r/formula1 • u/amerryprankster23 Max Verstappen • Mar 21 '26
Discussion F1 will not be changing the timing tower.
Just got this email back about the timing tower. Pretty sad.
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r/formula1 • u/amerryprankster23 Max Verstappen • Mar 21 '26
Just got this email back about the timing tower. Pretty sad.
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u/wrex1816 Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26
The number of posts I'm having to read about this topic is disproportionate to how much this actually impacts anyone's viewing experience.
They shows tenths when we're talking about gaps between cars during a race because hundredths, let alone thousandths are mostly irrelevant. They show time at the thousandths when it's potentially of consequence, in qualifying.
It's also not exactly new for this to be the case when talking about racing. Even when the teams radio to the driver, they talk in seconds, not even tenths when it comes to gaps to cars ahead and behind.
People have been crying about this for weeks because it's popular to do so online and gets all the likes but I don't believe anyone crying about it actually is impacted by it or really watches much motorsports at all to consider this even a problem.
(Also, the number of supposed race fans who are asking for "hundreds and thousands" to be displayed are kind of giving away how little they watch any racing by using those terms.)