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[jambo]

Is Piranha a torrent site? Are they in HD? I downloaded China in 720p and I don't think I could watch a race in standard def.

I'm guessing that this one is worth getting too?

1080 is the way to go.

 

[Shaneus]

1080 is the way to go.

No 1080 on Usenet

 

[isamu]

It's because he's black.

Oh come on. Surely that's not it.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Such an amazing and exciting race, this was!

 

[brotkasten]

Oh come on. Surely that's not it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBPBrJ74C8I

 

[Juicy Bob]

I have 22m to spend on F1 race manager.

What shall I do...

Give it to the BBC to help them win back their fully live coverage.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

No 1080 on Usenet

TheBox has a 1080 version go up the same night usually.

Also, Jake and Brundle are saying on Twitter that the F1 race peaked with 6m viewers yesterday and was most watched tv show that day.

Good luck, Sky!

 

[Lucius86]

TheBox has a 1080 version go up the same night usually.

Also, Jake and Brundle are saying on Twitter that the F1 race peaked with 6m viewers yesterday and was most watched tv show that day.

Good luk, Sky!

See, with viewing figures like that I don't understand how the BBC cannot justify the £40 million cost of F1 - but hey, what do I know.

From wiki, the BBC got this coming in in 2009/2010:

£3,446.8 million in licence fees collected from householders;
£888.3 million from BBC Commercial Businesses;
£293 million from government grants;
£112.9 million from other income, such as providing content to overseas broadcasters and concert ticket sales;

 

[Ponti]

Also, Jake and Brundle are saying on Twitter that the F1 race peaked with 6m viewers yesterday and was most watched tv show that day.

Good luk, Sky!

This just makes me angry considering how hard these guys worked from 2009 onwards to make the coverage as good as it is and now the BBC are just throwing it away.

 

[Shaneus]

£112.9 million from other income, such as providing content to overseas broadcasters and concert ticket sales;

They'd *have* to be covering their fee from overseas sales on F1 alone.

 

[Ark]

I would go dig up the BBC's business docs, but I'm a bit busy.

I've no doubt all that income is going to production costs & keeping the TV & Radio stations are up.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Jake has done a nice blog post, too.

 

[f0rk]

Jake has done a nice blog post, too.

He links to this blog with a video of the Button interview after he won the championship.

Look at the Sky Sports microphone. Is that's how we will get all post match interviews now; over someone else's shoulder?

 

[operon]

Went up 2 places to 24th so very happy this weekend. Good race enjoyed.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

He links to this blog with a video of the Button interview after he won the championship.

Look at the Sky Sports microphone. Is that's how we will get all post match interviews now; over someone else's shoulder?

Safe to assume Sky will get a bigger part of the cake now. They'll probably get the same access as BBC.

Still makes me sad

 

[NHale]

Just realised that Vettel could finish third in the remaining races and still win the championship even if Webber won every race.

Unless the Red Bull car starts having reliability problems (0 DNFs so far...) only a meltdown from Vettel would leave him without a championship (it would still be nowhere near Hamilton's epic choke in 2007).

And Eric Bouiller should man up and fire Heidfeld if he don't want him. The way he spoke publicly about yesterday fire problem is not the way a team director should handle that situation. It felt like he's trying to make excuses to replace him with Grosjean when he clinches the GP2 championship. Funny that even with all the mistakes Heidfeld has more points than Petrov and his mafiya money.

 

[Leunam]

Heidfeld was brought on because the team needed someone who has experience and could possibly help with the development of the car through the season. It looks like he's utterly failed on the development part.

 

[jambo]

No 1080 on Usenet

I get it in 1080 =P

 

[operon]

Heidfeld was brought on because the team needed someone who has experience and could possibly help with the development of the car through the season. It looks like he's utterly failed on the development part.

I doubt it's his fault on the development, they don't seem to have the cash

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

And Eric Bouiller should man up and fire Heidfeld if he don't want him. The way he spoke publicly about yesterday fire problem is not the way a team director should handle that situation. It felt like he's trying to make excuses to replace him with Grosjean when he clinches the GP2 championship. Funny that even with all the mistakes Heidfeld has more points than Petrov and his mafiya money.

Is it just me that wants to punch his face every time I see it? Eric, I mean.

Heidfeld is just sex on legs, of course.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Renault are roughly at the level they've been for several seasons now. They even had a couple podiums earlier in the year, which is a pretty good result. Now that Ferrari and McLaren have gotten their shit together Renault have settled back down to where they should be.

 

[DrM]

Heidfeld was brought on because the team needed someone who has experience and could possibly help with the development of the car through the season. It looks like he's utterly failed on the development part.

I think that there is more to their financial problems than we know. If you do not have enough money to cover even more basic stuff, how will you develop new parts for the car? Bad results do not please sponsors.

And they are slowly drifting towards Toro Rosso, Sauber and Force India. Mercedes is ahead of them. But I think that both teams, Mercedes and Renault, will soon move 75% of resources to 2012 car..

Haug from Mercedes said yesterday, that they will only develop this car till Singapore.

 

[brotkasten]

I think that there is more to their financial problems than we know. If you do not have enough money to cover even more basic stuff, how will you develop new parts for the car? Bad results do not please sponsors.

And they are slowly drifting towards Toro Rosso, Sauber and Force India. Mercedes is ahead of them. But I think that both teams, Mercedes and Renault, will soon move 75% of resources to 2012 car..

Haug from Mercedes said yesterday, that they will only develop this car till Singapore.

Renault had a loss of $40m last season and it doesn't look like this year is going to be better.

 

[Leunam]

I think that there is more to their financial problems than we know. If you do not have enough money to cover even more basic stuff, how will you develop new parts for the car? Bad results do not please sponsors.

They've got a big update coming for Spa, so there is still some development taking place, but it's going to be too late. These are the kinds of updates that they probably should have brought a couple of races ago. It's a shame they couldn't come up with these sooner but I guess the cash situation was pretty bad (I had completely forgotten about it).

 

[operon]

I think that there is more to their financial problems than we know. If you do not have enough money to cover even more basic stuff, how will you develop new parts for the car? Bad results do not please sponsors.

And they are slowly drifting towards Toro Rosso, Sauber and Force India. Mercedes is ahead of them. But I think that both teams, Mercedes and Renault, will soon move 75% of resources to 2012 car..

Haug from Mercedes said yesterday, that they will only develop this car till Singapore.

I wonder is the fact that they don't have kubica driving for them this year, has that lost them sponsers etc

 

[Ark]

I wonder is the fact that they don't have kubica driving for them this year, has that lost them sponsers etc

Sponsors isn't the problem, the problem is with the firm that took over the team.

 

[RomanticHeroX]

I'm pretty sure Petrov is the one bringing in the sponsorship money for the team.

 

[DrM]

Check The F1 Slate for some good laughs
Those from 'Button' are killing me

 

[brotkasten]

Check The F1 Slate for some good laughs
Those from 'Button' are killing me

Some of it is really funny

hammy Lewis Hamilton
Martin's just really proud of the new me Nando, I'm gonna be all mature and responsible from now on, I've turned over a new leaf.

fernando Fernando Alonso
You almost turned over a new Force India yesterday.

...

fernando Fernando Alonso
Way to take responsibility Hamilton, pretending not to know what you did. Is it because you was bl....ocking the track for di Resta?

hammy Lewis Hamilton
It's not gonna frickin' work Nando, I'm mature now, you're not gonna make me say anything stupid. I apologised to Paul, I had no idea he was coming, I just didn't see him.

fernando Fernando Alonso
You know I think I actually believe you Hamilton, I'm pretty sure you didn't see him before spinning your car onto the racing line - mainly because you didn't bother looking.

 

[a176]

dyamn

 

[f0rk]

Check The F1 Slate for some good laughs
Those from 'Button' are killing me

rofl
The writer is clearly an Alonso fan.


We can all agree with Lee McKenzie.

I can understand this kind of frustration Paul.It's a joke that the BBC producers give me about 10 seconds of screen time every weekend. At least the viewers get to hear my sultry Scottish accent when I interview you after Q2.

 

[TylerD]

These five people have ruined it for the rest of you.

I'll fess up. I am the 17 down 13 up at the top. Started to download Senna before leaving for my parents house and didnt realize it was 7 gigs and nobody has requested it.

I am getting the 720p BBCOne Hungary GP broadcast today in hopes that it will be popular and I can get on the high side of things.

 

[zomgbbqftw]

I'll fess up. I am the 17 down 13 up at the top. Started to download Senna before leaving for my parents house and didnt realize it was 7 gigs and nobody has requested it.

I am getting the 720p BBCOne Hungary GP broadcast today in hopes that it will be popular and I can get on the high side of things.

Your ratio isn't even that bad. That assclown on the bottom ruins everything. D:

 

[Omiee]

Guess who is going to Spa this year, and is invited in to the apartment of his brothers friend in Monaco, with an excellent view on the first corner.

I just hope its not to hot at Spa, its ramadan so i dont want to get thirsty =(

 

[Leunam]

I'll fess up. I am the 17 down 13 up at the top.

Well, at least your ratio isn't as bad as -40 GIGS HOLY CRAP.

 

[f0rk]

Well, at least your ratio isn't as bad as -40 GIGS HOLY CRAP.

I'm not familiar with torrent etiquette but isn't that 0.3 better than the people who are less than 0.01?

 

[Leunam]

I'm not either, but it seems to me that you would want to upload more than you download and not the other way around.

Is this something we can even discuss on here? What's the rule on downloading F1 broadcasts?

 

[Psychotext]

Check The F1 Slate for some good laughs
Those from 'Button' are killing me

Brilliant.

 

[Dead Man]

Guess who is going to Spa this year, and is invited in to the apartment of his brothers friend in Monaco, with an excellent view on the first corner.

I just hope its not to hot at Spa, its ramadan so i dont want to get thirsty =(

So jealous!

 

[Psychotext]

Crap, I can't stop reading that site. Pure gold.

 

[f0rk]

They moved up Silverstone up a week, is it likely to change again? I know the teams still want to move some dates around.

Which Grandstand do I want to sit in?

 

[Dead Man]

I'll fess up. I am the 17 down 13 up at the top. Started to download Senna before leaving for my parents house and didnt realize it was 7 gigs and nobody has requested it.

I am getting the 720p BBCOne Hungary GP broadcast today in hopes that it will be popular and I can get on the high side of things.

I don't understand how the person with a ratio of 1 has stuffed it up for everyone. It is impossible for everyone on a torrent network to have a ratio over 1.

 

[Shaneus]

That site is awesome. Did I miss something in Hamilton almost hitting Di Resta?

I really need to watch the race. Will have to settle for 720p via usenet.

 

[deim0s]

Crap, I can't stop reading that site. Pure gold.

I said the same thing.

 

[Dibbz]

That site is great. This basically sums up Eddie and Jake

Eddie Jordan
I must take issue with Martin's comments about Scottish. I'll stick to the point here briefly if I may. My fellow Celts also speak Scot's Gaelic, similar in many ways to the Irish Gaelic. I'll keep going here in English, or I might confuse people. Anyway, to finish my point about Red Bull, I think they may have components on their car that are better than the other teams, so all credit to them.

Jake Humphrey
I think you strayed off point there Eddie. Although you have raised an interesting point. Would the viewers like to hear Lee McKenzie speak in another language, maybe French? Send me your tweets guys (in English).

 

[AcridMeat]

Just finished watching. Fun race throughout, that Renault explosion was crazy. Did I hear right a 3 week break now? What the hell am I going to do?!

 

[Xun]

Just finished watching. Fun race throughout, that Renault explosion was crazy. Did I hear right a 3 week break now? What the hell am I going to do?!

You heard right sadly.

The wait will be unbearable.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I find Lee McKenzie attractive.

 

[brotkasten]

Just finished watching. Fun race throughout, that Renault explosion was crazy. Did I hear right a 3 week break now? What the hell am I going to do?!

So glad that I have a friend who doesn't watch F1 live and still has to get into the sport. Next week we'll grab few beers and then watch the race. It will be a roller coaster ride for him, since he's a fan of Hamilton.

 

[DrM]

Just finished watching. Fun race throughout, that Renault explosion was crazy. Did I hear right a 3 week break now? What the hell am I going to do?!

Read The F1 Slate

Ambrosia Jerome d'Ambrosio
That's really cool, maybe I will get asked to drive a historic Virgin car at a GP some day.

fernando Fernando Alonso
Your tender years don't excuse even you thinking a one year old car is historic Ambrosia.

mschumi Michael Schumacher
The fans would probably be more excited to see a horse and cart go around the track than an old Virgin, the laptimes would be close enough.

Ambrosia Jerome d'Ambrosio
The term horsepower is one that always confused me. It seems a strange term to use for a modern F1 car.

fernando Fernando Alonso
It equates the power of the car to the number of horses a driver can break in over one hour Ambrosia. Head down to your local stud and give it a shot.

bestofbritish Jenson Button
If anyone wants to break in this local stud let me know. I like to get a bit between my teeth every now and then.