F1 2009 Season discussion/development thread

The beeb have released a full timetable for the F1 races this year.

Sat practice is included. :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/02_february/24/formulaone2.shtml

Australian GP

* Practice: Friday 27 March, Red Button and BBC Sport website, 0125-0305 & 0525-0705
* Practice: Saturday 28 March, Red Button and BBC Sport website, 0255-0405
* Qualifying: Saturday 28 March, BBC One, 0500-0715
* Qualifying (re-run): Saturday 28 March, BBC One, 1300-1415
* Race: Sunday 29 March, BBC One, 0600-0900 (0700 race start)
* Interactive forum: Sunday 29 March, Red Button, 0900-1000
* Race (re-run): Sunday 29 March, BBC One, 1300-1500
* Highlights: Sunday 29 March, BBC Three, 1900-2000
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Martin Brundle has just been on Radio 5 live, confirming that the chain will be returning.
 
I presume it'll be an e-mail questions type thing, with a panel made up of the studio hosts and possibly guests? Just a complete guess though.
 
Did anyone else notice the plans BBC have for red button interactive services? They'll be showing a split screen main feed and onboard feed on one and potentially something else on the other - plus it'll all be streamed online in almost TV quality.

Sounds good to me.
 
:D

I'm watching my recording of the '87 British GP (where Mansell made his infamous 'Silverstone Two-Step' move to take the lead from Piquet after having to stop for tyres), Mansell accelerates away from the pits and one of my favourite Murray-isms is uttered:

And it's just under 10 seconds for Nigel Mansell, call it 9.5 in round figures
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:D:D
 
Mad_Jay said:
Martin Brundle has just been on Radio 5 live, confirming that the chain will be returning.
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Best.News.Evar!


And as for the coverage, BBC wouldn't have got away with showing anything less than ITV did, so I was always expecting the same. The addition of Saturday practice and the ability to watch practice on an actual TV via the red button rather than a web stream is a major bonus though!

But I just cant wait for that opening title music.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpqj5MWCTZM&feature=related
 
dazz25 said:
I'm not sure if I've missed something but can somebody explain to me what the chain is??
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When the BBC had the Grand Prix rights before, they used part of a Fleetwood Mac song, "The Chain", as the theme tune. Play the YT link in Skeeter's post if you want to hear it.
 
JRS said:
I must say I had a niggling doubt that the BBC would actually bring it back. I'm very glad that they're going to!

:D:D:D:D



We-e-ell, your definition of "stealing" fits what happened, doesn't it? To take the property of a person/group without their permission. Stepney took that data from Ferrari without their permission and handed it to McLaren, who were retarded enough to get caught in possession of it. So a case could certainly be made for possession/making use of stolen property. Though I guess industrial espionage charges would be closer to the mark.

Not that it matters anyway, McLaren admitted guilt, the engineers have used a plea-bargain to avoid admitting guilt by the skin of their teeth, and only Nigel Stepney is left facing court action in Italy now.
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Look it up yourself - that is THE definition of stealing, its not made to fit anything

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=definition+of+stealing&meta=

McLaren didnt take anything - they where given it by someone who had rightful access to it.

Of course McLaren had to admit wrong, even when they arent they are penalised heavily, why cut your nose off to spite your face and get a possibly even worse penalty - I mean even decisions that should have gone McLaren's way last season went in Ferrari's favour let alone things that are less certain, hard to prove etc

As I said Stepney is guilty of going against his Ferrari contract, no doubt about it - its not espionage if someone hands you something (unless McLaren co-erced him into doing that, but he has never suggested that)

Put it another way - a German "radios" an Englishman during WWII about some advance, it doesnt make the Englishman a spy at all, as he isnt on foreign territory. The German is of course, but thats not in question.

IF McLaren broke into Ferrari's factory fair enough - but the FIA just wanted to nobble McLaren severely, and whether RD /MW or who-ever stood up to them or not, the FIA wanted blood and McLaren blood specifically. At the end of the day MM especially is well known to not like RD for several reasons (one major reason why RD is stepping down imo)
 
FrankJH said:
Look it up yourself - that is THE definition of stealing, its not made to fit anything
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I'm well aware of the defintion, thank you. Read what I actually typed - the definition of stealing does just about fit what happened.

FrankJH said:
McLaren didnt take anything - they where given it by someone who had rightful access to it.
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Stepney's "rightful access" ended when he handed it over to McLaren. He stole the data, McLaren were in possession of stolen data. Seems quite simple to me :confused:

As far as the FIA stuff goes - McLaren were fined and knocked out of the constructors championship for bring the sport into disrepute weren't they? Not for cheating, but for being dumb enough to get caught in the whole messy affair. All other legal action has been in the Italian courts, not at the FIA.

Anyway, we'd better just leave this one. Neither of us is going to agree with the other on the evidence of past discussions.
 
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