British Grand Prix 2012, Silverstone - Race 9/20

Flibster · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:05

englishpremier said:
True about Massa.

The new bbc player is rubbish. Black bars all over the place even in full screen. They say its so they can provide extra content. Yet they aren't proving any at the moment.

Surprise surprise its another rubbish development due to the Olympics.

There are a number of complaints about it already.

Just tried it myself. I knew about it but not tried it. I get audio but no video.
Great... :rolleyes:

*goes back to Sky*

elmuzzy66. · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:06

Button's girlfriend looks awsome

pingwing · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:06

It's on 301 on freeview too, no problems with the feed there

Matteysan · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:07

englishpremier said:
Have you not got all the extra **** at the bottom?

I've had to go to the alternate version which is actually for screen readers.

Just click the extras button to the right & it goes away

tummelv · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:11

elmuzzy66. said:
Button's girlfriend looks awsome

And she's always got a nice smile on her face too. She's clearly enjoying being there.

Big contrast with Nicole who looks fed up most of the time.

Flibster · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:13

pingwing said:
It's on 301 on freeview too, no problems with the feed there

I'll stick with lovely HD.

pingwing · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:26

Flibster said:
I'll stick with lovely HD.

Saw F1 in HD for the first time 4 weeks ago for Canada, it was beautiful! Need to invest in a HD box for the tv at some point.

Flibster · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:31

pingwing said:
Saw F1 in HD for the first time 4 weeks ago for Canada, it was beautiful! Need to invest in a HD box for the tv at some point.

Well, that was a good session...

smr · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:32

still on a43 lol

Memphis · 6 Jul 2012 at 11:52

So, lets presume the worst... the circuit gets totally washed out with the weather over the weekend. Based on recent wet races, the race never gets going due to too much standing water. They lose the window in which to race. What happens?

Matteysan · 6 Jul 2012 at 12:00

Memphis said:
So, lets presume the worst... the circuit gets totally washed out with the weather over the weekend. Based on recent wet races, the race never gets going due to too much standing water. They lose the window in which to race. What happens?

I wonder if they'd go off qualifying results?

tummelv · 6 Jul 2012 at 12:32

Is there a precedent for this?

Flibster · 6 Jul 2012 at 12:38

Less than 2 laps run = no points
Between 2 and 75% race distance = half points
Over 75% race distance = full points

utajoker · 6 Jul 2012 at 12:45

How bad was the rain? Would they race in it?

timbob · 6 Jul 2012 at 12:52

smr said:
still on a43 lol

You didn't miss much!

timbob · 6 Jul 2012 at 12:53

utajoker said:
How bad was the rain? Would they race in it?

They'd have raced in the rain at FP1 levels I would think.

It got much heavier during GP2 practice, and they cancelled the session with a few minutes to go after 2 or 3 red flags - so given similar circumstances on Sunday, I could well imagine a suspended race whilst they wait for the rain to ease.

JeditOjanen · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:07

deuse said:
They said on the BBC that 60% of a F1 teams budget goes on airo!
well to save money get rid of airo and give the car back to the drivers that will sort it for the lower teams.

Yep, as they fail to make 107% in any qualifying session they can save 100% of their budget by not showing up!

GravyMonster · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:21

It was bad, but no worse than Fuji 2007 I'd say.

CaptainRAVE · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:47

Just watched FP1 highlights - that was a lot of rain!

Skeeter · 6 Jul 2012 at 13:49

I don't think there is any fear of the race being called off.

Delayed while they wait for rain to ease, highly likely. But it won't be cancelled.

The issue with Fuji in 2007 was low cloud stopping the medical helecopter being able to fly, but there have been choppers in and out all day here.

Carparks going to be a mess though, lol!