I think there's scope for some interesting analysis of the relationship between driver rating and qualifying times.
I don't find the % time gap all that useful in isolation, because it's very dependent on the density of opportunities to differentiate performance. E.g. this week's Race A has 3 significant opportunities to differentiate performance over 3 minutes, whereas Race C has 9 over 70 seconds. So we'd expect the same standard of driver to get closer in % time terms for Race A than Race C, though it's mitigated to some extent by the slow acceleration in Race A causing the effect of the limited opportunities for differentiation to persist for a long time.
What would be really good is to see a graph of driver rating vs time, with a fitted trendline, for the entire leaderboard, but then we are back to the problem of not having access to the full leaderboard while the event is current. What I thought would be easy enough to do is to show the average driver rating for the currently viewed page? By looking at the average driver rating for the page you're on, and the pages before and after, you'd get a good idea of how your time compares to your driver rating.
At a higher level, a trendline for driver rating vs K' Speed Score would be interesting.
Better late than never... I eventually got the time to calculate, for a selection of tracks:
the % Gap in time between the top time and the time of the player ranked at 20% of all contender, in all Sport Qualification from the past 11 months.
I did want to know more about the actual selectivity of various track for a while.
My conclusion here is that for most of tracks, variation on a given track is more important than variation from track to track.
% Gap | Car Group | Region | Track | Indicative date
3.9 GR3 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-06-13
4.2 GR3 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-06-13
4.4 GR3 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-06-13
4.3 GR4 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-06-23
4.3 GR4 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-06-23
4.3 GR4 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-06-23
4.5 GR3 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-04
5.0 GR3 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-04
4.9 GR3 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-04
3.8 GR4 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-10
3.9 GR4 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-10
3.8 GR4 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-10
3.6 GR4 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-17
3.6 GR4 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-17
3.2 GR4 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-17
3.7 GR4 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-26
4.2 GR4 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-26
3.9 GR4 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-07-26
3.3 GR4 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-08-10
3.9 GR4 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-08-10
3.6 GR4 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-08-10
3.9 GR3 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-09-09
4.4 GR3 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-09-09
4.2 GR3 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-09-09
4.0 GR3 1 Nürburgring GP 2018-11-04
4.2 GR3 2 Nürburgring GP 2018-11-04
4.5 GR3 3 Nürburgring GP 2018-11-04
4.4 GR3 1 Nürburgring GP 2019-02-03
4.7 GR3 2 Nürburgring GP 2019-02-03
4.9 GR3 3 Nürburgring GP 2019-02-03
3.5 GR4 1 Nürburgring GP 2019-02-17
3.4 GR4 2 Nürburgring GP 2019-02-17
3.6 GR4 3 Nürburgring GP 2019-02-17
5.1 N400 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-15
5.1 N400 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-15
5.0 N400 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-15
3.9 GR3 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-21
3.7 GR3 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-21
3.8 GR3 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-21
3.9 N200 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-26
4.7 N200 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-26
4.6 N200 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-06-26
4.1 GRX 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-04
3.5 GRX 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-04
3.4 GRX 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-04
2.8 N200 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-09
3.1 N200 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-09
3.1 N200 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-09
3.7 N300 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-26
4.2 N300 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-26
4.0 N300 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-07-26
2.1 N100 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-08-05
2.8 N100 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-08-05
2.4 N100 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-08-05
3.0 N300 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-08-24
3.3 N300 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-08-24
3.1 N300 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-08-24
4.0 N200 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-09-23
4.4 N200 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-09-23
4.0 N200 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-09-23
3.5 N300 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-11-19
3.9 N300 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-11-19
4.1 N300 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-11-19
4.3 N300 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-12-16
4.3 N300 4 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-12-16
2.8 N300 5 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-12-16
4.7 N300 6 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-12-16
4.3 N300 7 Tsukuba Circuit 2018-12-16
3.8 N200 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-01-20
4.5 N200 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-01-20
3.9 N200 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-01-20
3.5 N200 4 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-01-20
3.2 N200 5 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-01-20
4.2 N200 6 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-01-20
3.3 N200 7 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-01-20
3.0 N100 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-03-24
3.4 N100 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-03-24
3.3 N100 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-03-24
2.9 N100 1 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-04-21
3.0 N100 2 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-04-21
3.0 N100 3 Tsukuba Circuit 2019-04-21
5.3 N400 1 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-06-24
5.4 N400 2 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-06-24
5.6 N400 3 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-06-24
7.2 GR1 1 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-07-13
8.2 GR1 2 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-07-13
8.3 GR1 3 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-07-13
6.7 N400 1 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-10-07
6.5 N400 2 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-10-07
7.0 N400 3 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2018-10-07
6.1 N400 1 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019-01-27
6.4 N400 2 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019-01-27
6.7 N400 3 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019-01-27
4.7 N300 1 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019-03-10
4.6 N300 2 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019-03-10
4.8 N300 3 Nürburgring Nordschleife 2019-03-10
4.1 GR2 2 Fuji International Speedway 2018-12-30
3.4 GR2 4 Fuji International Speedway 2018-12-30
3.8 GR2 5 Fuji International Speedway 2018-12-30
4.3 GR2 6 Fuji International Speedway 2018-12-30
3.7 GR2 7 Fuji International Speedway 2018-12-30
3.4 GR2 1 Fuji International Speedway 2019-03-03
3.6 GR2 2 Fuji International Speedway 2019-03-03
3.6 GR2 3 Fuji International Speedway 2019-03-03
3.6 N200 1 Fuji International Speedway 2019-04-14
3.9 N200 2 Fuji International Speedway 2019-04-14
4.0 N200 3 Fuji International Speedway 2019-04-14
3.4 GR2 1 Fuji International Speedway 2019-05-05
3.7 GR2 2 Fuji International Speedway 2019-05-05
3.8 GR2 3 Fuji International Speedway 2019-05-05
4.8 GR3 2 Tokyo Expressway - South Outer Loop 2019-01-06
4.6 GR3 4 Tokyo Expressway - South Outer Loop 2019-01-06
3.9 GR3 5 Tokyo Expressway - South Outer Loop 2019-01-06
4.5 GR3 6 Tokyo Expressway - South Outer Loop 2019-01-06
4.6 GR3 7 Tokyo Expressway - South Outer Loop 2019-01-06
3.1 GR2 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-14
3.9 GR2 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-14
3.8 GR2 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-14
3.6 N400 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-23
3.8 N400 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-23
4.0 N400 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-23
4.6 N300 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-27
4.8 N300 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-27
5.0 N300 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-06-27
3.5 GR2 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-05
3.9 GR2 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-05
3.5 GR2 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-05
3.8 GR4 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-08
3.7 GR4 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-08
4.1 GR4 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-08
4.0 GR2 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-09
4.5 GR2 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-09
4.4 GR2 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-09
3.5 GR4 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-20
3.4 GR4 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-20
3.7 GR4 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-20
3.9 GR3 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-22
4.5 GR3 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-22
3.5 GR3 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-22
4.6 GR1 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-27
4.6 GR1 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-27
4.5 GR1 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-07-27
3.7 GR4 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-08-05
4.2 GR4 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-08-05
3.6 GR4 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-08-05
3.5 GR3 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-09-02
4.0 GR3 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-09-02
3.6 GR3 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-09-02
3.8 GR3 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-10-22
4.1 GR3 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-10-22
4.0 GR3 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-10-22
4.1 GR2 1 Suzuka Circuit 2018-11-11
4.0 GR2 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-11-11
4.7 GR2 3 Suzuka Circuit 2018-11-11
3.7 GR4 2 Suzuka Circuit 2018-12-16
3.6 GR4 4 Suzuka Circuit 2018-12-16
3.1 GR4 5 Suzuka Circuit 2018-12-16
3.7 GR4 6 Suzuka Circuit 2018-12-16
3.4 GR4 7 Suzuka Circuit 2018-12-16
4.5 GR2 2 Suzuka Circuit 2019-01-13
4.0 GR2 4 Suzuka Circuit 2019-01-13
3.8 GR2 5 Suzuka Circuit 2019-01-13
4.5 GR2 6 Suzuka Circuit 2019-01-13
4.0 GR2 7 Suzuka Circuit 2019-01-13
4.0 N200 1 Suzuka Circuit 2019-02-03
3.6 N200 2 Suzuka Circuit 2019-02-03
3.7 N200 3 Suzuka Circuit 2019-02-03
3.8 GR3 1 Suzuka Circuit 2019-02-24
4.1 GR3 2 Suzuka Circuit 2019-02-24
4.3 GR3 3 Suzuka Circuit 2019-02-24
3.3 GR4 1 Suzuka Circuit 2019-03-17
3.2 GR4 2 Suzuka Circuit 2019-03-17
3.3 GR4 3 Suzuka Circuit 2019-03-17
4.0 GRX 1 Suzuka Circuit 2019-04-05
4.4 GRX 2 Suzuka Circuit 2019-04-05
4.5 GRX 3 Suzuka Circuit 2019-04-05
3.6 GR2 1 Suzuka Circuit 2019-04-21
4.1 GR2 2 Suzuka Circuit 2019-04-21
3.5 GR2 3 Suzuka Circuit 2019-04-21
1.4 GR3 1 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-06-25
1.4 GR3 2 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-06-25
1.4 GR3 3 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-06-25
3.0 N400 1 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-08
3.1 N400 2 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-08
3.1 N400 3 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-08
1.5 N200 1 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-10
1.6 N200 2 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-10
1.5 N200 3 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-10
1.4 GR3 1 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-11
1.4 GR3 2 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-11
1.4 GR3 3 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-11
1.4 GR3 1 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-23
1.5 GR3 2 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-23
1.4 GR3 3 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-07-23
1.7 GR3 1 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-09-16
2.2 GR3 2 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-09-16
1.8 GR3 3 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2018-09-16
3.3 N400 2 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2019-01-06
3.3 N400 4 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2019-01-06
3.6 N400 5 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2019-01-06
3.7 N400 6 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2019-01-06
3.1 N400 7 Blue Moon Bay Speedway 2019-01-06