ESPN for regular old broadcast and there will be an official F1 streaming service available in the US and some other countries TBA.
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ESPN for regular old broadcast and there will be an official F1 streaming service available in the US and some other countries TBA.
Worth noting that unless something has changed, ESPN is using the "world feed" in lieu of their own commentary team.
Good. NBCSN had Buxton, but was low budget. I've just been watching Sky broadcasts for years, which were far better with no commercials and extensive pre and post race coverage.
I can't wait for a streaming service.
I'm not talking about it terms of WDC winner, I was talking about it being Mercedes and Ferrari being the only two that would be in contention and as a RBR fan that was in the middle of moving and starting my masters program, It didn't hold my interest.
They spared us the torture of Eddie Cheever Jr. and Scott Goodyear.
Oh man, Paul Ricard is what took over from Malaysia? Ugh. I think I'd prefer literally any other previous circuit. Well, maybe not Korea. But anything else.
The superlicense rules are pretty strict. No one can walk in as a pay driver or a lower series prodigy anymore without some kind of actual success in championships, and in most cases it takes 2-3 years of performing well to qualify.
Aaahahahaha. Even if the cars are more even, it's going to take the next aero overhaul in a few years moving more to ground effects to change things. It doesn't help that the majority of the tracks have designs that make overtaking nearly impossible in these cars. That or pray that the tyre degradation is up massively and performance gaps between compounds are huge.
Yes, late last year, but with a few races to go still, so they were able to do a proper sendoff after the final race.
Hoping Buxton ends up somewhere though :(
Funny that they implemented these rules because of Verstappen, probably the best driver to arrive on that grid since Lewis Hamilton, lol.
Raikkonen was pretty controversial when Sauber signed him too. Thankfully we have the stricter superlicence system now, so that only drivers like Stroll can get in and preserve F1's racing integrity.
Raikkonen was very controversial when he entered F1. Ron Dennis in particular was pretty vocal.
Of course, that didn't stop him from signing Kimi a few months later.
Indeed. Even Stroll has managed to not end up 100% horrible (when he's not crashing the car), but I think this is a good system. In order to instantly qualify you need to place top 3 in F2 (or win IndyCar, which I assume is the FIA trying to throw a bone to Americans). Even winning any of the F3 series isn't enough on its own and it effectively forces all but instant legendary drivers to spend at least 2 years in the advanced feeder series before entering F1.
Was going to put a bet on Ferrari winning constructors but the odds weren't great. :(
If I put a tenner on Torro Rosso, I'd get 100x!
If I put a tenner on Torro Rosso, I'd get 100x!
Yeah NBC wanted exclusive streaming rights for F1 which Formula 1 was not going to give. Since they were setting up their own OTT service for Formula 1.
So they gave it to ESPN probably so they can get a discount to use the BamTech technology for F1's OTT service when they start that up.
There is also rumors that ESPN will just use the Sky commentators for the races.
Wasn't he doing the official post-qualy interviews last year? Maybe he'll find a similar job. Or he could replace someone like Ted Kravitz and actually do high quality paddock passes, not super awkward notebooks. :)
Watch a bunch of videos from last year https://www.youtube.com/user/Formula1/playlists
Play F1 games. Games work for getting into any sport.
Bottas = Freddie mercury's love child CONFIRMED!!!!Nice Photoshop job :)
I can't wait for the cars that were designed with them in mind to be just as ugly.
Not sure how I am going to watch this year, any service I sign up for will pretty much only be for F1.
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You just jump in and watch. It's a huge global series and stuff is explained frequently.
F1 also makes it hard to actually go back and watch their amazing history anyways.
Someone else mentioned it, but following their YouTube channel is a good idea, too. They have great videos on it that can ease you in a little.
Nowadays it's really quite decent. Quick highlight summaries of the sessions in a few minutes, track info, historical bits, interviews, quizzes with F1 personalities etc.
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It's a Merc formula still. Bottas should be better and Kimi will still suck as Ferrari will piss away everything like usual. McLaren should fight Redbull for their place as podium scraps and maybe an occasional win at certain tracks.
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Is there a car reveal timeline? Usually the teams reveal their new cars around this time but I can't find anything about it.
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Found this
Ferrari: February 22
McLaren: February 23
Toro Rosso: February 25
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Found this
Ferrari: February 22
McLaren: February 23
Toro Rosso: February 25