Formula 1 on the telly

[meldrew]

Today sky have announced that next year they will be screening all the Formula 1 meetings including (live) all the practice and grid placings as well as the full races - BUT will be on Sky Sports so you have to pay.

the BBC who said a few weeks ago it costs them60 million a year to screen the races and had to choose between that and keeping BBC 4 open have gone the halfway house with dear old (very old) Bernie and agreed to screen about 1/2 the meetings and the highlights.

Personally I don't care as I am like so man others, bored with F! and prefer to watch Moto GP and World Superbikes - much more interesting racing and dependent on just the rider rather than the brilliance or cock-ups of the pit crew.

[Ali]

Hah! That'll boot the Fli into making a decision about the TVs here Am guessing will still be shown on French TV ?

[wibble]

F1 ...............Its not real genuine motorsport - its simply a business that makes huge amounts of money for shareholders its not about racing

[Madame Moorhen]

Meetings? Does that mean races? Why bother only showing half of them though?

Poor OH will have to go back to watching on French telly. ;D He started off in France having to watch it on German telly though! All I could understand was Langzammer!

Oh by the way Ali he says he won't be able to come to Lunarsaddo on Sunday until it is over, so I am setting off at 11am on foot.......

[Ali]

Starts at 14:00hrs and will be on here on a 1080p LED LCD large flat screen with surround sound tell im

And the Fli will be watching it too.........

[Madame Moorhen]

Noooooooooo!!!!!!

In that case I'm not coming.