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Definitely opportune for the teams to take advantage of the break. As a Bottas/Alfa fan, I really hope they can make some progress. Seeing him languish at the back sucks. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Yes, Alfa Romeo and Alpha Tauri seem to need some serious upgrades. Both Haas and Williams have made progress since last year and the front of the mid field to the back is really close. Hopefully Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Mercedes can make a step forward quicker than Red Bull so the front is more competitive. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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The odd bit is that Bottas had a good run in Bahrain & had nothing to show for it in Saudi nor Australia. Not sure if the Alfa just doesn't do well on high speed handling, or if the other midfielders made big strides since Bahrain. We'll see come Baku. Now the long wait. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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A one month break would have been more useful in the pre-cost cap days, but now not so much. The teams usually have upgrades planned and scheduled, so bringing them now instead of later may not help much. | |||
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It means the crews get to sleep in their own homes for a month and see their families instead of getting on a plane to another country since they're working almost year round. | |||
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Formula 1 agrees multi-year deal to bring Paramount+ on board This article and others mention which races will see early involvement from them, but little else. Does that mean this will evolve to a replacement for F1 app and viewing (which seems unlikely) or to replace ESPN, Sky, etc. in the broadcast rights world? You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Hope ESPN doesn't lose the Sky coverage. That'll be the straw to push me to F1TV, and the ESPN channels for F1 are my main reason for having YTTV. Really hope F1 can get a native app for Samsung TVs by then. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Yeah, I hope they are able to stay on ESPN as well. Can't use the streaming service as my AT&T internet is very shitty. | |||
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I've got the bandwidth for F1TV, I just don't want to add another service, and have to tether a 2nd device to the TV to watch, since there isn't a native app available. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Since f1 and Indycar were about all I watched on regular tv and the needed services to make that happen are about $70 a month now, this wasn’t a hard decision. The F1 pro subscription is $70 a year and the Peacock NBC ($4.99 a month) for Indycar can be switched off when the season ends, so really about 8 months. That’s a big savings and better coverage.This message has been edited. Last edited by: 220-9er, ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Here's the official release from F1 about the Paramount deal. Doesn't really say much about if it's going to affect the broadcast rights https://www.formula1.com/en/la...rCcuUExsBOI3RPN.html
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Missed a lunch meeting with a vendor last week, but the rest of my dept was in attendance. Sounds like F1 was brought up & I walked in to this on my desk this morning  The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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James Allison back in as Technical Director at Mercedes. I sort of recall a similar thing at Red Bull many years ago when Adrian Newey went off to design an Americas Cup boat to clear his head and the team struggled. https://www.planetf1.com/news/...technical-reshuffle/ ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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Got an email from Alfa for Miami tickets $2k/person with Thursday paddock access & driver meet. Too steep for me when adding in travel costs. Maybe if it were at COTA.  The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Prior to this change, you either loved the Sprint or hated it. Now EVERYONE hates it. Good job FIA!
Full description including tires and other rules. Pretty Bush League to drop this 3 days before race. I know teams have been working through all scenarios for a weekend program, but this is just introducing unnecessary chaos to the whole weekend instead of just Saturday. You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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I thought they had already decided that the sprint was going to be a standalone event with the sprint and it’s qualifying not having any relation to the race. I hated the sprint race weekend format when it first came out, and now they’ve just made it stupider. Basically the pecking order is determined on Friday, and both qualifying and both races should play out similar. The joker in the order will be who wrecks out, which almost always happens at Baku. | |||
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Yeah, that sounds awful Renders the Sprint results pointless, effectively, apart from the points awarded. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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And with no third chassis allowed in the garage now, when that happens in a sprint it's going to be tough for someone to even run the GP.
Let's just hope this is the max more stupiderest and we only see improvements from here. OTOH, maybe they'll start running race in two or three stages with mandatory caution for the intervening laps....  You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Or, this change gets enough backlash that it's short-lived. Remember knockout qualifying from 2016? Lasted all of 2 races & was absolutely horrible. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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I am thinking of cutting the cable cord. Currently I will set the cloud DVR to tape the race, whether it's on ESPN or occasionally on ABC. And I also tape qualifying and the Sunday pre-race show. I have Disney+ and Hulu, and might have the ESPN+ option, but I am not sure on that. Should I go the ESPN+ option? Or go for F1 TV? I never, ever watch the race live. So it is imperative that I be able to watch after the fact. Doesn't matter to me whether the TV (Vizio) has a native app, or I have to stream from my phone. Which direction do I want to go? | |||
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