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The predictability of Formula 1

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Formula One - Predictability Over Time by Nate Downer

The interactive version of this visualization can be viewed here:

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/ ... Dashboard1

This is a byproduct of a paper I wrote earlier this year that evaluated the extent to which machine learning techniques could be used to model the outcome of F1 races. If you want to check that out, it is on my GitHub along with all the data and code:

https://github.com/nate-downer/classify ... Report.pdf

https://www.reddit.com/r/formula1/comme ... over_time/
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Having Mercedes dominance contributed to increasing the predictability in the late 2010's I'm sure.
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Sure thing is sure outcome until it isn't.
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