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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22779 Location: UK

Evening all,

Do you avidly, or occasionally for that matter, follow motorsport on TV?

I catch the F1 races, and tolerate watching the Beeb's highlights when they're not doing live coverage, but other than that I watch very little.

Rallying and BTCC I gave up on a few years ago, so really it's just F1 and the odd historic racing programmes that I look out for now.

That reminds me, the Revival is on TV next Tuesday evening - ITV4 I think.

RJ
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Ashley · Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 1426 Location: Near Stroud, Glos

Formula 1 sends this family straight to sleep, but we love Moto GP despite the appalling commentators and endless interruptions from adverts.

Goodwood coverage is truly awful and unwatchable IMO, but we've almost had it with broadcast TV.

BigJohn · Joined: 01 Jan 2011 Posts: 954 Location: Wem, Shropshire

F1 can get even the most hyperactive snoring, the only reason I have BT infinity is for Moto3, Moto2, and MotoGP. In fact Moto3 is the most entertaining, paint and elbow bashing at 125+ mph with a bunch of lunatic youngsters. I am known to watch NHRA Drag Racing, but that is more of, I have time, rather than, I will make time.

Dipster · Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:29 pm Post subject:

I restrict my TV time to what I can get off the net. And most of the motor sport shown is not, I find, interesting. Business has taken over from the sport and it shows. BTCC is push and shove, F1 is pure money. Aussie V8s are also too tainted by business interests and thus money obsessed.

I grew up in the heyday of racing in the UK, both club and professional, the like of which would be impossible today. So having known that the modern stuff is flat.

clan chieftain · Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 2041 Location: Motherwell

I follow the British Touring Car Championship. I like Jason Plato as he never gives up.
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D4B · Joined: 28 Dec 2010 Posts: 2083 Location: Hampshire UK

IOM TT races once a year.....

Riley Blue · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Derbyshire

I watched the Revival's live stream over the weekend, in fact I was glued to it, it's the type of racing I often watch at circuits throughout the summer though some of the cars at Goodwood would never be allowed in regular historic championships. I've also watched the repeats on MotorsTV - severa times...
I also follow the Le Mans 24 hrs live, usually with live timing on my laptop together with live feeds from a couple of teams whilst watching the race on TV. I also follow the WEC throughout the year as I'm an Audi fan and know some of the team and drivers - Andre Lotterer from when he was a teenager racing in the BMW Junior series in Germany in the late 90s, a truly great driver.
I've lost interest in the BTCC in recent years; it was much better, in my view, back in the Super Touring days but I'll still watch it if there's nothing else on. Of the support championships, the Ginetta Juniors is worth watching.
F1? Yes, I still watch it as I knew Jenson Button's dad years ago so like to keep an eye on his lad; a great shame he doesn't currently have a competitive car.
I've lost touch with the WRC and the current crop of drivers and teams but again, if there's nothing else on, I'll watch it; the Rally of Germany is always very good, this year in and around the vineyards of the Moselle.
It's a great shame there's not more hictoric racing on TV; part one of the St Mary's race from this year's Revival was the most exciting race I've watched - ever.
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ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4231 Location: South Cheshire

This question is being asked on the eve of the rugby World Cup finals ????

I love my old cars , but IMHO there are far better spectator sports than most motor related Smile

Le mans being one exception.....

I belive Sky offer a free flat cap and socks to go with sandles when one subscribes to F1 Laughing

Dave

Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 7075 Location: Derby

I have followed F1on the TV for more years than I like to remember and watch it on Sky Sports to see how our Lewis is doing. I used to be a McLaren fan but like Lewis have betrayed the Woking team. It all started when I was at School in Woking and Bruce McLaren came to give a talk on careers in motor sport.

That day, I knew what I wanted to do and I had great plans to join the Woking F1 team as a trainee engineer.

Unfortunately, my mother had other ideas and poured cold water all over it. I often wonder what life would have been like for me had I been allowed to follow my dream.

As it happened, my chosen career path of being a music teacher ended when I dropped out of College and became an Estate Agent (BOO! HISS!) Laughing

goneps · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:56 am Post subject:

Used to enjoy the WRC when it was broadcast, but it hasn't been for several years now. A faint hope that it may be revisited next year now that local lad Hayden Paddon is doing well. In this country nothing else gets a look in except bl**dy rugby, played by semi-literate louts and thugs.

Richard

Peter_L · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 6:01 am Post subject:

F1 on a regular basis and have done so since the days of Mansell, Lauda, Senna and Prost.

Now with PVR, I can watch the qualifying and the race on a Sunday evening.

We get all the races here, albeit with some adverts but they run screen in screen.

Fatbloke · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 9:47 am Post subject:

F1 for me since the mid 80's. My daughter is an avid fan.

However. TIME FOR THE RUGBY which as an injured and ex prop forward is my 1st sporting love.

PS I only got into classic cars because i needed something to replace playing Rugby when I got injured beyond economic repair! Very Happy

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MikeEdwards · Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2701 Location: South Cheshire

I don't make a point of watching F1, with the exception of Monaco (for the setting) and I'll watch any of the highlights that are shown on Sunday evening because there's nothing else on anyway. But I don't get up early to watch it live, or sit in the house on a Sunday afternoon.

I usually have a look at the programmes from the various historic festivals at Goodwood and Silverstone, and even had one from CPOP last year which was nice to see. But they're quite throwaway programmes - an hour turns into 45 minutes once you chop out the adverts, then down to under half an hour once you get rid of the waffle. I did start recording some of the motorsport that's on TV late at night, but it wasn't very interesting stuff, partly because I'm not a big fan of single-make series (can't tell the cars apart) and that's the main content.

The best thing I've seen on TV for motorsport in recent years (and it's not that recent any more) was shown on "Dave" on Saturday teatime. A programme called "GT Racer", followed various incredibly wealthy people around the world racing stuff like Cobras, Healey 3000s and so on. Lots of in-car footage, no false jeopardy (that I recall), just some good cars. Even the opening titles were just an in-car sequence from somewhere, no music, just the sound from inside the car.

kevin2306 · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2015 10:18 am Post subject:

I watch F1 and any motorcycle racing when on, wife loves the BTCC.

Kev

Ray White · Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 7075 Location: Derby

One of the best TV programmes about racing cars in my opinion was called victory by design. It was a series of documentary films produced in the 1990s and 2000s directed by Tony Maylam and produced by Clive Pullan. Exceptional examples from famous racing marques were demonstrated by former racing driver Alain de Cadenet .
The lakeside track used in much of the filming was Sir Anthony Bamford's estate - Wootton Lodge in Staffordshire.

Anyone remember it?