Beyond the Flag power rankings format to experience minor change
By Asher Fair
The Beyond the Flag power rankings format for Formula 1, the NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar and Formula E is slated to experience a minor change.
As our dedicated readers of the past few years are aware, we implemented a power rankings formula ahead of the 2018 season for Formula 1, the NASCAR Cup Series, IndyCar and Formula E to utilize from the 2018 season and beyond.
This formula, which is now the same for each of these four series after the removal of the stage points variable from the Cup Series formula ahead of the 2019 season, can be seen here.
This formula is utilized not only to determine driver power rankings but team power rankings as well, and the spreadsheets used to do so are over 20 sheets large for each of these four series. For the 2019 season, they total 104 sheets.
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We plan to continue using these formulas and posting these power rankings along with the coinciding non-formulated and purely opinion-based rankings, but we are also planning a minor change to how we present them on a race by race basis.
Since the start of the 2018 season, these rankings have been posted after every race, sans the start of the 2017-2018 Formula E season, by which time Formula E was not officially a part of our year-round coverage.
However, effective after the races of the weekend of Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, the driver power rankings and the team power rankings will be posted as one slideshow as opposed to a slideshow for the driver power rankings and a single-page article for the team power rankings. This move makes sense simply because these power rankings are based on the same formula anyway.
Both the formulated rankings and non-formulated rankings will still be presented in these articles, but there will be more of an emphasis on the formulated rankings since that is why the formula was created to begin with. Based on how the previous articles were formatted, the formulated rankings were tougher to access and comprehend compared to the non-formulated rankings.
The exact new format of these power rankings will be detailed in a separate post.
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Here is a list of the first races in each of these four series after which the power rankings format is slated to change.