Normally I find complaints about scrolljacking on HN tiresome but the comments here are entirely justified. A truly awful design.
The History of F1 Design
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#22Crazy to me they had Prost instead of Senna in the 80s section
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#23I waited about 30 seconds in safari on macOS 15.6 and couldn't scroll at all
Could be your adblocker.
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#24How much of this is Disney trying to retain the streaming rights for F1 when Apple is now invested and interested? I would buy an Apple Vision Pro if they could get races covered by those new 8k spatial video cameras! And skipping Verstappen for Norris is kinda ridiculous.
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#26Another good article along these lines: https://www.ft.com/content/e6a19b6c-331d-46b5-b239-fa7f4d90b...
I've only recently gotten (back) into F1 but a lot of the technical stuff is really interesting to read about. Like the Williams FW14, which absolutely dominated for a season before its active suspension technology was banned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_FW14
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, I read your comment before I clicked. What were they thinking. I’ve been getting into F1 this summer since the movie got my interest up.
The movie is itself (I think) capitalising on the increased popularity of F1 brought about by the Netflix series. It is a great series and by all accounts has really turned the sport around in terms of popularity, a very clever move by the FIA. Netflix have tried to replicate it for other sports but, I believe, without the same success.
> It is a great series and by all accounts has really turned the sport around in terms of popularity
Is this causation or correlation ? Should your comment have a "in the US" asterisk? The series premiered in 2019 and F1 still had global audience drops in 2020 and 2021 (TV, so covid isn't solely to blame). Meanwhile, F1 audiences is now growing while DTS viewership is dropping [1].
> Netflix have tried to replicate it for other sports but, I believe, without the same success.
Maybe because F1 has long been one of the most popular worldwide sports and DTS wasn't actually driving the increase. The cumulative DTS viewership is in the single digit (edit: mid double digit million, actually) millions. Global F1 viewership is in the high three digit millions and the increase in viewership from 2020 to 2024 is in the hundred million range.
1- https://www.planetf1.com/news/drive-to-survive-viewing-figur...
2- https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/news/formula-1-drive-to-sur...
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#28Other than the strange scrolling (works on my iOS Safari, but why?) this is very well done. Clearly a lot of thought went in to it, many nice details in the assets and overall presentation. The illustrations of the drivers and their cars are separate layers than move ever so slightly. That amount of care isn't strictly required but it was done and my day is better for it. Thanks. No affiliation, no interest in F1, ju…
I like the Renault V10 better, although the Ferrari V12 is a close second. I think even Hamilton agrees! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I0R5yZ80rA
I only have those four samples to compare. The v12 is violence. Though Lewis' expression is priceless.
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#29Crazy to me they had Prost instead of Senna in the 80s section
Indeed. The only thing that stopped Senna was that unfortunate fatal accident :(
He was on track to easily surpass Prost in titles. 3 vs 4.
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#30Books to read:
How to build a car by Adrian Newey
Total Competition by Ross Brawn
You will know more about the world of F1 than you need to
Bonus:
The Mechanic by Marc Priestley