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Old 10-11-2016, 20:09
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this year has been really boring, lack of crashes makes it boring
only good part was the renault fuel leak in practice
"lack of crashes makes it boring."

Hmmm...
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Old 10-11-2016, 23:15
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Originally Posted by Kevin Magnussen
If they'd committed to a longer contract I would probably have looked at that much more seriously.

"It was more the feeling of them not committing, taking so long and offering to so many drivers - I think at one point the Pope had an offer.

"It was a bit messy, so it was better for me to leave.
Nice quote from K-Mag there

Between that, Vettel's team radio meltdown and Verstappen's post-Mexico comments about him, these guys are starting to look like personalities, which makes a bit of a change.
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Old 11-11-2016, 06:55
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So what has Ben Constanduros said/done to get him fired from anything Discovery has a stake in (WTCC, Formula E etc.)?
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Old 11-11-2016, 11:46
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So what has Ben Constanduros said/done to get him fired from anything Discovery has a stake in (WTCC, Formula E etc.)?
And shut down his twitter account....

https://twitter.com/BenConsty
Dear All - it's time to put this account too bed. It's done too much bad, and not enough good. Thankyou for your following, Ben
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Old 11-11-2016, 12:34
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Ever since the Thursday drivers press conference was branded boring and the whole Hamilton Snapchat furore, there has never been a dull moment in one since.

This time - Lewis and Nico in the same conference, Vettel and Verstappen sitting next to each other after the events in Mexico, and Charlie Whiting being introduced half-way through to talk about the incidents in the previous race. Interestingly, they showed footage of the Vettel-Ricciardo incident from one of the track CCTV cameras.
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Old 11-11-2016, 13:38
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Massa has a bit of a retro shoulder cam on his car today. I'm sure Stef will have a screenshot. Can't remember the last time seeing that.
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Old 11-11-2016, 14:08
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Massa has a bit of a retro shoulder cam on his car today. I'm sure Stef will have a screenshot. Can't remember the last time seeing that.
On A Williams would be this year at Austria when it was on Bottas' car
https://vid.me/1M6u

Full lap from Massa's car today:
https://vid.me/yEh2

Williams have the mounting point for that camera far lower & further back than other teams do & have for a few years now. Most teams have it on the roll structure not far below the T-cam but Williams have it lower & on the engine cover.


Shot from the Force India is similar to the Williams, Perez at USA:
https://vid.me/E5XE
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Old 11-11-2016, 14:46
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Ah....so nowhere near as long ago as I thought, then.
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Old 11-11-2016, 15:32
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Kinda like the new low angle FOM added to the exit of turn 12. It gives a good indication of the elevation change there.
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Old 11-11-2016, 15:35
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360 degree image from inside the Sauber cockpit while the Halo is on the car:
https://theta360.com/s/qQF3IRrRYhZ8Fnshj9Iqba8BM
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Old 12-11-2016, 02:12
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Ross Brawn has also been on 5live plugging his book. Tom Clarkson & Andrew Benson got a fascinating interview out of him about his career and it's been uploaded as a podcast.
Chequered Flag Formula 1 - What drives Ross Brawn? - @bbc5live http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04f1xx2
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Old 12-11-2016, 08:21
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Ron Dennis set to leave McLaren next week. According to Autosport he tried to launch a last ditch takeover bid but was ousted by Mansour Ojjeh & others as a result. Massive news, but I bet it'll only be a footnote in the F1 coverage... I wonder if the cars will no longer be called MP4, given Project Four was Ron Dennis's team before they merged with McLaren? And it still doesn't say whether Ron is leaving the roadcar side as well... Although if I'm reading correctly, he's been ousted from McLaren entirely. Could one say the ramping up of their roadcar stuff from 2010 onwards was one cause for McLaren's F1 struggles?
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Old 12-11-2016, 08:53
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Sky Sports News had quite a few reports about that last night.
BuT all ended with 'no comment'.
Whitmarsh started the decline in my view and Ron has just not been able to recover McLaren from that. Too many other teams have overtaken them.
Just feel from reading that Ron seemed to have ended on the wrong side of his fellow McLaren shareholders.
It is odd with the lack of sponsorship deals over the last few years that something is not right at McLaren.
I'm sure we will hear some more over this weekend.
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Old 12-11-2016, 09:05
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See Martin Haven is continuing his commentating on Formula E this weekend, thought it was just a one off for him.
Another enjoyable Chat E too.
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Old 12-11-2016, 11:36
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At least someone is committed to improving the camera angles:

https://www.autosport.com/news/repor...-fans-to-watch

"I need to get up to speed with technology and improve my skills with that joystick [that controls the camera] now, which seems very, very sensitive," said Alonso.

"They told me over the radio they would broadcast from that camera [Sergio] Perez arriving, so I tried to find Perez, but I found the sky and the asphalt instead, but not Perez!

"I feel very bad about my poor performance with the camera. I am thinking of going back later on to have some practice with that camera with the Porsche Cup in case tomorrow I stop again.
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Old 12-11-2016, 12:58
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Looks like were only getting 3 red button feeds today (Pit Lane, Timing & OnBoard-Mix).
https://flic.kr/p/NXev51

Oddly however the 2 additional OnBoard feeds seem to actually still be there, You just can't access them with a Sky box.
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Old 12-11-2016, 13:06
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Looks like were only getting 3 red button feeds today (Pit Lane, Timing & OnBoard-Mix).
https://flic.kr/p/NXev51

Oddly however the 2 additional OnBoard feeds seem to actually still be there, You just can't access them with a Sky box.
Yes that's all Im seeing on the the red button.
On Sky race control I'm seeing Main/Timing/Pitlane/Driver Tracker/On board mix and 7 on boards today.
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Old 12-11-2016, 14:29
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Oddly however the 2 additional OnBoard feeds seem to actually still be there, You just can't access them with a Sky box.
On that point, Throughout a lot of this year Sky have had a hidden option 7 quad-screen layout that cannot be seen on a Sky box.

https://flic.kr/p/P8DAGt
https://flic.kr/p/P5sEF1

If it's live on the transponder it's odd that they don't make it select-able on a Sky box.
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Old 12-11-2016, 15:29
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Ever wondered why Williams prefer to be featured on Channel 4 than on Sky?

https://streamable.com/kpnf
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Old 12-11-2016, 15:30
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On that point, Throughout a lot of this year Sky have had a hidden option 7 quad-screen layout that cannot be seen on a Sky box.

https://flic.kr/p/P8DAGt
https://flic.kr/p/P5sEF1

If it's live on the transponder it's odd that they don't make it select-able on a Sky box.
Remember also Sky Q has split screen and all the iPad race control options.
Sky+hd red button is limited to what it can provide.
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Old 12-11-2016, 15:50
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Shame yet again that McLaren has devolved into yet another power struggle!
This is what happens when people own chinks of companies and want power. I feel for the F1 team but they need to get their shit together and act their age, not like kids in a shop fighting over who gets the most of a fiver for sweets!!

Sky F1 buildup is dismal as usual. More interested in VT's of nothing important! *sigh!!!!!*
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Old 12-11-2016, 15:55
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I found today that if you open the Formula E youtube live stream whilst it is not geo blocked (I opened it during FP2), that it will keep working as long as you keep it open and playing in the back ground as they don't start and stop the stream after each session.
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Old 12-11-2016, 16:45
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Received the DUKE 2017 catalogue the other day and it has an interesting statement regarding old F1 season reviews:
"We look forward to filling (...) other 'gap years' in the long run of F1 history that it has been our great pleasure to publish on video for Formula One since 1982. Many clients have also asked about the 1980s and '90s on DVD and we hope that they will eventually also appear on official DVD's from the FOM archive".
At best it will be a simple DVD copy of the VHS version, but I bet they'll just be 1 hour edits of the VHS version. This is FOM we are talking about. Any ideas of extra content from these past years...dream on
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Old 12-11-2016, 17:00
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At best it will be a simple DVD copy of the VHS version, but I bet they'll just be 1 hour edits of the VHS version. This is FOM we are talking about. Any ideas of extra content from these past years...dream on
Why will they be 1 hour edits of the existing VHS version? What precedent do FOM have for that?

Seriously, the reviews at full length would comfortably fit on a DVD, no reason for them to edit... (except for rights reasons if they've used commercial music etc.) Why would they waste time cutting bits out of the original review unneccesarily when they can slap the existing VHS cut straight onto disc?
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Old 12-11-2016, 17:09
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Some awesome shots of Rosberg on a potential pole-position lap, so FOM cut away right in the middle of the most tense part to Wolff and Lauda staring at a ******* monitor that we can't even see. I despise this kind of TV direction
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