How do the cars compare when each team is averaged per race?

Each constructor’s car term, dirty-air tax, and driver-skill average from the same laps, with each team averaging its per-race values and no teammate or cross-team pairing.

Driver-vs-driver gaps across teams mostly measure the car, so this page does not pair drivers. Team averages show each constructor on its own: each team’s value is the average of its per-race values, so a driver’s share of races counts equally across the team’s races.

What it shows

Each constructor carries three season averages:

• Car term: the team’s car contribution to lap time from the lap decomposition. Lower = faster car.
• Dirty-air tax: average time lost in dirty air across the team’s measured laps.
• Driver skill: average driver-skill residual across the team’s drivers. This is the driver line-up, not the car.

Teammates are not paired and cross-team pairs are not compared. A cell with no measured reading is blank, not zero.

How to use it

1. Select a season from the filter bar; the table reloads.
2. Read the car term to rank the cars on the same laps.
3. Compare dirty-air tax to see which teams spend more time in traffic.
4. Check the driver-skill column to separate line-up strength from car strength.

Data source

The page queries fct_lap_residuals via DuckDB-Wasm in the browser, using training-eligible laps (ml_eligible), averaged per race and then across the season’s races.

Column	Meaning
constructor_component_s	Car term for the lap
dirty_air_tax_s	Dirty-air time loss for the lap
driver_skill_residual_s	Driver-skill residual for the lap

The data window covers 2018–2025.

For the full model definition, see the fct_lap_residuals reference.