App Tour - Official Formula 1 Windows 10 App

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

July 8, 2016

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App Tour - Official Formula 1 Windows 10 App

 

Another big name organization has decided that the Windows 10 platform is worth their time and money.

In this period of time where it seems everyone is pulling their apps from Windows we now have the Official Formula 1 app arriving for Windows 10 on PCs and Mobile devices.

This new Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app lets fans follow along with the following features:

  • Live Race Leaderboards

  • Latest news and videos

  • Post-race highlights

  • 2016 Schedule, Team and Driver Standings

While I was checking out the app to gather these screenshots I also found that the team and driver pages provide a lot of detail as you drill down into the various levels of information.

The app also takes advantage of push notifications as you will see in one of the mobile screenshots I have included which alerted me to a live event that was in progress.

While there is plenty of free information available in app, further value can be unlocked if you decided to subscribe to F1 Access which unlocks the following features:

  • Official Live Timing of all F1® sessions

  • Sector times with intervals and gaps, live tyre and pit stop information

  • Interactive 3D maps with driver gears and speeds, plus Drag Reduction System (DRS) usage indicator

  • In-Corner Analysis comparing drivers’ entry, apex and exit speeds

  • Immersive dashboard with text commentary (English, French and German), and English audio commentary during all F1® sessions

  • Team Radio Transmissions and Race Control Messages 

  • Personalisation Options and more!

There is a demo of the Live Timing feature in the app and the data/telemetry that can share is pretty impressive. I included a screenshot so you can see it as well.

I did not replicate every desktop screenshot on a mobile device but I did include a few to give you a sense of the apps layout on your Windows 10 handsets.

You can download the Official Formula 1 Windows 10 app for PCs and Mobile devices from the Windows Store.

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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