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jiminwatford

I would agree. But they (F1) choose to use Sky so IMO are responsible for what comes out My guess is Sky are responsible first and foremost to the direct subscribers (Joe Public) and if extra bodies want to buy their service then fine by them You don't think the knowledge that their feed is going t...

jiminwatford

I thought today's post race interviews worked fine DiResta is a good interviewer (success at last) and the drivers seemed at ease It's seems a shame though that the folks paying the big bucks to actually be there have lost an element of the show I know a lot of it was schmaltzy bollox but at least t...

jiminwatford

They are paid professionals. Treat them as adults, do not coddle them like they are fragile children. Why should they be sheltered from their own emotions, and why should us fans be kept away from viewing the real drivers, not the prepared public relations machine? Keep it raw, keep it real. These ...

jiminwatford

Where do they show F2 races? I think one of the biggest problems with feeder series is they are always shown on some obscure medium in just a few countries. When Sky came up with Sky F1 I thought, great, now they have a whole channel where they can show the support races on F1 weekends, and maybe o...

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Sky commentary is used in the race highlight videos on the official F1 channel. They see everything through pro-Hamilton anti-Ferrari goggles and shamelessly push their agenda. Do you mind me asking where you come from & what team / driver you support? My guess is that you want the F1 channel to be...

jiminwatford

In my massively humble opinion, Grosjean has sealed any talk of him possibly moving to Ferrari Evar To throttle down in that situation and then have to admit it didn't work smacks of a man of idiotic proportions (in F1 terms) I'm sure he is a lovely fella and all that but isn't he into cooking? Let ...

jiminwatford

Obviously i don't know the ins and outs, but i'm not sure Sky provides the coverage for most of the world I think it is more of a case that their coverage is bought by a lot of the (English speaking) world I don't think Sky (UK) designed their service to cater for essentially all English speaking co...

jiminwatford

I would like to know Romain Grosjean in real life just don't bring him anywhere near my family

jiminwatford

i think this is one of those fairly rare occasions where what people see as a driver behaving like an idiot actually results in a penalty

Although it could be that Romain Grosjean is such a tool that it is obvious

jiminwatford

Grosjean has been given a 3 place grid drop for the Monaco GP for causing the first lap collision as well as given 3 penalty points. Wasn't he already on 0 points before this race? I think I heard someone say that. Unless someone else has said it, the penalty points apply to the driver's licence an...

jiminwatford

For most of this new still quite new season it has felt like Ferrari's first drivers title since 2007 was likely. Despite a fair amount of misfortune for both drivers, the pace has been strong amd Vettel has looked at his very best. Now it's not looking so likely. It's only one race of course but t...

jiminwatford

Where do they show F2 races? I think one of the biggest problems with feeder series is they are always shown on some obscure medium in just a few countries. When Sky came up with Sky F1 I thought, great, now they have a whole channel where they can show the support races on F1 weekends, and maybe o...

jiminwatford

Nearly had a heart attack....misread it and thought it said...... Bernie buys McLaren! 8O https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cZW-pbgeFs 30 seconds :P Excellent find or piece of recall, love the bewildered way he answers Murray Walker. Many thanks :D Once he's dead the media, espcially the British, wi...

jiminwatford

Some conclusions of mine: - Looks like Mercedes got things right, Hamilton has a clear way to the title. - Ferrari is capable of bringing a good car for the begging of the season, but neither in-season upgrades work, nor luck comes to help. - Mclaren came with much anticipated update, and a rookie ...

jiminwatford

Clarky wrote:
jiminwatford wrote:Lazenby just said it was a home race for most, if not all of the drivers

WTF?
Was he not talking about Monaco and how many drivers live there...???

That would make sense

I can't rewatch to make sure

jiminwatford

In comparing today's performance to what we may see in Monaco is there any sense to that? I don't know, but i don't see many correlations between Barcelona and Monaco Last year is live in the memory and that is what i will judge it against Performance in qualifying and on the day is what counts Wel...

jiminwatford

In comparing today's performance to what we may see in Monaco is there any sense to that?

I don't know, but i don't see many correlations between Barcelona and Monaco

Last year is live in the memory and that is what i will judge it against

jiminwatford

They're now saying this is the longest run to turn one, but before the race they were saying Russia was the longest because turn one there doesn't count I agree it's quite long but get your qualifications right Surely Mexico trumps Catalunya? Mexico is really high altitude, it makes the slipstream ...

jiminwatford

What a disaster. Who died? Mr Racing and Mr. Overtaking. Lol, yeh but what about those 'glory days' when the race was full of 2 hours of tension when we didn't know what what was going to happen right until the end Maybe reliability has ruined this? In't olden days we thought cars could break down ...

jiminwatford

Lazenby just said it was a home race for most, if not all of the drivers WTF? Testing track. And? Home track means favourable home crowd more than anything Familiar-track would perhaps be a more accurate statement I'm just saying that was his angle (I know you probably already caught on anyway). I ...

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Invade wrote:
jiminwatford wrote:Lazenby just said it was a home race for most, if not all of the drivers

WTF?
Testing track.

And? Home track means favourable home crowd more than anything

Familiar-track would perhaps be a more accurate statement

jiminwatford

They're now saying this is the longest run to turn one, but before the race they were saying Russia was the longest because turn one there doesn't count

I agree it's quite long but get your qualifications right

jiminwatford

Lazenby just said it was a home race for most, if not all of the drivers

WTF?

jiminwatford

Well that was soporific. Not sure of the wisdom of continually returning to Barcelona: 1) It's a testing track so the teams all know it inside out (less chance of anyone getting something wrong) 2) It doesn't seem to lend itself to interesting races, bar in cases of rain. The only stand-out memory ...

jiminwatford

They add an extra note into the end of British national anthem

It's bugged me for around 20 years lol

jiminwatford

These post race interviews seem ok but it's a shame the crowd don't get to see them

jiminwatford

bourbon19 wrote:What a disaster.

Who died?

jiminwatford

For once I would've wished Alonso stayed at Ferrari and Vettel at Redbull after 2014. The prospect of having Vettel , Alonso and Hamilton fighting for the top step and the championship in 2017 and 2018 would've been mouth watering,well atleast for me. Yeh i'd love them to be fighting for the lead b...

jiminwatford

I hope Vandoorne is one of those guys who suddenly shines when given the opportunity

It's like he's got all the qualities but is waiting to show them

BTW i know mechanical failures aren't his fault

jiminwatford

BlackMan wrote:
jiminwatford wrote:
BlackMan wrote:There goes Hamilton's chances of a GS
My brain is gone

What does GS mean?
Grand Slam , Grand Chelem (lead every lap ,pole,fastest lap,win). I might be wrong but I think both mean the same thing.

Grand Chelem sounds a bit Arabic

jiminwatford

I imagine the backmarkers smashing into one another would give us a safety car which might bring the race to life

jiminwatford

BlackMan wrote:There goes Hamilton's chances of a GS

My brain is gone

What does GS mean?

jiminwatford

On the red flag, do you remember what it took to get a red flag 'back in the day'? Almost a fatal incident, often I think the folks running F1, Charlie Whiting, think that a red flag is a very serious move and use it very sparingly Safety is a very serious affair. So is counting laps without having...

jiminwatford

Ocon wrote:
Greenman wrote:.

Assuming that Bottas and Hamilton are on roughly the same set-up, what is keeping Botas behand Vettel ?

Are the Mercs STILL so (relatively) bad in dirty air ?

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It's impossible to overtake on this track.

Context is key here

jiminwatford

That's the most dangerous crash I've seen since the one at the start of Spa 2012. I don't think Romain's actions were that dangerous. I think he's just a d*** for throttling it Spa was pretty bloody stupid Right, Grosjean was not as stupid as in Spa, but the outcome of a car going sideways through ...

jiminwatford

Have to wonder what Grosjean thinks he was doing there. Watching the onboard you can hear him plant the throttle when he's completely sideways, what did he expect that to do? I'm not an F1 driver obviously but I've never seen a driver save a 90 degree slide by planting his floor on the throttle bef...

jiminwatford

On the red flag, do you remember what it took to get a red flag 'back in the day'?

Almost a fatal incident, often

I think the folks running F1, Charlie Whiting, think that a red flag is a very serious move and use it very sparingly

jiminwatford

Alienturnedhuman wrote:That's the most dangerous crash I've seen since the one at the start of Spa 2012.

I don't think Romain's actions were that dangerous. I think he's just a d*** for throttling it

Spa was pretty bloody stupid

jiminwatford

This 'keeping-your-foot-in-while-spinning' WTF?

It seems quite petulant

jiminwatford

Zoue wrote:
jiminwatford wrote:
jimmyj wrote:Almost time, I'm excited! Since it's mothers day
You had me ****ing myself for a second but then realised you might be in the US

edit: or Canada
or parts of Europe

Yes but the poster is in Canada

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