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F1 Coverage - The Verdict: 2016 Season
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BenFranklin
29-09-2016
Originally Posted by Guv'nor:
“Dear God, what has happened to this place?

It has turned into one guy's personal playground. Shame.”

Sad thing is it just needs one moderator to take the bull by the horns and sort it out, nobody will though.
popeye13
29-09-2016
Originally Posted by BenFranklin:
“Sad thing is it just needs one moderator to take the bull by the horns and sort it out, nobody will though.”

True story
liamjones1
30-09-2016
Ok I don't really post much on here but some of you were wondering why sky don't show pre and post race coverage in their replays they used to until spa last year

When coverage started in 2012 up in till spa 2015 the Monday after the race or the sunday afternoon replay for early races they always replayed every session of the weekend with pre and post race coverage in full on every race weekend except the post race was edited on 2 races these were Spain 2012 and Japan 2014

Don't know why they stopped it though they usually just now start at the 5 minute before race start and end after the podium with 2 to 4 advert breaks per race
lettice
30-09-2016
That was some fire incident in practice 1.
Glad everyone was fine.
Not sure the press, cameraman, onlookers and mechanics should have been that close.
All looked very amateurish.
Surely, track fire marshals should have taken control.
Ted was getting very annoyed about how they were tackling it and he kept his distance.
scardis
30-09-2016
Congratulations to Jennie Gow who has given birth to a baby girl.
https://twitter.com/JennieGow/status...237299712?s=09
stono
30-09-2016
Originally Posted by lettice:
“That was some fire incident in practice 1.
Glad everyone was fine.
Not sure the press, cameraman, onlookers and mechanics should have been that close.
All looked very amateurish.
Surely, track fire marshals should have taken control.
Ted was getting very annoyed about how they were tackling it and he kept his distance.”

its one of those incidents where if you explained to someone who hadnt seen it how they dealt with it and what they were doing, they wouldnt believe you, they handle car fires in club races better than that. not surprised Ted was getting annoyed, the FIA stewards should be getting annoyed but theres been nothing said yet at all, and they took a stupid age to red flag the practice.

the mechanics clearly arent given any fire training at all, as they were just in car preservation mode, and putting themselves in ridiculous amount of personal danger, even before connecting a fuel bowser to the car on fire, which might seem a good idea to remove the fuel causing the fire, but that could so easily have gone up as well, the Williams fire in 2012 showed you only need a spark to light fuel vapour.
stefmeister
30-09-2016
Noticed FOM are using a few new camera angles & have slightly tweaked some existing one's for this weekend & for the most part the changes work well. The only one I'm not keen on is the new shot on the left side at turn 6, It gives a decent sense of speed but seems to make T6 look more like a kink than the fairly long corner that it actually is.

Something else I really think FOM are starting to nail is where there putting the high speed cameras, Been putting them in some good places & getting some great shots from them more recently. Saw some real nice super slow-mo replays this morning.

Also seemed like the image was much sharper & the colors more vibrant than usual which I guess could have something to do with the move towards UHD/4k?
solarflare
30-09-2016
Originally Posted by liamjones1:
“Ok I don't really post much on here but some of you were wondering why sky don't show pre and post race coverage in their replays they used to until spa last year

When coverage started in 2012 up in till spa 2015 the Monday after the race or the sunday afternoon replay for early races they always replayed every session of the weekend with pre and post race coverage in full on every race weekend except the post race was edited on 2 races these were Spain 2012 and Japan 2014”

Any idea when the red button element of the Monday evening rerun died a death?
solarflare
30-09-2016
Oh, and I really enjoyed Ted's disgruntlement about the "think about your traction metrics" team radio to Rosberg, and "can we PLEASE do the chicken story?"
DanManF1
01-10-2016
Anybody else get the feeling that the pictures are a second or so ahead of the commentary in the GP2 and GP3 today?
stefmeister
01-10-2016
Originally Posted by solarflare:
“Any idea when the red button element of the Monday evening rerun died a death?”

Early in 2014.
Pete_uk
01-10-2016
RE: The fire

Why would there be fuel being pumped up there?
Why didn't the pumping stop? Was the electric cut off not deactivated? (assuming it wasn't near the fire?)
What if this had happened in the pit garage?
Why did no one really know what to do other than try and suck the fuel out (nearly causing one mechanic to get burnt)
Is it safe to breath in the fire extinguisher powder?
stefmeister
01-10-2016
Originally Posted by Pete_uk:
“RE: The fire

Why would there be fuel being pumped up there?
Why didn't the pumping stop? Was the electric cut off not deactivated? (assuming it wasn't near the fire?)”

It was apparently an issue with a valve on a fuel breather pipe designed to allow air to vent from the tank.

The valve wasn't allowing air to vent so pressure built up within the tank & fuel was forced into the breather pipes where the pressure within the system then sucked it out through the breather.


It had nothing to do with the fuel pump so cutting that didn't do anything, It was purely down to the pressure build-up & then as fuel got into the breather system & found an exit it started acting like a Siphon & continued to suck the fuel up.
pakokelso93
01-10-2016
Rachel Brookes as ever with horrible questions / her own theories and getting them in a pickle as standard with Alonso.

RB: "With the new engine, and looking to Suzuka it looks like it is a big improvement"
FA: "No it is the same performance..."
The Scout
01-10-2016
Brookes is a much better presenter than she is a reporter/interviewer. She does ask some rubbish questions.

I'm not quite sure how Sky perceive her as she seems to be used to fill many roles and also appears on Sky Sports News as a newsreader from time to time.
solarflare
01-10-2016
It was another fabulously breathless, exciting commentary from Jacques & Valsecchi in another amazing GP2 feature race this morning.
D.M.N.
01-10-2016
Now that the Nicholls and Franchitti show is no more (sort of), Jacques and Valsecchi take up the reigns as best commentary duo currently in my view.
markmag
01-10-2016
Originally Posted by pakokelso93:
“Rachel Brookes as ever with horrible questions / her own theories and getting them in a pickle as standard with Alonso.

RB: "With the new engine, and looking to Suzuka it looks like it is a big improvement"
FA: "No it is the same performance..."”

Well there is a very good alternative this weekend with the excellent Lee McKenzie back on Channel 4.
TheSubaru2012
01-10-2016
A note to viewers who don't have the F1 channel is that the race is on Sky Sports Mix tomorrow.
dansus
02-10-2016
Whos doing GP2 sprint comms?
DanManF1
02-10-2016
Originally Posted by dansus:
“Whos doing GP2 comms?”

Alex Jacques. Nobody alongside him. He seems to always be alone for the GP2 Sprint Race.
dansus
02-10-2016
Originally Posted by DanManF1:
“Alex Jacques. Nobody alongside him. He seems to always be alone for the GP2 Sprint Race”

He sounds different from what i remember.
dansus
02-10-2016
Originally Posted by DanManF1:
“Anybody else get the feeling that the pictures are a second or so ahead of the commentary in the GP2 and GP3 today?”

Same again today.
DanManF1
02-10-2016
Originally Posted by dansus:
“Same again today.”

Bit annoying, isn't it? I know it's fairly trivial, but still...
Echti
02-10-2016
Holy cow what a piss poor TV direction of the first lap.
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