Originally Posted by Si_Crewe:
“Not sure what you mean by "given".
Sky still have the Brit' race and Monaco. It's just that the BBC get to show them as well.
That's kinda my point though; Although the BBC probably did their best to hold onto all the best races, it's hardly surprising they were forced to relinquish a couple of them.
I doubt they deliberately handed over Canada on the basis that Euro 2012 was on at the same time and they wanted to "ration" their sports coverage.
After all, if that was the idea behind it then they could, theoretically, have aired the Canada race and foregone the Europe race which also conflicts with Euro 2012.
Seems far more likely that the BBC and Sky just divided up the wheat and the chaff and the BBC got this particular bit of chaff.”
By 'given', I meant agreed to allow the BBC to air live coverage. Sorry it wasnt clear.
I agree the BBC would have wanted all the best races, but sky were not going to let that happen. So you can bet there was some toing and froing. With give and take on both sides. Its this give and take part of the negotiations that I think the BBC had an upper hand, this time at least. Obviously now that sky have the rights, any future deal with the BBC, will mean the BBC isnt in as good a position.
As for the European GP, the race and qualify start at 1pm UK time. On that weekend there is only one football match per day, which kick of at 7.45pm UK. So the race and qualify will be over well before the footy starts. Thus there is no clash. With the Canadian GP there was a clash, the race was on at the same time as a footy match. I would be surprised if that wasnt taken into consideration. Who in their right mind would want the European GP, Valencia has been a bore fest for the last couple of seasons.
Originally Posted by Si_Crewe:
“Button won in Oz.
Kinda weird regarding Schuey.
In 2010 he seemed pretty ragged, last year was better and this year he isn't embarrasing himself any more but, when you look at the results, there's the 2 HRTs, 2 Marrusias and 2 Caterhams all at the bottom of the table and then, right above them, there's Michael Schumacher, 7 times WDC.”
Hmm for got that Button has won this season.
Schumacher has had quite a bit of bad luck this season. Quite a few retirements due to car problems. Getting pole at Monaco shows he still has the skill to be challenging for podium finishes...as long as the car lasts race distance. I for one hope he can win a race this season, will settle for a podium finish. He does need to start scoring points, so he can move up the table. Which I dont think will be a problem, as long as he can get to the chequered flag.