boydeste Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, Nightcrawler said: Fantastic race today and all down to the last couple of laps. Best race of the season IMO. Well done Max, now leading the driver championship Gonna be tight between Red Bull and Mercedes from now on Just watched it. Ditto from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proffesor Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I usually watch this the F1 on Fox Sport HD ( via my TMN provider ? ) on a Samsung smart TV ( channel 525 ). I was able to watch the qualifying on Saturday evening, but yesterday, channel 525 was dead. I have 2 other older TV's in the house, but they have far fewer channels available to them than the newer one does. 1) How does the newer TV access more channels than the older ones ? 2) What are the other options available to me to watch the FI races ? 3) Why was channel 525 ( Fox Sports HD ) not available yesterday afternoon / evening ? I'm sure there are guys out there with much more knowledge of these issues than I have. T.I.A. Proffesor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Get in Max! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Was there a Grand Prix, blimey I was watching 'The Great Escape'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Red Bull finally taking advantage over Mercedes. About time too. Looking forward to Silverstone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggles Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 I am just happy for Verstappen, who drove a great race, and could hopefully win the world championship. Anyone but Hamilton would be great tho!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 Another boring procession 🙁 but its great to see MV and Red Bull stuffing one up LH and Mercedes 👍 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Bollocks😡 I was looking forward to 6.30 on Channel 4 to watch the Belgian GP highlights only to find out that it was cancelled due to heavy rain. So top 3 qualifiers awarded Podium. Verstappen 1st Russell 2nd Hamilton 3rd Half points awarded. Verstappen now trailing Hamilton by 3 points in Championship. That said, it would have been carnage if it went ahead in those conditions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 22 minutes ago, Nightcrawler said: Bollocks😡 I was looking forward to 6.30 on Channel 4 to watch the Belgian GP highlights only to find out that it was cancelled due to heavy rain. So top 3 qualifiers awarded Podium. Verstappen 1st Russell 2nd Hamilton 3rd Half points awarded. Verstappen now trailing Hamilton by 3 points in Championship. That said, it would have been carnage if it went ahead in those conditions Yeah, I thought it would have been a cracker in dodgy conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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boydeste Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 3 hours ago, Nightcrawler said: Bollocks😡 I was looking forward to 6.30 on Channel 4 to watch the Belgian GP highlights only to find out that it was cancelled due to heavy rain. So top 3 qualifiers awarded Podium. Verstappen 1st Russell 2nd Hamilton 3rd Half points awarded. Verstappen now trailing Hamilton by 3 points in Championship. That said, it would have been carnage if it went ahead in those conditions I recorded it and did exactly the same. Better than us loosing another driver due to stupid race conditions methinks. Nice to see Russell on the podium too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 minute ago, boydeste said: I recorded it and did exactly the same. Better than us loosing another driver due to stupid race conditions methinks. Nice to see Russell on the podium too. Daft to award points for a race that didn't happen imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Daft to award points for a race that didn't happen imho I agree, it's a bit of a strange one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Stillearly said: Daft to award points for a race that didn't happen imho All about the money! Apparently if they do a min of 2 laps, that qualifies as a race and it also means that the FIA get their $15,000,000 dollars from the circuit race organisers!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lt Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 28 minutes ago, Sherlock said: All about the money! Apparently if they do a min of 2 laps, that qualifies as a race and it also means that the FIA get their $15,000,000 dollars from the circuit race organisers!! And no need to refund the punters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CampariO Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 hours ago, CampariO said: Yes indeed, it was a bloody farce...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 The shortest race in F1 History apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 https://www.aol.co.uk/sport/money-talks-lewis-hamilton-says-194053503.html 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/58385653 Formula 1 is to make rule changes to prevent a recurrence of the events surrounding the controversial abandonment of the Belgian Grand Prix. Red Bull's Max Verstappen was declared the winner of a race that lasted two laps behind the safety car. Heavy rain had prevented any competitive racing at the Spa-Francorchamps track. Lewis Hamilton called the event a "farce", saying drivers were sent out solely to secure an official result. Bosses accept the situation needs to be addressed and teams will meet for talks with governing body the FIA and F1. A number of other leading drivers have criticised events surrounding the race. And on Monday, Alfa Romeo said the event should have been abandoned without trying to make the result of the race official. "The decision not to race in the conditions was the right one, in the interests of protecting the safety of the drivers, the marshals and the spectators themselves.," Alfa Romeo said, "However, the situation would have been dealt with a lot more appropriately by not having at all the 'race' we witnessed. "This outcome hurts us all, but in particular it hurts the fans of the sport, who didn't get the show they came to see. "We hope lessons were learnt, lessons that will improve the way we operate in the future and that put the supporters of our sport in the position they deserve to be." The event dragged on for three and a half hours as the FIA sought to find a window in which a race could be run in the heavy rain, but poor visibility meant conditions were deemed too dangerous to let the cars loose. F1's rules dictate two racing laps is the minimum for points to be awarded. These were completed behind the safety car at 18.17 local time. F1 is understood to be in discussions with the promoter of the race to evaluate what can be done for the fans who stood for hours in the rain and did not see a grand prix. McLaren Racing chief executive officer Zak Brown has called for a change of the rules that govern this type of situation. The FIA rejected the claim that the final two laps were a cynical move to make the event official. Race director Michael Masi said officials thought there could be a weather window in which some racing could take place, and the cars were sent out to assess conditions. F1 chief executive Stefano Domenicali also denied claims commercial factors were involved in sending the cars out for the final time. A number of drivers, including multiple world champions Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso, said it was wrong to award points when there had been no actual competition. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lt Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I think a window of opportunity was long gone by 18.00. The FIA apparently get fees from the circuit organisers, the circuit gets the gate fees. The fans get soaked literally and figuratively. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 32 minutes ago, bob lt said: I think a window of opportunity was long gone by 18.00. The FIA apparently get fees from the circuit organisers, the circuit gets the gate fees. The fans get soaked literally and figuratively. Was reading earlier that there was 75,000 fan's attending, and paying between £107 and £505 per ticket. That's one hell of a income. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, galenkia said: Was reading earlier that there was 75,000 fan's attending, and paying between £107 and £505 per ticket. That's one hell of a income. As Hamilton said in a post race interview, it's, all about the money. A reoccurance of Sunday's fiasco is now unlikely to repeat itself in future should extreme weather conditions prevent a race from going ahead. Although no one could have predicted the weather, I do feel that ticket holding fans should be Compensated, unless of course there were a clause in the condition of sale for tickets 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lt Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 31 minutes ago, Nightcrawler said: As Hamilton said in a post race interview, it's, all about the money. A reoccurance of Sunday's fiasco is now unlikely to repeat itself in future should extreme weather conditions prevent a race from going ahead. Although no one could have predicted the weather, I do feel that ticket holding fans should be Compensated, unless of course there were a clause in the condition of sale for tickets I'm fairly sure that there is no compensation once a race is deemed to have taken place. There may have been support races but no-one pays that sort of money to watch support classes. I have a feeling there was a similar situation with bike racing either at Silverstone or Donington some time ago. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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