Can anyone explain why SKYF1 has to have adverts during the FP sessions? Long up to 10 minutes of adverts, we get the SKYF1 feed here, and sometimes, when it is a late night/early morning feed, sometimes the crew in the local broadcaster here, are dozing, and miss the switch, so we see the Idents, test pattern and where it is coming from.. Yet I have seen whole broadcasts where there is no adverts.. I know Sky comms team is the one feeding F1TV, so I assume F1Tv has no mid session wee breaks... Only SkyF1, and SkyF1 in the UK is stupid expensive add on to the SKY subs..
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My recollection may not be good, but we do have SkyQ at our home in the UK and I don't recall add breaks. ViaPlay (in the Netherlands) has too many study cuts, but I also don't recall add breaks. F1TV definitely has no add breaks.
PS AppleTV and a VPN provider is your friend for F1TV. We keep SkyQ for other reasons, but I've cancelled ViaPlay already.
PS AppleTV and a VPN provider is your friend for F1TV. We keep SkyQ for other reasons, but I've cancelled ViaPlay already.
'SACKED' was the phasing used which we all know means 'fired', or as the FIA managed it, 'removed' him from his position and gave him a lesser role until he decided to leave the organisation. He brought the sport into disrepute as you say on 2 counts. The first count was not identifying ALL lapped cars and instructing them to unlap themselves, only a handful of cars actually recieved instruction, and the second count was calling the safety car in ONE lap early, both of which ignored the sporting regulations that he was required to follow in his senior role.
The Saudi Arabia negotiations were incredible, I have never heard a team being asked what they wanted to do in order to get a lesser punishment and it drew a lot of debate at the time. Masi was clearly intimidated by Horner and that should not happen when you're required and employed to be impartial.
Interesting that the poster who brought this back up randomly has taken no further part since being corrected too, and not for the first time.
I agree the lead up to the race is way too long. I don't really care about seeing Brartin Mumble get snubbed on the tarmac over and over again. lol.
Well, I'm rooting for Sauber to get at least one point...
Yeah a pretty shocking season for them this year and to think how quickly they have slipped behind the like of Williams, Alpine and Haas who were fighting to get off the back of the grid not too long ago.
These were Phantoms. Point was about opening the passenger door, that should always be the manual job of the driver with such a car 😋
Ghost does have electric doors that close with a button. Series II is now based on the Phantom platform and has a bespoke engine as well. Yes, I watch videos of cars I can't afford for no good reason.
I noticed that during the drive Max was looking around the car with a child-like fascination, including pointing out the button for the door, while Lewis used the roof mounted vanity mirror casually as if it was just another day at the office. That was funny to me.
Sacked / Fired are very specific actions, not the same at all as moving someone to another position in the organisation. This is very clear under civil law, and the same is under common law in the UK that you may be more familiar with.
Actually, it was you who brought this particular point back up
See #3,083 
I've been listening to the F1 Broadcast for a while. It's far more race focused.
On a Las Vegas note, looks like attendance was abysmal. Some back and forth going on between local officials and F1. Last year was 320,000 over 3 days. Looking like 177,000 over 3 days this year if the local reporting holds up.
I think the spectacle of the race is over. I wouldn't mind it off the schedule. Its contract expires next year.
I understand it’s the most expensive race to attend on the calendar. And there is the time of day it takes place as well. The track is actually not bad in my opinion. It’s just everything else around it that causes those issues. I would not pay for a ticket to watch it in attendance there. Whilst I’d happily do nearly anywhere else. And then we aren’t even talking about the bad organization behind this and what they did to fans last year.
So wrong time zone, bad organizational reputation and way too expensive compared to other races.
Sacked, yeah ask Rocky, he was sacked by his trainer, literally his crap was in a sack, hung on "skid row" in the gym...
Agreed. The fact that they open quite a bit of it to street traffic each night doesn’t help the circuit. I’m not aware of another street circuit that doesn’t close itself off to traffic the entire 3 days?
Monaco opens up at night after each session, they couldn’t close it off for 3-4 days.
I thought I’d remembered that well. But wasn’t 100% sure.
Considering the event is owned by Liberty/FOM, I would not hold my breath of it being cancelled.
The race itself is fine. If they could just lose the Rolls Royce and red carpet crap, it would be ok.
Indeed, plus it doesn’t really live up to the tacky perception of Las Vegas. It should be old white Cadillacs and Elvis impersonators.
Well, the colour choice of those Rolls Royce's is debatable, and I think was rather tacky. The two tone exterior paint job colour choice was yuck, the interior leather colour choice was yuk. Reminds me of the type of people who put Roman pillars in front of their house 🤣
Roman Pillars? hahahaha love it, for me, damn lions/dogs/gargoyles in concrete.. That are green with moss.. Tacky.. But the worst is going to someone house that has toilet roll dolls..just give up..
Hehehe but my lions are 1.5 miles down the driveway by the gates so I don't have to look at them. Same with the gargoyles, up in the eaves by the servant quarters
No idea about toilet roll dolls, but I think I better switch on my VPN before searching for those 🤣
Toilet roll doll... Your nan probs had them, maybe a South African thing, but it was a thing here... Drive everyone insane..
Was reading an article about Cadillac on the verge of entry into F1 in 2026. I think those of us who discussed about Andretti a few months ago were right about him and F1 bosses/owners in that they did not want Michael Andretti to have anything to do with F1. He partnered with GM to try and get a team into F1 and F1 said no. Cadillac and it's division owner GM try to get into F1 and F1 say's yes. Now that Michael is out of the picture at Andretti (no longer runs it) it is rumored that F1 are looking into allowing an Andretti team into F1 in the not so distant future.
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Martin Brundle gives honest reaction to Cadillac joining F1 grid in 2026
Cadillac, a division of General Motors, are poised to join the sport as an 11th team
What is their issue with Michael?Was reading an article about Cadillac on the verge of entry into F1 in 2026. I think those of us who discussed about Andretti a few months ago were right about him and F1 bosses/owners in that they did not want Michael Andretti to have anything to do with F1. He partnered with GM to try and get a team into F1 and F1 said no. Cadillac and it's division owner GM try to get into F1 and F1 say's yes. Now that Michael is out of the picture at Andretti (no longer runs it) it is rumored that F1 are looking into allowing an Andretti team into F1 in the not so distant future.
Martin Brundle gives honest reaction to Cadillac joining F1 grid in 2026
Cadillac, a division of General Motors, are poised to join the sport as an 11th team