I don't understand why people who have no interest in F1, go around the forums,
not just this site, but all over the internet, and tell everyone how boring it is for them.

As a non-football fan myself, I would not even waste my time and energy to post on all the football forums, that it is boring to watch fully grown men/women kicking a piece of leather about a field.

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shilen wrote:

Bad move that its now only available to those who pay for Sky Sports (which I don't) so us peasants now have to make do with C4 highlight show, I record it then watch it on fast forward, makes the race more fun by being over quicker.....

I used to be an F1 fan and even went to Silverstone and Monza but over the past few years it's become so predictable that unless something goes wrong then in most races if you watch the final Q3 qualifying then that will give you the podium result in the race. It's not racing any more, just the management of a high speed procession. Discuss  3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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Adopt the BTCC system - draw grid positions out of a hat, ballast cars. Can just see Lewis now with big bag of sand strapped across the bonnet

tim_roberts wrote:

I know which I prefer.

F1 over nancy-ball every time, but rugby over everything...  Steve

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TooBlue wrote:

shilen wrote:

Bad move that its now only available to those who pay for Sky Sports (which I don't) so us peasants now have to make do with C4 highlight show, I record it then watch it on fast forward, makes the race more fun by being over quicker.....

I watch F1 using NowTV app on my LG TV. Also available on Roku and NowTV dongles.

You can often buy the NowTV vouchers on ebay or Currys for cheaper prices.

A £10 voucher will get you all the Sky sport channels for a week at discounted price.

I also have three-month passes on dongles that I bought during sales for £50, which works out at less than £17/month.

The downside with Sky F1 is Crofty the commentator, as he shouts too much, and I have to turn the sound down.

If you have an Amazon fire stick or any android device (tablet/phone) you can watch it for free on kodi. Same with the football and PPV boxing.  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
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Fernando's coming back!!

He'll probably retire again before Renault stand a chance of winning anything though. Steve

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/53936911

Belgian GP: Lewis Hamilton rules out race boycott

"World champion Lewis Hamilton "stands with" US sports stars boycotting events......"

So it's all about the Race !!

I've just started watching Formula E, mainly because my nephew has just transferred to that formula as the race engineer to one of the works drivers.

With all its 'special' laps with 'special' power settings, it seems more like a computer game. Although I have had it all explained to me, I am a little lost in understanding why it has to be so complicated.

It seems that you can tune in to hear what any driver/race engineer are saying to each other, as they plan their moves. I haven't tried it yet.

Not sure what Stirling Moss would have made of it!

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Formula E is the future, for the next generation of race enthusiasts. For me it doesn't sound right, I'm still missing those engines we use to hear, in F1 of only a few years ago.

Love or hate Lewis Hamilton the guy knows how to drive

No Cricket fans on here ?

SteveC wrote:

tim_roberts wrote:

I know which I prefer.

F1 over nancy-ball every time, but rugby over everything...

Our house is a "no football zone" but rugby/MotoGP is encouraged.

Lager is completely out  Jules

Good performance v Pakistan today. England presently seem to have that knack of pulling themselves together when their backs are against the wall. And this wouldn't have been their first choice T20 side