From: mjackson@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 11/8/2024 11:48 AM, Sir Tim wrote:   
   > Mark Jackson  wrote:   
   >> On 11/8/2024 5:23 AM, Sir Tim wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I wonder what happened to our resident statistician (I forget   
   >>> his name)? He used to come up with some amazing stats, mainly   
   >>> derived from Forix.   
   >>   
   >> Thinking of Brian Lawrence?  He mentioned once or twice that he   
   >> had his own database.  He hasn't posted in rasf1 for a couple of   
   >> years.   
      
   > Thanks for this, Mark. Yes, it was Brian Lawrence. Shame he doesn’t   
   > post here anymore.   
   >   
   > My memory has deteriorated badly over the last couple of years (I’m   
   > now in my 86th year).   
      
   I couldn't remember either, so I searched the saved messages in my   
   motorsports file for "database."  Lots of obvious false positives, but   
   Brian had posted this back in 2001:   
      
   > Over the last few weeks I have been working on putting the qualifying data   
   > into a database. Having more or less finished this task I have analysed all   
   > drivers qualifying records to produce a more accurate table of the all-time   
   > best qualifiers.   
      
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