British GP 2020

British GP 2020

F1 goes to another triple-header with two races in Silverstone and one in Barcelona. Mercedes are the indisputable leaders and do not seem to have any opponent for this season and the next one – given that the cars will remain virtually the same in 2021. Lewis won this race last year by 25 seconds to the 2nd car. Can he repeat that feat this year?

The ML model predictions are back for this GP and, as expected, Hamilton and Bottas are expected to dominate the race. Can the Force Indias, the McLarens or the Red Bulls put up a challenge to the world champions? I hardly expect that but you never know…

Kvyat and Russell got a 5-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change and for failure to respect double yellow flags respectively.

Driver Qualifying Prediction Actual Qualifying Result Race Prediction Actual Race Result
Hamilton 1 1 1 1
Verstappen 3 3 3 2
Leclerc 10 4 4 3
Ricciardo 12 8 9 4
Norris 7 5 6 5
Ocon 13 9 11 6
Gasly 9 11 12 7
Albon 6 12 13 8
Stroll 5 6 5 9
Vettel 11 10 10 10
Bottas 2 2 2 11
Russell 16 20 19 12
Sainz 8 7 7 13
Giovinazzi 17 15 16 14
Latifi 20 18 20 15
Grosjean 19 17 18 16
Raikkonen 15 16 15 17
Kvyat 14 19 14 R
Magnussen 18 14 17 R
Hulkenberg 4 13 8 R

2 thoughts on “British GP 2020

  1. Hi, How does the model work? I created my own version and just wondered how yours differs. Mine can be found here
    theparttimeanalyst.com/2020/07/25/pole-position-prediction-a-tidy-models-example/

    1. Hey, I have been posting how I’ve been building the model. I haven’t completed this series of posts yet though. A big difference compared to your model is that I’m not using free practice data at all. My predictions are based on previous qualifying and race results.

      I’ll definitely go through your blog posts in detail. Thanks for reaching out to me.

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