The Official 2008 F1 Series Thread

[z31maniac]

Thankfully, I believe this is the last Fox-aired race of the season.

I like watching the race in HD!

[TDE30]

I like watching the race in HD!

Speed also airs in HD as well, of course I've got DirecTV, so cable may not have it in HD.

[E30Kaiser]

I just hate watching the races on fox because the times are inconvenient, the commentary is gaged for idiots, and the commercials are terrible. I would much rather watch 20 commercials for pinks hahaha.

[Jon325i]

I just hate watching the races on fox because the times are inconvenient, the commentary is gaged for idiots, and the commercials are terrible. I would much rather watch 20 commercials for pinks hahaha.

I agree with you on those points, except for the 'times are inconvenient' part. When its on Fox, its 10am Sunday morning on the west coast.....a nice change allowing me to sleep in a bit since I normally wake up at 4:30AM to watch the pre-race show as well as the race on Sundays (if that ain't devotion to F1, I don't know what is). :-P

As for the commentary, yes it is clearly re-hashed to accommodate the Fox masses. I'm sure there are some who tuned in and said, 'Champ Car race today?' since F1 is popular everywhere else but here. What I also don't like is how the race is edited down to 2 hours. Pre-race show on Fox? Forget it. Full post-race trophy presentation and interviews with Windsor? Yeah, right. Even the formation lap coverage is edited down so as to fit the generous window of airtime Fox has provided. About the only thing I can tolerate is that the same Speed crew is announcing. Remember a couple of seasons ago when CBS carried F1 and Derek Daily & Ralph Shaheen were commentators? I just about had to watch it with the TV on mute. Glad those days are long gone.

Jon

[TDE30]

I agree with you on those points, except for the 'times are inconvenient' part. When its on Fox, its 10am Sunday morning on the west coast.....a nice change allowing me to sleep in a bit since I normally wake up at 4:30AM to watch the pre-race show as well as the race on Sundays (if that ain't devotion to F1, I don't know what is). :-P

As for the commentary, yes it is clearly re-hashed to accommodate the Fox masses. I'm sure there are some who tuned in and said, 'Champ Car race today?' since F1 is popular everywhere else but here. What I also don't like is how the race is edited down to 2 hours. Pre-race show on Fox? Forget it. Full post-race trophy presentation and interviews with Windsor? Yeah, right. Even the formation lap coverage is edited down so as to fit the generous window of airtime Fox has provided. About the only thing I can tolerate is that the same Speed crew is announcing. Remember a couple of seasons ago when CBS carried F1 and Derek Daily & Ralph Shaheen were commentators? I just about had to watch it with the TV on mute. Glad those days are long gone.

Jon

+1 about being happy "Durk" Daly and Ralph Shaheen have moved on.

I was really hoping to see Massa's reaction to Lewis' pass in the latter portion of the race.

[E30Kaiser]

the only thing about the times being inconvenient is that I work on Sundays so any reasonable time for normal people is inconvenient for me lol. Much rather wake up at 7 in the morning to watch the Practice session on Friday, Qualifications on Saturday and Race on Sunday. At least the horror is over. Speed FTMFW

[z31maniac]

Speed also airs in HD as well, of course I've got DirecTV, so cable may not have it in HD.

O really?

Yeah our digital cable package doesn't have Speed in HD. This makes me want to look into satellite even more.......since the fuckers upped our TV/Internet package nearly $20 when we changed addresses, in the same town.

Assholes.

[TDE30]

O really?

Yeah our digital cable package doesn't have Speed in HD. This makes me want to look into satellite even more.......since the fuckers upped our TV/Internet package nearly $20 when we changed addresses, in the same town.

Assholes.

Yeah, well, with DirecTV you have to pay something like $10 more a month to receive programs in HD only after buying a HD satellite receiver from them. It's a bit of a hassle, but I have to admit, there are some HD programs that make that $10 seem very miniscule.

[Lair]

The re-air on SPEED is starting now.

[madjurgen]

And yes, Couthard once again... i retract anything ive said in this thread about Couthard...

Glad you finally see the light. I dont know why no one is making a big deal that he's caused an incident in almost every race this year.

Am I the only one that was pissed off by Hamilton's passes at the end of the race? He would just dive down the inside, the two cars would then match speed on exit and Hamilton would then squeeze the other car ALL THE WAY to the grass to the point where the other driver was forced to let off the throttle. That doesnt compute as respectful racing in my mind.

[TDE30]

Glad you finally see the light. I dont know why no one is making a big deal that he's caused an incident in almost every race this year.

Am I the only one that was pissed off by Hamilton's passes at the end of the race? He would just dive down the inside, the two cars would then match speed on exit and Hamilton would then squeeze the other car ALL THE WAY to the grass to the point where the other driver was forced to let off the throttle. That doesnt compute as respectful racing in my mind.

Funny you should mention it, that's the only reason I'm watching today's re-airing. It seemed like he forced Massa off line quite a bit, so I am also looking forward to Massa's post-race response to said pass.

[Hick]

im at work. please post what Massa says.

[E30Kaiser]

Yeah I thought the same thing, and it was like night and day to watch his passes of Massa and Piquet and then watch Kimi's pass of Kubica. My opinion of Hamilton is basically sealed at this point. Great driver, not such a great attitude. A lot like Alonso hahaha.

[TDE30]

Great driver, not such a great attitude. A lot like Alonso hahaha.

He is, isn't he? I never really made the correlation before, but they do have very similar on-track/off-track attitudes.

[TDE30]

im at work. please post what Massa says.

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8130.html