Comments on: Good Week/Bad Week

By: rpaco

rpaco — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:46:04 +0000

I have just worked out that the rear wheel hub covers which I previously thought were not covered by the regs, are in fact illegal.

3.15 Aerodynamic influence :

With the exception of the cover described in Article 6.5.2 (when used in the pit lane), the driver adjustable
bodywork described in Article 3.18 and the ducts described in Article 11.4, any specific part of the car
influencing its aerodynamic performance :
- must comply with the rules relating to bodywork ;
- must be rigidly secured to the entirely sprung part of the car (rigidly secured means not having any
degree of freedom) ;
- must remain immobile in relation to the sprung part of the car.

So if they are not brake ducts but to help smooth the airflow they must comply as above including being rigidly secured to the entirely sprung part of the car, which obviously they are not.
Also – must remain immobile in relation to the sprung part of the car. –Which again obviously they are not.

By: sldsmkd

sldsmkd — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:23:16 +0000

The BBC coverage is better because:

a) No adverts
b) No recapping the entire bloody race after every advert break
c) Red button commentary with Ant

By: F1QA

F1QA — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:48:07 +0000

The multi-personality coverage is really great though, as is, FOM’s new graphics and LG TV segment at the post race press conference. Very much what Sky Italia has been doing for some time. It’s a breath of fresh air, if sometimes aromatic.

By: Les Speed

Les Speed — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:44:02 +0000

Good points all around.

On the commentary side, the pitlane reporter Lee Mckenzie, is so flat and depressed sounding. Albeit an improvement from last year, it wouldn’t hurt is she stopped trying to sound so cool and unaffected and reflected the vibe of the pitlane.

Nevertheless, it’s all early days, and I’m sure somebody over there is reading these comments, so time will tell…

Cheers.

By: Michael C

Michael C — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:10:24 +0000

A good week for the english language now that it’s not being mangled by Mark Blundell?

By: PaulL

PaulL — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:48:02 +0000

I thought they were cheezy, remembering the one at the end of Brazil 2007 by example, “sometimes you’ve gotta feel pain like this”.. As well as ill-conceived audio tracks like that one, the onscreen graphics and video effects were well below what the UFC for example has for their productions like Countdown.

I like what the BBC are doing for the fans. They have invested much into covering the sport through many more dimensions and making use of their archive. I got the impression ITV were in it mainly to make a dollar out of showing F1.
I quite like Legard and DC will only grow into his role. The chick they have in the pitlane asks more intelligent questions than the ITV lady, and whatever you say about DC, I think he’s a better analyst than Blundell.

By: Graeme

Graeme — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:29:35 +0000

+ for ITV:
a hatful of BAFTA’s and other awards for their F1 coverage over the years.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:24:35 +0000

I agree, not an easy job to have a couple of million armchair experts pulling apart your every comment. I’m giving him more than two races to get up to speed.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:03:48 +0000

I agree. Glock was shamefully maligned by many.

By: Mutt & Jeff

Mutt & Jeff — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:10:48 +0000

Hi Les,

Just to respond to your comment

“- EJ, as annoying as it seems, he does know what he is saying;”

All I can say is “Shame the rest of us haven’t got a clue what he’s saying”!

He’s constantly making simple mistakes…I love the way DC looks almost embarrassed for him at times!

Great season so far though & I’m really enjoying this site, good work James….I don’t know about anybody else, but I’m really missing ‘Ted’s Notebook’ on the ITV site…the BBC should get him to do it for their site…which I don’t think is as clear as the ITV site for the record.