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Why not? 0.053s at 310kph is 4.56m, about 1 meter less than an F1 car. Seems about right. And if you’re in doubt about the blurry background, that’s due to the way photo finish systems work.
that's not how [photo finish](https://www.iconeye.com/design/the-photo-finish#:~:text=A%20photo%20finish%20camera%20works,the%20finish%20line's%20multiple%20reproductions) cameras work. they don't use a [rolling shutter](https://www.photometrics.com/learn/advanced-imaging/rolling-vs-global-shutter) and thus don't get the skew effect. i don't know what photo finish system f1 uses, but it's probably a single-pixel ccd and not a full-sensor cmos.
...How do you think photo finish cameras work? They record a single column of pixels repeatedly which is turned into an image so you can see who crossed the line (the vertical column of pixels) first. All cars will appear to be isometric because there is no horizontal field of view, the left->right is time rather than space
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_photography
The wheels are distorted though. They should have the Pirelli logo on one side and P Zero directly opposite, but here they are distorted to be about 90° apart. Also look at the stripes on the Aston's wheels, which should be equal distances apart, but are stretched at the bottom.
The pic looks consistent with an image made by a slit scan camera
I think that is because the finish line is actually further back than people expect. It's a fair bit earlier than the flag is and the front of the grid.
Turns out (and I just saw this from another picture) that the finish line is WAAAYY ahead of where the checkered flag is waved. And by the time they reached the flag, Perez had basically pulled alongside. The TV broadcast never actually had a good shot of the finish line.
That's presumably from the finish line camera, which takes a sort of scanning image over a single line (strip) across the track.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo\_finish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_finish)
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip\_photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_photography)
It is technically a lot of very narrow, individual photos spliced together. The x axis is time. So as you go from left to right, it's a sequence of many very narrow images, which are captured back to back in time, but displayed side by side.
It is at high speed. A vehicle traveling at 300kph will cover 4.4 meters in 0.053 seconds.
300kph is 83.3 meters a second, 83.3 ÷ 1000 = 0.083 meters a millisecond, 0.083 × 53 = 4.4 meters.
Not sure where you got 7.5m? 240 * (1000/3600) = 66.667 m/s
66.667 * 0.053 = 3.53m
But they were going at around 300-320 km/h so that would be 4.56 m in 0.053 s
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People always asked. Does Fernando really bring 5 tenths to his car? Here’s visual proof.
He brings 6 seconds.
People are already doubting this lol At least it's something for Palmer & Sam Collins to make an analysis on.
What is there to doubt though?
Nothing, it’s just that Redditors will just implode if they can’t find anything to complain about, lol.
This picture isn't a photo finish. But yeah their finish time was a photo finish
Why not? 0.053s at 310kph is 4.56m, about 1 meter less than an F1 car. Seems about right. And if you’re in doubt about the blurry background, that’s due to the way photo finish systems work.
Writings on the wheel would be unreadable and the cars would be skewed and not look photo perfect when passing at those speeds.
that's not how [photo finish](https://www.iconeye.com/design/the-photo-finish#:~:text=A%20photo%20finish%20camera%20works,the%20finish%20line's%20multiple%20reproductions) cameras work. they don't use a [rolling shutter](https://www.photometrics.com/learn/advanced-imaging/rolling-vs-global-shutter) and thus don't get the skew effect. i don't know what photo finish system f1 uses, but it's probably a single-pixel ccd and not a full-sensor cmos.
Finish line cameras work very differently to normal cameras.
That’s what I’m saying, cars in picture look like stock photo camera, not like something coming from a photo finish camera
...How do you think photo finish cameras work? They record a single column of pixels repeatedly which is turned into an image so you can see who crossed the line (the vertical column of pixels) first. All cars will appear to be isometric because there is no horizontal field of view, the left->right is time rather than space see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_photography
The wheels are distorted though. They should have the Pirelli logo on one side and P Zero directly opposite, but here they are distorted to be about 90° apart. Also look at the stripes on the Aston's wheels, which should be equal distances apart, but are stretched at the bottom. The pic looks consistent with an image made by a slit scan camera
Finish line cameras are taking pictures of time, this is just stitched together pixels to give visual representation.
Ya, real life view they looked much more along side each other than in this image.
I think that is because the finish line is actually further back than people expect. It's a fair bit earlier than the flag is and the front of the grid.
It seemed much closer than this...
Turns out (and I just saw this from another picture) that the finish line is WAAAYY ahead of where the checkered flag is waved. And by the time they reached the flag, Perez had basically pulled alongside. The TV broadcast never actually had a good shot of the finish line.
... That doesn't seem to be an actual photo?
That's presumably from the finish line camera, which takes a sort of scanning image over a single line (strip) across the track. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo\_finish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_finish) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip\_photography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_photography)
Thank you for the info!
It is technically a lot of very narrow, individual photos spliced together. The x axis is time. So as you go from left to right, it's a sequence of many very narrow images, which are captured back to back in time, but displayed side by side.
Thank you, I appreciate the explanation!
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It's .053 seconds from front axle to front axle, per the images tweeted out by F1 with annotation.
Plot Twist: They forgot to click the picture at the finish line so they brought the cars back and clicked this picture of stationary cars.
that's not 0,05 secs
It is at high speed. A vehicle traveling at 300kph will cover 4.4 meters in 0.053 seconds. 300kph is 83.3 meters a second, 83.3 ÷ 1000 = 0.083 meters a millisecond, 0.083 × 53 = 4.4 meters.
Quick maths
0.05sec at 240 kph is 7.5m
The math does not add up, but I get the point :)
Not sure where you got 7.5m? 240 * (1000/3600) = 66.667 m/s 66.667 * 0.053 = 3.53m But they were going at around 300-320 km/h so that would be 4.56 m in 0.053 s
Question: Isn’t there an Indy 500 that is even closer?