Chancery’s Archive

#F1 Forensics: 2015 season overtaking analysis

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  Brought to you by TJ13 Technical Analyst Tourdog Overtakes make for good racing and meet Bernie’s requirement for a “good show”. That appears to be a commonly held belief amongst most F1 fans. Conversely, a ‘parade’ where most of the grid follow each other around a track for 2 hours is not very exciting. … Read more

#F1 Forensics: 2015 Technical Awards

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Brought to you technical Analyst Tourdog   1,058,437 Data points. That is how much info I have collected over the course of the 2015 season. This included lap times, PU usage, Session and race information, Driver team, and gearbox numbers too. The info is all broken down into more palletable pieces in the Chancery Archive, … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Abu Dhabi Lap time and Gap Charts

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Brought to you by technical analyst Tourdog It has been a long season, but we have finally arrived near the end. I say near, because the FIA has announced that they still need to break the seals on Hamilton and Vettels old Power Units to make sure there was no funny business, but seriously – … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Brazil Lap Time and Gap charts + Part II of Ricciardo’s new ICE.

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Brought to you by TJ13 technical analyst Tourdog Yawn… Maybe it was the lack of a safety car. Maybe it was the lack of rain. Maybe it’s because there were no retirements. Maybe it’s because the WDC, WCC, and most of the other positions have already been secured for the year.  Or maybe it’s because Mercedes … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Is it worth it for RB to upgrade Kvyat’s ICE?

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  Daniel Ricciardo Received a new Internal Combustion Engine for the Brazil GP. This is the long awaited Upgrade that Renault has been working on since the beginning of the season. As has been published prior, Mario Illien  has been working separately on the Renault PU, devising his own solutions to Renault’s problems on Red … Read more

#F1 Forensics: The Big One. Power Unit usage by session.

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    The WDC and WCC have been decided. We all pretty much knew what the outcome of those was going to be anyway, so who cares. What really matters are the numbers, and boy do I have a lot of numbers for you. When I started this little excursion into the abyss several months … Read more

#F1 Forensics: Top Drivers Lap Times & all new Lap Gap Chart

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Brought to you by TJ13 contributor Tourdog An exciting race it was. The lack of running in the practice and qualifying sessions was a blessing to me, as it meant less work, but also meant that no one had any real idea of pace, setup, tyres, etc. The teams were forced to make educated guesses on … Read more