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Where is everyone now that was convinced after a few races that Max/RBull would win everything this year...? So nice to see it's finally a competitive season with races not predetermined by expectations!
 
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Where is everyone now that was convinced after a few races that Max/RBull would win everything this year...? So nice to see it's finally a competitive season with races not predetermined by expectations!
It has been pretty fantastic, very much like 2012
 
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So pleased to see Binotto back in F1!
I think the way Ferrari treated him was so very poor, after so many years of incredible loyal service with that team, he deserved much better treatment ..He was an absolute breath of fresh air and sooo much more qualified than clueless cig promoter Maurizio Arivabenne who preceded him or indeed the even more (F1) clueless car salesman Marco Mattiacci who preceded Arivabenne;
I just hope Ferrari don't get itchy fingers and pull the trigger too soon on Fred Vassur!

Fred and Mattia would have made a great partnership at Ferrari with Mattia sidestepping to head up engineering. I hope he achieves great success at Audi replacing the ever-itchy-arsed Andreas Seidl
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Hi all,
I lost my ability to watch my F1 streams from the last race onwards so have now bitten the bullet and signed up to F1 TV I have to say at just under £20 for the year it's not bad value. Also not having to listen to the Sky morons any longer is a major plus IMHO.

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Also not having to listen to the Sky morons any longer is a major plus IMHO.

I really like Brundle, and I quite like when they have Rosberg on to shit stir. But otherwise, I'm pretty indifferent about the rest of the Sky crew. Other than the odd idiot like Danica Patrick or formerly Johnny Herbert. Unfortunately, there is a bit of a media monopoly in Australia so F1 TV isn't an option - we're stuck with Sky.
 
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I always liked Brundle and kind of indifferent to everyone else. They have their usual cast of former drivers, Nico, Jenson, Danica, Karun, and whoever else. The only one I thought didn't really belong was Danica.
 
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Hi all,
I lost my ability to watch my F1 streams from the last race onwards so have now bitten the bullet and signed up to F1 TV I have to say at just under £20 for the year it's not bad value. Also not having to listen to the Sky morons any longer is a major plus IMHO.

Marc
just under £20 for the year (I'm guessing you're in the UK) That is unbelievably cheap, is it an invite? did you use a VPN?
 
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@BLOW UP No invite just used the formula1.com website and signed up for the F1TV not sure how it all works yet but learning slowly seems you don't get practice sessions live but do get live timing screens and track trace. Really as long as I get quali and races live that's all I really care about. Oh and yeah I'm in the UK.

Marc
 
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@BLOW UP No invite just used the formula1.com website and signed up for the F1TV not sure how it all works yet but learning slowly seems you don't get practice sessions live but do get live timing screens and track trace. Really as long as I get quali and races live that's all I really care about. Oh and yeah I'm in the UK.

Marc

That sounds like such a great deal!
I thought the only way to get F1 TV live races and qualifying was to use a VPN from somewhere like Poland..
Is it mostly the Channel 4 team, Alex Jakes, Lawrence Beretta etc?
I'd be really interested to know how you find it this weekend 👍
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It's not a great deal at all as I have now learned you don't get live quali and races in the UK after all. FFFFFF Sky and their exclusive deal seems I've just wasted £20 after all. I'll just have to avoid all info until about 45 minutes to an hour later and then watch it on F1TV not much I can do about it now except not renew next year.

Marc
 
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It's not a great deal at all as I have now learned you don't get live quali and races in the UK after all. FFFFFF Sky and their exclusive deal seems I've just wasted £20 after all. I'll just have to avoid all info until about 45 minutes to an hour later and then watch it on F1TV not much I can do about it now except not renew next year.

Marc
Oh bollocks ..sorry to hear that, sounded like such a good deal ..you should have a 14-day obligatory refund cool-off period.
If it was me I'd cancel it and deregister. Then register via Poland and pay circa £40-50, apparently, it works great but I don't have first-hand experience using this method. However, I do use alternative services via VPN that have always worked really well for me.👍
 
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Good news after doing a search I have now found new streams that work thanks to a Reddit thread so it's all good now.

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Good news after doing a search I have now found new streams that work thanks to a Reddit thread so it's all good now.

Marc
That's great to hear! If you don't mind sharing, I'd love to know what you've managed to get working for you?
 
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I have GP2 on, and it's way! way! way! too wet to get underway..
I hope the organizers are not pressured into making the wrong decisions, as Spa (the greatest F1 circuit of all in my opinion) is literally Lethal when it's too wet!