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Old 06-04-2009, 11:36   #299
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Re: Formula 1 2009 Season [may contain real time spoilers]

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Originally Posted by hedgie View Post
What do we think of these "twilight" races ?

My opinion is that the sport should revert to afternoon races whatever the time zone. In Australia the low sun angles seemed to compromise the TV pictures and it was hard to spot the different cars. I'm not sure about the rest of Europe but with the improved TV coverage on the Beeb and more TV channels to show programmes "as live" I dont see the problem.
I think this is something where F1 needs to look into why on earth they are going to these places in the first place. How many Renault cars are actually sold in Bahrain or Singapore ?

The core market for F1 is Europe, despite is being a world championship, and so that is where the viewers come from. As such they try to shift the races to get as many of us to watch it. Surely the solution would be to have more races in Europe. There was loads of empty space there as none of the locals could even afford to attend the GP let alone buy a car by Ferrari or BMW
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