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Could any of you lovely forumers recommend a good place to buy tickets? Is there a 'go to' vendor or should I just take my chances googling? It's been a few years since I've been to a GP so am out of touch with what's hot and what's not. Is it worth waiting for last minute deals? (I noticed there we...

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I thought it was a disaster when the sky deal was announced but things move on and I really like the C4 coverage. Not being able to watch live has been a surprisingly easy transition. I thought I would miss Brundle (or at least the DC/Brundle team), but turns out I don’t. For me weekend afternoons a...

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Any tips on Austrian GP? Not sure where whether to get grandstand tickets or just go for general admission (looks quite far back from the action). Any thoughts? Looks like Graz looks like the place to stay although will be travelling from Munich on the Saturday so if anyone has any experience of sta...

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Been getting back into playing rock Hammond and been listening to Cory Henry recently (Wow!) and Snarky Puppy.

If you're a muso check him out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XJ_s5IsQc

Biffa

Further to JimmyJ's post above does anyone have advice on best place to buy tickets these days? (I've not been to a GP for years).

I saw some decent late deals last year - does anyone wait to take advantage of late deals?

Cheers

Biffa

Just watch the highlight show on channel 4 - problem solved

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I’ve watched religiously for 30+ years and for me the James Allen/Martin Brundle and then Coulthard/Brundle pairing stand out as being ahead of anything that came before or indeed after.

But then again I’m also one of the few that think ITV did a great job.

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Currently I'm excited about the younger drivers, so Norris, Leclerc and Verstappen in particular.

I'm also looking forward to to seeing how Ocon and Russell pan out.

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Syholl wrote:Maldonado x 3

You're kidding I'd love to see Maldonado return, for entertainment value it would be like a wet race every race.

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Jezza13 wrote:
Biffa wrote:Grosjean to Renault?
Huh?

Just my first thought when I saw the picture above posted by alien....

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Grosjean to Renault?

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Read somewhere Steiner is furious with both drivers, especially Grosjean. So much so, he even called Gene Haas after the British Grand Prix for permission to terminate Grosjean's services from the team as soon as possible. The one touted to replace him as soon as German GP is Esteban Ocon. No doubt...

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To be honest I've been sooo bored with the new intake for a few years (apart from Verstappen) but am definitely warming to some this year - some great new drivers (who also have a bit of character about them, which is massively important IMO) - I'm not tribal so am happy that I have new guys to chee...

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mmi16 wrote:If you are a businessman - do you want to do a start up with a man that is 88? Death is nearer than birth with him.

I'm pretty sure most business people would jump at the chance of starting up a business with Bernie - I definitely would!

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Last year my best mate came to visit and we watched the first race of the season, he is not familiar with the machinations of F1 and he thought it was totally boring. He also visited for the second race and was on the edge of his seat for nearly 2 hours and thought it was brilliant! But hey I get wh...

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Maybe wishful thinking (and I know this track is not the best indicator) but it appeared the cars could more easily follow closely today…..

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Harpo wrote:
Jenson's Understeer wrote:Well Norris just did a 1:17:084, so in terms of pure lap time we're already beneath anything that was achieved in the 2018 tests.
McLaren are glad they didn't chuck Norris

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Don’t know if anyone else finds this, but my viewing habits have completely changed over the past few years, where almost everything I want to watch is at my convenience on catch-up. The fact that F1 finds itself way behind the curve regarding people’s viewing habits is frustrating, but I’m pretty m...

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I doubt his biggest fans would expect him to beat Hamilton, if he could finish the year next to Hamilton in the standings that would count as a great result – even that feels a bit of a long shot.

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I’ve gone from watching and reading as much about F1 as I could plus attending one or two races to currently watching parts of the highlights (and looking at this forum a couple of times a week). I still very much enjoy F1 but I’ve lost all emotional attachment to it and it just doesn’t excite me th...

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Sadly I don’t feel much emotional attachment to any drivers any more. Maybe it’s just me getting cranky in my old age but I used to have a huge emotional attachment to F1 but find myself becoming more indifferent in recent years. Oddly enough (going against the grain apparently) I find myself cheeri...

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I'll let you know my thoughts on it when I try it (all going well that should be around 2025).

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I have a real soft spot for the era that Jackie Steward raced. Although I wasn’t around then I do love watching the old documentaries. To me it just epitomises the emotional side of F1 from the glitz and glamour, the talent, the derring-do to the camaraderie, the garage based privateers, and obvious...

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Yay! This looks totally brilliant! I’m definitely going to sign up right now! Oh wait a minute….. It looks like that, even though I’ve watched F1 avidly for 35+ years, even though I have invested my valuable time into following F1, even though I live in the country where F1 originated, and even thou...

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I am getting lots of random black boxes appearing in the forum screen when a scroll or type anything. Struggling to read posts (using Chrome). Cheers [edit] Ah oddly enough this only happens when I've got facebook open on the previous tab so probably not your problem - cheers! Just in case, any cha...

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I am getting lots of random black boxes appearing in the forum screen when a scroll or type anything. Struggling to read posts (using Chrome).

Cheers

[edit] Ah oddly enough this only happens when I've got facebook open on the previous tab so probably not your problem - cheers!

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I seem to be in the minority as I’m reasonably happy with this. Yes it seems vague, but this is pretty much what Brawn has been talking about since his appointment. I am encouraged that the usual array of sticking plaster and novel quick fixes are absent. He has said (paraphrasing) that they need to...

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Do you think there will ever be a time when F1 drops the courses that are virtually impossible to overtake on? I hope not. It certainly shouldn't. I actually think it should. It never ceases to amaze me how year after year we have complaints around the same races that are consistently boring and th...

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pokerman wrote:
Covalent wrote:Oh what an awkward PC..
Yeah I think that Hamilton set the tone, he was somewhat disinterested.

Just got around to watching the PC and only managed a couple of minutes.

If I ever need a lesson in how to sap someone’s enthusiasm then I’ll know where to look – way to go guys!

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I hear this advert on the radio at work. I actually thought it may be worth it. As I have no interest in any other Channels but the F1 one. And £18 is cheaper than £30. And for around 2 races amonth on average, that would be slightly cheaper than buying 2 week passes. But I then found out you have ...

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My problem is that because I watch so little TV other than F1 FE and some Rugby, it probably only comes to a couple hours a week for half a year. I begrudge having to get the whole package with the rest of the rubbish just to get what I want. £ v £ TV for a year or a trip to one of the GP it around...

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I bring good tidings. The service is called F1TV, and the source and relevant information is found here. https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/2/formula-1-to-launch-f1-tv-a-live-grand-prix-subscription-service.html Why should you trust Sky? They have a vested interest in keeping all fan...

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Child: “Mum I’m going out”
Mum: “You’re not going out with that miniskirt on!”
Child: “Aw mum why?”
Mum: “Because I can see your balls”

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Just a slightly tongue-in-cheek observation; watching and listening to the media more recently there always seems to be very vocal people on hand who take their level of outrage to a very professional level, and then you get a second group who are equally outraged at the level of outrage from the fi...

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First I heard of this was listening to the radio where a commentator said something along the lines that ‘Lewis Hamilton has shown himself to be a nasty bully and his actions could have a serious detrimental effect on this young person growing up’….

Christ on a bike! (sorry of that offends anyone).

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My wife did this back in the day and she enjoyed it (apart from the predictable dirty old men), but that was almost 30 years ago and times and attitudes have changed. Definitely time to scrap it.

Totally agree with Zoue the tunnel of clapping girls is exceptionally cringeworthy.

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I predict that it will be like The Chain. In a few years someone else will take over in senior management, and in an effort to return F1 to its former success will reintroduce the old logo, and us older members of the forum will breathe a sigh of relief

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Here’s the thing: For some people there is a large degree of emotional attachment involved with watching F1 (it’s more than just the analytical/reporting side), and to me that is where Sky falls short. I just don’t get any emotional attachment with the Sky team whatsoever. I think C4 is slightly (or...

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Very happy for Bottas beating Hamilton in a straight fight, I think he definitely needed that one, hopefully see a bit more of that next year.

Looking forward to seeing what Macca and Alonso can do next year.

All the best to you lovely forumers and see you next year!

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mac_d wrote:I hope it doesn't take about a decade for me to realise the 1 is in the negative space and not the shooshy red bit.

It took me around 30 years to notice that.

Anyway I guess a change will keep the focus groups busy for a while.

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