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It certainly does. Years ago an accident like that would have led to serious injuries, if not even death.
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Viewing figures for formula one have been falling, this will only lead to more people not bothering with it.
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They have just launched Sky Q which will be their 4k HD system. Expected to go live over the Summer
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A letter has been written by GPDA expressing their concerns on the following
Decisions on rule changes such as double points in 2014, changing the qualifying format and restricting radio communications for this year, and fundamental errors in the formulation of the turbo hybrid engine rules; plus ideas that have been discussed but not yet accepted such as weight handicaps, reverse grids and qualifying races
The move towards pay TV, which is at the centre of declining audiences
The failure of the strategy group of leading teams, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone and governing body the FIA to make significant progress in mapping out a clear direction on the sport's future
What is perceived to be an inequitable distribution of income, heavily skewed in favour of the top teams
making a decision on F1's tyre supplier for financial reasons when many of the teams and drivers have misgivings about
Decisions on rule changes such as double points in 2014, changing the qualifying format and restricting radio communications for this year, and fundamental errors in the formulation of the turbo hybrid engine rules; plus ideas that have been discussed but not yet accepted such as weight handicaps, reverse grids and qualifying races
The move towards pay TV, which is at the centre of declining audiences
The failure of the strategy group of leading teams, F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone and governing body the FIA to make significant progress in mapping out a clear direction on the sport's future
What is perceived to be an inequitable distribution of income, heavily skewed in favour of the top teams
making a decision on F1's tyre supplier for financial reasons when many of the teams and drivers have misgivings about
My understanding is the highlights are free as long as you have a basic Sky package. If you don't, tough shit.
It's game over for F1 in this country in 2019. Viewing figures have gone through the floor in Germany and they have the best team my a distance and a wonderful range of drivers.
Bring on a competitor series. It's very hard to call F1 the pinnacle of motorsport at the moment.
It's game over for F1 in this country in 2019. Viewing figures have gone through the floor in Germany and they have the best team my a distance and a wonderful range of drivers.
Bring on a competitor series. It's very hard to call F1 the pinnacle of motorsport at the moment.
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Agree with the drivers on the stupid rule changes and the Radio communications.
The Tyre provider one is a tricky one. Regardless of what the money is, if Bernie tells them to make tyres that resemble a pair of Dunlop Trainers available from BeWise in the 1980's they have to do it. So they need to moan at Bernie more on that
As for the Pay TV - Well again tricky, as like football it is TV money that fills their pockets with wages every year. The BBC and smaller TV stations simply cannot afford the money to buy the rights and then make the shows. As stated, if Sky thought the Sport wasn't bringing in enough viewers they wouldn't commit to it for another 8 years. The bigger issue is surely with attendance at the actual races. Not many races on the Calendar have a full house for 3 days and some don't sell out for the race day. Maybe Bernie should stop selling out to any uber rich corrupt dodgy cities to put a Race on and threaten the core races with being cancelled to make way for them.
The money distribution in F1 is mad and wrong. The fact Ferrari get millions for being Ferrari and taking part is stupid
The Tyre provider one is a tricky one. Regardless of what the money is, if Bernie tells them to make tyres that resemble a pair of Dunlop Trainers available from BeWise in the 1980's they have to do it. So they need to moan at Bernie more on that
As for the Pay TV - Well again tricky, as like football it is TV money that fills their pockets with wages every year. The BBC and smaller TV stations simply cannot afford the money to buy the rights and then make the shows. As stated, if Sky thought the Sport wasn't bringing in enough viewers they wouldn't commit to it for another 8 years. The bigger issue is surely with attendance at the actual races. Not many races on the Calendar have a full house for 3 days and some don't sell out for the race day. Maybe Bernie should stop selling out to any uber rich corrupt dodgy cities to put a Race on and threaten the core races with being cancelled to make way for them.
The money distribution in F1 is mad and wrong. The fact Ferrari get millions for being Ferrari and taking part is stupid
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The location one is a key point:
- No GP in France for nearly a decade now and nothing on the horizon to bring it back
- Perennial wrangling over Silverstone
- No German GP last year and future concerns over the Nürburgring
- Imola no longer on the calendar and talk of Monza being endangered when their deal runs out
These are your heartlands, you can build a track in the middle of nowhere in Korea or decide that Baku is the place to be all you like, but eventually the more you go down that road, the more you kill it off.
- No GP in France for nearly a decade now and nothing on the horizon to bring it back
- Perennial wrangling over Silverstone
- No German GP last year and future concerns over the Nürburgring
- Imola no longer on the calendar and talk of Monza being endangered when their deal runs out
These are your heartlands, you can build a track in the middle of nowhere in Korea or decide that Baku is the place to be all you like, but eventually the more you go down that road, the more you kill it off.
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Bahrain is a farce of a race anyway, an abhorrent country with the worst track on the calendar so use that to underline what a nonsense it is and then they'll change it.
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This is what I would have done. It was even suggested before the season after the authorities were warned about Q3 panning out the way it did. Common sense never seems to win out though.
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It is a crap track. It has seen some decent races though.
