Mastah
Member
Just of interest... what exactly do you think they've done do annoy Bernie?
It's either a thing about Pirelli or their refusal to supply Red Bull with Merc engines.
I mean, I just went through last few Q3 sessions and the difference is staggering:
Great Britain - 237 seconds
Hungary - 273 seconds
Belgium - 202 seconds
Italy - 160 seconds
Singapore - sorry, don't have it
All live trackside coverage, out-laps, fast laps and in-laps just in Q3, I didn't even count replays or pitlane footage. Meanwhile in Japan Mercedes weren't shown even for 1 second in Q1 or Q2, and in Q3 it was...
Japan - 20 seconds, LOL
12 seconds of Lewis and Nico leaving pits, 8 seconds of Lewis crossing finish line. There was also 26 seconds of replaying lock-up in the hairpin and 16 second of pitlane footage. Overall, whooping 62 seconds of Mercedes on screen during whole 45 minutes (actually during first 33 minutes they weren't shown even once).
These are hard numbers, anyone can check it out. Disgusting, but Bernie gonna Bernie.
I wish I had this much free time.