Sport The Formula 1 Thread

[SteveH]

Oh nice - haven't been keeping up with the Sky coverage that closely, so very pleased to read they aren't having ad breaks during the races.

This preview show bodes well for the race weekends as well - lots of behind the scenes stuff. I hope they keep that up throughout the season,

[supert3d]

This interview now, heh. Very Sky, that presenter.

Asides from that quite enjoying the channel so far.

[myoozikk]

I'm out but set it to record. Can't wait to give it a watch. Far too excited about it all.

[mexos]

Good to hear good first impressions. Im signing up for Sky Go when I get home for an F1 fix.

[Jonny5]

So for those without Sky, where are the good streams?

I'm currently watching http://www.vipbox.tv/sports/formula-1.html this and its fine for this sort of program but its fuzzy and not what I want for watching the races.

[Sidewaysbob]

Sold ............. james hunt asking for a fag at the 1976 Grand prix. You'd never get that on the BBC.

[Sidewaysbob]

hmmmm dark cloud on the horizon ... Who is this Fenners idiot ?

[kiroquai]

Yeah, kind of appealing to to footy crowd there.

Overall though they've got a lot of it right. Lazenby seems to know a bit about the sport, Georgie Thompson isn't that bad either and will learn a lot as she goes.

[Sidewaysbob]

yeah, there is a lot less "and this is a steering wheel and it goes here" than i thought they'd do. Its all rather professional so far. Even Georgie isn't some dumb blonde type,

oh fuck.....

yeah fenners can fuck off. tosser

[polygon_monkey]

As someone who doesn't really watch UK tv bar the F1 and the odd thing on BBC, adverts are really fucking annoying. Also, why are they advertising the F1 channel on the F1 channel?

Edit: This guy can get fucked.

[SMD]

So for those without Sky, where are the good streams?

I'm currently watching http://www.vipbox.tv.../formula-1.html this and its fine for this sort of program but its fuzzy and not what I want for watching the races.

Do you have LiveOnlineFooty?

[Jonny5]

Nope, and they're not taking registrations at the moment. I've followed them on twitter so hopefully I can get in next time they open it up.

[Simbo]

Are we doing Fantasy F1 this year? Not that I was much good....anyway this site looks really good and shameless stolen from the boards.ie Fantasy F1 thread

http://fantasyf1game.net/instructions

I've created two teams here as well ... and setup a league as a couple of the guys from work are interested. League name is "Renaulotus" pword is "f12012" if you are interested in joining.

Of course, i did register into sidewaysbob most excellent predict-a-thon as well.

[Jonny5]

For some reason the "Sky Pad" is annoying me.

[Sidewaysbob]

cheers

[kiroquai]

Liking this video wall with Ted and Brundle.

[Sidewaysbob]

and it was sensible and informative, no gimmicks and casual view bollocks. I am however getting sick of that idiot almost getting killed by the train ...

[Sidewaysbob]

well the RB7 had a blown diffuser ... so yeah its going to be obsolete really.

[kiroquai]

Thought that was good. Nice range of features, catered well for new fans and people who know their stuff.

[Sidewaysbob]

definitely aimed more at the fan than the casual. ... good stuff.

[Marmite]

Yeah I thought it was decent too. Should be even better once the season gets going and they have more stuff to analyse each week with their fancy tech, and more of their own behind the scenes style footage.

[kiroquai]

This F1 Legends program is good too, although (the inner F1 geek in me) wishes they were an hour long, as they're having to glaze over some interesting stuff.

Emmo and Ronnie Peterson. One of the finest driver lineups ever in one of the best looking cars ever.

[kiroquai]

Quite sad to hear Jackie Stewart talk about Francois Cevert's crash. Obviously still gets to him every time he talks about it.

[supert3d]

Yes, the Fenners thing is a rare dropped ball on this channel so far. Seems very Soccer AM.

[descriptor]

Just a heads-up. For some reason they are showing the Sky F1 Preview show on Pick TV (Freeview channel 11) at 10pm on Sunday night.

[myoozikk]

I'm loving these season reviews. 1988 championship at the moment. Awesome!

[Shimmyhill]

I'm loving these season reviews. 1988 championship at the moment. Awesome!

Same here!

Tracy has picked up a surprising amount of F1 knowledge judging by her comments on this lot!

[kiroquai]

Fun and random fact: if you recognise the guy narrating the 1988 review, you've probably heard him shout champagnnnnneeee! on the podium at the end of each GP. Bob Constanduros

Good review of the season there. Really pleased they're giving a lot of time to the sport's history.

[Cheeko]

Just fired up the sky player on the 360 to see what's on, (I use my sister's Sky subscription) and the F1 channel is there! Woohoo! Didn't think she had any extras.

[myoozikk]

FYI if like me you were trying to find the Sky F1 iPad app it's within the sky sports news iPad app & looks really decent actually.

1st practice in a couple of days