Formula 1 is altering for the higher yr after yr, with the fee cap in 2021 shortly being adopted by the foremost change in laws that got here the yr after, with each modifications designed to make the game extra aggressive and entertaining for followers.

The sport is watched by thousands and thousands of individuals all world wide, that means that it may be laborious to guage how followers are feeling in regards to the path that the game is heading in with out enlisting the assistance of some know-how.

F1’s chief technical officer Pat Symonds has now revealed that they’ve finished precisely that, utilizing a brand new and superior software program program to assemble correct suggestions and gauge the response from followers to their modifications.

“We evaluate the mood on social media channels. Here’s how it works; our software evaluates fans’ comments and derives a sentiment from them. It works really excellently when you want to find out if people are excited, bored or angry,” defined the F1 chief.

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“Previously, we approached the duty from the opposite aspect. We picked a duel and analysed the feedback on it. Now we learn a temper from the feedback after which take a look at which scene within the race they match.

“I’ll give you an example: We registered a kind of angry mood before the start of the Austrian GP and wondered what in heaven might have happened there. After all, the race hadn’t even started yet. Upon analysis, we found that people were upset about flares!”