This change to single decimal on the timing sheets is ridiculous. It adds absolutely nothing and does not provide clear information about whether a car is improving per lap.
I have created a petition to return to 3 decimal places like it has been for over 20 years.
Please share and sign to put a stop to this idiocracy.
My post on the F1 Reddit got removed so perhaps someone else can share this on Reddit.
You might want to check out undercut-f1
Did the mods remove it because you used an LLM to generate the petition description? Because creating a non-binding Change.org petition is textbook slacktivism?
I didn’t use LLM. Unfortunately change.org did this by itself. So what action do you do you get this ridiculous change undone? Or are you a person that can only handle a single decimal with no meaning? A lot of people follow the timing sheets and I as a fan of 20+ years, this change doesn’t allow me to properly understand the timing and gaps.
Please leave this petulant dogshit on reddit. There’s whole universe of possibilities between “melting down about a decimal change” and “can’t understand more than a single decimal.” You present it that way because you are a bad person who makes existing on the internet miserable.
There is a third answer, which is that you calm the fuck down, take no “action,” and just accept that sometimes things change and it’s not worth making yourself angry about. As a fan of 30 years, it changes quite literally nothing about how I understand timing and gaps.
Honestly the change is probably a good thing. With the changes to the cars themselves and the energy deployment dynamics “gaining” or “losing” hundreds of a second is quite literally meaningless.
That’s a really good point. I noticed that during the sprint, the gaps ebb and flow around the track much moreso than they did in the past.
I acttually like 2 decimal places for race timing and 3 for qualifiers. Improvements in the race are measured in 10ths of a second, so a further decimal place gives you all you need. For qualifiers you get as much precision as you can.
In any case, one decimal place is stupid and should be improved.
I agree with your arguement, but think 1 decimal is fine and make the list more glanceable. Looking at 100ths going up and down “arbitaraily” is not giving me info. If I want to follow a head to head more in detail I need more info like Multiviewers race trace.
