So, are you satisfied with your TV F1 commentary? *Monza spoilers*
Posted by BAR#10
On a side note, motogp commentary on eurosport is really good, however since bbc bought exclusive rights to it next year, it means i wont be able to watch it on there anymore and will have to watch boring bbc commentary that is also very biased.
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H E L L O DaveEllis schreef:
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> James Allens interview on Dutch TV where he stated
> they got 3000 emails and "97% of them said they
> would never watch F1 again" and "England is not
> terribly happy" and "the rest of the world isn't
> terribly happy either" really pissed me off. This
> man needs a kick in the face and a reality check.
3000 emails of the few million people watching f1, wow now the penalty should be reversed
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> James Allens interview on Dutch TV where he stated
> they got 3000 emails and "97% of them said they
> would never watch F1 again" and "England is not
> terribly happy" and "the rest of the world isn't
> terribly happy either" really pissed me off. This
> man needs a kick in the face and a reality check.
3000 emails of the few million people watching f1, wow now the penalty should be reversed
I'm a firm F1 fan of one-and-a-half decades and I believe Lewis's penalty should be reversed, but my indignation arises out of impartial consideration and applied knowledge of the rules, not national favouritism. I don't think it's fair to say that Hamilton "did infringe the regulation" because he clearly let Kimi back past, as he is expected to do, and was not under a duty to remain behind Kimi when he went in far too cautiously to La Source.
But that's a separate argument, my point is that "true" racing fans don't all believe that the penalty should stand and they aren't to be confused with the people to whom you refer as 'casual fans', who do appear to have reacted in a childish manner by e-mailing ITV in anger. As if ITV, or James Allen, have anything to do with the regulations. James was passing on these childish comments, don't shoot the messenger for the idiocy of the message.
Thankfully the FIA seem above public sway. There was an incident in the UK about 20 years ago when two killers were denied early release by the Home Secretary because he received 12 thousand coupons from readers of The Sun expressing their opinion. I won't go into the numbers and percentages but that's a tiny proportion of the population, most of whom didn't even have a knowledge of the case. Say what you like about the FIA, but at least they ignore public opinion when they should.
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But that's a separate argument, my point is that "true" racing fans don't all believe that the penalty should stand and they aren't to be confused with the people to whom you refer as 'casual fans', who do appear to have reacted in a childish manner by e-mailing ITV in anger. As if ITV, or James Allen, have anything to do with the regulations. James was passing on these childish comments, don't shoot the messenger for the idiocy of the message.
Thankfully the FIA seem above public sway. There was an incident in the UK about 20 years ago when two killers were denied early release by the Home Secretary because he received 12 thousand coupons from readers of The Sun expressing their opinion. I won't go into the numbers and percentages but that's a tiny proportion of the population, most of whom didn't even have a knowledge of the case. Say what you like about the FIA, but at least they ignore public opinion when they should.
i beleive today was a first for me, in that i actually shouted "shut the f*ck up james allen you stupid twat" at teh TV, he was pissing me off so much
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Today was hilarious
ITV: F1 SCREWED LEWIS
F1 Drivers: Penalty was needed, but maybe a little harsh
ITV: Well...they weren't thinking about the sport
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ITV: F1 SCREWED LEWIS
F1 Drivers: Penalty was needed, but maybe a little harsh
ITV: Well...they weren't thinking about the sport
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Oh dear. I didn't watch the pre-quali show because I thought they wouldn't cover anything except the Lewis incident controversey. Sounds like I made the right decision.
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I didn't watch the pre-qualifying show yesterday either, but I had no choice, because I had to do prefect duties at my school's speech day. I got home a few minutes before qualifying started (nice surprise to see it raining), and I thoroughly enjoyed missing the build up
I can recommend missing the ITV build up, F1 coverage feels much more neutral then, and more professional
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I can recommend missing the ITV build up, F1 coverage feels much more neutral then, and more professional
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Locke Cole Wrote:
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> Oh dear. I didn't watch the pre-quali show because
> I thought they wouldn't cover anything except the
> Lewis incident controversey. Sounds like I made
> the right decision.
Was quite insightful and I was quite supprised to think it was worth the watch. Was not as bad as I thought it would be or could have been.
edit - ITV's reaction was the same throughout British Press and 'general' British opinion. Of course they would cover it and dispute it, likewise the Italian crew would have gone over about why it was justified. Today though they were quite fair on comments about his defending so its not as bad as people try to make out.
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2008 04:24PM by chet.
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> Oh dear. I didn't watch the pre-quali show because
> I thought they wouldn't cover anything except the
> Lewis incident controversey. Sounds like I made
> the right decision.
Was quite insightful and I was quite supprised to think it was worth the watch. Was not as bad as I thought it would be or could have been.
edit - ITV's reaction was the same throughout British Press and 'general' British opinion. Of course they would cover it and dispute it, likewise the Italian crew would have gone over about why it was justified. Today though they were quite fair on comments about his defending so its not as bad as people try to make out.
"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2008 04:24PM by chet.
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