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Formula 1 2017 Season |OT| Japanese Horror Story - Sundays on Sky
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I can't skate either, but Horner is hilarious in this: https://www.facebook.com/redbullracing/videos/1442049199174898/
Psychotext
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Bleh, Mercs are going to romp this.
brotkasten
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Sorry if I'm not being that optimistic after Ferrari got their asses handed to them twice in a row and they got caught cheating. Add the usual in-season development fuck-up and mid-season firing of key staffers and I'm not seeing any remote chance of Vettel fighting for the title any longer.
Why are Max's SS faster than the one Bottas uses?
Bottas also was on SS. HAM is just back to being his OP self in the benz.
Sorry, was talking about Hamilton. Hamilton's time was set on Softs. Ominous signs already.
Never thought I'd read that in 2017 without sarcasm.
EarsOfASnake
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I read it and assumed I would check the autosport blog to see they had died yet again.
Fox Mulder
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Im just waiting for the Ferrari collapse too. Enjoying it while it lasts though, as Bottas isn't Rosberg yet.
brotkasten
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Horner confirming that he owns Sainz' ass and that RIC and VES will drive for RB next year.
However, following the conclusion of FP1 in Spielberg, Horner disclosed some contract details about the Spaniard.
Weve taken the option on Carlos Sainz and he will be in a Toro Rosso next year, Horner said to Sky Sports F1.
It makes no sense loaning him out. I dont know where he thinks hell be next year.
Its a bit disingenuous saying stuff like that. Without Red Bull he wouldnt be in Formula 1.
Sainzs ultimate aim is to be driving for Red Bull, but Horner also confirmed that the opportunity would not be there for him next season.
He added: Our plans for next year is that our cars will have the same numbers on them next year. Both drivers will be with us 100 per cent.
http://www.planetf1.com/news/horner-critical-of-disingenuous-sainz/
However, following the conclusion of FP1 in Spielberg, Horner disclosed some contract details about the Spaniard.
Weve taken the option on Carlos Sainz and he will be in a Toro Rosso next year, Horner said to Sky Sports F1.
It makes no sense loaning him out. I dont know where he thinks hell be next year.
Its a bit disingenuous saying stuff like that. Without Red Bull he wouldnt be in Formula 1.
Sainzs ultimate aim is to be driving for Red Bull, but Horner also confirmed that the opportunity would not be there for him next season.
He added: Our plans for next year is that our cars will have the same numbers on them next year. Both drivers will be with us 100 per cent.
http://www.planetf1.com/news/horner-critical-of-disingenuous-sainz/
Dutch Gronk
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Can you guys smell it?
It's the smell of a Ferrari dissapointment.
It's the smell of a Ferrari dissapointment.
xrnzaaas
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Do they have any promising juniors in their current program?
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Who was that they kept cutting to in the Red Bull garage....one of the higher ups in RBR?
Only really starting to get interested in the behind the scenes world of F1 nowish since pretty much everything is shown on Super Sport Africa these days...and i like being in the know whenever the camera seemingly is giving people attention.
Only really starting to get interested in the behind the scenes world of F1 nowish since pretty much everything is shown on Super Sport Africa these days...and i like being in the know whenever the camera seemingly is giving people attention.
Gasly is waiting.
There was this teammate comparison made recently that showed Verstappen beating Ricciardo roughly 2:1 in everything except for the race results, and not through his own fault as we know.
The better driver having half the points is probably one of the strangest results of the RB13. Unlucky for some indeed.
They refitted VER's car this weekend, so hopefully the new parts aren't as prone to fault as his old ones.
bobnowhere
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One can only hope. Verstappen has the least completed race laps of any permanent driver on the grid this year. And that includes Fernando's McHonda.
Psychotext
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It still genuinely amuses me that we're patting McLaren on the back for being at the ass end of the top 10. How things have changed.
Trail Guide
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Any chance that Liberty Media will or is working on some kind of subscription service to F1? With my PS Vue subscription going up by $10 starting this fall I can't really justify paying $40 a month just to watch F1. Paying $30 as it is already is a stretch for me and going higher is just not worth it.
Don't expect anything this year. It might not even happen in a way we want.
Fact of the matter is, there are two extremely opposed interests at work here.
Broadcasting companies who paid a lot of money for their rights (especially Sky)
vs.
People like us who want F1 to utilize the capabilities of streaming (watch any session live, with free choice of camera/onboard, old race archive etc.)
The former is going to kick and scream against the latter because it's direct competition.
If the latter happens there will be compromises to not upset the former, so simply put it'll be shit for the price if it ever happens.
You CANNOT upset broadcasting companies too much because they provide much more exposure for F1 than streaming ever could. Streaming is for people who are already interested in the sport, it hardly acquires new fans.
StopMakingSense
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Yeah, not anytime soon. Those TV contracts are super lucrative and are contracted out for some period of time, so it won't happen anytime in the near term.
FrankCanada97
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Leclerc and Prema got their 5th straight pole for the F2 feature race.
Would get even more exposure if they stayed free-to-air.
Can't imagine the teams' sponsors are that happy about being moved to the equivalent of Sky Movies when it loses F2A in 2019 (in the UK at least).
Maybe Netflix could pick it up.
Teams will have to start giving acestream figures to boost the viewing numbers.
They've weighed it against the extra money they get from Sky and decided they are happy.
Batty if you ask me but there you go.
At least after the summer you'll be able to just get the F1 channel for a slightly more reasonable price than you can at the moment.
Wasn't aware of that, where do you see this info?
Was something I saw reported on the other day. They are rebranding everything as profits are down and will allow you to just have the f1 channel, or the golf channel, or the 2 football channels or whatever you want. No more ss1, ss2 etc. It'll be football 1, football 2, golf, cricket, F1 and "arena" which will show the other crap.
Largely I imagine because people want F1 or golf and don't want to pay for football. I like football, but I see enough at work since its, well, my job lol.
jedmaxwell
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I've still got the SkyHD package which includes the F1 channel. Works out I'm paying about £5 to watch F1 although when it's live on C4 I end up there due to Crofty getting on my tits.
Psychotext
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Probably choosing to do it now because at worst he'll get second.
JadedWriter
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He can't keep getting away with it....
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