Short note on the Australian F1 Grand Prix

16/03/2013 | By | 2 Replies More

Last year I had a couple of thoughts about Formula one and motor-sport in general, so I embarked on a research project. Still a lot of work to be done and conclusions to be reached.

I’m still not finished on the research and I don’t have a complete data set but one I started the research, sensibly, at the start of the season and started working through each race going back ten years or as far as I could go. I’m still not finished on all circuits. One of the early pointers I got from the data in the early races was that Melbourne had an above average rate of retirement.

It was about 10% more than Malaysia and double that of China. When you dug underneath that stat you find that mechanical failure isn’t above average but accidents are. Overall 4/10 cars retire for one reason or another at Melbourne. Thought you may like that stat ahead of the race tomorrow.

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I left a good job in the consumer technology industry to go a trade on Betfair for a living way back in June 2000. I've been here ever since pushing very boundaries of what's possible on betting exchanges and loved every minute of it.

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  1. talkingmonkey says:

    which market you suggest for F1

  2. Peter Webb says:

    Early days for me on strategy. But the main volume markets are race winner & podium finish, so that’s probably where I will put my effort.

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