F1 relies on Amazon Web Services for its analytical and data services, but the pair's attempt to single out the fastest F1 driver since 1983 appears to lack a few terabytes of relevant data, not to mention some common sense. The analysis compares driver speeds "throughout the ages to define an ultimate ranking of the fastest drivers ever" based on performance between teammate in qualifying. For starters, and just over a week after the sport celebrated its 70th Anniversary at Silverstone, AWS appears to ignore that Formula 1 existed well before 1983. So absent from the stats are Fangio, Moss, Brabham, Clark, Rindt, Stewart, Fittipaldi, Villeneuve and many more from the golden ages...
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