Channel 10 gets f1

[Shell]

Exactly! and I'm sure ch10 are fully aware of how pissed off everyone is at the current coverage and will try not to repeat ch9's mistakes

I doubt it will be PERFECT, cos at the end of the day, any network has to cater for non-motorsport fans as well, but as you said, it can't be any worse!!

Can't wait for the next season....and also for the sunday night arguments on ICQ with URMINE while the race is on

[red900ss]

Originally posted by Shell

hahaha that sites a classic skyline33!

Memorable moments from Channel 9's F1 coverage:  

- Delays for any Championship-deciding race.

- The 2000 French GP tape not rewound back enough.

- Parc Ferme being cut and pasted, or worse yet, never shown.

- Leaving the 1999 Australian GP coverage to leave for a pre season Rugby League match, getting barely any of the podium celebrations and post race press conference from Eddie Irvine's first ever Grand Prix victory.

- The slow disappearance of Friday practice highlights, late on the Friday night of the Australian Grand Prix.

- The lack of qualifying for 16 out of 17 races. Still the only country in the world to host a Grand Prix, and yet not receive any Qualifying sessions.

- Lack of shots of the drivers and crews on the grid, Channel 9 instead opting to watch AJ and Eastlake mumble about in the studio.

-The 'In The Pits' segment being shown every now and then.

- Channel 9 spending more money (again!) on a new set, when other parts of the coverage needed more attention.

- Lack of visual reports about up and coming Australian drivers. Reporting results is all mad and wonderful, but if your world was limited to television, you wouldn't know what James Courtney or Rob Nguyen looked like.

- Eddie McGuire hosting the Australian Grand Prix coverage.

- Satellite difficulties during races. Happened to often for comfort.

- Lengths of ad breaks, particularly during live races.

- The 2000 Austrian GP, Channel 9 deciding at the last minute to change the telecast time from 10:30pm to 11:20pm!

- Eastlake and AJ cryptically giving away the result of the 2000 Japanese GP, despite there being a pathetic 7 hour delay for those on the East Coast.

- AJ discussing his next adventure, whether it be his auction or his V8 Supercar racing.

- Catching up to the ITV commentary just before the five red lights turn on, because AJ and Eastlake continue to talk, despite the fact that the ITV commentary have been talking for several minutes before the warm up lap.

- Cutting off Murray Walker on his last ever Formula 1 commentary at the 2001 USA GP, to go to a commercial break.

- The 2001 Brazilian GP - the Channel 9 director falling asleep, as ITV went to an ad break, but then reneged, when David Coulthard decided to pit (in what ended up being the turning point in the race).

- The German GP broadcast at 12:40pm. Never mind waiting for 60 minutes to be shown at 8:30pm instead of the usual 7:30pm, but also a 3 hour movie!

- The 2002 Hungarian GP breaking a new ad-during-telecast record, with 8, only to be beaten four weeks later by the 2002 Italian GP telecast, which had 9 ad breaks!

- The 2002 French GP delay, and then showing no podium, no press conference, all for the 7am news!  

- The 2002 British GP delay, some seven hours.

aaah the memories :lol: :lol:

Holy cr@p Shell! Was that off the top of your head or did you extract it from your "Journal of Betrayal: Diary of an F1 fan's disgust with Channel 9"? :uhh:

[Shell]

hehe yep it was all off the top of my head :uh-huh:

don't mess with me - I remember EVERYTHING!!!! rofl

but seriously, no, it was from the site that skyline33 put up

[B-Man]

Originally posted by Shell

hehe yep it was all off the top of my head :uh-huh:  

don't mess with me - I remember EVERYTHING!!!! rofl

but seriously, no, it was from the site that skyline33 put up

Damn - I'm Impressed...... Respect to Shell <---------------:uh-huh:

[Guest Kareela]

I can't believe Shrub 32 said that he would miss Dazza. Dazza is a $#cking moron! Dazza, not Shrub32 (although after that comment...)

I think you are all forgetting that without Channel 10 we would not have FORMULA ONE AT ALL! Fox didn't do much to secure the rights! We were even thinking of getting a bigger satellite dish to receive NZ's Formula One coverage, especially because they have qualifying live!

Getting F1 at a reasonable (?!?) hour is better than seeing it at an ungodly hour with half of the post-race interviews cut.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

I watch the F1 whenever it's on, if I have to stay up late so be it, the coverage on Channel 10 is far superior to that on Channel 9:D