There has, of course, also been a trend in recent years for the centre of gravity of the championship calendar to become increasing Oriental. Thus, if one were to hold each Grand Prix in the same location, where would be the most appropriate place in which to hold it? Probably not somewhere in Europe. To be scientific about this issue, then, let us propose instead that we take the average latitude and longitude of all the race tracks on the 2010 Formula One calendar.
Assuming that the British Grand Prix will be held at Silverstone, the 2010 calendar consists of the following geographical locations:
Race | Latitude | Longitude |
Bahrain | 26.0325 | 50.510556 |
Australia | -37.849722 | 144.968333 |
Malaysia | 2.760556 | 101.7375 |
China | 31.338889 | 121.219722 |
Spain | 41.57 | 2.261111 |
Monaco | 43.734722 | 7.420556 |
Turkey | 40.951667 | 29.405 |
Canada | 45.505833 | -73.526667 |
Europe | 39.458889 | -0.331667 |
Britain | 52.071 | -1.016 |
Germany | 49.327778 | 8.565833 |
Hungary | 47.578889 | 19.248611 |
Belgium | 50.437222 | 5.971389 |
Italy | 45.620556 | 9.289444 |
Singapore | 1.291403 | 103.864147 |
Japan | 34.843056 | 136.540556 |
S. Korea | 34.733333 | 126.416667 |
Abu Dhabi | 24.467222 | 54.603056 |
Brazil | -23.703611 | -46.699722 |
The average latitude and longitude of the 2010 Formula 1 calendar is therefore 28.95632537, 42.12886447. These coordinates transpire to be a desert region in Saudi Arabia called Al Haiyaniya, (pictured in the satellite image above).
The perfect location, then, for the entire championship.
2 comments:
Hi Gordon, if you already know your data distribution is skewed, why did you use the mean location?
Surely use of the median is more appropriate, statistically speaking?
Good point, and a tricky question. I reckon the distribution is actually a bimodal distribution rather than a skewed unimodal distribution. There's one concentration in Europe, and a rather more diffuse concentration in South-East Asia.
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