u/HereComesVettel

Front page text translation : "The level reached during the Australian Open final, won on Sunday by Novak Djokovic against Rafael Nadal (5-7 6-4 6-2 6-7 7-5) at the end of a mind-blowing fight, proves that mens tennis is going through a real golden age. Which is far from over..."

https://x.com/i/status/2054256433600803176

A few things to note here :

1. Self-inflicted DNFs only take into account races in which drivers crash out on their own. For instance, Canada 2008 isn't involved for Hamilton even though the incident was clearly his fault because he collided with another car. This made it easier for me to draw the line, otherwise some cases would inevitably lead to debates.

2. The % is based on both sprint and race starts, as I also decided to include race-ending errors during sprint races.

3. DNS are also included if the driver lost the car on his own on the warm-up or formation lap.

4. I did all of it off the top of my head as there is no data as such available on the internet, so I apologize if I remembered an incident wrong or if I forgot to add a few.

5. I only focused on those 8 drivers because they are the ones for which I remember their career the best, I'm pretty confident I'd have missed a fair few examples with other drivers.

6. Feel free to ask more questions if needed.

I would still go with Russell to be honest. I expect Mercedes' upgrade package in Canada to give them a significant edge again and I expect George to be slightly more consistent than Antonelli over a full season.