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 machine learning-based analysis compares driver speeds "throughout the ages to define an ultimate ranking of the fastest drivers ever" based on performance between teammates in qualifying. "Qualifying speed is something that we can be really quite clear about," explained F1’s Director of Data Systems Rob Smedley "If you think about race pace, there's a lot of nuances to that race pace, and it's sometimes difficult to pull it out. A...
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