Re: F1 2012 season

AReader said:

I believe that there is far too much F1 coverage, with reporrers beyond number hanging on he slightest detail.  BBC tv had it about right in the days of Walker abd Hunt doing their 40 minute summary on a Sunday night back in the 80s. I recreate this by DVRing the race, then reading through the BBC report onlne which usually tells what laps the notable things happened on, and I then fast forward through my recording and just watch those sequences, while trying not to listen to the awful commentators on SpeedTV. Don't get me wrong, I love F1 and Monaco, and even like most of the drivers these days, I just can't stand to watch them for very long - for sure, it's just too boring.

I have to agree about the saturation coverage. 5 hours of track time across 3 practice sessions and qualifying on Friday and Saturday. Then a pre-race show (an hour? 90 minutes? We don't get the pre-race show here), then the full race (2hrs), then post-race interviews and analysis for another hour or two. Plus the websites (broadcasters, F1 offcial site, teams, magazines, newspapers, enthusiast blogs, forums), plus the social networking 'content' on twitter, facebook and youtube. If you had the Sky F1 channel I'm assuming they'd fill the weekend with even more coverage. 

I'd be interesting in reading what you like about Monaco. Even if it means piling more commentary on top of the F1 pile...

Re: F1 2012 season

Doubt Bernie or any other big shot in F1 will ever have the knackers to say ''lets get rid that historical GP'' so where does that leave us? The layout cant be changed (for obvious reasons) and the cars are wide so what can we do to increase the spectacle? My suggestion is we split the grid for the Sunday race and have twelve drivers racing in one direction and twelve in another,all at the same time! :-)  No,seriously,i believe that because of DRS and co we have all got really use to seeing a lot of overtaking manoeuvres which has made the racing more interesting for spectators,lets not forget though that before these systems were introduced pretty much every race was a Monaco type procession! Its only boring race on the calendar now, i personally can cope with that...

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Thanks to those who responded to my request for opinions on Monaco. I hadn't thought about the ability to walk around the circuit, and I must admit that the experience of standing close to the track as the cars went by was a highlight of my visit to the Singapore GP. I guess I'll have to go see it for myself someday, although Monza and Spa are at the top of my must-see list.

7 races and 7 winners - my sympathies to Lokinen and Batty for the relative misfortune of your usual favourite drivers in Montreal, but I am glad to see that podium picks remain unpredictable. By the way, a question for Sky UK viewers: does Damon Hill have a Mercedes F1 car voodoo model that he stabs with pins to cause Schumacher's curse to continue? I can't think what else could be behind his continuing run of 'bad luck'.

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@STE, Rear wing stuck open, had to retire the car....Just very unlucky this year, shame as he seems really up to the job