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Beyond the Flag releases 2018 power rankings formulas

By Asher Fair

AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 22: Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF70H, Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 and the rest of the field head towards turn one at the start during the United States Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 22: Sebastian Vettel of Germany driving the (5) Scuderia Ferrari SF70H, Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain driving the (44) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes F1 WO8 and the rest of the field head towards turn one at the start during the United States Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas on October 22, 2017 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) /
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For the 2018 season, Beyond the Flag is set to use power rankings formulas for the NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar and Formula One. Here are those formulas.

Announced just over a week ago was the fact that Beyond the Flag will be moving to power rankings based on mathematical formulas for the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar and Formula One seasons.

This means that for these three series, all full-time drivers and teams will be ranked after each race with several variables determining where they rank. They will be accompanied by a general explanation of what took place in the past race as opposed to explanations for each and every driver or team in the rankings like last year.

There will still be a list of non-formulated opinion-based rankings at the bottom of these particular articles, but they will not go into great detail like they did last year. All of the details needed will be in the formula-based rankings.

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With the start of the 2018 Cup Series season happening later today with the 60th annual Daytona 500, it is time to reveal each of these formulas, even those for IndyCar and Formula One despite the fact that those seasons do not begin until Sunday, March 11th and Sunday, March 25th, respectively.

The rankings are set to be ordered by the drivers and the teams with the highest value in the “Total” category, and these values are set to be calculated using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

NASCAR Cup Series

Drivers

Total = ((Wins*10+Top 3*5+Top 5*3+Top 10+Points+Points in most recent race+playoff points+stage points+stage wins*3)/Average finish/Average finish in last 5 races)*(100-standings position)

Teams

Total = (Full-time driver formula point total/Number of full-time drivers)

IndyCar

Drivers

Total = ((Wins*10+Top 3*5+Top 5*3+Top 10+Points+Points in most recent race)/Average finish/Average finish in last 5 races)*(100-standings position)

Teams

Total = (Full-time driver formula point total/Number of full-time drivers)

Formula One

Drivers

Total = ((Wins*10+Top 3*5+Top 5*3+Top 10+Points+Points in most recent race)/Average finish/Average finish in last 5 races)*(100-standings position)

Teams

Total = (Full-time driver formula point total/Number of full-time drivers)

Note that these formulas are only set to be used for the NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar and Formula One. Any other power rankings that are published on the site throughout 2018 will not use these formulas, such as for the Xfinity Series or Truck Series.

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Are you excited for the debut of these new power rankings formulas? More importantly, are you excited for the start of the 2018 NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar and Formula One seasons? The Cup Series season is set to start later today, while the IndyCar and Formula One seasons are not set to start until next month.

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