Here are The Gurgler’s F1 Season G-Power Ratings and Rankings – our unique collection of stats that try and find a different way to determine the best drivers of the season and the class of the field from the most recent race. This edition features our 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix Ratings and Stats.
The Power Rankings goes a little bit deeper than just points scored on the Sunday. We take on board Free Practice, Qualifying, performance in relation to team mate, fastest lap, and a few more stats that are attempting to highlight a driver outperforming the car.
A full explanation on what is included and the points awarded is below the visuals and hey, why not catch up with the race summary below.
READ MORE – 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix Lap by Lap Summary and Highlights
Race 1 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix Driver Ratings
Here is the breakdown of the best and blurst driver from the most recent race. The detailed explanation for all of this is at the end.
Here are the current overall standings for our Driver of the Year winner – the Martini Medal. Named in honour of one of F1’s most unsung heroes – Pierluigi Martini of Minardi fame.
We have the overall scores as they stand, plus a visual which shows the flow of each driver’s position throughout the season.
Race 1 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix Team Ratings
This is essentially using the same drivers stats, but taking our anything that is a H2H between the drivers.
And our annual award focuses on the other end of the grid, highlighting the worst team of the season.
Of course, the worst team of the season award needs to be named after the worst F1 team of all time. And if you want to fund out more about Andrea Moda, follow this link.
BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX STATS HIGHLIGHTS
Before we dive into the season stats, here’s a few choice pieces from the most recent race.
- Valtteri Bottas gain the most places on the first lap in the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, which goes against his usual efforts in previous seasons. Last season it took until Round 10 to gain a place on the first lap, and 14 Rounds in 2021 for go forward. The last two seasons comes to a net total of 70 places lost on the first lap.
- Every team’s average distance from pole position % was better than last season’s average. However it was a close thing for Ferrari. Carlos Sainz and Yuki Tsunoda are the two driver’s whose Bahrain distance from pole was worse than their 2022 average.
- It was Fernando Alonso’s first top six qualifying at Bahrain since 2013.
- It’s the first time since 2013 that Lewis Hamilton was not on the podium.
DRIVER 2023 H2H RECORD
Beating your mate mate in F1 is very important, which is why we keep an eye on the H2H stats through the season.
2023 F1 QUALIFYING
Here our qualifying analysis covers the average grid position as well as the gap to pole.
For the gap to pole the % from pole is relative to the fastest lap in whichever qualifying session was the final one for each driver.
FIRST LAP POSITION GAINS
Races can’t be won or lost at the first corner, well actually they can be lost at the first corner, and a good one can make all the difference.
So here are the stats on the lightning fast starters and the slow poke.
2023 F1 Season Power Rankings – Points Explanation
Here’s how the points work this season. Essentially the perfect race (Win from Pole, Fastest Lap, thrash team mate, best in race etc) should amount to the perfect 100 points.
FIRST LAP GAINS +0.5pts per position gained -0.5pts per position lost.
CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS – 25pts to 1pt as per World Championship – Sprint Race Points added.
BEAT TEAM MATE (RACE) – 10pts (if both finish or other driver got self inflicted DNF)
FASTEST LAP – 5pts – 1pt for top five drivers.
GRID POSITION TO RACE POSITION – formula +/- relative finish to grid
BEST OF THE REST (RACE) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
QUALIFYING – 20pts to 1pt – Grid Position 1 to 20.
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) – 5pts
BEST OF THE REST (QUALIFYING) – 5pts to 1pt – top five non Mercedes-Red Bull drivers
GREAT/GRAPE – 5pts Great 2pts Honourable Mention -2Pts Dishonourable Mention -5Pts Grape
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Time Gap – Formula for % beaten team mate by
BEAT TEAM MATE (QUALIFYING) Position – 0.5 Pts for every position team mate is beaten by. 0 points for second car.
FREE PRACTICE HERO – 10Pts to 1Pt – Average Position across all three practice sessions.
WIN FROM POLE – Bonus 5 Points
WIN FROM POLE WITH FASTEST LAP – Bonus 10 Points
