oldeskewltoy
oldeskewltoy Reader
4/25/11 5:44 p.m.

http://news.google.com/news/more?q=formula+one&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&biw=974&bih=595&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&wrapid=tlif130377120257810&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=d9-LZje_p9zs2vMNJQUHtMTMH3D5M&ei=n_i1Te3PKsfPiALQqcWvBg&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=6&ved=0CGYQqgIwBQ

Can't imagine the circus F1 would become if Mad Murdoch gets a hold of it. I can see the formula moving to a NASCRAP theme...

oldeskewltoy
oldeskewltoy Reader
4/25/11 5:45 p.m.

oh... as a quick side note... Speed TV knows where their $$$ comes from... no mention of Murdoch anywhere on Speed TV...

Streetwiseguy
Streetwiseguy Dork
4/25/11 5:45 p.m.

MOVING???? Already there, my friend.

Jim Pettengill
Jim Pettengill HalfDork
4/25/11 6:12 p.m.

And I've also read that it would become pay-per-view.

novaderrik
novaderrik HalfDork
4/25/11 10:16 p.m.
oldeskewltoy wrote: oh... as a quick side note... Speed TV knows where their $$$ comes from... no mention of Murdoch anywhere on Speed TV...

i saw a report about this on Windtunnel last night.. Dave Despain mentioned Rupert Murdoch and also that SPEED is a part of the vast Fox broadcasting empire..

Luke
Luke SuperDork
4/25/11 10:55 p.m.

The sport, estimated by F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone to be worth "six or seven billion dollars"

If we each sold a project car...

aussiesmg
aussiesmg SuperDork
4/25/11 11:02 p.m.

I was thinking the same thing, at $50 @ x all the GRM community we could have...............aw crap

RedS13Coupe
RedS13Coupe Reader
4/26/11 12:18 a.m.
Luke wrote: The sport, estimated by F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone to be worth "six or seven billion dollars" If we each sold a project car...

We could afford $15K to bet on black?

:P

z31maniac
z31maniac SuperDork
4/26/11 9:26 a.m.

Bernie will be in F1 until he passes.

That's about the only thing you can be certain of when it comes to Bernie.

ransom
ransom GRM+ Memberand Reader
4/26/11 9:29 a.m.

In reply to z31maniac:

There's no passing in F1... It's his bid for immortality!

EDIT: I like F1, though I half-suspect that if the level of coverage and camera work were as high and David Coulthard and Martin Brundle were commentating, there are several other series I might like even better...

z31maniac
z31maniac SuperDork
4/26/11 9:48 a.m.

^Good point.

BTCC/WTCC/DTM/WRC would all likely be better. I know there have been some unfavorable reviews of them so far. But I really like them as a team in the broadcast booth.

Of course, BBC's coverage of F1 is just outstanding.

93EXCivic
93EXCivic SuperDork
4/26/11 9:50 a.m.
z31maniac wrote: ^Good point. BTCC/WTCC/DTM/WRC would all likely be better. I know there have been some unfavorable reviews of them so far. But I really like them as a team in the broadcast booth. Of course, BBC's coverage of F1 is just outstanding.

Do they stream F1 on their website?

John Brown
John Brown GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
4/26/11 9:53 a.m.
RedS13Coupe wrote:
Luke wrote: The sport, estimated by F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone to be worth "six or seven billion dollars" If we each sold a project car...
We could afford $15K to bet on black? :P

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