The F1 2014 season

smr · 4 Feb 2014 at 12:22

DiCe! said:
Just stood next to Jensen for 40 minutes....no homo....maybe a little homo. *swoon*

hah, what do you do mate?

and it's Jenson

JeditOjanen · 4 Feb 2014 at 12:42

al4x said:
Looking like double points could potentially be most favourable to RBR as thingsstand

Oh iI would love it if RBR took the wcc from someone else on double points

You would love the end of F1 as a serious sport?

Nismo · 4 Feb 2014 at 12:48

al4x said:
Oh iI would love it if RBR took the wcc from someone else on double points

trollolololol

DiCe! · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:05

smr said:
hah, what do you do mate?

and it's Jenson

bizarrely Im sure I spelt it Jenson possibly auto correct.

Set up the sound for a debrief and he walked in 1/4 of the way through and stood next to me, helps standing at the front in case there is a problem.....I did have a school girl moment though. He is shorter than I thought...

smr · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:07

DiCe! said:
bizarrely Im sure I spelt it Jenson possibly auto correct.

Set up the sound for a debrief and he walked in 1/4 of the way through and stood next to me, helps standing at the front in case there is a problem.....I did have a school girl moment though. He is shorter than I thought...

Cool, though I meant what's your job ? Take it you work at the MTC then?

DiCe! · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:12

Yup, MTC based, "Audio visual technician" is the title. sometimes very boring, sometimes really really interesting, like this morning. Looking forward to what they have in store this year!

deuse · 4 Feb 2014 at 15:46

DiCe! said:
Yup, MTC based, "Audio visual technician" is the title. sometimes very boring, sometimes really really interesting, like this morning. Looking forward to what they have in store this year!

Caps\T-Shirts\jackets ect about it

DiCe! · 4 Feb 2014 at 16:46

deuse said:
Caps\T-Shirts\jackets ect about it

I see what you did there....

deuse · 5 Feb 2014 at 10:43

"Mercedes’ F1 teams are expected to oppose Bernie Ecclestone’s plan to add two more double points races."

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/02/05/f1-fanatic-round-0502/

And the double points at the last race. About time

Skeeter · 5 Feb 2014 at 12:49

Isn't it too late for the final round? I thought the deadline to oppose that had passed and it was now in the rules?

Jono8 · 5 Feb 2014 at 12:51

deuse said:
"Mercedes’ F1 teams are expected to oppose Bernie Ecclestone’s plan to add two more double points races."

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2014/02/05/f1-fanatic-round-0502/

And the double points at the last race. About time

Is that because they have realised they have a better and more reliable engine initially and are worried that Renault may catch up by the end of the season?

Not saying that is a bad reason, i think the double points races are stupid.

FrankJH · 5 Feb 2014 at 12:52

Skeeter said:
Isn't it too late for the final round? I thought the deadline to oppose that had passed and it was now in the rules?

This is what I understood too. Its already been "agreed".

The two previous races hopefully will never happen (with double points)

deuse · 5 Feb 2014 at 14:59

In other news F1 has lost another 50 million viewers world wide, it's down to 450 mil. That's 100mil less then 2009 when Lewis won the WDC.

No wonder new backers with real money are hard to find.

Mr Jack · 5 Feb 2014 at 15:49

deuse said:
In other news F1 has lost another 50 million viewers world wide, it's down to 450 mil. That's 100mil less then 2009 when Lewis won the WDC.

Have figures for what's happened in the UK since F1 went half-pay been released?

deuse · 5 Feb 2014 at 16:56

Mr Jack said:
Have figures for what's happened in the UK since F1 went half-pay been released?

"Up 1.7% to 29.1 million" the bbc got the most as normal. And China lost 29.8 million viewers opps

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304626804579358552514238672

Mr Jack · 5 Feb 2014 at 17:25

deuse said:
"Up 1.7% to 29.1 million" the bbc got the most as normal. And China lost 29.8 million viewers opps

I'm not sure "Although the audience fell in the first year, it got a 1.7% boost in 2013 with 29.1 million viewers" says what you're suggesting it does.

I found the figures I was looking for here:

UK coverage was split for the first time between the BBC and pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB in 2012, which led to viewing figures falling by 3.8 million to 28.6 million.

So we're looking at a drop off of around 10% for 2013 compared to 2011 (pre Sky). I'm not sure "15 consecutive minutes" is a particularly good measure of viewership, anyway.

smr · 5 Feb 2014 at 18:42

Viewing figures are gonna sky rocket this year though... with all the unreliability and unpredictable races. You'll see!!!

deuse · 5 Feb 2014 at 18:51

Mr Jack said:
I'm not sure "Although the audience fell in the first year, it got a 1.7% boost in 2013 with 29.1 million viewers" says what you're suggesting it does.

I found the figures I was looking for here:

UK coverage was split for the first time between the BBC and pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB in 2012, which led to viewing figures falling by 3.8 million to 28.6 million.

So we're looking at a drop off of around 10% for 2013 compared to 2011 (pre Sky). I'm not sure "15 consecutive minutes" is a particularly good measure of viewership, anyway.

Nice info. Thanks.

smr said:
Viewing figures are gonna sky rocket this year though... with all the unreliability and unpredictable races. You'll see!!!

I will keep that for later on this season

Skeeter · 6 Feb 2014 at 07:28

Don't confuse UK figures with global figures. The 100m drop is a global figure likely caused by perceived predictability in the results (i.e. Vettel). A similar thing happened when Schumacher dominated.

The Sky thing only affects the UK, and we are only a tiny percent of the global audience.

FrankJH · 6 Feb 2014 at 08:48

Ive now got Sky Now, so when there is an interesting late-footy kick off, or interesting games on the Sunday, I will pay £10 for the 24 hr pass, but thats too expensive just for a race imo (from what I have seen the Sports 1 day pass covers everything, but this could have course change/ or Ive mis-read something)