MikeO Posted March 18, 2016 Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 The BBC have ended their contract early and F1 will now be on Channel 4. Great. And here we are. The fact that the beeb are bigging up their 5live coverage online having ditched the TV rights is ridiculous; nobody in their right mind listens to F1 when they can watch it for free elsewhere. Anyway, alarm set for 5.45 tomorrow morning, signs that it might not be another Mercedes procession and McLaren? A lot better position than they were in twelve months ago. New Brit on the grid in Jolyon Palmer (I remember watching his dad). Bring it on! (Though the new qualifying system is unnecessary imo, was fine as it was) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Dreadful. New qualifying is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Dreadful. New qualifying is a joke. I didn't watch but it sounded ridiculous when they announced it, and teams are already annoyed about it. Can't see it lasting long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I didn't watch but it sounded ridiculous when they announced it, and teams are already annoyed about it. Can't see it lasting long. Was dire, no drivers on the track at all for the last four minutes amongst much other daftness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Interesting race, same old result. Incredible crash though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 I said the new qualifying format wouldn't last and I was right - it's been scrapped already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 And here we are. The fact that the beeb are bigging up their 5live coverage online having ditched the TV rights is ridiculous; nobody in their right mind listens to F1 when they can watch it for free elsewhere. Anyway, alarm set for 5.45 tomorrow morning, signs that it might not be another Mercedes procession and McLaren? A lot better position than they were in twelve months ago. New Brit on the grid in Jolyon Palmer (I remember watching his dad). Bring it on! (Though the new qualifying system is unnecessary imo, was fine as it was) I once did 4 laps of the track at Bruntingthorpe (Leicestershire) with Johnathon Palmer. There was a chicane at one end and he said 'we can get through there at 120 mph.' I thought 'no you can't'. On the fourth lap he did. One hand on the steering wheel the other arm resting on the back of the seat and him half turned towards me while he talked me through it. Driving is a different world at that level. Its like playing golf with a top pro, its not the same game everyone else plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 SSN are saying they'll actually be sticking to the new qualifying format now. What a shambles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 SSN are saying they'll actually be sticking to the new qualifying format now. What a shambles. Insane. And did you see Ecclestone corrected the drivers on their grammar in his response to their letter? Knob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted March 24, 2016 Report Share Posted March 24, 2016 Insane. And did you see Ecclestone corrected the drivers on their grammar in his response to their letter? Knob. I can't stand him. Loves the sound of his own voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 1, 2016 Report Share Posted April 1, 2016 Jenson third behind Rosberg & Hamilton in practice two, encouraging! Team radio... "I found the go faster button! I found it!" Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 3, 2016 Report Share Posted April 3, 2016 Grade A twat arrives for the race... Man has totally lost any grip on reality he ever had. rubecula and Romey 1878 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Didn't see the F1 live. Watched the highlights on Sky, absolute shambles of a programme. They showed Hamilton coming in for a pit stop three times in as many minutes, turned out that one of them was Rosberg. Showed Hamilton leading by 8.3 seconds, a minute later he is in third place. Jumped from lap 40 something to the last lap. Absolute joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 I here talking about qualifying being done by aggregate now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 I here talking about qualifying being done by aggregate now... I think it should be done by the 'paper, scissors, stone' method. MikeO and Romey 1878 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 I think it should be done by the 'paper, scissors, stone' method. Wouldn't put it past them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Someone tweeted Sky and suggested they do it in two parts. First part everyone goes out for however long and then only the faster of the two team-mates go out for the second part, the team-mates that lose line up 11th to 22nd; the other eleven then go for poll. They say they want the grid mixed up and that'd certainly do it, I think it's an interesting idea but the teams would never go for it. When I used to watch kart racing quite a lot some of the classes had reverse grids; that was fun! Confusing at times, but fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Grade A twat arrives for the race... twat.PNG Man has totally lost any grip on reality he ever had. Can you see Jenson acting like that? No neither can I. Yes agreed, he is a piece of knobrot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 4, 2016 Report Share Posted April 4, 2016 Can you see Jenson acting like that? No neither can I. Yes agreed, he is a piece of knobrot Said it before, goes against the grain, very few Brits I want to fail in any form of sport, but if he finishes the season behind Rosberg, Vettel, Raikkonen or anyone else I'll be a happy man. Was so happy when he came in, specially breaking the mould due to being black, really wanted massive success for him. Now I want him to crash (nothing serious) or break down every race. Can't think of another sportsman ever who's sunk so low in my estimation after me being 100% behind him at the start of his career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Back to last year's qualifying.....unless they change their minds again . http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35987323 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 Back to last year's qualifying.....unless they change their minds again . http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/35987323 They've made themselves look like even bigger idiots than usual. That takes some doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 7, 2016 Report Share Posted April 7, 2016 They've made themselves look like even bigger idiots than usual. That takes some doing! They're very talented in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36042091 Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/36042091 Good. he is impossible to like isn't he? I always want him to win but I don't really care if he doesn't, and I certainly don't like him. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 he is impossible to like isn't he? I always want him to win but I don't really care if he doesn't, and I certainly don't like him. I don't think I've ever seen anyone ever disappear so far up their own rectum. He used to thank God all the time but he doesn't do that any more; I'm guessing it's because he's come to believe that he's actually God himself. Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh Posted April 14, 2016 Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 They are so cossetted, living in an narrow environment surrounded by people who continually tell them how brilliant they are. After a while, they begin to believe the hype. Top footballers face the same problem, particularly Ronaldo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 16, 2016 Report Share Posted April 16, 2016 Alarm set, off to bed, annoying to get up pre 7.45 on a Sunday, Hope it's a good'un. Better be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 I set my recorder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 17, 2016 Report Share Posted April 17, 2016 Alarm set, off to bed, annoying to get up pre 7.45 on a Sunday, Hope it's a good'un. Better be! Ha, the race started at 7.00 . Luckily it was on record so I just put it back to the start and watched it "as live". Romey 1878 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 https://www.facebook.com/massafelipe19/videos/vb.406696696171136/582078005299670/?type=2&theater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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