F1 .... 2012

Only a few weeks to the start of this season's F1 opener at Melbourne. Last year Herr Vettel won from Mr Hamilton by 22 secs. What will we see this year?
Will Red Bull dominate again?
Who will be best Brit in the McLaren?
Will Kimi shine in his return to F1?
Will Caterham's Renault muster a challenge to Lotus's Renault .... will either stand a chance against the other Renault engine in the paddock :nonod:

Just wondered who on the forum watches the races, either avidly or with a passing interest and what the thoughts are on the coming season.

Only thing that stops us watching F1 is MG 'dos', other then that its front door locked & phone off the hook ready for lights out.

Very disappointed that TV coverage has gone to Sky & had to subscribe with Sky to carry on watch races.

Will Red Bull shine? Yes but hopefully Webber will have better luck.

Should Kimi return to F1? Think he's made a mistake - never been a fan of him anyway.

Go Shummi Go

And that incident with Hill in Australia was a racing accident ! ! (now you know who I/we support).


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I've been following F1 since 1976 when Hunt was king, it tailed off for a while but been catching more in recent years.

We had sky HD anyway so no extra cost here, hopefully their coverage will be as good as the BBC.

I love the f1 allways watch it but have no sky tv for this season so im so gutted.I think red ball are still going to be ontop but i do hope lewis sorts hes head out .kimi dont like him he allways seems he cant be borthered with the race and all the chit chat that goes with the sport

I'm an avid F1er but also an avid Murdoch hater, so I'll stick with the BBCs coverage and anything else I can ferret out online.
I;ve been to three F1 events, all at Sepang,(One of them the WASH OUT) but apart from the noise and the smells, TV coverage is best.
Unless you've got shedloads of money at the Grand Prix you'll see beggar all and not have a clue what's going on.

I would never give money to Murdoch inc. on principle, unless he was doing a sponsored suicide. :broon:

For those who don't subscribe to Sky, here is the list of races that the Beeb are showing live:

15 April: China
13 May: Spain
27 May: Monaco
24 June: Europe
8 July: Britain
2 September: Belgium
23 September: Singapore
14 October: Korea
4 November: Abu Dhabi
25 November: Brazil

And below, extended highlights only:

18th March: Australian
25th March: Malaysian
22nd April: Bahrain
10th June: Canadian
22nd July: German
29th July: Hungarian
9th Sept: Italian
7th Oct: Japan
28th Oct: Indian
18th Nov: US

Been to Silverstone four times, was at Silverstone (Abbey) when Shummi broke his leg (our Daughter broke her heart), use to go for free practice as well (great photo opportunities).

Been to Indy for the first three USGP races, stayed at Rising Sun Hotel/Casino & always hired a big Sports Utility for the drive up to Indy (didnt care about petrol prices ).

Its hardly surprising F1 pulled out of the States - they just dont understand it, every year we went we ended up having to explain it to the Americians.

Hopeful of making it to Texas for the return of F1 to the States (if it still goes ahead).


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Love F1, was so disappointed when the BBC lost out to Sky. I wouldnt subscribe if I had to, but apparently I'll get it cause I have HD anyway. Gonna miss Martin and DC commentary. But looking forward to Lewis and JB hopefully doing something to stop Vettel this year

There will always be a live stream from somewhere, I'm sure I could ferret about on my usual sports sites I use for streaming football.

I refuse to pay for tv other than the licence to watch it!

Will be interesting to see what Caterham can bring to the party, hope they can do well and be profitable. Pity that its just the face lifted Team Lotus vehicle and that it keeps the green colour but will still be rooting for them.

I have followed the F1 every year on the TV since i dont know when, probably mid sixties. Dont forget i lived in Surbiton, the home of the Cooper Car Company, with drivers like Bruce McLaren, Jack Brabham, John Cooper, Innes Ireland, Stirling Moss, Roy Salvadori etc. We have Sky so will see all of the races. i think Vettel is another Schumi, but we will see.

Would like to see Kobayashi with a decent set of wheels under him, the Sauber tends to be ok at the beginning of the season but sort of loses out in the development department and just trails off.

we are avid fans and will be adding the sports channel to our package.... :broon: