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F1 2021 Season Recap

I have been keeping a excel spreadsheet of the data from F1 qualifying and races because if there is anything I love more than F1 its excel spreadsheets. Here is the conclusions of the data Ive gathered over the season:

Also clicking on the image will give a clearer view!

If anyone sees any mistakes or has any questions, feel free to drop me a line!

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jobs I would think each indycar driver had if I saw them on the street and didn’t know who they are (part 2 with the current grid, part 1 here lmao)

will power: Vermin Love Supreme (running for president as a meme) OR selling fake rolexes on hollywood blvd

scott mclaughlin: luxury car salesman

josef newgarden: commercial actor (e.g. billy mays)

christian lundgaard: valet driver for a very fancy restaurant

pietro fittipaldi: STNA in a skilled nursing facility

graham rahal: used car salesman

david malukas: he teaches a children's program in the reptile section of the zoo

felix rosenqvist: real estate agent (derogatory)

agustin canapino: slumlord

romain grosjean: personal injury lawyer

rinus veekay: long-term substitute teacher (middle school)

christian rasmussen: deli counter at a boujee grocery store. makes really good sandwiches

marcus armstrong: receptionist at an animal hospital

alex palou: men's warehouse salesman

scott dixon: trauma surgeon

linus lundqvist: he operates the excavator at construction sites

kyffin simpson: unemployed, but his dad is a lawyer and he makes sure everyone knows

alexander rossi: i dont know but he's in witness protection

pato o'ward: occupational therapist

marcus ericsson: electrical engineer (currently doing an apprenticeship)

kyle kirkwood: park ranger at like yosemite or smth

colton herta: sales associate at a local smoke shop (very knowledgable)

sting ray robb: junior funeral director because it's the family business but he wants to be a pediatric dental hygienist

santino ferrucci: serving 18 months for aggravated assault

U know what…. I may like the Miami gp….I kinda vibe with what shes givin us

those fuck ass animatronics would not have stood a chance against this absolute god

I fear the hot man in my phone can’t save me from the anguish from the election

Could you explain a little the impact of weight in 2018 and what changed now? like, did drivers have to be lighter and now they can be a more normal weight? I think i remember seeing someting about a driver who was looking very unhealthy (Magnussen i think?)

oh of course! tw for explicit discussion of weights ahead n i'm gonna have some pics of drivers comparing their weights below the cut so be warned

so before the start of the 2019 season, the total weight of a car and a driver had to be a certain amount. it was 708kg in 2016, 728kg in 2017, and 734kg in 2018 (bumped up for the halo). having a lighter car is an advantage in f1 for obvious reasons

drivers were expected to lose as much weight as possible while still having the strength to drive the car. we heard about them doing things to lose weight for better performance in the car - nico rosberg stopped cycling in 2016 to try and lose muscle on his legs for better balance in the car. jenson button really struggled to 'make weight'. nico hulkenberg was questioned by bigger teams because he's 6ft tall and significantly heavier than a lot of drivers.

obviously rb is the root of all evil... so we need to get onto them. 2014 toro rosso my behated.

if you've heard people talking about JEV in formula e, they're on about jean-eric vergne, who is another french driver who was in toro rosso. in 2014 he was teammates with dany kvyat.

even now, dany is built like a rake. he was a skinny 19 year old at the start of 2014 and weighed 58kg/128lb at 5'9". vergne was 6ft tall and 69kg/152lb. vergne was an adult man, while dany was still growing, so this makes sense. dany is going to be smaller.

however, engineers determined that the weight difference between dany and vergne was making vergne 4 tenths slower per lap which. in the 2014 australian grand prix, 4 tenths faster in qualy would have had vergne starting 2nd on the grid.

so vergne tried to lose weight. he starved himself and landed himself in hospital. he was dehydrated and weak from trying. horrendous. shouldn't have happened. but it was almost... praised?

later that season, we then got concern about helmut marko about dany. dany had a growth spurt. dany hit 6ft tall and gained some weight, bc his bones were longer. dany's heavier and there was question about whether he'd fit in the car. should this really be something we're asking about a 19 year old... esp when his teammate has hospitalised himself over trying to hit this boy's weight...

in 2018, they brought in the halo. one of the arguments from drivers was that they were going to need to lose more weight to make room for it. this comment from max is shocking in hindsight:

max is 6ft, and built a little broader than some other drivers - he's got a wider set of shoulders on him. but like he says - he was worried about the introduction of a life saving device because he didn't have more weight to lose to make room for it.

this wasn't only an issue for taller drivers though. we have this episode of ultimate gasly from 2018, where pierre - who is 5'9"-5'10", and built pretty slim - talks openly about being asked to lose 400g to make room for a bigger motor.

now if you look at the rb and tr lineup in 2018... pierre was pretty tiny. if he was getting asked to lose 400g and having to go to some lengths to do that... what were the taller drivers having to do? max, brendon, and daniel are all taller and broader than pierre.

anyway. this was 'fixed' in 2019 new regs. now the combination of a driver and his seat must be 80kg. the seat has to be made heavier to compensate for a smaller driver - yuki is the lightest on the grid, bc he's 5'2", so his seat will have more weight put under it to compensate.

it's not perfect, but for someone like max, who is taller and heavier (he's 74kg), this actually is okay - he has 2kg of clothing and helmet on, and his seat is 4kg to bring him to the limit.

multiple drivers have reported feeling better as a result of it. we've seen them get more muscular - pierre is a good example, he has beefed up quite a bit. we've also got lewis who's added a few kilos and far muscle. the taller drivers - esteban for example, who looked pretty skeletal for a while - look healthier.

Since the the 2022 season is fast approaching I thought it would be fun to make a F1 bingo card full of my predictions for the new season. I saw this off a TikTok by @/chloe.bee433 and really wanted to make one for the 2022 season.

This was a lot of fun to make! I really enjoyed trying to predict what is going to happen next season. I’ve added a blank copy under the cut if anyone also wants to do this! If you do tag me!! I would love to see what you guys come up with!

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My favorite part of having a favorite drivers is that I forget who’s my favorite drivers