Judgement is always affected by recency. It’s simply a matter of recollection; the human brain likes patterns and processes information consecutively, and much of the discipline of sports psychology is based on recency bias. Athletes are aiming to preserve recent form – or end it – depending on the run of results.
Formula 1 has its own phrase for that: you’re only as good as your last race. The shroud of recency is particularly pertinent when delving into McLaren’s run of form, where the car has been distinctly second- or third-best in the past few races and the drivers are starting to get the title jitters as Max Verstappen draws closer in their proverbial rear-view mirrors.
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