2012 Formula 1 season thread ....

[markc]

I have Sky HD anyway so it the new Sky/BBC won't effect my ability to see everything live. Sky usually do a top job on covering the sports they get involved in and with a dedicated HD channel I have high hopes for the increased coverage. As a proper F1 anorak I'm almost more interested in the bits that go on between the actual races so look forward to seeing this rather than getting it from Autosport or f1fanatic.co.uk

Like you Paul I'd love to see Williams back up at the sharp end and it'd be great if Bruno can take them there Even better if they (Williams) swap fortunes with Ferrari, I love it when they're struggling and the car is sh!t

Cheers

Mark

[m666 edd]

I'm told that if you Sky HD, then you can see F1 for free this season. TBH, family commitments mean that I rarely see the race live unless its early o'clock, so BBC coverage wont (I hope) be that different apart from Mr Brundle has jumped ship I believe?

From what I've read - The races that aren't fully covered by the BBC will only show highlights. There will be no full re-run available.

[jaytip]

From what I've read - The races that aren't fully covered by the BBC will only show highlights. There will be no full re-run available.

I believe the BBC will have full coverage of 10 races and highlights for the rest.

[NZNick]

Here is the official BBC line. Also this for more detail.

My view on commentators is that Martin Brundle is up there with James Hunt as being the most entertaining all round commentator that I have ever heard. Shame they couldn't have been a double act...... that would have been fun !!

[SILVER BULLET]

So, as the day draws ever nearer has anyone bowed to the pressure and signed up to SKY F1 or are you hoping that it fails miserably and the BBC gets it back in the near future.

I just can't bring myself to pay the Murdoch empire 1p !

[Senninha]

Was watching some of the trailer programmes earlier today .. they looked at winter prep for Lotus, Williams ad showed snipets of forth-coming filler programmes. I get the new channell for 'free' as I'm an HD customer anyway ... channel 408 for those with HD. Whether it will remain free I doubt very much but I'll take it while it is.

They will showing the winter testing sessions over a couple of programmes next weekend. Suspect they wil be heavily edited to make for an interesting programme. they are also running 2012 launch programmes. So in fairness, they do appear to be making an effort to give something that we've not previously had access too, even Bernie's pay to view channel didn;t offer any of these extras.

regards, Paul

[gumball]

Looking Forward to the new season, be great to see Kimi back on the grid, the Lotus is looking reasonably good so far in testing. Hopefully the Sauber will be better this year too.

[TheSebringOne]

Looking forward to only seeing half the races live, lets hope the highlights round up are ok?

As well as the usual suspect, I hope Mercedes & especially Williams, do better this season.

[WhyOne?]

I have turned to the dark side and installed Sky HD along with a 1tb recorder. Giving money to Murdoch eally does grate and I now feel dirty.

However, having followed F1 obsessively for the last 30-odd years, it had to be done. The straw that broke the back of the decision for me was Sky getting the likes of David Croft, Anthony Davidson and most especially, Martin Brudle on-board. I have watched quite a few GP's on TV abroad and know what a difference a good, knowledgable commentary team makes.

As for the question of how long F1 stays as part of the Sky HD package I would be extremely disappointed if this wasn't a long term arrangement. Though given this is Sky, anything is possible. I am currently doing battle with them over a sound sync issue with a number of the HD channels. It transpires this is a long standing problem they hope to have resolved 'within a few months'.

SWMBO quite reasonably questions why we are paying £34 per month for an inferior service to the one we received for free on Freesat!

[NSX 2000]

So, as the day draws ever nearer has anyone bowed to the pressure and signed up to SKY F1 or are you hoping that it fails miserably and the BBC gets it back in the near future.

I just can't bring myself to pay the Murdoch empire 1p !

Was watching some of the trailer programmes earlier today .. they looked at winter prep for Lotus, Williams ad showed snipets of forth-coming filler programmes. I get the new channell for 'free' as I'm an HD customer anyway ... channel 408 for those with HD. Whether it will remain free I doubt very much but I'll take it while it is.

They will showing the winter testing sessions over a couple of programmes next weekend. Suspect they wil be heavily edited to make for an interesting programme. they are also running 2012 launch programmes. So in fairness, they do appear to be making an effort to give something that we've not previously had access too, even Bernie's pay to view channel didn;t offer any of these extras.

regards, Paul

According to the advertising bill boards it states "All races Live and Uninterrupted" to me this means no advert breaks.