Formula 1 2012 Pre-Season

[Kymmy]

Paul Di Resta I think has a good future ahead of him, shame that a lot of people forget about him when British drivers are mentioned

[MarkC1984]

I think he needs to drive for a bigger team than Force India though to realise his full potential. Saying that, Button had to work hard to get to McLaren now, whereas Hamilton pretty much had his McLaren drive handed to him on a silver plate thanks to Ron Dennis.

This has caused a load of uproar on other Forums I belong to, with many thinking Hamilton should be driving for a different team now. Personally, I think he is well suited to Ferrari but with Alonso there would them as a pair work now, after that infamous season?

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by jamiefrost

Very nice,

And as I've just found out that F! is provided as part of the Sky HD pack which I can get via Ipad and Xbox using skygo and my Mums Sky, starting to look forward to this season.

No sure about Mclaren's nose being different to everyone else's

J

Can you get Sky Go on your XBOX/PS3?

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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

So you support oil rich states getting more and more races, rather than Europe where most F1 fans are, just because of high value sponsorship deals do you??

I am saying that Dubai should have got it before Abu Dhabi!

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Originally Posted by denphone

Yes it is very expensive so the best option for most people who love F1 is to pay the £20 subscription fee to watch it on pay TV.

Remember, the British GP is still free (bar licence fee) in SD and HD for VM Customers!

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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

The rich ones are mobile, but the majority aren't rich, and come from Europe. And can't afford to travel half way across the world.

Not to menion that time you have to spart to get there!

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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

Well that's down to the greed of Bernie. He doesn't care about the fans, he just cares about the money. Which is why it's going to Sky.

Unfortunately most fans don't have the money that you do.

That is one of many reasons why he is worth Billions!

[Alan Fry]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

Thanks for the link Kymmy






But most don't.

I can remember back in my karting days (when David Coultard, Dario Franchitti, and Oliver Gavin were all racing against each other in juniors). Most of my mates used to try and make it to at least the British GP. And if we were lucky there was also the European GP also in the UK. And this was because it was more affordable.

But I think it is partly to do with the huge cost of following F1 these days, that we only have two British drivers in F1 now, when we used to average about 4 or 5.



Absolutely!

If you have paid the Licence Fee you can still watch the British GP in SD and HD, but yes F1 (like a lot of sports) is 100% all about the money!

[Hom3r]

Bernie is sticking his nose were he shouldn't

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/17146175

Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says Lewis Hamilton may leave McLaren at the end of the season if he struggles to mount a serious title challenge.

Bernie "SHUT THE HELL UP AND QUIT"

he is as welcome as pork at a jewish wedding.

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Alan that currency has the wrong faces on it, they should all have that posionous little twirp BE.

[MarkC1984]

Georgie Thompson posted a tweet on earlier, saying her and Anthony Davidson were busy doing some more studio rehearsals for the F1 channel.

She says they were like kids in a sweet shop. I'm really looking forward to this season now. Always seems to drag between seasons, yet the gap between the 2011 and 2012 seasons seems to have whizzed by.

[Kymmy]

Jaime Alguersuari joins BBC Formula 1 line-up on Radio5

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/17268711

[MarkC1984]

Got my Radio Times today, and on March 16, the Australian GP practice sessions 1 and 2 are on TV. SKY channel 408, Virgin 516.

Session 1:

05:15 - 07:20, Live

Session 2:

16:45 - 16:15, Live.

I think the second one is afternoon times anyway. It says the next one is 02:45 - 04:45, but I assumed Friday had 2 sessions, Saturday only one with the third practice and qualifying on Saturday with race on Sunday.

[Kymmy]

Weird session 2 times, are they going backwards as the end time is before the start time..

Actual session times are

Fri 25 March 2011
Practice 1 01:30 - 03:00
Practice 2 05:30 - 07:00
Sat 26 March 2011
Practice 3 03:00 - 04:00
Qualifying 06:00
Sun 27 March 2011
Race 07:00

[MarkC1984]

No, it was my fault. It should have been 14:45 - 16:15.

[Kymmy]

So how can your times be live then?? All my times are UK

[Tim Deegan]

And what are the BBC showing for this weekend?

[Kymmy]

Nothing live, just highlights (use the link I gave you last time you asked )

I'll be watching P3, Q and the race on RTE (with radio 5 audio) and their website is showing live P1,2,3,Q,R (you may need a German proxy. (Just as someone who recently said that they do the same with netflix USA via a DNS tweak))

[chris9991]

Is there a poll this year?

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by Tim Deegan

And what are the BBC showing for this weekend?

Who cares?

I can't wait, Sky are already doing the fantastic job that I knew they would.

The F1 season preview show with Martin Brundle and Damon Hill was great.

And the show where they took a honda civic and did it up for Anthony Davidson to drive was as good as anything Top Gear would do.

Yes, it's going to be great for armchair F1 fans this year.