The History of F1 Design • Hacker News Board

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by blueside » Wed, Aug 06, 2025, 10:38 PM UTC

inshard wrote: post #24

How 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.

Agreed, I couldn't believe they skipped the RB19

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by bookofjoe » Wed, Aug 06, 2025, 10:40 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #15

calmbonsai wrote: post #2

I tried to read this. I gave up after the forced slow-scroll and convoluted layout. It's a shame that all this lovely artwork and data is trapped in this horrid presentation automation.

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.

Give yourself a treat and visit an Apple Store for a Vision Pro demo: ask to see the newly released immersive video where you're in the cockpit with Brad Pitt as he roars down the road. Fantastic!

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by Mobius01 » Wed, Aug 06, 2025, 10:41 PM UTC

turtle_samurai wrote: post #22

Crazy to me they had Prost instead of Senna in the 80s section

Skipping the MP4/4 is an odd choice too, as it is widely considered the pinnacle of F1 car design and with results to show for it.

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by Polarity » Wed, Aug 06, 2025, 10:44 PM UTC

"designer" website = pass

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by dang » Wed, Aug 06, 2025, 10:46 PM UTC

Polarity wrote: post #44

"designer" website = pass

Please don't do this here. We're looking for curious conversation, not dyspeptic dismissals.

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by pmontra » Wed, Aug 06, 2025, 10:46 PM UTC

Firefox reader mode gets all the text and some pictures.

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by turtle_samurai » Wed, Aug 06, 2025, 11:16 PM UTC

hu3 wrote: post #29

turtle_samurai wrote: post #22

Crazy 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.

Senna should have 4, got robbed in 1989

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by johnwalkr » Wed, Aug 06, 2025, 11:20 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #15

calmbonsai wrote: post #2

I tried to read this. I gave up after the forced slow-scroll and convoluted layout. It's a shame that all this lovely artwork and data is trapped in this horrid presentation automation.

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.

If you live in a region where F1TV is standalone (eg: US) and not part of an expensive sports package (eg: UK) it's good value. You can watch old races and related content, and each race weekend there is a good 4 hours worth watching live (qualifying and race, with good pre/post content). You can open multiple streams with the main race footage, any driver's live on-board video and radio, and various screens of telemetry. It's worth watching on a mobile device even if you are at a race watching live from the stands.

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by snorrah » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 1:07 AM UTC

calmbonsai wrote: post #2

I tried to read this. I gave up after the forced slow-scroll and convoluted layout. It's a shame that all this lovely artwork and data is trapped in this horrid presentation automation.

Worked great on iPad. Was nice to see something designed well for a swipe oriented experience.

Re: The History of F1 Design

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Post by netsharc » Thu, Aug 07, 2025, 1:13 AM UTC

dylan604 wrote: post #38

Not a follower of F1, I never knew that Red Bull built their own cars. I thought they were just sponsoring a team using other cars. I don't know if knowing that caffeinated drinks made enough profit to finance building race cars from the ground up is something to be impressed by or not. That's a lot of caustic swill that humans have ingested over the years to make that happen

They also have sponsors (this year the team's name is Oracle Red Bull Racing, another team has the Google Chrome logo on their cars), and each place in the championship comes with a monetary prize.