A History of F1's On Screen Graphics 

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13:18 "And is usually used to show Ferrari throwing away a race victory by not responding to undercuts" I'm dying lmaooo

Everyone else: 2021 regulations! Chain bear: TV graphics, that's the real story here.

Can we just appreciate how on point the Chain Bear's drawn graphics are? He did an amazing job as always.

"you could spot a change in order, even if it didn't happen on screen" .... (which it mostly doesn't)

The “lap counter” that counted down wasn’t a lap counter, but a counter telling how many laps were left to go.

If you haven't already seen it, you should look into the 1979 Argentinian Grand Prix. Not only did we get a trackmap on screen during the formation lap, but someone in the TV broadcast department was manually tracking the position of the cars "live" and updating the position of a blob on the trackmap. The results were...mixed.

Speaking of on-screen graphics, at first I was like "Damn that BenQ monitor looks crisp" and I'm ashamed to admit how long it took me to realise its a green-screen haha nice idea CB, looks great!

I really preferred the laps counting down instead of up. It's much more useful to know how many laps you have left instead how many are done. Yes, you can count it both ways, but still the counting down was more convenient.

That lap counter counting down to zero is absolutely nostalgic for me, it reminds me these times that 5 year old me supporting raikkönen for him on 2007

11:02 this line is quite ironic in retrospect, considering that in 2021 we were introduced to the wonders of multiple teams with the same dominant color and the stripes were quickly superseded... with the logos.

4:16 nice to see Sainz and Perez both starting P10

Actually for some time graphics came in both widescreen and croppable variants for a TV channel to choose from. British TV used 4:3 graphics even in their 16:9 broadcast while German Premiere used widescreen graphics for the same races.

I grew up with the yellow boxes as an F1 fan. I still like those the best

This video is S O G O O D it's a real visual pleasure and I can't even imagine how hard it was to recreate all the graphics in After Effects

Still hoping we'll get a follow up video talking about the 2022 graphics! Some interesting pros and cons to go over for sure

Tbh i've been watching since 1999, and I must say looking back I loved the lack of information. That is, because back than, you and the reporters still were guessing what was actually going on, looking on which tyre they were etc. and therefore f1 had been a lot mlre entertaining.

One minor thing I wish they’d change now is to have the brake input being gradual like throttle input instead of being like an on/off switch. That way we could see how the drivers use the brakes

I spot a bit of "augmented reality" in this video, ha!

This must have been an insane amount of work. Thanks for the nostalgia :)

Bring back cameras showing temperatures...

I didn't realise previously, but they actually used a small amount of augmented reality in the 2012 Japanese grand Prix, with driver info and pictures showing up on the grid before the start

To me, one of the annoying things with the current graphics is that when they expand the names of the currently shown battle in the "tower", that hides the time gaps (due to font size issues I guess). Usually, this is where you really want those gaps, and not super sized driver names.

I’d kind of like to see the tyre “performance” graphed over a number of laps, and overlay the drivers in the battle, that gives the viewer an idea of progression without being too prescriptive.

I can't believe that only in 2011 F1 introduced HD broadcasting, especially considering that the 2006 fifa world cup was broadcasted in HD.

I think anything "Powered by AWS" goes beyond a pinch of salt!!

I didn't realize the graphics were so minimalistic even in the mid 2000s. It's easy to forget sometimes just how far we've come in less than 20 years.

Does anyone else remember the micro sectors graphics they used for like 3 races a few years ago, it wasn't for sectors 1,2 and 3, but near enough every corner

As always production quality of your video is amazing Stuart. Which software do you use for animation?

It always amazes me how recent tv graphics are for any sport and how primitive they were as recently as the 90s. And F1 seems to have kinda lagged behind most from what I've gleaned from this video probably from lack of effort more than technological limitations though. I'm fairly sure NASCAR had driver pictures and driver intervals on a scrolling screen even before I started watching around 2000 along with driver grids that displayed more than 2 drivers at a time. It's surprising how much progress has been made in just the last 20 years. I can't imagine what they will do in the next 5 years let alone another 20.

In my opinion, MotoGP has the best TV graphics BY FAR : -A lot of useful information and not intrusive (Liberty might have copied them, like when showing drivers faces on the timing column in a battle) -Very smart augmented reality graphics on on-board cam (just like with the halo, but 100 times better) -Small details that changes everything, like the white bar that moves on the timing column when a rider crosses the line

Nice video as always 12:58 i was not expecting a legend of zelda reference from this channel

I watch races live on my big TV, but I have the F1 website open on my surface pro with the live positions. It's great, I don't have to wait for the broadcaster to decide to show the positions.

I have an idea for a video if this ever interests you but what about doing a video about the qualifying format and how it has changed over the years up until now. What a great opportunity to talk about the "very well received" elimination qualifying

I like the aws stuff. want more pf and as accurate as possible would be cool.

12:36 Poor 2019 Chain Bear doesn't know about AWS predictions yet. We must protect him.

A couple of things I'd like them to have a go at, is using AR graphics to show the DRS activation lines and zones. Another would be to show a virtual moving line indicating the current lap record.

great video! i still find it annoying that the halo HUD insert is not synchronized with the car’s sound. the sound is always a bit off by about 1 second. wasn’t like this with the old brake/accelerate insert. cant understand why liberty still hasn’t fixed this

I look forward to injecting analytical data into my vein, lap by lap As well, that sponsorship from NordVPN is an ouchie, considering their recent disclosing of a data breach.

I remember a couple of years ago at Melbourne qualifying there were dots underneath the drivers name on a hot lap (about 5 each sector) that indicated how quick they were going before they got to the sector time. (Green, purple yellow etc) I think it lasted a couple of races and it was quietly dropped

Everyone is saying that Liberty made it more American presentation-wise, but that horizontal ticker is straight from NASCAR and IndyCar on ABC/NBC/FOX

I mean, K-Mag and Grosjean would be a helluva good cop/bad cop style combo. Grosjean telling you he's sure it's all a misunderstanding with the missed payments and that you didn't mean to insult Don Gunter Steiner, and then K-Mag comes in, just standing in the background staring at you silently with a baseball bat in his hands.

As you said, we're quite lucky with the amount of information/graphics we have right now, though it's true that the latest additions (striking distance, tyre performance) are confusing. One thing I think could be improved is the use of the tower, in particular during quali. I like what they do in MotoGP, where you see if riders are improving on sector times and it makes it easier to follow multiple riders at one time.

The reason F1 got stuck on the 1994 package for so long was because all the cool stuff happened on F1Digital. A lot of the "innovations" from 2004 were rebranded hands-me-down from F1Digital.

Love the "This is fine" dog plushie. Mine's right beside me on my bed and its existence always feels a commentary on my poor sleeping habits.

I almost forgot how much better the old logo was :'(

2004-2009, 2010-2013, and 2014-2017 graphic Screen was my favorite.

You forgot to mention the recurring 2018 coverage of the NO NAME vs NO NAME rivalry. How could you forget it?? It was Lauda vs Hunt and Senna vs Prost level!!

Only 50 seconds in and loving this video about F1 graphics over the years.

Finally I met the person behind the camera with the relaxing voice...😅😅😅👍👍👍👍

F1 coverage in 2007: "Driver faces being added to the grid graphics." SpeedVision F1 coverage back in 1992: "Am I a joke to you?"

Brilliant vid, so clearly presented, love your vids chain bear! Instead of fancy graphics, can't the fia just get all the teams to put blummin driver name stickers on the inside edge of the halo for in-car shots?!! It's been two years now and we're still deciphering which of each teams drivers is on screen from a 1/3 view of their lid, even the commentaters get it wrong from time to time! 😂

I love seeing how worn tyres are. I hate how inaccurate that data is, but if it could be made accurate enough, it would be brilliant. I would love to see that driver X uses his tyres up really quickly but he is just really good with worn tyres, while someone else needs fresh rubber but does not eat their tyres as much etc etc.

"The starting grid graphics were updated to make it look like the Haas boys were going to kill you if you didn't pay your loans back" 😂 So that's why Grosjean looked like he was on a murder-suicide mission in every race 😅

In these years the F1 game series is having a HUGE impact on the graphics. Gamers have lots of information on-screen when they play and looks like the FIA think that they want it in real races too.

The qualifying "Driver at risk" is not mentioned here. I think its a bit weird they have the red stripe above the driver, making it look like he is already out.

They should change the tyre performance to tyre life and maybe predicted lap time deltas. Something like HAM: H - 30/40laps +0.75s VER : M - 12/30laps +0.365s

Great video. I was sure those initial standardized graphics package icons were on screen before ‘94 though, could have sworn I remember them in ‘91 or ‘92 🤷🏻‍♂

Remember those graphics from the late 90s. Also remember when they first showed the lap counter an I thought "wow, cool."

What about the infrared like heat cameras that were used from time to time? I really enjoyed seeing those shots and the various temps across the car.

This was super useful, I was trying to work out when I started watching F1 and this was very helpful. Not the idea of the video I know but thanks anyway

I have always been interested in F1 graphic design on screen so this is perfect.

I have to say, in battle graphic I would love see tire compound and how many laps they are on cars. This is and position on the track are 2 reasons why I watch race on 2 screens.

Wasnt there a live map when there were pitstops much earlier. I remember them from around 2008

I just want tire info on the standings during qualy. Oh and the thermal camera and was neat back when it was used.

I love the masses of information they give us now. But, more importantly, this was one hell of a nostalgic video, so thank you.

I'm still confused to this day by why would they make the remaining lap counter go backward, especially when you have the total laps on its right.

Track introduction is nice tho

In my opinion, a graphic set combining the 2015 smooth and elegant design, with some of the data shown by nowadays graphics would do. Of the current data, I would drop the predictions, maybe only leaving the pit stop predictor (or, as they call it in Ferrari, the Doom Predictor). I get that they're working with Amazon with some brand new graphics, but the tyre perfomance was just a bad idea (some drivers can do miracles with worn out tyres, while others will drop awfully with mildly worn tyres). And I would drop definitely the "Yeah, yeah" song they play when race is over. It's annoying beyond belief, especially if you're on headphones. _(I know it's not about graphics, but someone had to ask for it)_

Phone calls are to texting as announcers are to advanced realtime graphics

Really well put together!

Great video as always CB ! What is the song you use in the outro? It always puts me in a good mood and it would mean a lot if you could share it.

This video hits differently, feeling nostalgic . Great video.

Damn this was such a nostalgic trip, thank You And besides, I hope they won't show driver numbers on the left column, like they did recently. The column got crowdy and unclear and honestly I don't think there is necessity to now exact numbers of whole grid at all time.

I hope But Gro Per & But Rai Per make a cameo.

As a professional Designer this is some really interesting history. Great video!

You missed the colour overlay on the tyres to show their temperature. For some reason I really liked those. It felt really futuristic.

This guy looks exactly like the kind of guy I imagine would have a 'her body her choice' logo sitting on his desk.

11:03 2021: Team Logos are back and team colors are gone..

The sound is great which makes me wonder why guys have mics bigger than their heads and look like they cost 20 thousand dollars

The team colours would make such a big difference in formula e as well. So hard to tell who is who in FE

Use to love the clear BBC graphics and remember when first watching F1 way back in 1992 & 1993 they use to use the driver image next to the drivers name. Great times for graphics 🙂

What an amazing video. Learned a ton. Thank you!!!

11:07 I think many colorblind people will not agree with you. The logos are way way way better than the stripes for us. WAY!

I think the tyre performance is something taken from video games, where they are useful. Shame you didn't use Goodyear for the tyres as a nod to Jos Verstappen.

I miss the infra-red view of the tyres from around 2013 or so

I would very much love to see an indication that a driver has met the two-compound requirement. Nothing drives me more bonkers than tuning in a little late and wondering whether my driver needs to come into the pits or whether I can sit and actually enjoy the race.

0.45 these are the graphics that I always remember and associate with F1 the most. They were the ones used when I first started watching F1 with my dad. I think the onscreen graphics are pretty under appreciated. Sure we all use them, but I doubt many of us have really thought about all the time and effort that goes into the design etc and it’s nice to see them getting some love!

I like the tyre performance stats

The best thing tho is when they say striking distance in 3 laps with 3 laps to go

Where is the update for the Bingo versus board prediction challenge with Jonty, Hazel and Shuan?

Please make a video, how this graphics are made real time

I feel a fascination with the 2010 F1 graphics

i have waited 26 years for this video

The old yellow box graphics are best because they're what was on the PS1 F1 game I had

How does the FIA logistically track the lap times, gap times, pit times ect? Are there sensors or something that time the cars as they pass?

Interesting video as usual. I am still amazed how you know all this stuff about F1?

F1 TV Pit lane Camera mode for the win

Could you make a video about Bottas vs. Hamilton in this season and all the perspectives what would've/could've happened without Mercedes interfering in the process? I'm still mad about how they intentionally messed up Bottas' chance for the championship in the middle of the season because they didn't believe in him enough.

I didn't expect to see Fi from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. It's a nice touch considering the information given can be a little unnecessary sometimes.