Comments on: How are you watching F1 in 2009?

By: Jaled

Jaled — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:40:53 +0000

Hi all.
I am spanish, and for the past few years have watched F1 in the spanish channel Telecinco.

There is one thing which is worth mentioning about the way they play publicity ads. Even they always play a couple of ads, while the ad is playing they show a little window at the top-right corner of the screen where you can still see the race. Sometimes i don’t even notice there is an ad going.

The comments are very good with lots of technical data , although sometimes favouring Alonso and bulling McLaren and Lewes.

Last season i used to watch Friday’s practice season on ITV’s website and Stream online Saturday and Sunday from Spanish channel Telecinco. I don’t think Telecinco airs Friday’s session,

By: Fernando

Fernando — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:46:21 +0000

Aos users portugueses BaKano e Pedro Andrade: eu também estou em Portugal e tenho visto a F1 na RTL (em alemão, sem perceber nada do que eles dizem . O Pedro Andrade refere que este ano poderá ver na BBC. Será que me podem dizer qual o satélite que transmite a BBC e qual a frequência? (fcord_45 arroba hotmail.com). Obrigado.

By: Trond

Trond — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:36:32 +0000

Hi, first norwegian post I think
Having big issues with getting to watch F1 this year, its moved to a paychannel ViasatSport where you need to subscribe to a package including several film channels etc. At a really nice cost of only £30/month. Basically this puts me out of getting F1 at home. The commentators are exceptionally bad producing comments like: “oooh he is overtaking AGAIN! what is going on??”, when viewing the replay
So I am in the process of figuring out a way I can get the BBC goodness delivered locally, probably using the BBC Iplayer. So if anyone has a UK proxy I can use for this any help would be appreciated contact me on trond. strom @gmail .com

cheers!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:08:08 +0000

Well, I’m also from Brazil, and I didn’t think GLOBO transmission was that good until I realized that many countries, like UK, have ad breaks during the race, which is, frankly, unacceptable for us! Like I said, GLOBO manages to do the adverts in a much more intelligent way, that is, cutting the sound of for thirty seconds, showing the logo of the sponsor on the upper left or upper right corner, and announcing its products, while you’re still able to see the race…

By: David

David — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:55:46 +0000

I find it interesting that people believe they are watching F1 in HD just because the channel is HD. Its like saying I watched Schindler’s List in colour because I have a colour television.

By: David

David — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:02:28 +0000

Sounds like my kind of commentator! Go Alonso!

By: Gerdoner

Gerdoner — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:52:31 +0000

I’ll be watching the (muted) German RTL feed together with the online live timing and the F1fanatic chat.
Oh, and I watch the race again on SpeedTV, since I kinda like their commentating style.

By: Yorricksfriend

Yorricksfriend — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:59:52 +0000

We did see qualifying in 2008 but it was at 1am on Channel 10 usually

By: db

db — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:31:20 +0000

usa: speed tv

on balance it’s pretty good. i thought the best race of 2008 was when leigh diffie (sp?) filled in for bob varsha at shanghai. overall, they’re all pros such that i’m satisfied.

what is unprofessional, however, is bernie ecclestone’s insistence on pinching pennies. *** is formula 1 doing without hi definition? ecclestone needs to move on and retire – he’s dragging the end product down by a lot.

the one thing that fans see is the television screen, and mr. e has downgraded his own product by about 50% because of his insistence that “it costs too much”.

i have lost a ton of respect for ecclestone – he got it 100% wrong and now makes me wonder whether he was any good to begin with. b.e. ain’t a businessman but just another dork who was at the right place at the right time. business sense? my foot.

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:11:16 +0000

I’ve been watching F1 on Speed here in the US for many years now and I’m very happy with the current three guys. All of them are opinionated, not very politically-correct (thank god!) and absolutely passionate about F1. I’d hate to lose any of them, particularly Hobbs and Matchett. The coverage may not be perfect but it’s far better than the commentary you get with most sports.