#fanboost

…finally!!

Never thought it could be this hard 😭

So here I am, with some funky fanboost stats to get y’all to pipe down

(This is completely discounting Season 5 (2018/19) and only looking at the first 4 season.)

Season 1 - There was a total of 35 drivers across the whole season. Honestly Andretti has commitment issues. There was 11 races, meaning there was 33 fanboost slots for the whole season (3 per race). Throughout the whole season, 11 different drivers were awarded fanboost at least once. That’s 34% of drivers. 

Out of the 12 drivers who competed in all 11 races, 6 were awarded fanboost at least once (50% of drivers.) Nelson Piquet Jr had fanboost in 6 out of 11 races, the most out of any driver. 

Season 2 - There was a total of 23 drivers across the whole season. (We’re discounting the drivers of Trulli as they never actually competed.) There was 10 races, 30 chances at fanboost. Throughout the season, 11 drivers were awarded fanboost at least once, that’s 47% of drivers. 

Out of the 16 drivers who competed in at least 9 races*, 10 of them were awarded fanboost at least once (62.5% of drivers). Lucas di Grassi won the most fanboost, having it in 5 races.

Season 3 - There was a total of 25 drivers across the whole season. There was 12 races, so 36 chances at fanboost. Throughout the season, 7 drivers were awarded fanboost (28% of drivers). 

Out of the 19 drivers who competed in at least 10 races*, 7 were awarded fanboost (38% of drivers). Sébastien Buemi** and Lucas di Grassi were awarded fanboost in every race they competed in that season. 

Season 4 - There was a total of 25 drivers across the whole season. Again, there was 12 races, 36 chances at fanboost. Throughout the season, 8 drivers were awarded fanboost (32% of drivers). 

Out of the 17 drivers who competed in at least 11 races*, 6 of them had fanboost at least once (47% of drivers). Daniel Abt won fanboost in 11 out of the 12 races. 

Individual - The three consistent winners of fanboost over the 4 seasons have been Sébastien Buemi***, Lucas di Grassi, and Daniel Abt. Out of 45 races, Buemi has had fanboost in 26 of them, di Grassi in 24, and Abt in 20. Abt didn’t win a single fanboost until season 3, but has been a consistent winner ever since. 

So to summarise 

34% of the season 1 grid had fanboost in at least one race

47% of the season 2 grid had fanboost in at least one race

28% of the season 3 grid had fanboost in at least one race

32% of the season 4 grid had fanboost in at least one race

Fanboost as always been dominated by the same few drivers, with the exception of season 2 where it was somewhat varied. I understand that it’s frustrating to see the same drivers win it every week, but blaming it just on Stoffel is stupid when you consider the past. 

Also I know I said I wasn’t talking about season 5, but Antonio Felix da Costa has had fanboost in all of the first 6 races, the same as Stoffel, and yet no one is complaining about him. Abt and Buemi have had it in 5 of the 6 races so far. Do you hate all drivers getting fanboost repeatedly, or just Stoffel?

Be frustrated at the system, not at the driver.