Last night I was not happy.
We had been away all weekend to visit some friends, and were travelling back Sunday afternoon. Knowing that this would be the case I had the Monaco F1 Grand Prix set up to record so that I could watch it when I got home.
All of yesterday whilst travelling, I had managed to avoid hearing the result from the race. Purposely we didn’t have the radio on in the car, and when we got home I managed to avoid all of the news and sports reports. So, you would think that I’d be safe watching “Britain’s Got Talent”. There’s no sports report or news updates during that show.
Not on this occasion!
After the first act had performed, one of the judges, Piers Morgan, compared the act to the winner of the Monaco GP.
You remind me of Jenson Button, who won the Grand Prix today……………………
It took me a moment to realise what he was saying but then it was too late to do anything about it. So annoyed!
Of all the programs to reveal to me the winner of the Grand Prix!
The 2009 Formula 1 season is nearly upon us. Race number one of the season is in Australia, on the 29th March.
This season is expected to be an exciting one, with the primary reason being the vast number of rule changes that have been implemented. A new, lower, wider front wing and a taller, thinner rear wing along with the return of slick tyres dominate the look of the new generation of F1 cars.
The following picture are taken from the AT&T Williams F1 website, which show the new look cars:
It is hoped that these measures along with other systems, like KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) and adjustable front wings, will create more overtaking opportunities and better, closer racing. For a comprehensive run down of all the rule changes for 2009, F1 Fanatic has a set of articles that would prove useful
One of the other things that I am excited about is the return of the UK coverage of F1 to the BBC. The full details of how they will cover the races was revealed this week. They appear to be fully utilising all of their tools that they have at their disposal, I am particularly looking forward to is being able to watch any of the sessions over a race weekend, along with all the interactivity on the soon to be relaunched website.
All in all, I hope that the 2009 season is one to remember.
As the title suggests, my Brother-in-Law, Ricky is not well.
On Saturday, he was taken to hospital after playing football, where it was revealed that he has a double fracture of his tibia and fibula. The injury was caused by a vicious two-footed tackle in an Under-16 football match.
We went to see him yesterday in the hospital, where he was in good spirits, despite his leg being encased in plaster along its entire length. The hospital have now let him home for a couple of nights until they can do an operation.
Initally, he was due to have an operation yesterday morning to set the fracture, but due to emergencies this has been put back until Tuesday. So, fingers crossed that it goes ahead.
It is going to be a long recovery, he’ll be in a full length plaster cast for about 5 weeks and then it will be a another 5 weeks in a cast up to his knee. Sad news is that he won’t be playing football until at least September 2009!
Hope it all goes well for you Rick.
Bernie Ecclestone - he has some ideas!
What is Bernie Ecclestone thinking?
He has come up with another madcap scheme that will see a very radical change to the way that the F1 World Championship is won. Bernie’s proposal was announced yesterday and it is one of his “best” yet!
The idea that he has come up with is to replace the current points system with a system of medals, where the top three drivers would get gold silver or bronze medals, as athletes would at the Olympics. The thinking behind this is that the driver who won the most races would be the World Champion.
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From 2009, coverage of the Formula 1 season will return to the BBC.
This is fantastic news.
No more advert breaks to ruin the action. There have been numerous occasions when vital action has been missed. “While you were away this happened….” and a replay of the incident is shown. Last season there were over 4 hours of adverts during the season according to Jon McKnight. This works out to be around 15 minutes during each race. Imagine if there was 15 minutes missing from the coverage of a football match!
Could this also spell the return of the original F1 theme tune? Fleetwood Mac’s “The Chain” is still associated with F1 racing, even 12 years after it disappeared from our screens when ITV got the rights to F1 coverage. In that time ITV have had four different theme tunes! The BBC got it right first time!
The next question is, who will be the commentator? Murray Walker will always be the No1, but he has said that he’s getting too old to be doing a lot of races each year. James Allen from ITV, in my opinion, is not going to move across, as he is not very popular amongst fans. I do hope that Martin Brundle is signed up by the BBC, as his invaluable additions to the commentary are superb.
In addition to the TV rights, the BBC will also be broadcasting on all platforms, TV, radio and online. Perhaps we’ll even get the coverage in HD too.
Might have to start saving the pennies to invest in an HD TV!
For those of you who missed David Coulthard’s (RED BULL) comments after being taken out by Felipe Massa (FERRARI) :
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It’s always good to hear what they really think!
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