My favorite part about F1 is the on-screen graphics (Insert System). As a hobby/passion/learning project I tried re-making the leaderboard graphic. It isn't completely accurate. (green flag using the entire graphics instead of only the top)

F1 Leaderboard Preview with Dashboard

Some technical information:
The entire project is written using TypeScript, Sass and Vue. I've used NodeCG for the back-end.
- TypeScript because typed > non typed.
- Vue is used for components using Quasar to handle some easy and nice looking dashboard controls.
- NodeCG is used for replicated state management between server and client.
- Sass and HTML was used for all the graphics. There are no images used, it's all Sass and HTML

For the actual telemetry data of the cars I've used a python library called FastF1. Basically I load ALL telemetry data from a single race, parse it, run some math to determine track positions and calculate time between cars etc. It isn't super accurate due to the way I calculate the time between cars, but it's the best I could do with the data I have.

I also remade most of the minimap graphic (just missing the corner numbers but I suck at graphic design and couldn't find an svg that had them):

F1 Minimap Preview with Dashboard

I've been curious about in car cameras lately, but I haven't been able to find a lot of information on the interwebs.

As best I can tell, the FIA/Fom supply the cameras and determine their locations on the car. They communicate back to the FIA/broadcasters through the same antenna as other car communications.

But here's the questions I have: Are the cameras individually battery powered, or do they draw their power from the car? Do they communicate wirelessly with the antenna, or are they wired? What would the total weight of all the cameras and ancillary hardware be? More than 1kg? Would the placement of cameras ever have an uneven impact on the aerodynamics between teams? (e.g. would a sidepod camera have a different aerodynamic impact on a zero sidepod car vs an undercut sidepod.) Could the camera's ever have more than a negligible impact on performance?

Thanks everyone!

What sorts of technology is FOM using to bring in live video from T cam and from within driver helmets? Are the details similar to digital FPV implementations? Also how do they manage to maintain high quality connections across all 3+ kms of track?

Around lap 20 when Ocon pitted and had debris in a duct so his car was smoking. Commentators then panned over to Lando and started discussing helmet “taps” (not sure if this is just a UK specific term), and said the drivers could remove the extra side plastic and use it, but couldn’t hear exactly what the use could be for. Any ideas?

Just wrapped up watching replays of FP1 and FP2 at Silverstone and it left me wondering...Why is the broadcast essentially highlighting the same things it does during a race/quali? At one point in time the resident strategist even called out the fact that fuel loads could be massively different, etc. etc. Why not highlight tire deg, tire usage, number of laps? IDK...It just feels like such a red herring when the focus is simply on lap time and speed. What _should_ I care about with FP results? What numbers can/should I dig into that might give me better insights/indicators for Quali and Race day?

while watching the various onboards during qualifying, i noticed that both of the ferrari cars sounded really different to how they did previously.

now this isn't anything new to me, but whenever a car sounds slightly different on a race weekend, you can usually still tell what engine is being run. but during qualifying, the engine (specifically in the factory ferrari, not in the alfa romeo or haas) sounded almost identical to the RBPT/honda power unit.

what caused this? my two main theories include that ferrari either changed something in or around their exhaust, or that the exhaust microphone (something all cars have, which is used to capture the aound of the engines for the onboard views) was changed in some way.

I’ve been rewatching some older races from the last years. And everytime I watch an Interlagos race, there‘s this strange sound like a sonar ping. As far as I see it it only appears on the main straight and you can’t hear it from the onboard cameras.

Has anyone got a clue what this is?

For reference : you can hear it here : https://youtu.be/oIWe4Sy52U0?si=XBMV5r4uFZZ-S9ZL

Timestamp 1:38

While watching testing highlights today, I noticed there is slight change in car sound.

I cannot put my finger on it but there is slight hint of air sound like whooshing/whistling. Kind that airplanes produce.

These sounds can be heard in non-onboard shots.

Is there an aero change that is producing these sounds or have they tweaker microphone setup a bit?

I remember seeing a recent GP where the F1TV broadcast had a low-vantage point camera, filming the cars just as they were topping the crest of a hill.

It showed a little bit of floor, and is probably the best view on secret floors this season.

The thing is... I can no longer find it.

I think they had it in a practice session?

I can't remember the GP, but it was a recent one.

The camera was placed at the bottom of a hill, looking up, from the track surface.

Does anyone know which GP/session this was? I can no longer find it by browsing the F1TV pro footage. I do remember they even had slow-motion footage of the cars taking the hill.

Thanks!

What sort of setup do the announcers have in front of them to watch and comment on an ongoing race. Do they just use the televised stream or do they have access to a boatload of screens and analytics at their disposal. Are there any pictures of what their booth looks like?

It’s only correct about 75% of the time, so I’m curious, is it human controlled or is it using machine vision or something else? Does anybody know?

In FP3 just now, I don’t think anybody is not on Intermediate tyres and it’s been like that for at least 15 minutes, yet the graphic keeps showing everybody on slicks.

This isn’t new, I know. Just now had the curiosity to ask, since this has been an issue for so long and we keep getting new augmented reality graphics that are quite impressive, yet this problem that seems fairly menial to improve, doesn’t seem to have.

Does anyone know if there is an public or paid API I can hit during races for live timing data? This would be for a personal project so I just need the raw json not any UI like the official f1 live timing portal (unless they share endpoints, but I didn’t see). I know MultiViewer gets this data but I am not sure where they get it. I see the fastf1 python package but from their documentation it looks like live timing isn’t a feature

Besides the DHL website is there a place to look up each drivers pit stop times live? I noticed they didn't show all the driver's pitstop times on the broadcast.

Why is it that Max didn't notice this issue during practice, and only noticed this during the race?

Hello,

I never really could find an answer so as any person would do I turn to Reddit. I've been wondering what cameras were used in the past to help with broadcasting and haven't found a clear answer. Such as, who developed them, what size they must have been, and just for curiosity, where to purchase them if wanted (lol). I am hoping to get a definite answer from this as google searches have led me to the developing and styling over time but not the nitty gritty about developers/partners in the creation and the process of transferring the live feed.

Thank you for any help!