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Originally Posted by photosinferno
I used to run the official timing app in the UK for the 2010 season I think, it was slightly frustrating as it was out of sync with the TV feed, however I think this was the TV coverage fault rather than the app!
John
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Hi John,
The last couple of years, here in Sydney, it has been pretty close.
Whereas the timing app data stream will most likely be coming by
undersea cables, the TV broadcasts are probably still being bounced off
satellites in high orbits so sometimes I have noticed a couple of seconds
delay.
For example, last week when they were at Spa and I am sitting here
in Sydney, I would glance at the app and see someone has come into
the pits a couple of seconds before they do on the TV screen.
One feature of the app is that you can also download any
practice, qualifying or race session's timing and re-play it, including the
track graphic showing where the cars are.
This is wonderful if you have been out observing whilst qualifying was
on.
At the bottom of the screen there is a sliding timeline like on a video
recorder and if you use the pause button and then hit the play button
as soon as Q1 starts, the two stay in synch whilst you watch it.
Since it is in realtime, if you don't fast forward through the ad breaks,
they will stay in sync to the end of Q3. Likewise for a race.
Peter I should have added that the app is only good for 2014.
So basically what you are getting for the price is the app and the data for
2014 including the ability to download sessions already held this year.
Though it is half-way through the season, unlike calendars at the
newsagent, they don't seem to charge any less.
So you will then need to purchase the 2015 app next year to
get coverage then.
The price this year was substantially less than last year.