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by ajholyoake 3363 days ago
As an ex-F1 Strategist without the data that I'm used to when watching races, I find this incredibly frustrating. The FIA is the source of any data that teams have about their competitors and this could very easily be forwarded on to the broadcasters. Given that the ownership of F1 has changed recently, there is a chance that this will be opened up at some point in the future.

FWIW, I think that if broadcasters do manage to get their hands on the live timing in a numerical format (rather than on a TV screen) you could see them extracting more interesting stuff than the teams do themselves!
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elcapitan 3363 days ago
Ex-F1 Strategist? That sounds really interesting. What did you do there?
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ajholyoake 3363 days ago
Mostly tried to bring some kind of rigour to the process of deciding strategies. The majority of the day job was spent persuading people that spreadsheets are not the way forward and implementing stuff in python with web front ends. I think most people would be shocked at how non-cutting edge the software is across the industry!

Working during the races were fun when there was a genuine decision to be made however!

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elcapitan 3362 days ago
That still sounds like an amazing job. Thanks for sharing!
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