[PSA] Since all the commentators get this wrong ...

It's not rocket science, but none of the commentators in any class get this right.So, for the benefit of anyone confused by this, here goes an explanation.Watch this bit from the end of the Moto3 Quali moments agoSo 3 graphs pop up: Martin with -0.413, Binder with -0.405 and Arbolino with -0.220. Then Martin goes P1 with 1'36.774, Binder P2 with 1'36.848. And they see that Arbolino's graph is still there and still in -220. Wow, he's two tenths faster than Martin! Well, no, he isn't. He goes up at 1'37.579. How is that possible? Did he just lose a second? Nope. Graphs aren't calculated in real time against everything else, they are calculated against the current P1. So when Martin, Binder and Arbolino's laps were calculated, that was done based on the fastest lap at that time. So Arbolino was at all times 2-3 tenths below Binder and Martin. Look at his split, and he's 3 reds (fastest of the session) and one orange. He didn't lose time, he improved his own times in all 4 sectors, but the first three went red as others were also doing it.So, yeah, two riders can be "in the red" at the same time, and still a full second apart. They were just faster than p1 at the time, and their splits were calculated against that.It's something so simple, and yet we have to constantly listen to this idiots be completely flabbergasted that this or that rider "lost time". Yes, sometimes a rider will fuck up his lap, but that's not what's happening most of the time. Most of the time they are looking at a graph that was calculated against a lap time that has JUST been beaten.
Submitted October 27, 2018 at 04:34AM by gnualmafuerte https://www.reddit.com/r/motogp/comments/9rrap9/psa_since_all_the_commentators_get_this_wrong/?utm_source=ifttt