intentsGP

The 2011 season saw a great start to Paul di Resta’s F1 career, finishing the year as the highest placed rookie. He came into Formula 1 with a big reputation, having beaten Vettel when they were team mates in Formula 3, taken the DTM championship in 2010 (against several former F1 drivers) and received the backing of Mercedes, who don’t offer their support to whoever knocks on their big silver door. So, the question is, can di Resta deliver further on his promise and become a regular on the grid and even in the points or the podium? Well, it won’t be easy…

Read More

I saw this worrying article in the Independent this morning

Whilst this is about Premier League coverage, it does have significant implications for F1 coverage in Pubs as it’s all about a copyright battle across European countries.

The ruling has also caused euroviewsport to temporarily suspend its service whilst it considers the best way forward.

What goes for the Premier League also goes for F1 coverage in pubs. I stress this only affects pubs using a foreign decoder.

The numbers that do use such a decoder must be of concern to the Premier League and Sky otherwise why are they taking out warning advertisements in the trade press immediately after the court ruling?

The service that I blogged about here I don’t feel is affected as there is no foreign decoder card.

I also found out that LookingSpiffy had already blogged about how to actually do it in an excellent article.

If you thought you would be watching F1 down the pub this year, you may have to reconsider unless your publican pays Sky (£1000 per month?)

Anyone who’s followed the launch of the new 2012 F1 cars and the first period of testing last week, will instantly say the answer to that is McLaren. That would certainly be the fighting talk answer too. However. the true answer is the FIA, and their technical regulation tweaks for this year.

Read More

The first thing to say in answering this question is that for the last few years, he has had a great car at his disposal, which often helps to show off a driver’s strengths and cloud any weaknesses. However, Mark Webber also had the same great car underneath him and unfortunately for him, found himself pootling about making Vettel look quite a lot better than him in 2011.

Read More

So the darkness of the winter is finally starting to lift and the Formula One launch season will soon be upon us. For F1 fans out there who cannot bear the lonely off-season and cannot bring themselves to look at a Formula One headline until the bark of a V8 engine is almost within earshot, here is a brief run-down of the news making the headlines over the last couple of months.

Read More

Having put my rather unhappy thoughts about the BBC Sky F1 TV deal down on paper a few days ago, I thought there has to be another (cheaper) way.

Read More

So a lot of the details about the 2012 F1 TV coverage for UK viewers have now been released. Here’s my take on it all. First the nitty gritty:

Read More

The passionate Paulistas played host to the last round of the 2011 Formula One World Championship today. Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a city of contrasts, with the rich living in opulence overlooking the ramshackled, poverty ridden favelas. When F1 comes to town, the contrasts are marked, but the intense love the Brazilian people have for Formula One is reciprocated by the sport, transcending the distance between their respective worlds.

Read More

Having equalled the record for the highest number of poles in a single season, and on a circuit that was expected to test the overtaking gizmos to their limits, it looked as though Vettel was set to take yet another win in his extraordinary season. It didn’t quite work out that way.

Read More

Mr Ecclestone’s quest to take Formula 1 into uncharted waters continued this weekend, this time with a trip to the hustling, bustling and spectacular India. The Buddh International Circuit received a universal thumbs up from the drivers who loved the high speed natural flowing nature of the layout.

Read More