’s races on BBC Radio 5 reside and BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further, plus reside on-line commentary on the BBC Sport web site and cell app – together with viewers interplay, professional evaluation, debate, voting, options, interviews and video content material.

All occasions BST and are topic to vary at brief discover.

German Grand Prix protection particulars Date Session Time Radio protection On-line textual content commentary Thursday, 19 July Preview 21:30-22:00 BBC Radio 5 reside Friday, 20 July First follow 09:55-12:35 BBC Sport on-line From 09:30 Second follow 13:55-15:35 BBC Sport on-line From 13:30 Saturday, 21 July Third follow 10:55-12:05 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further From 10:30 Qualifying 13:55-15:05 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further Sunday, 22 July Race 13:45-16:30 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further From 12:30 Monday, 23 July Evaluation 04:30-05:00 BBC Radio 5 reside

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German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

German GP: Will Sebastian Vettel style house victory on Hockenheim

Michael Schumacher was worshipped by the Hockenheim trustworthy, profitable 4 occasions in entrance of his house crowd (1995, 2002, 2004 and 2006)

Guten tag, Germany… and welcome again.

Hockenheim returns to the Formulation 1 calendar after a two-year hiatus this weekend, and what higher option to get the German followers by the gates than having certainly one of their compatriots sitting atop the drivers’ championship.

Come Sunday, Sebastian Vettel will probably be aiming to do what Lewis Hamilton couldn’t at Silverstone – win on house soil.

The headlines have been already written for the Mercedes man to assert a document sixth British Grand Prix victory however the prancing horse had different concepts. As a substitute it was Vettel who held aloft the winner’s trophy to prolonged his lead this intriguing title race to eight factors.

Hockenheim recollections

Ferrari’s workforce radio to race chief Felipe Massa in 2010 was a basic: “Fernando… is quicker… than you.” Alonso went previous to take the race win

So what does the two.842-mile Hockenheim circuit deliver to the desk?

Bust-ups, crashes and emotional drama, it will appear.

Located within the Rhine Valley, the unique circuit at Hockenheim took drivers on a flat-out thrill trip by lush, inexperienced forests. Throw in some ewoks and a few speeder bikes as an alternative of F1 automobiles, and it might simply have doubled-up as Endor from Return of the Jedi.

In 1982, Nelson Piquet was main the race for Brabham and regarded sure for a podium end; enter Eliseo Salazar. As Piquet tried to lap the inexperienced backmarker, a conflict of wheels despatched the Brabham and ATS right into a spin and into retirement. The incident had a glimmer of the Hamilton v Raikkonen, first-lap Silverstone drama about it. The aftermath, nonetheless, took a punchier flip.

Brazilian Piquet leapt out of his automobile like a raging bull, launching himself on the Chilean, fists flying, and with a relatively ungentlemanly kick in direction of a fragile space. If solely Instagram had been accessible again then for these two to kind out their variations.

If go all the way down to the woods at present… you would possibly discover David Coulthard’s 2001 McLaren with a blown engine

The daybreak of a brand new millennium noticed one other Brazilian make the Hockenheim headlines, this time for the appropriate causes. Step ahead Rubens Barrichello, 122 grands prix into his profession and nonetheless no victory parade. Beginning 18th on the grid and having German legend Michael Schumacher as a team-mate, it did not look very promising.

However someway all of it fell into place.

Schumacher went out in a first-corner crash, a monitor invader triggered a security automobile and the heavens opened. All of the whereas Barrichello drove faultlessly by the sphere earlier than the tears of pleasure got here as he crossed the road for a stirring maiden win.

Two years after that historic second, the lengthy straights by the forests got the outdated heave-ho, with a shorter structure constructed across the present stadium part.

It is honest to say the alterations haven’t been universally embraced. Certainly, in the event you take a look at fan boards the post-2002 Hockenheimring doesn’t get the identical love that was bestowed on the outdated monitor.

However a victory for Vettel would certainly put aside a few of these misgiving among the many house trustworthy.

Sebastian… are you prepared?

Flashback quiz

What number of grand prix winners from Germany are you able to title?

It is a easy query… with a couple of very simple solutions, maybe?

Seven German drivers in whole have claimed high spot on the rostrum at numerous circuits for the reason that 1960s.

There are solely two minutes on the clock to guess all of them.

What number of German winners are you able to title?

Rating: 0 / 7

Begin quiz

You scored 0/7

Share your rating with your folks!

Fb Twitter WhatsApp

Copy and share hyperlink

Surrender!

Beforehand in F1: Spherical 10, Britain

Better of British qualifying: The group solely needed one particular person on pole for Sunday’s race and so they received it. Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel in an exhilarating last-lap tussle to take his place on the entrance row at Silverstone

Championship sunny delight: Within the warmth of the Silverstone solar, it was the blazing crimson of Vettel’s Ferrari that took the chequered flag. A gap nudge from the wheel of Kimi Raikkonen left Hamilton with all the things to do, with the Mercedes man recovering beautifully from the again to complete second

The monitor

Again pocket info

When kids begin their first day of faculty in Germany, they obtain a schultute, which is a big cardboard cone stuffed with toys, chocolate and sweets.

Based on German legislation, an individual’s gender have to be apparent by first title, so the civil registration workplace, or Standesamt, can refuse names that do not comply.

In 2013, Germany dumped the mammoth, 63-letter phrase Rindfleischetikettierungsuberwachungsaufgabenubertragungsgesetz. It interprets as “legislation delegating beef label monitoring” and regardless of the German’s love for prolonged compound nouns, was deemed a tad extreme for the trendy language.

There is not any middle-lane hogging in Germany. When utilizing the well-known Autobahn, motorists stick religiously to the foundations of the highway: hold as far to the appropriate as doable and use left lanes for passing solely.

Drivers’ social

Vive la France! Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly joined within the celebrations for France’s 4-2 win over Croatia within the World Cup closing…

… so did fellow Frenchman Romain Grosjean…

… Lewis Hamilton spoke for a lot of after England’s semi-final defeat by Croatia…

…and in the course of all of the soccer drama, Valtteri Bottas went to see Eminem at Twickenham

Find out how to observe on BBC Sport

BBC Sport has reside protection of all of the season’s races on BBC Radio 5 reside and BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further, plus reside on-line commentary on the BBC Sport web site and cell app – together with viewers interplay, professional evaluation, debate, voting, options, interviews and video content material.

All occasions BST and are topic to vary at brief discover.

German Grand Prix protection particulars Date Session Time Radio protection On-line textual content commentary Thursday, 19 July Preview 21:30-22:00 BBC Radio 5 reside Friday, 20 July First follow 09:55-12:35 BBC Sport on-line From 09:30 Second follow 13:55-15:35 BBC Sport on-line From 13:30 Saturday, 21 July Third follow 10:55-12:05 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further From 10:30 Qualifying 13:55-15:05 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further Sunday, 22 July Race 13:45-16:30 BBC Radio 5 reside sports activities further From 12:30 Monday, 23 July Evaluation 04:30-05:00 BBC Radio 5 reside

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