The twentieth match of the year, the one thousand seventy-sixth (1076) in absolute terms, took place on Sunday, October 30, 2022, at Circuit Hermanos Rodriguez in Mexico City.

The last matches of the championship will be a brilliant field for lovers of statistics and data. Of course, the lion’s share belongs to Verstappen and, accordingly, Red Bull. This is not the first time this has happened. In two of the four championships, Vettel’s performances and records beat all previous ones. To the extent that the German driver himself points out on the radio that they are experiencing historical moments and it is their duty to enjoy them because they will not relive them again. At that time, he took first place with 13 wins. The record was broken in the last race by Verstappen with 14 wins, with two more races to go from pole position. What did not contribute to such an outcome, since the aerodynamic “hole” of 800 meters of a direct start has never given the winner to the leader of the starting lineup. It would be interesting to see what would happen if Pérez managed to get past second place Hamilton and test the goodwill of Verstappen and Horner to bring him victory in front of his home fans. In addition, Verstappen owed him the victory in Spain. The Mexican didn’t even make it to the DRS distance (less than one second) and failed to overtake Hamilton during the pit stop due to a small breakdown. It is obvious that the strategy of the Austrian team is focused on one rider. Even the most well-intentioned spectator or sports fan can’t shake the thought that two Red Bull cars are uncompetitive. Intentionally? And if so, how? Another version is that the experienced Perez, who has been competing since 2011, is at least two fourteenths worse than his teammate’s pilot. This year, Perez has 2 wins so far. In Mercedes, the Hamilton-Bottas duo did not suffer such a difference, to say nothing of the Hamilton-Rosberg duo, where the German racer fought for the title to the end, having once managed to win it.

Apart from this particular report, which concerns a relatively new Austrian team that won its first title in 2010 and does not yet have its own engine, the abundance and variety of statistics is simply overwhelming. In motorsport, everything must be measured. His constitution at birth is the drive and performance around him. The driver and the mechanic obey this initial condition. Performance measurement is how human machines identify themselves. Time is generally the determining factor in determining their daily movement. Especially during a race, timing is the only factor in understanding events. It is not at all paradoxical that you can watch the race simply by switching the time data of the cars between the circles or the segments separating each of them. This data is available on F1 TV. This is a subscription that anyone can get by paying 50 euros per year. No image, no commentary, racing action is literally understood through the timing of cars and their stops, while the viewer is informed about the type of tires and their change. An image is not needed, especially for those who are just starting to read the results or have the patience to learn. Supervision is incomparably more complete. In addition, commentators constantly refer to live data to analyze and give viewers a broader view of the match. In the near future, unmanned vehicles, the subjects of artificial intelligence, will be able to conduct races that eliminate the risk of loss of life. In this working building, every movement of the car will be controlled exclusively by remote control. But aren’t most of the movements of drivers and machines already now controlled by telemetry? The car and pilot are connected by sensors that transmit data – no number – to their processing centers located in the teams’ central laboratories. It’s not even running. It shouldn’t be. The success of the driver is the result of a complex organization, where his individual organs are ultimately ordered by choice models based on the analytical processing of endless data. The statistics of these successes as a result of a more comprehensive and very complex process, of course, do not reflect the qualitative measurement of human energy. Why suddenly there is no answer to the absence of fans from the champion team, although it is absurd to say such a thing. Is it possible to give a bunch of statistics about Red Bull’s winning streak without warming the heart with the optimism that comes from success in general. Vettel’s joy at his first win with Ferrari after four straight championships with Red Bull was unmatched. Verstappen took his 14th win of the year, surpassing all previous similar wins and sees this as a result of the conditions. He was told to do the job and he did. For the favorite refrain in his sayings, at least in his misfortunes or failures, is: “This is what it is.” It is what it is. The given is what it is, without further meaning.