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Mar 27, 2021

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With Formula 1 kicking of this weekend I decided to take a look at how lap times have changed over the years - starting with the Bahrain GP since that the first stop on the 2021 F1 calendar.

It is presented as a density based joyplot (named for the iconic Joy Division album cover) and each year is shaded based on which team had the fastest lap of the GP. Will Mercedes 2020 dominance carry over to 2021 and put in another fastest lap effort?

Take a look below and see what stands out

Bahrain Lap Times Year by Year

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A Brief history of Formula 1 Lap Times
There is a great dataset of Formula 1 lap times going all the way back to 1996, which allows us to look at how the history of lap times has changed.
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