Formula 1’s TV graphic balancing act
More and more graphics are shown to viewers during a race but how does Formula 1 choose the data it shows?
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More and more graphics are shown to viewers during a race but how does Formula 1 choose the data it shows?
At the end of this week we’ll see the provisional 2022 Formula 1 calendar after it goes before the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) in Paris. And before it has…
“And I’ve got to stop because I’ve got a lump in my throat…” The well of emotion was all too predictable from dear old Murray Walker as Damon Hill crossed…
Mercedes secured its first Formula 1 constructors’ championship on this day in 2014, but that was a distant dream months earlier as development kept going wrong
World champions from the 2000s and 2010s, this year’s nominees have beaten great rivals to achieve their championships
New previously unseen photographs from the career of Sir Stirling Moss document his racing career
It was a race so good that no-one wanted to finish early: despite the grey drizzle in Istanbul, all 20 cars made it to the chequered flag. A grid penalty…
The rain and drying track led to several communication errors in Turkey as the championship took another twist
Valtteri Bottas was a level above the tricky decisions the crazy non-drying Istanbul track placed upon the others – not least his title-chasing team mate Lewis Hamilton. On a weekend…
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