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FIA to investigate Glock? I wonder :scratch:

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Well, it looks like ITV's coverage will finish with an English Driver driving for an English Team as World Champion..

:D

Well done Lewis, although I should imagine Massa will be rather frustrated.

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ditto

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Exactly my thoughts

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Well, they don't hang about at wikipedia :D

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How I laughed again at Ferrari celebrating when they discovered LH came in 5th

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He was 18 seconds ahead and the rain wasn;t heavy enough to count for that time.... Only thing I can think of is either he had a technical problem or spun off

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Well done, LH and Renault.

Didn't want Ferrari to win, but felt for Felipe Massa.

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Erm don't you mean Maclaren not Renault

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Looking at the replay Glock was going really slow with Vettel, Lewis and a back marker (I think Kubica) overtaking him before the line...

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:cleader::cleader::cleader::cleader::cleader::clea der::cleader::cleader::cleader:

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Glock, German...Mercedes German.. Hmmm, I wonder. ;):cool:

What a heart stopper.

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That was the best F1 race this year, if not ever

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What else can be said other than "well done lewis!" and can someone call me an ambulance! What an emotional last few laps that was!

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For those that missed the ITV video montage to celebrate ITV's F1 coverage over the years it's been posted on YOUTUBE

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Excellent result, my wife was in tears (she can be emotional)
Glock is officially on my christmas card list for this year. Buy that man a pint.

Well done Lewis, a deserved championship. Well done Mercedes Mclaren for giving us a new champion that doesnt wear red. Goodbye ITV and those infernal adverts. Hello to the BBC the true home of F1.



EDIT

Gotta add this as one of the funniest moments of ITV F1 coverage

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FPlyQ9vjQGI

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Would love to hear what the official line on what happened to Glock is.....

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That was officially the best finish to a championship I've ever watched. Even getting up at 4am to watch Damon Hill in '96 as a wee lad take it can't compare to this. That was epic stuff. I couldn't stop shaking, so I went for a kebab and I'll be having a very stiff drink to calm myself before Top Gear. Brilliant race to watch, and definitely one for keeps.

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Woo! Fantastic. Brilliantly enjoyable, a good season I felt, shame about the cheating and politics on Massa and Ferraris part which otherwise spoiled a pretty good season. A massive shame we're saying goodbye to ITV but maybe BBC HD may have a Damascus road conversion.

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I'm celebrating that ITV has gone.

Bring on "the chain"

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They definitely bringing it back?

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What's "The Chain" ?

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It's The theme music by Fleetwood Mac

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both toyota's stayed on dry tyres which had done a decent amount of laps so were worn probably. Add in the rain and they couldn't grip the track. Both toyota's put in 1.44.xxx lap times at the end.

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Its on the closing minute of the track. Awesome bit of music.

look it up.

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Well done Lewis Hamilton - an exceptional driver and (unlike some of those highly paid footballers) a pretty good role model I'd say!

History made :tu:

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Actually they have just used the instrumental part towards the end..the whole song is well worth a listen IMHO.

Love Fleetwood Mac...Makes me feel 20 ish again...:)

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Only makes me feel about 10 ish ;)

First record I ever bought was Fleetwood Mac's 'Oh Well' :)

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Due to dread of the Beeb getting the coverage I've not paid any attention. So the chain is coming back? Any other news like who is presenting?

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it's here temporarily

It's repeated

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.e...eme%20Tune.mp3

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David Coulthard

Eddie Jordan

& Martin Brundle

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Hmmm. Strange choice. Will have to see how that works out.

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of course that rift comes right near the end of the song ;)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph-NOQ...eature=related

Very pleased with stuffing it to Ferrari :)

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The original Chain from Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Csatmi34YEk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chain

An excellent choice that fits the programme well. It is one of the best selling albums of all time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumours

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Phew, that was something else.

Pleased Martin Brundle is still to commentate, but then I guess he needs the money now DC has retired.

Bring on the BBC, ITV was the worst thing that happened to f1.

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And we'll see F1 in high definition on BBC with a 9hr a day non-simulcast channel when precisely? I think this is sadly a point people have missed. BBC just couldn't give a monkeys about it. BBC HD had a splurge of the olympics and paraolympics but other than that has been a sports desert of late.

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:shrug: I dunno, but there will be no adverts :) oh, and I don't have a spare 9 hrs to sit and watch it, just want to watch the race.
I have missed no point ta v much, just looking forward to watching races without stupid ad breaks.

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Lack of adverts has got to be the major bonus of F1 coverage going to the BBC.

Ad breaks in F1 has got to be up there with the daftest concepts ever dreamed up.

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Not really fussed about adverts but picture quality is a big issue for me. Setanta is so bad I refuse to watch it, ITV isn't great either, BBC1&2 are better but still not good enough. One thing that has annoyed me over the years is how ITV treats some of the qualifying sessions by not putting them on live or pushing them onto other channels.

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what set you off? setanta/itv are perfectly watchable. bbc channels not good enough? do you want raw uncompressed images or something? :confused:

The qualifying and races have been live for as long as i can remember. They have also done complete re-runs of the races that were in the early hours, eg japan and china, so you didn't have to watch it live to see everything. Can't remember any part not being on ITV1 either this year, and really, does it matter what channel it's on? Then again, if no channel is good enough for you, why do you care what is on?

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Erm, whilst it might be regarded as a bit non-mainstream my not being happy with BBC1/2 your idea of "setting me off" is out of order on setanta. Many, many people on both sky and cable complain about the picture quality on setanta, especially football. When I say I don't watch it, I really don't watch it. Some other people are exactly the same.

As for your comments about coverage, we had it for years on ITV on the north america races where they sometimes didn't show coverage live of qualifying and Uncle Bernie got miffed that particular year. Ever after there was the worry of whether they'd revert back to this or whether it'd be on ITV2/4 rather than ITV1 etc. The other thing about re-runs (not that I watch them) is that they were rarely consistent and sometimes on a completely different channels (especially qualifying).

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http://i35.tinypic.com/2zimrzk.jpg :D

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http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...03162016.shtml
Why is there no media coverage about this. If it was over here we wouldn't have a race next season.:erm:

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i bet that is based on some small out of context quote by massa. They didn't seem angered by ted kravitz british flag waving before the race so i doubt anything would have happened had they seen some toyota crew after the race unless provoked severly.

i still don't see why people are looking at glocks lap time, trulli on the same tyres was 3s behind hamilton a few corners from the second to last lap. By the time hamilton turned into turn 1, trulli was only just coming up to pit straight so if he lost that much ground in such a short distance then i doubt someone still new in f1 would do much better than someone with the experience of trulli

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Not exactly F1 news, but:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle5199172.ece

Mrs Slavica Ecclestone has filed for divorce - and some crucial F1 assets are in HER name!

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On a final note to the season, Mark Webber crashed and broke his leg...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7743308.stm

Just because you're good on 4 wheels Mark doesn't mean to say you're good on 2 ;) Let's hope his recovery is swift enough for the 2009 season..

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No Honda next season, so JB has lost his job

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Bus...Of_Formula_One

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Alonso threats to walk away from F1 over rule changes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7761669.stm

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I think more than Alonso would threat to walk away over standard engines. That said the sport would be better off without the Spanish Whingebag.

I was gobsmacked when I saw the Honda news just now. I know they've spent a lot of money but Ross Brawn is incharge. It seems a little crazy from a fans point of view.

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BBC 1 finally report it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/7766092.stm

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At least currently it's not a dissolution of the team, they're firstly looking for a buyer in early 2009 with an option of closing if no buyer is found.. Though in this recession I wonder who'll take the plunge...perhaps arab money will be forthcoming

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Audio only report on the subject

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7766222.stm

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Just been having a discussion with fellow F1 fans at work. It's not just a shock Honda have pulled out, but the knock on effect, they also supply some of the other teams with essential parts.
Mosley did say, sometime ago, if two teams pulled out F1 wills top being a competative sport, they idealy want 22 cars on the grid.
I think personally that teams now will have to bow down to the pressure about reducing running costs, if only to keep the sport running while the current financial crisis holds sway.

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Worst mistake ever made was to eliminate the Tobacco sponsorship - F1 had a ton of money in those days, and did anyone ever choose to smoke, or to smoke Marlboro, Benson & Hedges or whatever because they saw the name on a F1 car.

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again another example of a nanny state.

If people want to smoke they will banning ads won't make them thinl "they've banned ads so I'l stop"

I have never smoked and ads never bothered me or made me think I'll take up smoking. I'm far for intelligent than that

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J B might rue the day he turned down the drive for Williams !

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Hi i cant be the only english person to dislike lewis hamilton surely. its not really hamilton that i hate because i did like him when he first came in to the sport but since then ive started to really dislike him mainly because of the comentators and presenters on ITV1 they are so biased towards hamilton i hate it, i really wanted fellipe massa to win the world championship because he is just a nice guy and not big headed at all. he will win the championship next season for sure if he doesnt have as many mechanical failures as last season.

ps. vettle to shine next season

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you may not have noticed but the itv presenters are British as is Lewis hence the support, massa is Brazilian ,and while he might be a nice guy he's not british so wont get much support from british presenters.

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They might be brittish but they should have been more proffesional and treated each driver equally the only one who wasnt biased was martin brundle, glad he will be commentating next season

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I'm guessing that you have never heard a Brazilian commentator then,:rolleyes: its rather silly to take a dislike to someone just becasue they get support from their own countrymen.
And as for Liverpool.:(

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well with you and the FIA backing his career I'm sure Felipe will do well next season :D

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maybe we here too much about hamilton on english itv. its not a race but the lewis hamilton show. why do the english insist on doing this...if someone dose anything wrong they are called a cheat...hamilton dose the same...aw well, accidents do happen. itv comentating is a major problem in F1. there are more than one cars in the race..come on english...get over the fact that there's more than hamilton fans watching F1 on itv.!!!!

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point your satellite dish at one of these if your not happy.




http://www.zonalatina.com/CableOps.htm

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Max Mosely has been telling some home truths on F1

http://news.clixell.net/interface/ex...39428066432716

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Like other people have said, you should see the Spanish, Itallian and Brazillian commentary, they are all biased toward their own countrymen/teams, I can't see how you can take a dislike to someone based on the comentators. Hamilton doesn't control the comentators so how is what they say his fault.

In response to the "fairness" angle, I think if you look at this years races you'll find that a lot decisions have gone against Lewis Hamilton, when other drivers(usually driving ferrari's) have got away without punishement/penalty.

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+1 :tu:

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And what does it get replaced with... ALCOHOL... which causes even more social problems than smoking does. Just another example IMO of the EU's total hypocrisy

Seems like a strange reason to dislike a driver to me. Also, I didn't exactly think Massa's deliberate attempt to take Lewis out of the race at Fuji was overly nice (there's Michael Schumacher's real legacy to the sport rearing its ugly head again through the person he is now effectively mentoring), but honestly what does Lewis have to do with what ITV's commentators say it isn't like they are puppets on a string being commanded by him. Lewis is self confident, not arrogant. It is a thin line.

+2

Bias just makes me cheer for everyone who goes up against Ferrari but as a McLaren fan it is frustrating to know that every year they are going to be fighting with one hand behind their backs thanks to the FIA

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Thats well, just, ruined it!

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Guys, just so you;re aware I've started up a new thread for any discussion regarding the 2009 season..

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/88...09-season.html