Formula1 2016

[Cleoriff]

Channel 4 has taken over the terrestrial viewing for Formula 1 after BBC opted out of the contract.

I love F1 and am a bit dubious as to how successful this will be. However they have stated there will be no adverts during race time (thank god)

Yesterday they officially revealed the presenting team......

David Coulthard, Mark Webber, Alain Prost, Alex Zanardi, Susie Wolff, Karun Chandhok, Eddie Jordan and Bruno Senna; alongside seasoned live presenters and journalists Steve Jones, Ben Edwards and Lee McKenzie.

It also says Guy Martin will be making appearances

http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/channel-4-unveils-expert-formula-1-presenting-team

[Cleoriff]

It's live P1 of Russian F1 at 7.30am tomorrow.....Good...

[jonsie]

A reasonable hour too...

[Cleoriff]

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@jonsie wrote:

A reasonable hour too...

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Yes and the race is live at 12.30pm Sunday....even better...

[Cleoriff]

Had the first sight of Red Bulls 'aeroscreen'...Ricciardo used it for first lap of P1....Not sure about it if honest...

[Anonymous]

It looks better than the halo that Ferrari used.  To be honest I'm with Lewis on this, I don't really know how necessary they are.

[Cleoriff]

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@Anonymous wrote:

It looks better than the halo that Ferrari used.  To be honest I'm with Lewis on this, I don't really know how necessary they are.

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I couldn't avoid looking at it from a medical perspective @Anonymous I just wonder how quickly the driver could get out of the car in the event of a crash? Apparently they work on a 7 second timeline. Not sure Alonso would have got out of his car as quickly after that horrendous crash in Australia....

[Beenherebefore]

It's impossible to cater for all incident circumstances.

When the car is on its wheels the driver must be able to undo his seat belt, remove the steering wheel, exit the cockpit and replace the steering wheel in max. 10 seconds but AFAIK there is no stipulation for when the car is upside down.

[Cleoriff]

I suppose driverless cars are the next thing on offer...Pah...

[Beenherebefore]

Already in the pipeline......think I posted a link a few pages back.

[Beenherebefore]

http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f1-commission-votes-in-favour-of-new-engine-rules-721036/