2015 Canadian Grand Prix thread

[AndyL]

Friday 5 June
Free practice 1 starts: BST 3:00 PM, local 10:00 AM
Free practice 2 starts: BST 7:00 PM, local 2:00 PM
Saturday 6 June
Free practice 3 starts: BST 3:00 PM, local 10:00 AM
Qualifying starts: BST 6:00 PM, local 1:00 PM
Sunday 7 June
Race starts: BST 7:00 PM, local 2:00 PM

[Rollo]

Australian TV - Formula One - Free To Air
09:30pm - One Hour Highlights - One.

That's 17 hours after the race has ended and only an hour of highlights... thanks Rupert (who plans to stick his worldwide headquarters at Ground Zero).

[Tazio]

'Sup dawgz FP1!

[AAReagles]

It's on free tv here - LIVE even. That's cause it's a north american race. After that... $$$

[Mekola]

Good to see that finally Manor has sponsors for this weekend...

[journeyman racer]

Saw some practice highlights. Amazed anybody went out.

Australian TV - Formula One - Free To Air
09:30pm - One Hour Highlights - One.

That's 17 hours after the race has ended and only an hour of highlights... thanks Rupert (who plans to stick his worldwide headquarters at Ground Zero).

Overseas people don't care for our plight.

[Nitrodaze]

Australian TV - Formula One - Free To Air
09:30pm - One Hour Highlights - One.

That's 17 hours after the race has ended and only an hour of highlights... thanks Rupert (who plans to stick his worldwide headquarters at Ground Zero).

I suppose, this is what Vettel was hinting at in his jibe at Ecclestone. Money is slowly excluding fans from F1 like it did for boxing where it killed it and took it away from the masses completely. Who really knows who the current Boxing World champion his? Who knows how good he really is. Is he celebrated like the champion of old like Mohammed Ali, Rocky Maciano, Mike Tyson etc. Boxing now happen in obscurity and few cares who the Boxing world champion his because he is not exposed to the masses as such not really appreciated by the masses.
This is where F1 one is headed at the current direction it is going.

[Tazio]

I suppose, this is what Vettel was hinting at in his jibe at Ecclestone. Money is slowly excluding fans from F1 like it did for boxing where it killed it and took it away from the masses completely. Who really knows who the current Boxing World champion his? Who knows how good he really is. Is he celebrated like the champion of old like Mohammed Ali, Rocky Maciano, Mike Tyson etc. Boxing now happen in obscurity and few cares who the Boxing world champion his because he is not exposed to the masses as such not really appreciated by the masses.
This is where F1 one is headed at the current direction it is going.

Just for the record Marciano and Ali were in different eras, as was Tyson. In the USA in order to see "The Rumble in the Jungle" (Ali vs Foreman 1974) you had to go to a theatre or arena to watch it on closed circuit TV (before cable). I saw it live at the San Diego Sports Arena, for about $10 a seat. But since than it has become much more expensive. In the early 60s the fighters all fought 3 times a year, even the heavyweights, so you had a good idea of how they stacked up against each other. However Boxing is a different kettle of fish than auto racing, and I think it is not an appropriate comparison.

[truefan72]

early donkey goes to Nasr
SMH

[The Black Knight]

I have a feeling there will be quite a few donkeys this weekend.

1. Mercedes for sending their drivers out in FP2 on wrong tires.

2. Nasr for a stupid error.

3. Marshals for taking ages to remove Button's car and not managing to do it by the end of the session. Should only take a minute or two.

4. Maldonado, of course.