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.
Ah change.org, the website most famously known for not changing anything ever.
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.
You might want to check out undercut-f1
