New F1 podium design
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- 4th July 2012, 21:35 at 9:35 pm #131641fishfingersParticipant
Not sure if this has been posted but I was browsing through the gallery of Silverstone Wednesday images on the Sky Sports website and noticed this:
http://i50.tinypic.com/15fuxh.jpg
Looks like the podium has been redesigned.
4th July 2012, 22:05 at 10:05 pm #205081Keith CollantineKeymaster@fishfingers No, that’s where it was last year when they built the new pits. The plan is to build large new grandstands opposite so lots of fans have a good view of it.
4th July 2012, 22:06 at 10:06 pm #205082fishfingersParticipantI mean the actual platform they stand on, it’s all curved and has this shiny metal around it. Last year it was the usual cardboard/wood background (Santander) that we are used to.
Look at the picture – there is a free standing part with some sort of roof that was definitely not there last year.
4th July 2012, 22:12 at 10:12 pm #205083SlrParticipantThe new podium looks okay, though I wait to see the actual podium ceremony to see if it better. The positioning of it is stupid.
By the way, I never realised on the royal family members was there last year. I’m not sure of his name however as I’m not really interested in the royal family.
4th July 2012, 22:14 at 10:14 pm #205084fishfingersParticipantSutton images has a better picture (although very small):
http://www.sutton-images.com/preview.asp?filename=d12gbr285.jpg&search=12gp09z&index=10&count=117
5th July 2012, 15:48 at 3:48 pm #205085fishfingersParticipantHere is the best picture yet:
https://p.twimg.com/AxC7jZGCIAIO0h3.jpg:large
Looks like a new podium design for all races going forward.
5th July 2012, 16:10 at 4:10 pm #205086the_sigmanParticipantFantastic podium.
7th July 2012, 18:22 at 6:22 pm #205087robk23ParticipantThere appears the the podium ceremony has been changed as well. For the GP2 Feature Race there was music played as the drivers came onto the podium (which I found a bit cheap) and the audio by Bob Constanduros was part of the official TV feed (Will Buxton and Jerome d’Ambrosio went quiet for a good few minutes as a result). I would prefer to hear the commentators and the interviews on the podium were not something I would want to see again (that didn’t feature in the GP3 race).
7th July 2012, 18:49 at 6:49 pm #205088katederbyParticipantI missed the real flags… nothing like seeing your nation’s colours being raised.
7th July 2012, 19:08 at 7:08 pm #205089robk23Participant@katederby Agreed, a picture of a flag on a screen has no soul.
7th July 2012, 19:58 at 7:58 pm #205090matt90ParticipantAgreed
7th July 2012, 20:59 at 8:59 pm #205091Lin1876ParticipantI’m not a fan of the new podium. I find the current arrangements to be a bit bland, and having the flags on screens makes the situation worse, not better. Still, it makes the podium at Monaco more special, so I guess we can’t complain.
8th July 2012, 5:12 at 5:12 am #205092damonsmedleyParticipantI think FOM are trying a few new things. They did that seemingly impromptu interview with Charlie Whiting yesterday which I have never seen before in my years of watching Formula 1, now they’re possibly adding a small bit of commentary to the world feed for the podium ceremony… Will they one day have world feed commentary? Will FOM have its own premium channel at a cost with its own commentators and unrivalled access and coverage? Am I reading too much into this?
By the way, does anyone have a video of this ceremony?
8th July 2012, 9:41 at 9:41 am #205093xjr15jaaagParticipantI think thet it’d be nice should the podium be placed on top of the silverstone wing
8th July 2012, 10:43 at 10:43 am #205094pwaaParticipantApart from the lack of actual flags, and the guy that doesn’t know when to stop saying Champagne, it looks good. Going by the GP2/3 races, anyway.
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