Same here, its gonna be really sad to hear Bob and the gang sign off at the end of the season if thats really the last we hear from them.
Same here, at least I have someone who shares my disappointment with all of this (none of my friends are that into Motorsport let alone F1)
As I mentioned in the chat thread. Tracks like Korea are getting big discounts to hold a race. Sadly us the viewers are paying the difference. Money talks more than the Fans according to BE
Ecclestone is a joke of a human being. A few more years and he'll have to step down, and f1 will be back to the way it was. He's ruined the sport we love.
I'm really hoping thats the case. I want to retain my good coverage of the sport, I want the best tracks for both the drivers and fans regardless of trying to spread the brand across the world. I get and respect the intentions of doing that, but I think most people would rather see great racing then meh racing and making a bit more money cause of greed. He has slowly been killing the sport over the past few years, and it makes me sad that I have been getting more and more into the sport during the years where he decides its apparently a good idea to mess with things that don't need to be messed with.
no, zombie walk around aimlessly, whereas Vampires suck the life blood out of things, in this case it's F1.
This might be of interest to those amongst us based in the USA: https://www.facebook.com/ConvinceNbcToKeepTheSpeedTvF1CrewTogether
I'm glad people are in the same boat as we are. Definitely liked it, I hope it happens. NBC would be stupid to not bring in seasoned veterans who know how to draw viewers in with smart commentary
Liked also. Looking at the official press release it says all races will be shown live on the NBC Sports website, nothing about them being live on the telly box.... Great. What exactly don't NBC understand about the digital age when it comes to not airing events live? Looks like I'll be hooking the laptop up to the telebox at silly o'clock next year and hoping the interwebs doesn't go tits up. Speed would show live and on delay, NBC better do the same.... doubt it though.
If NBC is smart, they will air the races live on TV, allowing us to record them and watch when we get up just like we can with speed. They also desperately need to bring the same production team and commentary team over to do the coverage. All those guys are excellent, they have passion for the sport, they've all been around long enough that you won't have any awkwardness from new guys and have it be painful to watch. If they bring in a bunch of new idiots I won't watch it, which will suck, because then I won't have any other options, and I really don't want to miss out on the races because of morons.
For what it's worth, I'm with you two on this. I spend a lot of time in the US, with the (hopefully noble) concept of promoting interest in motor sport. Unfortunately it is all too often a battle which â perhaps foolishly â I am not prepared to back down over: a battle with the powerhouse at the top of the pinnacle, which is so intertwined with an established system of general governance* that I find the world an ever more depressing place. I find this very sad but as I have already said, it is at the very core of human nature since those who do not endorse such philosophy by conforming and thereby adding to it, are necessarily side-lined into obscurity. Hence 'the establishment' perpetuates itselfâ¦- - -o0o- - - *Please extrapolate beyond the tenuous boundaries of motor racing, to the way of the world in general. Built upon the more avaricious aspects of human nature, politics and power-mongering will always tend to be self-serving and exploitative.
I gathered you were making references to the whole world in general and not just F1, and I'd have to agree with you. Money talks, and people will always look out for their best interests, rightly or wrongly (situation dependent). Its also hard to tackle such an ingrained system that holds so much power.
So, I've been looking around, and I noticed that Steve Matchett is now following NBC Sports Network on twitter. Based on everything I'm reading, its hard to be 100% certain, but it looks as if he has been brought onto a team for NBC. Also, looking at David Hobbs' twitter, he said that he hasn't been brought onto the team and Varsha has continued to say he has a contract with Speed. Nothing from Buxton. Also also, apparently the team isn't going to be at the next GP? I saw that somewhere too but haven't been able to find any sort of announcement in regards to whether that is true or not. Just wanted to share what I've read today
This would be a surprise to me. I have not been tracking things but was/am expecting them to be there.
Not that I know much about American TV but this seems a bizarre decision even on business grounds; with 2 new races in the US and the great prize of establishing F1 for the mass market in the USA still to be won, you'd have thought now would be the worst possible time to start mucking around with established TV coverage.
