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[Zaru]

Looks like onboard cameras will be 50fps this year instead of 25, and we'll get some 4k footage thanks to Sky.

 

[Ark]

Looks like onboard cameras will be 50fps this year instead of 25, and we'll get some 4k footage thanks to Sky.

Oh shit. When they start broadcasting the races in 4k will be when I upgrade to a 4k TV.

 

[Jezbollah]

Oh shit. When they start broadcasting the races in 4k will be when I upgrade to a 4k TV.

Well, time to buy your 4K TV. Sky are advertising the new season in 4K pretty hard.

 

[Zaru]

I really hope Renault actually delivers on that life-saving Melbourne update. If it's a dud, the Renault customers might need to wait until summer to be anywhere near their chassis potential...

 

[FrankCanada97]

I remember someone jokingly suggesting F1 running at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in a previous thread. Well, I found something similar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqgk02EYCh0&t

A 165 lap race Champ Car race with 37 second laps.

 

[GrimmGrinn]

RIP John Surtees

 

[sems4arsenal]

Anyone got some high quality wallpapers of the new cars on track? time to put that PS4 update to good use.

 

[Zaru]

"If we want, we can go faster but that's not the purpose of the test," said Raikkonen.

Cheeky Kimi

 

[Jezbollah]

I remember someone jokingly suggesting F1 running at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in a previous thread. Well, I found something similar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqgk02EYCh0&t

A 165 lap race Champ Car race with 37 second laps.

I was there. It was pretty boring.

They should have run on the full circuit and mandated more pitstops.

 

[DBT85]

Well, time to buy your 4K TV. Sky are advertising the new season in 4K pretty hard.

My only question to that is if its all actually 4k or whether they are doing what they did in Singapore last year and maxing 4k cameras in with the 1080 cameras and the FOM world feed pumping out whatever they like.

Would love to see it in 4k as I have the TV for it, but I'm not paying what Sky want for both the F1 channel and SkyQ.

 

[Jezbollah]

My only question to that is if its all actually 4k or whether they are doing what they did in Singapore last year and maxing 4k cameras in with the 1080 cameras and the FOM world feed pumping out whatever they like.

Would love to see it in 4k as I have the TV for it, but I'm not paying what Sky want for both the F1 channel and SkyQ.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...ations-readies-sky-for-f1-in-uhd-in-2017.html

I havent found any place that shows that all the cameras in use within the broadcast will be 4k :/

 

[caramac]

Not only that, 500cc World Champion. The only person to have won Grand Prix championships in the top class of Motorcycle racing and Formula 1.

Incredible achievement

RIP

 

[Mastah]

Onboard comparison between 2016 pole position and the fastest lap in testing:

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/2017/3/Onboard_comparison__2017_vs_2016_at_Barcelona.html

 

[i-Lo]

Onboard comparison between 2016 pole position and the fastest lap in testing:

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/2017/3/Onboard_comparison__2017_vs_2016_at_Barcelona.html

That progress is outstanding. Slowly we're heading back to the V10 glory days.

 

[DBT85]

Onboard comparison between 2016 pole position and the fastest lap in testing:

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/2017/3/Onboard_comparison__2017_vs_2016_at_Barcelona.html

Cool that they put the track map on there too. You can easily see the 2016 lap has the edge...all the way to the apex of the 2nd corner lol.

And to think, that pole last year was 3/10ths fater than Nico and 7/10ths fster than Ric in 3rd.

And these cars are going to be even faster by the time we get there.

 

[Jezbollah]

That progress is outstanding. Slowly we're heading back to the V10 glory days.

Those will only be glory days if the cars can follow, and overtake.

 

[Spladam]

Onboard comparison between 2016 pole position and the fastest lap in testing:

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/2017/3/Onboard_comparison__2017_vs_2016_at_Barcelona.html

That's awesome, you get a clear picture of just how much larger the tires are. Great video.

 

[Business]

RIP John Surtees

RIP legend

 

[aspiegamer]

I already have the sound of the US announcers in my head of how they'll all scream when they see a 1:17:xxx on the board. Going into turn 1 is interesting. You could say Ferrari still have it dialed back a little or has more fuel, but it's possible that these cars have so much damn downforce that they can't quite hit the same top speeds. Kimi hitting 8th gear entering turn 3 makes me think the engine is on, though.

Haas still has brake issues! Joy. Even building a new car from scratch didn't fix it.

Edit: And what's with the good social media access and videos from FOM? Is the new management not going to clamp down as hard on that stuff? Would be very welcomed.

 

[Jezbollah]

Edit: And what's with the good social media access and videos from FOM? Is the new management not going to clamp down as hard on that stuff? Would be very welcomed.

??

If it's from the FOM, then you can be sure this is part of the new direction of utilising Social Media......

 

[DBT85]

I already have the sound of the US announcers in my head of how they'll all scream when they see a 1:17:xxx on the board. Going into turn 1 is interesting. You could say Ferrari still have it dialed back a little or has more fuel, but it's possible that these cars have so much damn downforce that they can't quite hit the same top speeds. Kimi hitting 8th gear entering turn 3 makes me think the engine is on, though.

Haas still has brake issues! Joy. Even building a new car from scratch didn't fix it.

Edit: And what's with the good social media access and videos from FOM? Is the new management not going to clamp down as hard on that stuff? Would be very welcomed.

The cars won't have as high top speeds becasue of the wider wings and tyres causing more drag. But losing 20kph on the log straights is more than made up for when you get it all in the corners and can brake later and get on throttle earlier.

As for the social side, they've already relaxed it to allow teams to do more from the pitlane, though they still can't show anything outside of the pit IIRC.

 

[jey_16]

Kimi's lap didn't look perfect....can understand why he said they could go faster

 

[nekkid]

My only question to that is if its all actually 4k or whether they are doing what they did in Singapore last year and maxing 4k cameras in with the 1080 cameras and the FOM world feed pumping out whatever they like.

Would love to see it in 4k as I have the TV for it, but I'm not paying what Sky want for both the F1 channel and SkyQ.

I found that my Sky monthly cost went down when I upgraded to Q last year, after a bit of a haggle.

 

[DBT85]

I found that my Sky monthly cost went down when I upgraded to Q last year, after a bit of a haggle.

Yeah, might try it when whatever contract we're on expires.

 

[Jezbollah]

Yeah, might try it when whatever contract we're on expires.

Do it after it expires. They usually buckle pretty hard once you're out of contract.

 

[DBT85]

Do it after it expires. They usually buckle pretty hard once you're out of contract.

Yeah. I'd get rid of it all tbh but the mrs wants to watch ghost ticklers and shit.

Didn't mind as much when F1 was just an extra thing on its own. I don't want the other sports. Their big seller is the PL and I fucking watch it all day every day at work lol.

Larger issue is that because our internet is shite (yay farm livin') I can't reasonably get BT.

 

[Dutch Gronk]

Kimi's lap didn't look perfect....can understand why he said they could go faster

Plus all that sand he was carrying around in his pockets.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Plus all that sand he was carrying around in his pockets.

Bwwaahhh!

 

[Dutch Gronk]

Bwwaahhh!

Basically Kimi in Australia:

Mercedes will never know what hit them.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Basically Kimi in Australia:

Mercedes will never know what hit them.

Lol, crossing my fingers!

 

[Chris R]

Onboard comparison between 2016 pole position and the fastest lap in testing:

https://www.formula1.com/en/video/2017/3/Onboard_comparison__2017_vs_2016_at_Barcelona.html

So pole to pole gonna be 4.5s faster when Hammy sets it this year :O wow

 

[DD]

Basically Kimi in Australia:

Mercedes will never know what hit them.

LOL, the red(ish) cap makes it.

 

[Ark]

Well, time to buy your 4K TV. Sky are advertising the new season in 4K pretty hard.

Are FOM broadcasting in 4k though? Or are Sky just upscaling it?

I am a TV noob, but I thought FOM cameras would have to all be 4k.

 

[Zaru]

Are FOM broadcasting in 4k though? Or are Sky just upscaling it?

I am a TV noob, but I thought FOM cameras would have to all be 4k.

Actual 4k as far as I know.

They specifically talked about onboard cameras NOT being 4k, unlike the rest of the broadcast, because the wireless technology on track is not good enough yet, as well as the difficulties of providing 4k in so many different countries unlike their existing 4k offering (premier league) which only covers the UK.

 

[Silentium]

Anyone got some high quality wallpapers of the new cars on track? time to put that PS4 update to good use.

There's a guy whose been posting hi-res photos in the Formula 1 subreddit from test days (fyi someone generally does it for each race as well), some very decent wallpaper options!:

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8

 

[Dutch Gronk]

There's a guy whose been posting hi-res photos in the Formula 1 subreddit from test days (fyi someone generally does it for each race as well), some very decent wallpaper options!:

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8

This is great! Thanks for linking!

 

[Ark]

Actual 4k as far as I know.

They specifically talked about onboard cameras NOT being 4k, unlike the rest of the broadcast, because the wireless technology on track is not good enough yet, as well as the difficulties of providing 4k in so many different countries unlike their existing 4k offering (premier league) which only covers the UK.

Well then.

To the shops!

 

[DBT85]

Are FOM broadcasting in 4k though? Or are Sky just upscaling it?

I am a TV noob, but I thought FOM cameras would have to all be 4k.

FOM are sending a Sky a 4k feed, which Sky will, in the traditional fashion, compress to all buggery and then beam it to you. In Singapore last year they had some 4k cameras mixed in with the standard 2k cameras and the whole feed was mixed as normal by FOM and sent to Sky.

The question for me is are all trackside cameras 4k or just some. We'll probably not know.

 

[Silentium]

[double post]

 

[DD]

 

[LordAmused]

There's a guy whose been posting hi-res photos in the Formula 1 subreddit from test days (fyi someone generally does it for each race as well), some very decent wallpaper options!:

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8

Thanks for this m8! Used one from McLaren Honda for my desktop background.

Spoiler

Now hopefully my CPU doesn't blow up or fries with an electrical problem

 

[bobnowhere]

RIP John Surtees, I don't think his heart was in it any more after his son died. He looked a very changed man after it.

I suppose that leaves Jackie as the oldest living WC now.

 

[DD]

There's a guy whose been posting hi-res photos in the Formula 1 subreddit from test days (fyi someone generally does it for each race as well), some very decent wallpaper options!:

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8

What the... The T wings are movable?!

 

[DBT85]

What the... The T wings are movable?!

Not supposed to but they are so tiny that they will do.

 

[DD]

Not supposed to but they are so tiny that they will do.

That's really cheeky.

 

[DBT85]

That's really cheeky.

Yeah, but the FIA will just introduce a deflection test of hanging a weight on one side and if it moves it'll be banned. The only reason RedBull got away with it was because the FIA couldn't make a test that worked in the same way that happens when the car is running through the air.

 

[bobnowhere]

What the... The T wings are movable?!

Is it the T-wing moving or the entire shark fin? If you look close the mount is still square so I assume the side force from the air is twisting the end of the fin in. That sort of twist can easily be achieved depending on how you put the carbon fibre down.

 

[Tubie]

There's a guy whose been posting hi-res photos in the Formula 1 subreddit from test days (fyi someone generally does it for each race as well), some very decent wallpaper options!:

• Day 1
• Day 2
• Day 3
• Day 4
• Day 5
• Day 6
• Day 7
• Day 8

His descent into the dark side is complete.

 

[FrankCanada97]

While we're on the topic of troublesome engines, does anyone know what F1 race had the most retirements due to engine failure? I was wondering if there was a siliar analogue in F1 to this CART race. All the teams and engine manufacturers (Ford, Honda, Mercedes, Toyota) were tuning their engines to the limit in the final race of the season and this was what happened:

https://youtu.be/hbz8KONVrUk

Out of 26 drivers there were only 6 finishers.

 

[EnlightenedMint]

His descent into the dark side is complete.

I'm expecting his radio to be quite entertaining this season.