f1logoFormula One's official timing apps have launched just ahead of the first race of the 2012 season, taking place this weekend in Australia.

The full-priced app, F1 2012 Timing App CP, written by Formula One partner Soft Pauer, offers live timing, tire data, race control messages, track positioning and more in real-time for the entire Grand Prix weekend, across Practice, Qualifying and the race itself.

The app is $28.99 in the US, £19.99 in the UK. It does not include any live audio or video race feeds.

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The free "lite" version skips the live timing and other real-time features in favor of news feeds from Formula One.com, session results, a race calendar, and event countdowns and notifications when a session or race begins.

The lite version of the F1 2012 Timing App is free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. [Direct Link]

The live timing-equipped F1 2012 Timing App CP is available for $28.99. [Direct Link]

Top Rated Comments

testcard Avatar
147 months ago
Talk about a rip-off, but I guess F1 fans are used to paying too much for things.

Bernie's got to eat!
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Clothesline5246 Avatar
147 months ago
I'd love it! but £20 for the year is far too much!
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
rmwebs Avatar
147 months ago
Word of advice. If you live in the UK DO NOT BUT THIS APP. The same info is available freely on BBC's driver tracker - it runs as an mp4 stream and works fine with iOS devices.

If you own last years app you can tweak a few config files and it'll load this years data into it and work ;)

Even outside the UK you can hop onto the official f1 site and view the same info for free.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Richdmoore Avatar
147 months ago
Simply let me watch the 2012 races either live or on demand, and I will buy the app and subscription. Make them an in app purchase for the free model, it's found money for Bernie.....

Even if you could simply offer the races as a tv show on iTunes the next day or two, would be better than nothing.

Since F1 won't allow that, because I am a cable cord cutter, I will simply have to torrent the racing broadcasts again this year to watch F1.

(Indycar/CART use to have an on demand/previous races available to watch later service, but they dropped the service the last couple of years. Boo....)
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
slicecom Avatar
147 months ago
The app is cool, and I get up and watch every quali and race session live, but I'm not paying $30 for this. I'll just continue to use the live timing on their F1's website for free. Add a live feed and I'd pay $100 per season no problem.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Markdek Avatar
146 months ago
DUDE's, just get the Live Timing info in your browser..........check out this unofficial link; it's just like the official timing data on the official website.:) (took me awhile to find this).

http://formula1livetiming.com/

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Ive not found an app "yet" that offers the split timing free...

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Check my post; http://formula1livetiming.com/
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