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Fastest F1 driver ever? Study puts Hamilton third

he perennial debate over the fastest driver over the eras has attempted to be settled by a data study conducted by F1, which ranks legendary Brazilian Ayrton Senna at the top of the list. Using an algorithm taking data from all qualifying sessions since 1983, in which performance between team-mates was compared with various rules factored in and car performance discounted, Senna came out as the 'fastest' ahead of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher and F1's current dominant star, Lewis Hamilton. Spanish GP driver ratings The Formula 1 Gossip Column The research, using AWS's machine learning software, put Senna 0.114s ahead of Schumacher on a theoretical qualifying 'lap', with six-time...
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