F1 to sky

I see that little sh**e Ecclestone is selling his shares in F1 to the boss of Force India

Won’t that be a conflict of interest? owning a team and also part of F1

Bernie isn’t responsible on his own for all the rule changes but he did turn F1 into a business that earnt himself an awful lot of money. He once said in a interview in Autosport that it was the power as much as the money that he enjoyed. Some of his input into F1 was constructive but in other ways he has ruled with an iron hand that has upset many over the years – the stories are numerous and at times almost unbelievable. If it is true that he is selling his shares then I suspect there won’t be too many people who will shed a tear.

I see that little sh**e Ecclestone is selling his shares in F1 to the boss of Force India.Lets hope thats the last we see of the man who will go down in History as the man who ruined F1, by all his stupid rule changes every year.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

I remember in the RAF with all the sensitive stuff on VDU’s etc, when they let the vans onto the station (which they did occasionally) they would transmit a Tannoy message around the station that a TV detector van would be operating, so please turn off any sensitive equipment, they would then Tannoy when it left….. Oddly enough they never caught many if any people 😀

I thought the plan was that you could see half the race on BBC and the remainder on SKY 😀

Very interesting development! Thank you. I’ll look into it more tomorrow.

For what exactly? If they want you in court, they’re going to need evidence, and lacking the right to go on your property, how are they going to obtain this evidence? The TV licencing people are all about scare tactics, with their “detector vans” which they refuse to prove the workings of in court, and the official looking notices they send out like confetti! If you don’t watch TV, why would should you be made to buy a licence? There are lots of resources about dealing with the TV licencing peoplle online, as there are also for dealing with traffic tickets, parking fines and DVLA.

Won’t that give them grounds to take me to court?

In shock and disgust at this news.

Slightly confused how with 6 million viewers F1 gets cut when the coverage of Moto Gp continue’s. Unless thats the next announcement looming on the horizon.

A half hearted attempt by the BBC to get out of F1 before fully leaving at the end of the contract.

I can’t afford to watch on Sky so after over 20 years of viewing thats me out the sport.

Bernie hang your head in shame for pricing the average guy out the sport. I hope the F1 teams get a backbone and stop this in it’s track. News on other forums suggests they were unaware of this deal.

The interesting thing is, a lot of motorcycle racing fans prefer the British Eurosport coverage of MotoGP to the BBC coverage.

Thanks alot, BBC.

Almost makes me want to throw my TV out and cancel my License, just so I can punch the ******* who comes knocking on my door, asking why i don’t have a f-ing license.

Cretins.

Send them a letter saying you are withdrawing the implied right of consent to enter your property. Then they can no longer knock on your door 🙂

As we seem to be struggling just to pay for the groceries at the end of each week there is no way I will be taking out a subscription to watch F1 on Sky.
The Beeb have done a great job with their coverage but I don’t feel inlcined to watch half a season so it will be goodbye F1 and I will find something more constructive to do on a Sunday afternoon than sit in front of the television so in one way Sky will be doing me favour as the garden will probably land up looking loads better and the car will get cleaned more often.
I am a bit surprised that the sponsors are happy with this situation as they pay shed loads of money to put their names on the cars and the new arrangement will definitely reduce the audience so I assume the value of each car as a mobile billboard will reduce to reflective the reduced audience exposure (oh look – there goes another flying pig).
As far as I can see the losers will be the fans and the sponsors but of course there is one little man who will inevitably come out of this with an even fatter wallet but then expanding one mans wallet appears to have been the main raison d’etre for F1 for a long time now.
Of course I will still have the option of watching the BTCC coverage on ITV. The racing is more entertaining although some of the drivers do need reminding that circuit racing is meant to be a non contact sport.

Probably won’t make any differance but there is a government e petition. Already got over 10,000 people signed up.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/57

I’ve followed Formula 1 ever since the early/mid 80’s when I was (Snippety snip) bye-bye F1…

100% support that lot.

You forgot the dry wit and intellect of the late great James Hunt.

Baz. As you state, some very interesting reading. I was very surprised re the fuel test they did. I wonder if it would burn the valves/seats out in a normal car ?.
Jim.

Lincoln .7

Don’t think it will be a problem for the 2013 season…….

I suppose that even if F1 does go from free to air (which is inevitable) as long as there are Spitfires* being preserved/restored/rebuilt/flown everyone here will be happy…I mean find something to complain about but not too loudly.

*insert aeroplane of choice

Baz. As you state, some very interesting reading. I was very surprised re the fuel test they did. I wonder if it would burn the valves/seats out in a normal car ?.
Jim.

Lincoln .7

Some interesting comments here:

http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2011/07/bbc-vulnerability-opens-door-to-f1-on-pay-tv-some-fan-reactions/

Baz

I know which one sounds the better value!

You can’t argue with that.

Moggy

F1 costs somewhere in the region of £40-45 million per year where as BBC Three costs over £100 million per year to run, according to recent reports.

So an entire TV channel with programing 10 hours a day, 7 days a week costs £100m.
F1 with say 19 races and maybe 8 hours per race costs £45m?

I know which one sounds the better value!

That’s the problem with these things; F1 fans will be outraged that they have to pay to watch their favorite sport, the vast majority of the population don’t care either way.
As a some time F1 watcher and an occasional BBC3 watcher, I’ll be disappointed if F1 is no longer on the telly but isn’t the end of the world.

It’s not over until the fat lady sings,There is far too much money involved for it to go down the pan that easily.
It’s that little sh*te Eccleston I can’t stand. A few races ago he was doing his usual poncing up and down the Start line, when he grabbed hold of a strangers arm, and removed the mans Pass from his shirt pocket, and told him to wear it like everyone else was. The little pompus pratt didn’t realise where he was holding his Pass, well, surprise, surprise, it was in his shirt pocket. I am sure other ardent followers saw this gaff.:eek:

Jim.

Lincoln .7

I’ve followed Formula 1 ever since the early/mid 80’s when I was a little kid, from then on to weekend just gone in Hungary I’ve seen every single qualifying session and race & loved every moment of them, some have been great some have been heart breaking – the race weekend at Imola 94 for example – the great moments for me have been for the likes of Damon Hill in Japan 1994 with that brilliant drive and win and again in 1996 when he took the title & not to mention Murray’s words when Hill crossed the finishing line, those times of Jean Alesi’s on-board camera shots, whom of which had one of the most fantastic driving styles I thought, Nigel’s dominating year of 92, Alain Prost’s calm ways of winning…The list is endless of such amazing & life changing moments that has ever been witnessed…And who can forget Murray’s fun loving commentary, it was top notch and it was just the cherry on the cake all the times he messed up & talked a load of gibberish and of course, the ever witty dry sense of humour of Martin Brundle – these two were and are the true voices of Formula 1.

Then enter this weekend, such a shame, it was one of the most exciting F1 weekends of the 00s but it was just over-shadowed by this Sky business. As a committed F1 fan its the biggest dissapointment ever to hit this sport, personally its the first few nails in the coffin to come at once.

As much as I love F1 I won’t be paying £30 a race on top of my bill, not a chance in hell, its a bl**dy disgrace! And who the hell else is going to pay that much of which as it makes more difference the best part of £300 or so a year, not very many if you read around on so many news pages & forums. Basically, F1 is going to flop big time on Sky and I’ll be quite surprised if it makes it into the 2nd year.

All this “news” about the BBC not being able to afford Formula 1 is, sorry but, a load of sh*te, frankly!!! And I don’t buy into that nonsense! F1 costs somewhere in the region of £40-45 million per year where as BBC Three costs over £100 million per year to run, according to recent reports. Now, BBC Three is a channel that not that many view, the programmes are lame – bar one or two, but whoopy-doo, and they have the common cheek to repeat the same rubbish all too quite frikin often…a lot of the time on the same night and what I’ve heard, the viewing figures for BBC Three aren’t that high where as an F1 race (excluding qualifying and the practice sessions) gets somewhere in the region of 6 million viewers – ‘per race!’ And in the UK alone!

So which one would you get shot of? I know what I would put a bullet in. And theres many other programmes the BBC shows that could, or really should, get the chop & even cut down the number of days some are shown.

Moving F1 to Sky and showing only half of the races on the BBC is just a bad idea – ironically just like Bernie the Bolt more or less said not so long ago…Hmmm…The viewing figures will not only dramatically drop in the UK, but in just about every other English speaking country in the world as BBC’s live F1 coverage is streamed throughout it.

So, nice one Bernie, you’ve finally got your wish to destroy F1, then again, he needs to bail the Murdochs out of this hacking scandal…(Ooops I said that out loud just then, didn’t I.)

Anyway, as of the end of whats been a fantastic season, its bye-bye F1…