Here are The Gurgler’s 2023 Canadian Grand Prix Ratings – our way of rating the performances of all the drivers from the most recent race.
Our G-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.
Plus, we have a range of stats and barely interesting facts from the 2023 F1 Season so far.
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 – Our 2023 Canadian Grand Prix Lap by Lap Summary and Highlights
Race 8 2023 Canadian Grand Prix Ratings
Here is the breakdown of the Driver of the Year points from the most recent race.
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, plus a few points of interest below.
- Sergio Perez slips to fourth overall, and he’s probably lucky it’s only that far. Positive ranking movement for Yuki Tsunoda and Oscar Piastri.
Race 8 2023 Spanish Grand Prix Team Ratings
This is essentially using the same drivers stats but in reverse for the worst score, but taking out 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.
- It’s a three way tie for biggest team mate killer in 2023.
- Ferrari remain the only team slower than last season in terms of % from pole position. Although, Red Bull have an almost identical % to 2022 driven by Sergio Perez’s failures to get into Q3.
- The two Aston martin drivers and Esteban Ocon are the big improvers in 2023 for % to pole position. The two Ferrari drivers and Sergio Pewrez and Lando Norris are the worst performers.
- Only Alonso and Carlos Sainz have made it to Q3 for all races this season. Only three drivers have failed to make Q3 at least once this season – de Vries, Zhou and Sargeant.
- The two Mercedes drivers and Logan Sargeant are the only drivers yet to drop a place on the opening lap this season.
Here are the choicest of cuts from the F1 data we compile for season 2023, we a few hand picked barely interesting points to share below.
DRIVER 2023 H2H RECORD
Beating your team 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 just about everything we could find on qualifying.
QUALIFYING SUMMARY
QUALIFYING BY SESSION
QUALIFYING COMPARISON – GRID POSITION x AVERAGE GAP TO POLE POSITION
QUALIFYING DRIVER COMPARISONS – BY TRACK TYPE AND GRID POS BY SEASON
QUALIFYING % FROM POLE – DRIVER/TEAM COMPARISONS – 2022 v 2023
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.
FASTEST LAP STATS
Want to know more about the drivers in race trim? Well here are some Fastest Lap details.
FREE PRACTICE
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.
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
DNF Not Driver or Team Fault Minus 2 Points
DNF CAUSED BY DRIVER/TEAM INCOMPETENCE Minus 5 Points
