Formula 1 - Miami Grand Prix 2024

Other than KMag trying for the most penalties in a single session, as per usual, very little happened at the Miami Grand Prix. And the reason nothing happens also means a sprint race where nothing happens. 

Ferrari wise, I appreciate it's the US and it's an opportunity for a special livery but I would have been happier if they'd gone further and gone full out with the one Sainz jnr is sitting on in this picture. The official photos of the non-race suit driver outfits are appalling, but the best I could find with both of them in has them both pulling ridiculous faces:  

 It did make them look particularly like 50s-ish gas station attendants. 

The race suits looked like this:  

Of course, it wouldn't be Ferrari without an oops, so of course, they tried to kill Leclerc by not giving him any water. In Miami. In May!!!(https://x.com/ESPNF1/status/1787527750149971977) 

I didn't think I needed a "car tries to kill a driver" square, but I maybe I do.

Saints Ahoy - Visualisations from game 12 and the season to date

Game 12 was Saints vs Hull KR, at round about the point in the season where: 

1) It became obvious that this season, Hull KR are good. 

2) Saints, not have a good year 

3) The referees have decided to card Saints players for breathing this year (mild exaggeration, but several things Saints players have been carded for, players from other teams have not) 

Match report here - https://www.saintsrlfc.com/matches/2024/first-team/hull-kr-v-saints-2024-05-04/?swcfpc=1 Saints lost, and had a player sin-binned (Matty Lees, about which, more later).  In short, woe! 

Also woe! Makinson is leaving at the end of the year (https://x.com/Saints1890/status/1792110445903642738). Now, we have had a good run from him, and I begrudge no one who puts their body on the line the chance of a ginormous lower tax-rate pay off from Catalan Dragons. On the other hand, I don't want to lose him!!!! 

For Game 12: 

The final score was 40-20 to Hull KR.  Only 2 out of Saints's four tries were converted, as seen in the diagram below. Adding an extra 4 points wouldn't have won Saints the game, but it wouldn't have hurt. 

12 of 13 players are on the diagram for playing together when Saints conceded in game 12. Matty Lees is the starting player who is not present, but that's more because he had 10 minutes in the sin bin for a yellow card, which undoubtedly didn't help the defence. 

That leads us to the diagrams for the season to date: 

In game 12, Hull KR had the most point-scoring moments of any team Saints have played so far: Who scores for Saints?:  

As expected, Percival who does the kicking (when he's on the pitch) has still had the most point-scoring moments. 

When do Saints score?:  

Game 12 was Tee Ritson's first game (not sure if injured or out of favour), which is why he is at the bottom of the "number of point-scoring moments Saints players are present for, up to game 12" bar chart. The matrix of players present when Saints score looks like this: Clark, Dodd and Sironen are present more often than expected alongside Welsby and Lomax when Saints score. 

The network graph also reflects the players who have been injured, with Walmsley and Davies sticking out at the edge of the figure. Interestingly, there's starting to be a pattern to when Saints concede, with minute 71 and 11 standing out. Because they're ever presents, Lomax and Welsby are both at the top of the "how many point-conceding moments have Saints players been present for" bar chart. Ritson and Wingfield haven't been playing, and Lees is a mixture of minutes not-played due to injury and being carded. 

The "who are present together when Saints concede" matrix diagram is a different shape to the present-together-when-scoring equivalent, with the together least often group in the top left corner, then the most often together group in the middle (although that's been shifted up and to the left), then the intermediate ones taking up half the diagram. The present together when Saints concede diagram is also developing.

Saints Ahoy - Visualisations up to game 11

Saints are a frustrating team:

game 9 - lose to Warrington, game 10 - annihilate Hull FC, game 11 - narrowly squeak past Huddersfield with a last minute drop goal (thank you so much Johnny Lomax). 

Match report here - https://www.saintsrlfc.com/matches/2024/first-team/saints-v-huddersfield-giants-2024-04-25/?swcfpc=1 

Because the game was so low-scoring (13-12), I've got no figures for the game. But there are some interesting changes to the rolling diagrams. 

Who scores for Saints? Percival brings up his 20th point-scoring moment. 

When do Saints score, coloured by scorer? There's a distinct pattern of Saints scoring in the last 10 minutes before half-time, but all the minutes where Saints have had 3 point-scoring moments are in the second half. 

Who is present when Saints score? Welsby and Lomax have been present for all point-scoring moments, followed by Whitley and Makinson. 

The least present are Wingfield (who has been injured), Walmsley (also injured) and Davies (guess what). This was when Saints 2024 injury curse really started to become obvious. 

The matrix has changed significantly. Last time, the dark purple "most often together when Saints score" was in the bottom right hand corner, now it's in the top left hand corner. Interestingly, the next darkest area is the top right and the pale section is in the middle. Davies is unexpectedly pale ... because he hasn't played often due to injury. That's also why he sticks out of the network graph. Walmsley's been injured, I'm presuming Knowles also.

Saints also concede mostly in the second half.  

I do not approve of so many point scoring moments happening against Saints in minute 11. 

Who is present when Saints concede? Bennison continues to be present for more concessions than scores. Percival is present for few because of the "wrap him up in cotton wool at minute 50" scheme.

  The concession matrix is still in four sections, not nine like the scoring one, but they're now rectangles not squares. The darkest and largest section runs 11 players, from Welsby to Mata'utia. The smaller one runs for 9 players, from Wingfield to Bell. 

The concession network diagram is bizarre. There's now a central core, with an outer halo of Wingfield, Percival, Mbye, Lees, Batchelor and Walmsley, with Bell and Delaney linking the two parts.