Great GP2 racing this weekend at Bahrain, thanks Sky.
Will doing a great job again along with Luca.
Some interesting team radio too.
Tyre degradation an issue, perhaps something for the race later.
How is he wrong tho? He seems to make a lot of sense to me. The sport is changing things for the sake of change and it's lost it's way imho.
I'd disagree with that, as the engine changes are for the sake of keeping engine manufacturers interested in the sport and some of the bodywork changes like the nose are down to safety concerns.
That said, even change for the sake of change isn't necessarily a bad thing sometimes - when a formula stays static for a while, the amount of effort expended increases in relation to a decreasing gain, meaning teams spend a ridiculous amount of time and money developing something that has a tiny difference in performance. Then the idea ends up being copied by everyone anyway, so the only difference is it now costs a bit more to produce the car. Over time this all adds up, and makes the sport more expensive to compete in, yet the results produced by all this expenditure has no real world value and is invisible to the spectators/viewers.
Been quite a bit of Break-up with some on the OnBoards this weekend as well.
Some of the OnBoards also have black spots flicking on them at times as well. Noticed that last weekend but it seems worse this weekend, Particularly on the Ferrari's.
Meanwhile, on scorpionstastic RTL, Kai Ebel dresses up as a sheikh(?) and The Scorpions say the new engines sound like their guitars!
I was just thinking that with Michael so ill, he's a bit like their Martin Brundle plus Damon Hill plus Ayrton Senna. RTL are on first-name terms with Michael but it's still only "Mr. Vettel", I think.
Then I saw RTL's key background commentator Niki Lauda...
Somehow seems a bit pot kettle black isn't it when there is all this fuss about saving energy in F1.
And they have night races that throw energy away at a stupid rate just to light up a track.
No Onboard feeds showing up on Race control website
Main SSF1 program, Timing & PIt Lane only.
starting the feeds late makes it difficult to sync them up on the sky+. thanks a bunch sky…. why is something so simple seemingly so difficult for them to manage properly?
starting the feeds late makes it difficult to sync them up on the sky+. thanks a bunch sky…. why is something so simple seemingly so difficult for them to manage properly?
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Will doing a great job again along with Luca.
Some interesting team radio too.
Tyre degradation an issue, perhaps something for the race later.
Dad Palmer looked thrilled for his Son.
I'd disagree with that, as the engine changes are for the sake of keeping engine manufacturers interested in the sport and some of the bodywork changes like the nose are down to safety concerns.
That said, even change for the sake of change isn't necessarily a bad thing sometimes - when a formula stays static for a while, the amount of effort expended increases in relation to a decreasing gain, meaning teams spend a ridiculous amount of time and money developing something that has a tiny difference in performance. Then the idea ends up being copied by everyone anyway, so the only difference is it now costs a bit more to produce the car. Over time this all adds up, and makes the sport more expensive to compete in, yet the results produced by all this expenditure has no real world value and is invisible to the spectators/viewers.
No.
It is only on the iPad via the sky sports app.
And via Windows7/8/Vista/XP and Mac with Silverlight installed.
Thanks.
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/racecontrol
Some of the OnBoards also have black spots flicking on them at times as well. Noticed that last weekend but it seems worse this weekend, Particularly on the Ferrari's.
All I can think of is the Mitchell and Webb "gift shop" sketch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFtl2XXnUc
I was just thinking that with Michael so ill, he's a bit like their Martin Brundle plus Damon Hill plus Ayrton Senna. RTL are on first-name terms with Michael but it's still only "Mr. Vettel", I think.
Then I saw RTL's key background commentator Niki Lauda...
Does seem a bit excessive. If I piece together all the 'coming ups' of the go carting piece, Ill probably have it in full.
- https://twitter.com/peterhayesf1/status/452541637550678016
- https://twitter.com/peterhayesf1/status/452541828383145984
Makes sense.
When the drivers are totally off throttle the image is clear, Its only when throttle is applied that the black spots start to appear.
RTL only three live grid walk interviews today, Hülkenberg, Vettel and Rosberg... plus Montezemolo and the Crown Prince...
have F1 now insisted that the national anthem has to be broadcast live?
I just posted on the F1 thread in the sport section that JB is a lovely guy.
Totally agree with your post. JB is simply the best. ;-)
Main SSF1 program, Timing & PIt Lane only.
And they have night races that throw energy away at a stupid rate just to light up a track.
starting the feeds late makes it difficult to sync them up on the sky+. thanks a bunch sky…. why is something so simple seemingly so difficult for them to manage properly?
Its a struggle to take that graphic in quickly.
Why are we not seeing the pit lane action? I notice on the live timing that cars are in the pits but we are not seeing it on screen.