This weekend saw the staging of the often exciting Canadian Grand Prix. Does anyone else think that
a) Lewis should have noticed the red light and/or the stationary cars in front of him?
b) Having decided that he couldn’t stop he had a difficult decision on who to crash into?
Congratulations to Kubica and BMW. They have certainly put the proverbial cat among the pigeons.
One of the most annoying aspects of watching F1 on ITV is the adverts. Quite often during an advert something important happens and so you get to miss it. The pre and post advert tune seems to be ridiculously loud too (although in reality it probably isn’t it has probably just been adjusted to seem louder - there are apparently rules about this sort of thing).
So, imagine my joy when I read one of the best pieces of news I have read in a long time - F1 is coming back to the BBC. No more adverts! Maybe, who knows, they’ll even schedule some of the later in the day qualifying sessions and races to be shown live - I certainly hope so.
Also, the BBC is supposed to be more neutral in coverage so maybe it will not be the “Lewis Hamilton” show. Hope they keep Martin Brundle as, being an ex-driver, he knows a thing or two about the sport and, I think, gets a certain amount of respect from the other drivers. Definitely keep the grid walk.
I very much doubt that this piece of news is going to appear on the ITV-F1 site though for some time.
Yay!
At long last the 2008 F1 season has started. I hope I can manage to watch some of them in relative peace - a little annoyed that they’re going ahead with the night race as that means it will be on at lunchtime (our time) which is a prime time for being disturbed and not being able to watch it. Very tempted to get Sky+.
Not quite the start that Ferrari, and their supporters, wanted but I am sure that they can sort it out.
I take my hat off (reluctantly - I’m not a McLaren fan) to Lewis Hamilton. He had rather a dull race in comparison to everyone else but showed that he intends to carry on where he left off last season. A plea to ITV: please remember that there are 21 other drivers starting each race and, as much as I understand the commercial need, could you dedicate some of the programme time to them?
Bit of a bummer that Barrichelo got disqualified… I am sure he would have been delighted with the small handful of points he was on to get after last year’s duck.
Here’s looking forward to the next race at Sepang… come on Ferrari, you know you want to!