Formula 1 News: Rear Facing camera will be a fan favorite

Formula 1 fans are set to experience an all-new camera angle starting with the Spanish GP at Barcelona in June, following approval by the F1 Commission this week.

The new camera will offer fans a low-level perspective as Max Verstappen comes up to lap them, as the camera will be placed on top of the rear crash structure attached to the rear of the differential.

Speaking to Motorsport.com earlier this year about the plans, F1’s director of broadcast and media Dean Locke said the new angle should be able to mirror some of the spectacular on-boards we get from other categories of racing – especially saloon and touring car racing.

“Our [previous] rear-facing camera from the roll hoop is good, but it’s in the middle of the car,” he said.

“So, you don’t get what we do in Porsche Supercup, where we put something in the rear light and you get those two cars that are really, really close.”

“It was really amazing, and we really liked it, but it’s just an awful long way from our processor. It’s four meters and on that sort of cable, you can get quite a lot of interference and things like that. So, we’ve been working around some issues,” that have since been resolved.