No F1 thread?

[Rich B]

Did everyone see the news that C4 next year will only be showing highlights except for the British GP, which they'll show live in full?

yeah, and that’s only for 2019 I think.

Sad to see it all go to Sky @ £30+ a month, even as a fan I just think that’s too much.

[Jimmy Choo]

Did everyone see the news that C4 next year will only be showing highlights except for the British GP, which they'll show live in full?

I saw it. It's rare that I bother to make the time to sit down and watch live and usually stream it on All4.

I've watched on race on NowTV and might buy a day pass if I find myself with some time. Failing that, I need to mooch a sky password off someone.

[NotoriousREV]

Did everyone see the news that C4 next year will only be showing highlights except for the British GP, which they'll show live in full?

yeah, and that’s only for 2019 I think.

Sad to see it all go to Sky @ £30+ a month, even as a fan I just think that’s too much.

We pay £45 for the full package including a extra box, with the upgraded boxes. There's always deals around, we just cycle between it being in my name or MrsREV's name. Even without the F1, I'd have the movie package anyway.

[Rich B]

Did everyone see the news that C4 next year will only be showing highlights except for the British GP, which they'll show live in full?

yeah, and that’s only for 2019 I think.

Sad to see it all go to Sky @ £30+ a month, even as a fan I just think that’s too much.

We pay £45 for the full package including a extra box, with the upgraded boxes. There's always deals around, we just cycle between it being in my name or MrsREV's name. Even without the F1, I'd have the movie package anyway.

do you have the F1 in your £45 a month? That’s cheap.

[NotoriousREV]

yeah, and that’s only for 2019 I think.

Sad to see it all go to Sky @ £30+ a month, even as a fan I just think that’s too much.

We pay £45 for the full package including a extra box, with the upgraded boxes. There's always deals around, we just cycle between it being in my name or MrsREV's name. Even without the F1, I'd have the movie package anyway.

do you have the F1 in your £45 a month? That’s cheap.

Yep, that's the total I pay for everything. It was a deal through some mobile phone shop in Wrexham. I thought it was dodgy as fuck but the guy insisted it was legit and even sent us a screenshot from the official Sky ordering platform. He even told us how to get the upgraded boxes for free (which was definitely dodgy as fuck, but worked).

[Rich B]

We pay £45 for the full package including a extra box, with the upgraded boxes. There's always deals around, we just cycle between it being in my name or MrsREV's name. Even without the F1, I'd have the movie package anyway.

do you have the F1 in your £45 a month? That’s cheap.

Yep, that's the total I pay for everything. It was a deal through some mobile phone shop in Wrexham. I thought it was dodgy as fuck but the guy insisted it was legit and even sent us a screenshot from the official Sky ordering platform. He even told us how to get the upgraded boxes for free (which was definitely dodgy as fuck, but worked).

youve done well there! Don’t ever cancel it!

[NotoriousREV]

I was on a deal for years where I only paid £5 a month for HD and F1 combined and I didn't want to move off it, but eventually everything else went up until it was £68 per month. Every time I called up and they tried to persuade me to take another package they'd look at the deal I was on and advise me to never change. Then this deal came along, which was a no brainer.

[NotoriousREV]

[Mito Man]

Legend. It’s pretty funny how Kimi, he of little words and emotions is usually the most funny and original driver. You just know what all the other guys will say during interviews before they even open their mouths.

[NotoriousREV]

Great pole lap from Hamilton. I hope Verstappen has good race pace tomorrow. This could be a great race, or carnage at turn 1 again.

[McSwede]

Did everyone see the news that C4 next year will only be showing highlights except for the British GP, which they'll show live in full?

yeah, and that’s only for 2019 I think.

Sad to see it all go to Sky @ £30+ a month, even as a fan I just think that’s too much.

We pay £45 for the full package including a extra box, with the upgraded boxes. There's always deals around, we just cycle between it being in my name or MrsREV's name. Even without the F1, I'd have the movie package anyway.

My deal for 4k with everything and 1 mini box was for £36 a month but this ended this month and they wanted £100 so I've told them to get poked. I do what Rev does but with wait and see what they offer during the final 4 weeks.

[Mito Man]

Did they even show any of the pole lap apart from the last few corners? I just heard the commentary going wet over Hamilton, whilst Raikonnen was being shown pretty much most of the time (Was the TV director expecting him to perform a miracle and get 2 poles in a row?). Once again Ferrari seem to have made strategy errors and Vettel locked up twice on his fastest lap.

[NotoriousREV]

Did they even show any of the pole lap apart from the last few corners? I just heard the commentary going wet over Hamilton, whilst Raikonnen was being shown pretty much most of the time (Was the TV director expecting him to perform a miracle and get 2 poles in a row?). Once again Ferrari seem to have made strategy errors and Vettel locked up twice on his fastest lap.

Sky showed the on-board vs Vettels lap, Anthony Davidson doing the analysis.

[Marv]

I watched half an hour of the build up on Channel 4 then went out on my bike.

They showed a montage of all the mistakes Vettel has made this year which cost him points. You'd think by this stage in his career, he wouldn't be throwing away so many points, through silly mistakes.

Hamilton driving is supreme at the moment, isn't it? If he wins the championship this year, then he'll have won it in what hasn't been the best car, which is the sign of a truly great champion, IMO.

[NotoriousREV]

Toto was nearly crying at the beauty of Ham’s lap

[Orange Cola]

Hamiltons lap, what the fuck. Even lewis said it's pretty much a one off.

I hope Max has a good fight with Vettel whilst Lewis buggers off, we'll get to see Vettel melt down and Max hand him his arse.

[jamcg]

Max had engine issues through qualifying, cutting out and all sorts, fully expect him to dnf through mechanical failure. Hope I’m wrong though

[NotoriousREV]

This race highlights exactly why I dislike Perez so much. Whinging and driving like an idiot.

[Rich B]

Bizarre driving by him - two incidents where he either lost his cool or had blinkers on. If he can’t see cars that are wheel to wheel next to him then they need to change something on his car.

I obviously think option 1 is more likely though!

[Mito Man]

I think Perez tried to wheel tap Sirotkin in frustration but misjudged it and smashed the bargeboard.

Despite being boring it’s a good race in terms of showing up the drivers’ skills. The pay drivers all noticeably underperforming today.