Interesting that they just skipped the entire Verstappen dominance era, but decided instead to jump to the budgeoning McLaren Piastri-Norris dominance (about a year old only).
Of course with 75 years of history you need to trim it down, but that's an interesting choice...
Other than the strange scrolling (works on my iOS Safari, but why?) this is very well done. Clearly a lot of thought went in to it, many nice details in the assets and overall presentation. The illustrations of the drivers and their cars are separate layers than move ever so slightly. That amount of care isn't strictly required but it was done and my day is better for it. Thanks.
No affiliation, no interest in F1, just basking in good work.
Finally, the v12 Ferrari engine sounds the best. Fight me.
How much of this is Disney trying to retain the streaming rights for F1 when Apple is now invested and interested? I would buy an Apple Vision Pro if they could get races covered by those new 8k spatial video cameras! And skipping Verstappen for Norris is kinda ridiculous.
I've only recently gotten (back) into F1 but a lot of the technical stuff is really interesting to read about. Like the Williams FW14, which absolutely dominated for a season before its active suspension technology was banned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_FW14
Not a follower of F1, I never knew that Red Bull built their own cars. I thought they were just sponsoring a team using other cars. I don't know if knowing that caffeinated drinks made enough profit to finance building race cars from the ground up is something to be impressed by or not. That's a lot of caustic swill that humans have ingested over the years to make that happen
This is exactly what happens when Chrome lacks native autoplay controls and most designers do not even consider that some users might block autoplay altogether. On Firefox, which I have configured to block autoplay, the article opens with a blank space. No video, no fallback, no context. Just dead air.
It is honestly bad practice that Chrome does not provide proper user-level control over autoplay anymore. This encourages lazy design patterns where autoplay is assumed as default behavior and accessibility or user preference gets ignored.
That said, Firefox could improve too. At least show a play button, a poster frame, or something to indicate there is a video element there. Right now it just looks broken. Both browser vendors and designers need to do better.
I have fond memories of watching F1 races with my dad in the late '90s and early '00s. Legends like Lauda and Gilles Villeneuve were mythical figures from a distant past to me. Now, for my children, Schumacher, Häkkinen, and Damon Hill are in that very same position... how time flies.
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 32.5 ms ] threadIt's a shame that all this lovely artwork and data is trapped in this horrid presentation automation.
Of course with 75 years of history you need to trim it down, but that's an interesting choice...
No affiliation, no interest in F1, just basking in good work.
Finally, the v12 Ferrari engine sounds the best. Fight me.
I've only recently gotten (back) into F1 but a lot of the technical stuff is really interesting to read about. Like the Williams FW14, which absolutely dominated for a season before its active suspension technology was banned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_FW14
How to build a car by Adrian Newey
Total Competition by Ross Brawn
You will know more about the world of F1 than you need to
Bonus:
The Mechanic by Marc Priestley
It is honestly bad practice that Chrome does not provide proper user-level control over autoplay anymore. This encourages lazy design patterns where autoplay is assumed as default behavior and accessibility or user preference gets ignored.
That said, Firefox could improve too. At least show a play button, a poster frame, or something to indicate there is a video element there. Right now it just looks broken. Both browser vendors and designers need to do better.
4 consecutive world championships. Most wins in single season ever in history.
Though no one probably got to the end due to the horrible UI of that page.