Something as simple as a freakin lap counter in the free viewer would be nice.
But it does tell you what lap you're on, as well as how many laps there are...?
Moving to a yearly model is disappointing. I've lost interest in the game and the only reason I'm still around is that I'm managing a league. My subscription has expired and apparently I need to have a subscription to close the league. I can transfer the 'ownership' of the league but that's not going to happen since the league is incredibly stagnant with only one tier having any real kind of racing (and even then, it's quite poor), and no manager wants to take on the ownership. I have to say, I'm not going to spend AU$45 just to close a league...
I think you can close the league, you just can't close an active league as a free manager. So if you kick them all first, then you can close it. Seems to be a precaution against the usually more erratic behavior of F2P players.