Not as close as it looked on TV - not sure why there isn’t a line visible in the picture?
Twitter source: https://twitter.com/F1/status/1721257871273259515
There is no line because this is a photo finish. The camera is set up at the line and only records a single pixel width. The shorter the car, the faster it was travelling, whichever car is in front crossed the line first.
Quite a good explainer, just found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGNgINohags
Writing a script to demonstrate the difference was very clever.
Oh that was really cool
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TIL ty
This photo is clearly from a previous, intergalactic travel. We’re not fooled this easily, FIA!
