Comments on: Some good news for F1 TV viewers

By: M__E

M__E — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:52:53 +0000

Isnt it funny, F1 has almost come full circle…and with that its back to BBC too! – just like the 90′s..yay ;-D

back to racing and not statisticians getting more enjoyment out of ‘feeling clever’ about working out when cars are going to pit or not…back to the good days of F1..before the ‘Germans’ took it over! – ‘the King is dead (schuey) long live the king!

By: Matthew Villari

Matthew Villari — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:46:57 +0000

What the hell are you guys talking about saying “a light Hamilton being up there” like Lewis is a stranger to being on pole position or something. The only time there are conspiracy theories in regards to fuel loads are when the pole guy smashes p2, and that only happened a couple of times in ’08.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:19:41 +0000

Will the options on BBC allow for interactive viewing and listening i.e. select which driver you want to follow and hear their radio conversations?

By: redmist

redmist — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 03:05:21 +0000

Could the sincerity of radio transmissions could come into question? There are some drivers — Montoya comes to mind (and probably most of them) — who sometimes curse during radio transmissions. Does this mean that the driver will be totally restricted about what they are allowed to say? That minimizes the whole effect of having “open” radio conversations in the first place. Although the idea in itself is not a bad one.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:58:52 +0000

I stand watching drivers celebrate pole position now and go ‘so what?’ Its a farce. The drivers look ridiculous celebrating when they dont actually know that they are the fastest.

The truth is that since we have had fuel in qualifying we have all been duped and the term pole position has lost its meaning. If publishing the fuel loads makes this obvious then so much the better. Or are we seriously saying that we would all prefer to continue to pretend?

By: Mike Ellison

Mike Ellison — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:47:21 +0000

Finn, the point was that Fisi was the only driver known to be getting the hurry-up over the radio, all the others got their hurry-up messages in private.

For me the problem with publishing the weights is not that the fans and commentators know but the other teams would know (assuming they weren’t told in the past) and would take preventive action at the start. I think it’s better if the teams have doubt about what the others did in qualifying.

By: rpaco

rpaco — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:09:24 +0000

I would prefer the old old qualifying over 3 days, with 2 teaspoons of fuel. Then the teams can start the race with whatever fuel they like. Thus the quali weights would give no clue as to fuel loads for the race.

By: Andy Fov

Andy Fov — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:38:41 +0000

Thanks for clearing that up, James. To be honest, my post was motivated by 95% devilment and 5% seriousness, but it’s reassuring to know you’re not blind to Kubica’s ability.

By: john g

john g — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:37:29 +0000

As long as Alan Permain is banned from any further pit to car radio transmissions then i’d welcome opening it up. i find it very interesting listening to driver comments about the handling of their car, the state of their tyres etc, and then to see what the team does about it at the next pit stop. i think it would surprise a lot of people how much goes on in a drivers mind that isn’t directly related to physically driving the car. Also agree on the comments on Kubi – unless he’s mentioned your hair somewhere…?

By: Finn

Finn — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:58:50 +0000

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