Motorsports Thread

[icowden]

Hopefully they are right, but none of them will be using the Soft tyres if they can get away with it, they want to use the Hard & the shortest possible stint on the Mediums. I am really looking forward to finding out how good their car is, or is it Alonso flattering it.

The commentary suggested that the mediums were the least liked tyres for the track and the thought was that many teams will go soft / hard.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

Could be a lottery if it rains.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

The commentary suggested that the mediums were the least liked tyres for the track and the thought was that many teams will go soft / hard.

Interesting I had Sky on yesterday just listening to the commentary & was sure I heard it mentioned that nobody had run the hard yet as they were saving them for the race as the preferred tyre & that's why they were all running soft to get rid of them. But I may have misheard/understood as I wasn't paying full attention.

 

[icowden]

Well at the end of FP3 it looks like it could be quite exciting. 6 cars within 4 tenths of each other.

Of course no-one knows how turned down the cars were for practice...

 

[FishFright]

Interesting I had Sky on yesterday just listening to the commentary & was sure I heard it mentioned that nobody had run the hard yet as they were saving them for the race as the preferred tyre & that's why they were all running soft to get rid of them. But I may have misheard/understood as I wasn't paying full attention.

They ran the Hards a lot in testing last weekend so probably have a good handle on them. IIRC Pirelli is expecting a two stopper as the surface is even more abrasive than last year .

 

[sheddy]

Is F1 available on BBC ?

 

[FishFright]

Is F1 available on BBC ?

Sky only for live and Channel 4 does highlight packages

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Is F1 available on BBC ?

Radio?

 

[icowden]

Is F1 available on BBC ?

Ha ha ha. Those were the days. The Beeb can't afford it. Sky have the exclusive rights in the UK to live broadcast (with the exception of home nation races - so Silverstone is still free to view) and Channel 4 have the highlights and Silverstone rights. Sky have extended their contract to 2029:-

Stefano Domenicali, President and CEO of Formula 1, said: "We are incredibly proud of our long-term partnership with Sky, and we are delighted to announce that we will continue working together until 2029, a very important commitment from Sky.

Translation: "We are incredibly proud of the a mount of money Sky are prepared to give us and look forward to receiving even more".
For 2019 to 2024 Sky paid £1.19 Billion to be the exclusive broadcaster in the UK, and had deals with Germany and Italy which they have now tightened up.

So no F1 TV in the UK. You either pay a fortune to Sky (£252 for the year or £11 per race) , risk the Totalsportek dodgy streams (illegal), buy a hacked firestick (illegal), or wait for the Channel 4 highlights package.

 

[icowden]

Well that was an interesting qually!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

So no F1 TV in the UK. You either pay a fortune to Sky (£252 for the year or £11 per race) , risk the Totalsportek dodgy streams (illegal), buy a hacked firestick (illegal), or wait for the Channel 4 highlights package.

You missed out the find a relative who has forked out the £252 & lets you have access to their Sky Go

Well that was an interesting qually!

Yes, but still looks like RB have the edge

 

[icowden]

You missed out the find a relative who has forked out the £252 & lets you have access to their Sky Go

Yes, but still looks like RB have the edge

Definitely, but that wasn't a huge surprise. It will be interesting to see how the race goes though.

 

[Tom B]

Well that was an interesting qually!

Was it? Which bit?


I used to have the F1 Legacy pack with Sky HD, it was the only reason we didnt upgrade to Q.
After AD 2021 I fell out of love with F1 ( because of the way the result happened not because of the result) and i bored of the FIAs Whistle. So we got Q.

I watched what i watched of last years on C4 and with the exception of Brundle didn't feel i missed much, im not a mad fan of Crofty and certainly not of KRAVITZ.

Sky dont seem able to get their head around that some people dont give a flying hoot about kickball and bundle the F1 with various kickball channels almost as an extra to the football.

Ive often said that there should be a PPV (even if it is a £10 top up) for £2 for a race, £1 for Quali and then they're also available half price after 6 hours as replays.

IMHO despite the massive investments in the rights SKY underwhelm with content. The extended pre show, post show waffle where they seem to discuss the events in lengthy repetitive superficial detail just bores me. I'd really like more proper geeky technical content (chuck some money at the likes of Scarbs and Piola and the folks that do the websites and racecar engineer mag) and proper analysis by people who know what they're doing. Really they missed the boat with DTS. DTS isnt my bag but that could have been done by SKy years earlier and sat on the F1 Channel and the reinvented MTV "reality" channel.

 

[figbat]

I have the legacy F1 channel and I am on Sky Q.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Was it? Which bit?


I used to have the F1 Legacy pack with Sky HD, it was the only reason we didnt upgrade to Q.
After AD 2021 I fell out of love with F1 ( because of the way the result happened not because of the result) and i bored of the FIAs Whistle. So we got Q.

I watched what i watched of last years on C4 and with the exception of Brundle didn't feel i missed much, im not a mad fan of Crofty and certainly not of KRAVITZ.

Sky dont seem able to get their head around that some people dont give a flying hoot about kickball and bundle the F1 with various kickball channels almost as an extra to the football.

Ive often said that there should be a PPV (even if it is a £10 top up) for £2 for a race, £1 for Quali and then they're also available half price after 6 hours as replays.

IMHO despite the massive investments in the rights SKY underwhelm with content. The extended pre show, post show waffle where they seem to discuss the events in lengthy repetitive superficial detail just bores me. I'd really like more proper geeky technical content (chuck some money at the likes of Scarbs and Piola and the folks that do the websites and racecar engineer mag) and proper analysis by people who know what they're doing. Really they missed the boat with DTS. DTS isnt my bag but that could have been done by SKy years earlier and sat on the F1 Channel and the reinvented MTV "reality" channel.

All of it I thought, how McLaren have lost the plot, how Magnusson is at one end & Hulkenburg is at the other, Perez within 0.1 of Verstappen, Stroll 0.6 off Alonso, Gasly well behind Ocon, LeClerc not coming out for the last run, deciding a 3rd place was better than a 3rd place & 1 less set of tyres.

I do agree with you about the waffle, I don't bother with any of it unless I get the start time wrong, I too would like to see more of the technical side, but I think that would be hard to do unless they used last years cars, you're not going to get a manufacturer allowing somebody into their wind tunnel whilst testing new parts. On the interesting front, how much it affect LeClerc when he lost the bottom part of the wheel shroud, most assume they were just there for regulations & not that functional.

I think you are on the right lines, F1 is a bit of a geeky sport, they should embrace the geek, but I don't think we are their targeted audience, being in mind F1 is now owned by Merkins.