The 2022 Formula Virtual season is now at the halfway point, and that means it's time for the mid-season driver rankings! These will be released periodically over the coming days, but for now - for those interested - an in-depth explanation of how the rankings have been calculated. Final Ranking
The final ranking is an average of a drivers Statistical Ranking and Ranking Modifier. Ranking Modifier A manual ranking based on the Statistical Ranking, but with amendments to take into account things such as; the ability of a drivers team mate, incidents/failures outside of a drivers control, etc. Essentially, all of those things that a pure results based ranking could not account for. Statistical Ranking A ranking based on the average of a drivers Championship Position, Qualifying Rank and Race Rank. Championship Position The current position of the driver in the World Drivers' Championship. Qualifying Rank How the driver ranks in relation to their rivals in terms of qualifying performance. This rank is comprised of a drivers average qualifying position, how often a driver has beaten their team mate and how the driver has performed in qualifying relative to their car performance. Average Qualifying Position This makes up 50% of the Qualifying Rank. The average position a driver has qualified in this season. Note, this is based on qualifying result and not grid position, therefore does not take into account any grid penalties. For those drivers who failed to progress from pre-qualifying, they are given positions 27 through to 30 based on their pace in the pre-qualifying session. Where a team in pre-qualifying missed the strategy deadline and was therefore guaranteed not to progress, their results have been excluded from this calculation. If a driver failed to set a time in qualifying, their result is also excluded. Performance against team mate This makes up 25% of the Qualifying Rank. Simply, this is the number of the times a driver has been faster than their team mate at the end of qualifying. This takes into account both pre-qualifying and qualifying and includes any results where a team was excluded from the session (but still set times). If one driver from a team failed to set a time in a qualifying session, that result is excluded for both drivers within that team. Qualifying result in comparison to car performance This makes up 25% of the Qualifying Rank. For each race weekend, the teams have been ranked 1 through to 15 based on the average qualifying pace of their drivers (if only one driver set a time, then only that time is used). This is then used to determine where a teams drivers *should* be on any given weekend. I.e. a team with rank 1 should have their cars 1st and 2nd, or an average of 1.5. A team with rank 2 should be 3rd and 4th, or an average of 3.5 and so on. Each drivers qualifying position is then compared to this, and they are ranked in terms of who has done better than their expected qualifying position by the most places over the 8 races so far, down to who has done the worst. Race Rank How the driver ranks in relation to their rivals in terms of race results. This rank is comprised of a drivers average race finish, how often a driver has beaten their team mate and how the driver has performed in the race relative to their car performance. Average Race Finish This makes up 50% of the Race Rank. The average position a driver has finished in this season. Note, this only takes into account results of who drivers who were fully classified at the chequered flag, it therefore excludes classified retirements. This also excludes all results where a driver failed to qualifying for the race. Performance against team mate This makes up 25% of the Race Rank. Simply, this is the number of the times a driver has finished ahead of their team mate at the end of a race. If one driver from a team failed to finish the race, that result is excluded for both drivers within that team. It only counts where both drivers were classified at the end of the race. Race result in comparison to car performance This makes up 25% of the Race Rank. This uses the same 'team pace' ranking as the qualifying car performance, and the same methodology for calculating - i.e. the further ahead of their expected result a driver finishes, the better their ranking, and the further behind, the worse. As a driver might start out of position however, this also takes into account the variation of where a driver finishes in relation to where they start (note, this uses start position, not qualifying result). I'll use Ruiz in Japan as an example. The Mathershaw was the quickest car in Japan, so had an expected finish of 1.5. Ruiz finished 4th, and was therefore +2.5. However, he started on pole, and lost three positions, therefore making his final Japan race result in comparison to car performance +5.5. The lower a drivers 'comparison to car performance' number after the eight races so far, the higher their rating in this category.
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