But remember the teams get extra money guaranteed if they go down the Pay-TV avenue. It was said around the time the deal was signed that each team is guaranteed an extra £1m.
See if it was an extra £10m or something like that, I could at least consider understanding the whole "we get more money now" argument, as certainly to some of the lower teams, an extra £10m for example would make some sort of difference, but £1m? I mean yeah it might be a little help to someone like HRT, but to Ferrari for example, £1m is nothing more than being given a little bit of money for your birthday every year from your relatives.
That is great new about about Katherine Legge if she does sign a multi year deal to drive in Indycars again.
I always felt sorry for Katherine Legge when she was in DTM as she was always give the oldest of the Auldi A4s so she was unable to show just how good she really is but DTMs loss is Indycars gain.
It will be great watching Indycars this year on Sky Sports HD4 as I will be able to cheer on Justin Willson who will be returning to Indycars after his accident at Mid-Ohio and Katherine Legge.
Except Justin Wilson currently hasn't got a deal in place after having been widely expected to take over the Andretti Autosport ride that has just been given to Hinchcliffe
(Good luck Hinch, I'm a fan but....stop making so many mistakes! )
As for it being a great year for Indycar....you haven't seen the new car have you?
It will either be exactly the same old dull racing on road courses/artificial pack racing on ovals or possibly one of the worst seasons they've ever had....
And sweet hasmana, is it ugly...
For the avoidance of doubt, personnel whose duties are solely connected with catering, media or marketing are exempt from the above [curfew] requirements
I think beforehand, journalists were not allowed in outside of the curfew, but now they are, obviously meaning Sky can broadcast live regardless of what the time is.
Ben Constanduros
Today we should know about who will be showing/filming WRC.... and in other TV news, hear BBC are to have a 2nd analyst at live races...
2 minutes ago
Either I've missed Ben's point, or that means Coulthard is doing commentary only, splitting up the Jake/David/Eddie combo for live races.
Wonder who it is, and if this ties in with Jake's "great news".
For the avoidance of doubt, personnel whose duties are solely connected with catering, media or marketing are exempt from the above [curfew] requirements
The word 'solely' is to stop teams hiring over qualified cooks. Heard of some teams were hiring media types who just happen to be highly qualified mechanics! lol.
Ben Constanduros
Today we should know about who will be showing/filming WRC.... and in other TV news, hear BBC are to have a 2nd analyst at live races...
2 minutes ago
Either I've missed Ben's point, or that means Coulthard is doing commentary only, splitting up the Jake/David/Eddie combo for live races.
Wonder who it is, and if this ties in with Jake's "great news".
Ben Constanduros @Dan_The_ManF1 I will be disowned by my father if i do, but rest assured its a well respected man of british motorsport.
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If I was to guess, I would guess Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill or John Watson. Maybe Watson given that Edwards is commentating.
I think beforehand, journalists were not allowed in outside of the curfew, but now they are, obviously meaning Sky can broadcast live regardless of what the time is.
I think you're getting confused. I don't believe that last year any broadcasters or journalists were bound by the curfew, it was purely for the teams, nobody else.
Maybe Ben means a second pit reporter rather than analyst? Seeing as he reads this thread he could just clear up the confusion himself
Probably. But I don't know of "a well respected man of british motorsport" that would fit the pit reporter role well. Maybe John Watson, but I couldn't imagine anyone else in that category fitting the role.
I think you're getting confused. I don't believe that last year any broadcasters or journalists were bound by the curfew, it was purely for the teams, nobody else.
Since analyst can also refer to commentary, I was thinking 3 man commentary team ie Ben Edwards, John Watson, David Coulthard.
Considering the fact Wattie has already been a regular on BBC news reports I wouldnt be at all surprised
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walked into a box.. Ok, cant think of a good joke for now, but i do think DC would be a bit outclassed and a third wheel in that setup. Maybe the BBC are readying themselves for when DC jumps ship.
Probably. But I don't know of "a well respected man of british motorsport" that would fit the pit reporter role well. Maybe John Watson, but I couldn't imagine anyone else in that category fitting the role.
Maybe a look to the past, Jonathan Palmer or Tony Jardine...
It seems Bernie's taken away the free live timing app. You've got to pay £20 now for the other one
So for a typical F1 European race, we can expect the following schedule:
Fridays
08:40 to 10:45 - Practice 1
12:50 to 14:45 - Practice 2
Saturdays
09:45 to 11:15 - Practice 3
12:00 to 14:45 - Qualifying
Sundays
11:30 to 16:00 - Race
Can't help but feel a bit disappointed that the channel will only be running for 3 hours though each day in the build-up to race weekends, so we can eliminate any chance of Thursday press conference and the such like being shown.
Can't help but feel a bit disappointed that the channel will only be running for 3 hours though each day in the build-up to race weekends, so we can eliminate any chance of Thursday press conference and the such like being shown.
3 hours is still a lot, only so much f1 content you can show before you run out of stuff to show, not sure why you are ruling out thursday press conferences "and the such like" from being shown that night either...
3 hours is still a lot, only so much f1 content you can show before you run out of stuff to show, not sure why you are ruling out thursday press conferences "and the such like" from being shown that night either...
True, but I think they should be on air for longer on Thursday's, unless they are planning on having live stuff on Sky Sports News too.
Besides, that schedule of 07:00 to 24:00 will only be accurate for European timezone races, that can't be the times for the flyaways, Australia will run a totally different schedule.
Also, March 9th and November 30th are both Friday's, so March 9th is when the channel opens presumably, and November 30th is when it shuts down for Winter?
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See if it was an extra £10m or something like that, I could at least consider understanding the whole "we get more money now" argument, as certainly to some of the lower teams, an extra £10m for example would make some sort of difference, but £1m? I mean yeah it might be a little help to someone like HRT, but to Ferrari for example, £1m is nothing more than being given a little bit of money for your birthday every year from your relatives.
I was going to say this, but thought it was still embargoed...
As was that.
Some people believe Arthur C Clarke was a prophet. Some believe the inventions he predicted only happened because inventors read his books.
Will AmD still be using the Golf even...
Except Justin Wilson currently hasn't got a deal in place after having been widely expected to take over the Andretti Autosport ride that has just been given to Hinchcliffe
(Good luck Hinch, I'm a fan but....stop making so many mistakes!
As for it being a great year for Indycar....you haven't seen the new car have you?
It will either be exactly the same old dull racing on road courses/artificial pack racing on ovals or possibly one of the worst seasons they've ever had....
And sweet hasmana, is it ugly...
Embargoed?
Also has the BTCC decided on its commentator for 2012 yet?
And is that embargoed too?
@pace_notes https://twitter.com/#!/pace_notes/status/154517683289853952
@ArnageWRC https://twitter.com/#!/ArnageWRC/status/154521867028402176
@ArnageWRC https://twitter.com/#!/ArnageWRC/status/154536470265339904
@pace_notes https://twitter.com/#!/pace_notes/status/154519460257079296
Interesting spot in the 2012 Sporting Regulations released today: http://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/FE4C9612DB18AD8BC125797B00344B65/$FILE/1-2012%20SPORTING%20REGULATIONS%2007-12-2011.pdf
I think beforehand, journalists were not allowed in outside of the curfew, but now they are, obviously meaning Sky can broadcast live regardless of what the time is.
Today we should know about who will be showing/filming WRC.... and in other TV news, hear BBC are to have a 2nd analyst at live races...
2 minutes ago
Either I've missed Ben's point, or that means Coulthard is doing commentary only, splitting up the Jake/David/Eddie combo for live races.
Wonder who it is, and if this ties in with Jake's "great news".
The word 'solely' is to stop teams hiring over qualified cooks.
That'd be Jake's bit of embargoed news then!
I fail to see how it's "off-topic" or "spam" to tell this truth.
@Dan_The_ManF1 I will be disowned by my father if i do, but rest assured its a well respected man of british motorsport.
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If I was to guess, I would guess Nigel Mansell, Damon Hill or John Watson. Maybe Watson given that Edwards is commentating.
I think you're getting confused. I don't believe that last year any broadcasters or journalists were bound by the curfew, it was purely for the teams, nobody else.
Probably. But I don't know of "a well respected man of british motorsport" that would fit the pit reporter role well. Maybe John Watson, but I couldn't imagine anyone else in that category fitting the role.
Must be my old age, already.
Considering the fact Wattie has already been a regular on BBC news reports I wouldnt be at all surprised
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman walked into a box.. Ok, cant think of a good joke for now, but i do think DC would be a bit outclassed and a third wheel in that setup. Maybe the BBC are readying themselves for when DC jumps ship.
Maybe a look to the past, Jonathan Palmer or Tony Jardine...
It seems Bernie's taken away the free live timing app. You've got to pay £20 now for the other one
http://www.skymedia.co.uk/_downloads/1269/F1%202012%20Sales%20proposal%20(1).pdf
Suggests a launch in and around March 9th.
Also includes some audience estimates for shared and exclusive races.
Fridays
08:40 to 10:45 - Practice 1
12:50 to 14:45 - Practice 2
Saturdays
09:45 to 11:15 - Practice 3
12:00 to 14:45 - Qualifying
Sundays
11:30 to 16:00 - Race
Can't help but feel a bit disappointed that the channel will only be running for 3 hours though each day in the build-up to race weekends, so we can eliminate any chance of Thursday press conference and the such like being shown.
I'm not expecting a 3 person commentary team as Ben's tweet states that the analyst will only be at the races that are broadcast live.
Regardless of this it would be surprising to me if there was a 3 person team anyway.
F1 Show - 290k
Practice - 370k
Qualifying - 1.12m (exclusive) / 420k (shared)
Race - 1.34m (exclusive) / 500k (shared)
3 hours is still a lot, only so much f1 content you can show before you run out of stuff to show, not sure why you are ruling out thursday press conferences "and the such like" from being shown that night either...
True, but I think they should be on air for longer on Thursday's, unless they are planning on having live stuff on Sky Sports News too.
Besides, that schedule of 07:00 to 24:00 will only be accurate for European timezone races, that can't be the times for the flyaways, Australia will run a totally different schedule.
Also, March 9th and November 30th are both Friday's, so March 9th is when the channel opens presumably, and November 30th is when it shuts down for Winter?
Interesting that Sky expects well over 50% of its audience to "defect" to BBC for shared races.
Can you explain the numbers in the other columns of the table?
How come the numbers for "ABC1 Men" and "Men" are higher than the total for all individuals "Inds"?