Arrggh F1 on Sky :-(

ashleymp777

After a year of watching the fantastic BBC coverage of the F1 season I can't believe Sky will now be covering the races for next year. I don't warrant getting Sky as I don't watch enough tv, so apart from going to the pub how else will I be able to watch the races?

sheepsteeth

with any luck it should stop those annoying and cringeworthy starting grid walks by that annoying rude cunt.

ricardo_smooth

Not being funny, this was announced an age ago! Where the fudge have you been???? In answer to your dilemma. Pay or pub.....simples

cooldad

Half will be on BBC. Without MB unfortunately. Get a life the other weekends.

ashleymp777

ricardo_smooth wrote:

Not being funny, this was announced an age ago! Where the fudge have you been???? In answer to your dilemma. Pay or pub.....simples

Been travelling for a couple of months so didn't notice the news, too busy relaxing and mountain biking :-)

Oh well, will watch the review on the net I hope.

tlw1

Time for sky, if you get the hd package it's only £30 and then you can sky+ the races and avoid the ferkin unreliable iplayer that cocked up and missed the last couple of races

The Northern Monkey

highlights will still be on the BBC.... which is good. Means you don't have to sit through the mindless boredom of the bits between the start and the pit stops and the pit stops and the end!

IcarusGreen

just watch Moto GP - far more entertaining.

NORTHERNSHAGGY

www.firstrowsports.tv

Anonymous

The plus side is if you have the HD pack you don't have to pay for waste of space sky sports.

The down side is you have to support the murdoch evil empire.

Get suitable foreign dish equipment or find the right site and you can likely get it without the uk rip off factor.

Or just live with the highlights for half of them. Just a shame MB couldn't resist the money.

andy46

IcarusGreen wrote:

just watch Moto GP - far more entertaining.

+1

although this season was no classic.

Hopefully next season will be better.

cooldad

deadkenny wrote:

The plus side is if you have the HD pack you don't have to pay for waste of space sky sports.

The down side is you have to support the murdoch evil empire.

Get suitable foreign dish equipment or find the right site and you can likely get it without the uk rip off factor.

Or just live with the highlights for half of them. Just a shame MB couldn't resist the money.

Doubt it was actually the money. Just means he gets to commentate a full season. DC is still under contract to BBC though so as far as I know stays there.
Just a pity that dickwad Eddie Jordan didn't decide to retire.

TheNorthernTrain

cooldad wrote:

deadkenny wrote:

The plus side is if you have the HD pack you don't have to pay for waste of space sky sports.

The down side is you have to support the murdoch evil empire.

Get suitable foreign dish equipment or find the right site and you can likely get it without the uk rip off factor.

Or just live with the highlights for half of them. Just a shame MB couldn't resist the money.

Doubt it was actually the money. Just means he gets to commentate a full season. DC is still under contract to BBC though so as far as I know stays there.
Just a pity that dickwad Eddie Jordan didn't decide to retire.

Pretty certain it was the money, I seem to remember him saying during all the goings on that he would never leave the BBC to go to SKY, and then I think the cash was waved in front of his nose.

Fantastic Mr Fox

cooldad wrote:

deadkenny wrote:

The plus side is if you have the HD pack you don't have to pay for waste of space sky sports.

The down side is you have to support the murdoch evil empire.

Get suitable foreign dish equipment or find the right site and you can likely get it without the uk rip off factor.

Or just live with the highlights for half of them. Just a shame MB couldn't resist the money.

Doubt it was actually the money. Just means he gets to commentate a full season. DC is still under contract to BBC though so as far as I know stays there.
Just a pity that dickwad Eddie Jordan didn't decide to retire.

It was the money and the fact that he doesn't have to live (or at least appear to live) in the UK so saves on loads of tax. That's what he actually said.

It is a shame for the sport though, I think it could have a pretty damaging affect to its presence in the UK. Instead of 8 million viewers it'll go down to about half a million. I wish the teams would unite under FOTA and actually start calling the shots because - less viewers > less sponsorship > less money. Problem is teams like Ferrari are very friendly with the FIA so could probably sneak a load more special Ferrari money from them and RedBull don't need sponsorship money.

Also the government should recognise the importance of F1 to the UK economy. So much cutting edge technology is developed in the UK, thousands of engineers are employed and millions (quite possibly over a billion) of pounds in sponsorship money comes into the UK to spend on F1. Yet F1 greats like Adrian Newey have no recognition for this?!
I think its a really important part of our nation and its something that's growing in popularity in the UK so we should be really proud of it. For that reason, the government should have stepped in and either given the beeb some extra cash to pay for it, or made sure it went to channel 4 or back to ITV. I know that BBC would have had to get rid of BBC4 to pay for F1, but still who wants to watch reruns of documentaries on the motorway system anyway?!

Also, I was going off Brundle anyway. He was interesting at first but just seemed to be a bit boring. I think BBC have retained the better team TBH (bar Ted Kravitz - he was good). DC and Jordan have far more friends in high/interesting places than Brundle (Who still recognises and F1 driver from the early 90's?!) and so could get far better scoops or interviews. Lee McKenzie always seems to get good interviews with drivers and Jake does an adequate job of keeping control of Eddie Jordans crazy antics.

cooldad

Eddie Jordan is an annoying dickhead.

cooldad

ps DC lives in Monaco. I'm sure it's got nothing to do with tax.

Fantastic Mr Fox

Eddie Jordon is a legend and an asset to the BBC coverage. Who cares if they live in Tax Havens? Makes no difference to the coverage.

cooldad

Fantastic Mr Fox wrote:

Eddie Jordon is a dickhead.

Exactly.

cat_with_no_tail

Eddie JordOn????

Seems like a nice bloke, not sure what he's got to do with all this like.

sheepsteeth

is brundle the cunt who does the grid walks?

i hope sky tell him to fuck off so i dont have to watch that rude cunt sticking his beak into other people's interviews and interupting racers before they race and then i wont have to watch it and none of the people on the gid will have to awkwardly tolerate him being a cunt.

cooldad

I think he is the **** who sticks his **** into **** like a **** **** ****. ***** ***** total absolute ****. ****.
As long as BBC doesn't bring back that ***** **** and absolute ***** James Allen. *****.

Pudseyp

Been on terestial for as long as I can remember....greedy cnuts moving to sky...

Fantastic Mr Fox

cooldad wrote:

I think he is the **** who sticks his **** into **** like a **** **** ****. ***** ***** total absolute ****. ****.
As long as BBC doesn't bring back that ***** **** and absolute ***** James Allen. *****.

What do you want from a commentator/pundit? You don't seem to like any of them? Are you one of these people that can't see past the eighties and just complain that F1 its rubbish now?

Anonymous

80s! Too modern. Bring back the days of a driver, a tin on wheels, and the mechanic. Where refuelling involved putting it in with a fuel can yourself and no fire proof clothes, and deaths were common.

Fantastic Mr Fox

deadkenny wrote:

80s! Too modern. Bring back the days of a driver, a tin on wheels, and the mechanic. Where refuelling involved putting it in with a fuel can yourself and no fire proof clothes, and deaths were common.

The reason F1 is so popular and can demand so much money is because its cutting edge, moves with the times and relevent. If you want to watch F1 as it was in the eighties then there is plenty more formulas you can watch.

Pudseyp

Fantastic Mr Fox wrote:

then there is plenty more formulas you can watch.

Correctamundo....I loved countdown...

cooldad

Fantastic Mr Fox wrote:

cooldad wrote:

I think he is the **** who sticks his **** into **** like a **** **** ****. ***** ***** total absolute ****. ****.
As long as BBC doesn't bring back that ***** **** and absolute ***** James Allen. *****.

What do you want from a commentator/pundit? You don't seem to like any of them? Are you one of these people that can't see past the eighties and just complain that F1 its rubbish now?

Errrr relax a bit. I think MB is the best commentator since Mr M Walker. Eddie Jordan is a d1ck, as is James Allen.
Was simply continuing Sheep's trolling. As you would have realised if you had any sense of humour.

sheepsteeth

cooldad wrote:

Was simply continuing Sheep's trolling.

im not trolling, i think that cunt is a cunt

cooldad

sheepsteeth wrote:

cooldad wrote:

Was simply continuing Sheep's trolling.

im not trolling, i think that **** is a ****

In that case my abject apologies for calling you a troll when you are actually a ****** ******* cod ******* creamy *******.

sheepsteeth

sideways

Northwind

sheepsteeth wrote:

with any luck it should stop those annoying and cringeworthy starting grid walks by that annoying rude ****.

That's the best part! "BBC! Get the **** out of my way, serfs". That, and waiting for Coulthard to punch Jordan's teeth out. Someone told me there's motor racing at some point but I can't see any point in that bit.