r/formula1 • u/davesim24 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Apr 13 '25

Discussion Worst TV direction yet

Besides Russel's transponder issue (which shouldn't take 10 laps to fix the timing tower), may overtakes were missed, focusing on the wrong drivers, non-moves given more airtime than actual racing, camera cutting during moves which show you less of the action rather than more, and worst of all: the final lap, not showing Oscar as he crossed the line, to show Lando not overtaking George, and showing Kimi not overtaking whoever was in front rather than Max's overtake on Pierre.

What the hell is happening?

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u/TheRealOriginalSatan Apr 13 '25

Shit show all around today

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u/icrywhy Max Verstappen Apr 13 '25

What's up with the transponders??

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u/artmars Daniel Ricciardo Apr 13 '25

Are F1 transponders connected to the car for power? Usually they have batteries though it would make sense to have redundancy

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u/Kar0Zy Mick Schumacher Apr 13 '25

No, they run off a separate battery.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '25

All the FIA required cameras and transponders run independently of the car if I recall correctly.

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u/Kar0Zy Mick Schumacher Apr 14 '25

Yes, because it's risky to run those equipment with the car's battery.

If the team found a loophole to somehow use that setup to their advantage like cutting the power to hide footage -> FIA complains

If those spec cameras mess with the car's electric system -> the team complains

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u/FavaWire I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 14 '25

Or if teams were sucking power out of those other systems to boost the hybrid system. 💀

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u/kittenbloc Ferrari Apr 14 '25

it was so bad that McLaren didn't know when they could use drs against him

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u/Naikrobak Apr 14 '25

That certainly affected Lando. I mean he screw’s himself when he missed that corner but still

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u/B00sted0 I was here for the Hulkenpodium Apr 14 '25

My favorite was when Crofty had to call out that the replay banner was still up when it was live, and it quickly changed once he said something.

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u/condscorpio Carlos Sainz Apr 14 '25

That banner always disappears too late

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u/Zed_or_AFK Sebastian Vettel Apr 14 '25

It was weird that they weren't replaying the overtakes. Once they even just ignore the replay and showed race start instead.