A new study has tried to find an answer to the question: “Which is more important for success in Formula 1, the driver or the team and the car?”.
“There is a long held belief, the so called ’80-20 rule’ in Formula 1, that the car/team is 80% of the success of a race while the skill of the driver is only by 20%,” says lead author Duane Rokerby of the University of Lethbridge, whose findings are published in the journal Applied Economics.
“However, we find that the contribution of the car and the team has been greatly overestimated. Instead of 80%, it is closer to 20%. The driver contribution is around 15%. The factor the most important is the nuances, and 30-40% is the interaction between the driver and the team.Unforeseen factors that arise during the race explain the remaining percentages.
Our results are particularly important for drivers, as they show that they are not only driving cars, but also providing valuable insight and feedback into car development. More experienced riders improve the return on team technology and vice versa. The 80-20 rule greatly underestimates the role of the rider given the essential complementarity between the rider and the team.
The results were analyzed by Rockerbie and co-author Stephen Easton, professor of economics at Simon Fraser University. They used statistical modeling and data from the 2012-2019 Formula 1 seasons to determine the final positions.
Source : MatchTV
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