19 replies to this topic

[RustyLogic]

No way am I paying the extortionate money that Sky will want to watch Formula one next season. I've really got back into it the last couple of seasons and this is going to kill it completely.
Not impressed

[James]

£600 a year doesn't enthral me

[Millstone10]

Same here. I restarted watching when the BBC got it back and I'm not going for a pay subscription just for F1 as the rest of the Sky stuff is a waste of garage time.

[davesideways]

Fuck F1 then.

[Nick Jones]

Just so. Wasn't really a fan anyway but does piss me off anyway. Murdoch and his empire badly need reigning in. Recent events may go some way to this but probably too little too late - too late for F1 certainly. Bit of a shock to me to discover how much the Murdoch clan have been cosying up to the politicos - who REALLY ought to know better.....

Nick

[GT6Steve]

Hasn't F1 been making EXTRAORDINARY efforts in recent years to become irrelevant?

Between F1 and NASCAR I'm almost embarrassed to say I'm a racer. Gawd Bless Australian Supercars!

Nick Jones, on 29 July 2011 - 09:29 PM, said:

Just so. Wasn't really a fan anyway but does piss me off anyway. Murdoch and his empire badly need reigning in. Recent events may go some way to this but probably too little too late - too late for F1 certainly. Bit of a shock to me to discover how much the Murdoch clan have been cosying up to the politicos - who REALLY ought to know better.....

Nick

[davesideways]

Murdoch basically runs Britain/the "News". Like the Dailymail, load of agenda infested bolox for people with no brains of their own.

I haven't watched the news for 5months. I've given it up, it gets immediate muting, load of irrelevent shite, it's someone elses agenda? Why do we need to hear a load of depressing crap everyday? Same crap on every channel.

[Wolfrace.]

Just like Formula 1, but free.

[Sam]

GT6Steve, on 29 July 2011 - 09:33 PM, said:

Hasn't F1 been making EXTRAORDINARY efforts in recent years to become irrelevant?

Between F1 and NASCAR I'm almost embarrassed to say I'm a racer. Gawd Bless Australian Supercars!

Aussie super car series seems to get better and better every year, and the Brutes are just epic..like stock car racing at 200mph.

I was lucky to go for a few laps in a v8 super car recently. the acceleration is extremely uncomfortable, cornering is totally counterintuitive and the brakes..well you just mash them to the floor as hard as you can and pray something happens.. theres no finess with these cars what so ever.
Next year they will allow independent rear suspension for the first time. Hopefully that doesnt ruin the action.

[mattius]

Simple solution, watch it on the likes of justin.tv put radio 5live on in the background, sorted! money saved.

Jim roseenthal or whatever his name is made a very good point at the autosport show, if F1 is too expensive for the BBC why aren't they concentrating on promoting the lower formulas, the majority of the time i prefer a F3000 or formula renault race than an F1 race, there are some cracking drives watching young guys fighting for their survival!

[Hurricane1500]

James, on 29 July 2011 - 12:12 PM, said:

£600 a year doesn't enthral me

realy £600 - thats nutts

[davesideways]

Yes. Just as we arrive at what has the potential to by far the most closely contested season ever atleast provided that the aliens don't rule the world again like last year. Never have their been a crop of better drivers, never. Only 1 is almost perfect but the other 5 are pretty damn good.

[mattius]

6 world champions on the grid, has there ever been such a collection together on the grid before, i can't remember it, most i remember is 4.

[James]

5 last year?

[JohnD]

GT6Steve, on 29 July 2011 - 09:33 PM, said:

Hasn't F1 been making EXTRAORDINARY efforts in recent years to become irrelevant?

Between F1 and NASCAR I'm almost embarrassed to say I'm a racer. Gawd Bless Australian Supercars!

NIck and Steve are right,
Last year or was it the year before, it was the 60th anniversdary of F1 at the openimg Abu Dhabi race (?) and they had every living world champion present. I don't know what other channels did with that but the BBC did nothing beyong reportiong the fact, so must presume that it was F1 that didn't make anything of that extraordinary assembly.

£600 for Sky F1? I don't have Sly anyway, so as Dave says, fuck 'em.

And as Matt says, support grass roots racing! To get as close to the action as is posisble, volunteer to marshal.
And Triumph racing does exist! Historics have some TRs and the CSCC Swinging 60s some others.
Forget F1, watch some REAL motorsport!
John

[HJN1963]

£60 for their full package so if you have that package it's free I do have the Virgin XL package and they are having a dedicated F1HD channel to add to that package
so all is not lost. But if you do not have Sky or Sky then it is an expensive way to watch half a season.

[Aar0sc]

JohnD, on 01 February 2012 - 10:08 PM, said:

volunteer to marshal.

I have done, don't worry!

[Jarv_77]

Poor old Beeb does have 10 races live.....
http://www.bbc.co.uk...ared_betwe.html

[bestquality03]

any sky+HD package will have SKYF1HD free. It's not £600 a year more like £300 still too much in my book!

Virgin also told me today that they are not offering the F1 channel

[James]

You do also get GP2 and IndyCar on the Sky F1 channel too.


I think I'll be getting it.