Official season reviews archive
Will F1 get DVD box sets like the WRC?
uke Video has just brought out DVD box sets of the World Rally Championship season reviews and Le Mans 24 Hours races.
They look great and they’re going on my Xmas list. But are we ever going to be able to get past official F1 season reviews on DVD?
Formula One Management took until 2003 to start [...]
“Kimi made it at last” (F1 2007 season DVD)
Formula One Management guard the rights to show Formula 1 video with utmost jealousy.
The cost of buying and broadcasting Formula 1 footage is so extortionately expensive that even major television news channels will only show the briefest glimpses of race action.
The end-of-season video reviews remain the only official way to watch the highlights of a [...]
Best gifts for F1 fans: Videos (1/5)
Searching for presents for your Christmas wish list? Need a present for a Formula 1 fan?
Over the next five days I’ll be picking out some of the best F1 videos, books, toys, collectibles and more to give you some great gift ideas – starting off with the best in F1 video.
“Once Again!” (2006 F1 season review DVD)
The official FOCA season review DVD for 2006 boasts nearly four hours of coverage, and is an obvious choice of Xmas present for any F1 fan.
But many of the recent official season reviews of late have been more ‘miss’ than ‘hit’. Does the 2006 review do justice to a complex and controversial season?
The Ben Evans Column: F1 review videos
We’re only one month into the off-season and already Ben has re-watched all his F1 review videos.
So what makes a good review? Ben has a few ideas – not least of which putting out two reviews for each season. Read on to find out why…
“World Championship Review” (2000)
The first two official season review DVDs were produced by Sony, and hence come labelled “compatibile with Playstation 2″.
Unfortunately, they are also produced using an odd menu system which makes navigating them unnecessarily difficult.
The footage is superb, though, and there’s plenty of it. 4hrs 15m on this discs, though that does include quite a bit [...]
“Who Else But Schumacher?” (1994)
The title of this video is not in the best of taste, given the death of Ayrton Senna in the third round of the [...]
“What a Class Act” (Video, 2001)
The 2001 review video is exceptionally bad, especially given that the semi-official 2001 (which is very hard to find) is pretty good, and they both have the same material to work from.
The video has the same flaws that many others from this era have: the commentary is faintly ridiculous and there is to be too [...]
“Two Till The End” (1984)
Although McLaren were dominant it was a close season – the closest ever, indeed, with Niki Lauda sneaking the title from team-mate Prost by just half a point.
The video review provides a good dose of retro turbo action (though there were some unexciting races) and some very interesting historical events.
The legendary wet Monaco race when [...]
