Hello Speed TV Producers,

Has anyone raised the question to your F1 Programming schedules. I am interested in seeing more times during the week when you may show a practice session or sunday race other than at owl, clock thirty. I was hoping for those of us that have to work that just maybe we could get a chance in the late afternoon or evening, to watch F1 practices and races. Some of your shows are repeated several times a week and I feel this could be a great time to fill in with the practice sessions and race qualifing times. I still think you should show live races, but would love to see maybe historic races from F1 from years gone by. This would possiably stir up more interest in the sport, or just make me a much happier guy.

One final thought, any possiability of a speed channel devoted to F1,champ,indy,sport,motorsport,Lemans....?

Yes, I raised this exact question on the F1 message board. How about less shows about white trash racing/trading the pink slips to junker plymouths from the 1980s. Cars that were on blocks in front yards a week before the Speed TV producers showed up.
The reality producers who make/pitch shows for speed care about one thing, selling a show to Speed, and its mothership Fox/Newscorp, in hopes of making money and getting themselves more opportunity with Fox.

How about if Speed stops trying to compete with the reality channels and focuses on, oh i don't know, maybe speed or cars.

And your last sentence said it best. Could speed make a channel devoted to F1, lemans, indy, etc. HaHaHa. That is what speed was started for. Only recently did it become the clearing house for all things reality and white trash.

I myself am looking at spending this F1 offseason, not watching the BS on speed, rather getting myself a Canadian Satellite dish so I can watch F1 in widescreen, higher quality, non-commentator and see every practice on Friday and Saturday.

If you are a race fan, you need to be looking away from Speed. If you like seeing Kenny Wallace's fat wife run her mouth or white trash racing crap-mobiles, then you've found your new home.

[quote:7746d14cb5="mikeap"]I myself am looking at spending this F1 offseason, not watching the BS on speed, rather getting myself a Canadian Satellite dish so I can watch F1 in widescreen, higher quality, non-commentator and see every practice on Friday and Saturday. [/quote:7746d14cb5]

Don't waste your $, TSN shows exactly the same video as Speed for the F1 race, they use the UK ITV commonators (otherwise known as the Lewis Hamilton channel) instead of the three-wise-men of Speed. I get both and I watch TSN during the race because they're physically at the track and I think that deserves something.

TSN doesn't show any practice and their qualifying is 30 minutes shorter then Speeds, with Gerold Donnaldson by telephone (usually talking about Jacques Villeneuve still).

If Bernie starts broadcasting in true HD I'm sure both sides of the border will carry it.

Since Speed stopped carrying the SCCA runoffs I basically ignore it from the end of season highlight shows until Sebring, with the excption of A1GP. TSN shows nothing until Melbourne qually.

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TSN doesn't show any practice and their qualifying is 30 minutes shorter then Speeds, with Gerold Donnaldson by telephone (usually talking about Jacques Villeneuve still).

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The only reason Speed's coverage of qualifying is 30 minutes longer is because they "Tivo" qualifying to allow for 30 more minutes of commercials. You'll notice that TSN only runs commercials between qualifying sessions.

[quote:874ac1ba8f="Tim25"]The only reason Speed's coverage of qualifying is 30 minutes longer is because they "Tivo" qualifying to allow for 30 more minutes of commercials. You'll notice that TSN only runs commercials between qualifying sessions.[/quote:874ac1ba8f]

Well I think they also have a few clips of Peter Windsor asking about tire choices and a track map. I Tivo their tivo so I fast forward through the commercials so it all evens out.

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TSN doesn't show any practice and their qualifying is 30 minutes shorter then Speeds, with Gerold Donnaldson by telephone (usually talking about Jacques Villeneuve still).

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The only reason Speed's coverage of qualifying is 30 minutes longer is because they "Tivo" qualifying to allow for 30 more minutes of commercials. You'll notice that TSN only runs commercials between qualifying sessions.[/quote:a73bcdc634]

Actually, the TSN coverage does not include the press conference.

Forget about Fox allowing anything other than crap coming our way. SpeedHD and all the other muck is just another bad idea for people who do not drink wine out of a box and consider racing as something that should be respected rather than exploited. wow high definition crap, I can't wait. My TIVO even hates SPEED.

F1 is so much more interesting than the new SPEED has made it... I really feel sorry for the F1 announcers as they are being paid to regurgitate that rubbish and I am sure enjoy getting paid so they toe the line.

I look forward to the F1 plan of pay per view per event, all the boring stuff they broadcast in Europe. Bypass Fox and save the sport in the USA.

I have been here since the beginning and heavily involved in motorsport and I am exhausted watching Fox trying to find the next new demographic they can sell Viagra.

I think that Speed's coverage of F1 is excellent. Their commentators are (IMO) on par with any in the world. We see the same feed that everyone else sees with Hobbsie, Steve, Bob, and Peter giving their perspective. I wish they would follow the format for commercial breaks, but am willing to sacrifice because it's better than watching it tape delayed on some other network with Derek Daly accusing every driver who knows how to work a steering wheel of blocking and Danny Sullivan calling Jarno Trulli "Jar-No" or Olivier Panis "All of 'er Penis".

Don't change a thing on the F1 broadcast.I love it!!

motorsports - 10 December 2007 03:42 PM

Forget about Fox allowing anything other than crap coming our way. SpeedHD and all the other muck is just another bad idea for people who do not drink wine out of a box and consider racing as something that should be respected rather than exploited. wow high definition crap, I can't wait. My TIVO even hates SPEED.

F1 is so much more interesting than the new SPEED has made it... I really feel sorry for the F1 announcers as they are being paid to regurgitate that rubbish and I am sure enjoy getting paid so they toe the line.

I look forward to the F1 plan of pay per view per event, all the boring stuff they broadcast in Europe. Bypass Fox and save the sport in the USA.

I have been here since the beginning and heavily involved in motorsport and I am exhausted watching Fox trying to find the next new demographic they can sell Viagra.

no way.. you just need TSN. Very Very little commercial breaks (three or four a race, TWO 6-7 minute long commercials during qualifying during the breaks after Q1 and Q2, no on track coverage is cut or missed) and a professional broadcast. Not anywhere as lame as the Speed coverage.

i love tsn! the ITV crew are awesome - you can't go wrong with Martin Brundle! James Allen i can give him away, but Martin? . no way!
honestely, my friends and i can do what the 3 stooges (SpeedTV) do at the races! . . i don't need their comments!.

tsn had the races on encore when they were at midnight or early in the morning. Can't complain about tsn!
Now, we are gonna be in trouble next year when ITV doesn't have F1 anymore, thanks to max! for his controversy with Brundle!