Pick any driver from any race and see what their strategy cost, what the
best alternative would have been, and whether it would have changed where
they finished. Every number here is measured from lap times, not guessed.
When to stop
time lost vs lap of first stop
Where the time went
This circuit
The season, measured
the three things this project measures
Tyre wear
Seconds lost per lap of tyre age, in clean air.
Cost of a pit stop
Measured from the laps a stop wrecks. Borrowed where too few green flag stops survived.
How hard to overtake
Laps you stay stuck once you are within 1.5s of the car ahead.