AWS Graphics Expanded
F1 has unveiled six new AWS graphics that our TV screens will display this season, with the first being added at Imola this weekend.
The “Braking Performance” graphic, introduced this weekend, will have different statistics to help the audience and viewers see ‘who’s the quickest at losing speed.’ It will include the speed into the corner, the braking point as well as the G forces the driver experienced.
It will also display the speed decrease of the car, and the power required to slow it down to that speed. This will all allow the audience to see ‘who’s getting closest to the G force edge, and who really is the latest of the late brakers.’
However, this will not be the only graphic introduced this season. Scheduled for the Canadian Grand Prix is Car Exploitation. This graphic will tell viewers when drivers are “pushing their cars to performance limits in areas like tyre traction, braking, acceleration, and manoeuvring during key points in a race”.
6 Graphics Added
Scheduled for the British Grand Prix, we have Energy Usage; this will display how much energy the Power Units are using. It will display the flow of energy through each critical component of the car as well as the remaining charge in the battery. This will allow fans to see if a particular driver may be able to increase their performance by deploying a higher engine mode.
In September, at the Italian Grand Prix, we will see the Start Analysis graphic. It will display ‘which driver was the quickest on the pedal and picked the perfect line’ as well as the ‘struggling’ drivers.
Later on in the season, in October and November, we will see an introduction of the Pitlane Performance and Undercut Threat AWS graphics. Pitlane Performance will highlight ‘how efficiently the team works’ during pit stops. This will extend the stopping time graphic we receive now. Undercut Threat will help ‘fans anticipate which cars are at risk of being overtaken.’
Altogether, there will now be 18 different AWS graphics by the end of this season, adding more data and excitement for fans to analyse on-the-go.
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