What's with NBC Sports scrolling the results of the F1 race before the 4:00 replay?

[slorydn1]

Because of my screwy work schedule where I work every other weekend I DVR all of the sports related activities that I want to see for the weekend that I am working and I watch each thing in the order that they were broadcast. I have been pretty successful over the last several years in not finding out anything about any racing activities until I watched them, not that many people care where I live-especially about F1. NASCAR can be a little more problematic here, but the people I work with are pretty good about knowing that I just don't want to know until I have watched my DVR'd material.

Thinking back now, the last time I accidentally found out about a race outcome was when Harvick won Bristol back in 2005, and that was because one of the deputies from the oncoming shift had come in here to get some paperwork from me and said "Hey your boy Harv really put it to them at Bristol today." I was too happy to be mad, so I watched anyway.

To the OP, I feel your pain. Invest in a good DVR then you won't have to worry about that happening again. If you wait for the "replay" to be shown on TV, you gotta know that the sports news arm is gonna be hot to get results out to people that don't plan on watching the replay because if they don't, those eyes will just go elsewhere to look. Heck, with few exceptions I am starting to get to the point where even when I am not working, I still watch most races off my DVR anyway so that I can practice proper commercial abatement. I only watch Sprint Cup races live because I am using the Trackpass scanner in conjunction with the race broadcast, but if I ever stop doing that then I will never watch a race live again. I can save up to an hour or more on long races that way and not miss anything.

F1 is on way to early (or late) for me to watch live even under normal circumstances.

[sonicartist]

It's the definition of spoiler. It would be different if the actual race had occurred months previously, but within 24 hours? Really? Many of us are unable to watch the races live but still want as much as the experience as possible which includes not knowing who stands on the podium before the bloody race begins. And please spare me the condescending assessment that true fans watch the races live. Many race fans avoid all sports media until they can watch the recorded race. There is no reason to show the podium at the start of the broadcast but many reasons why they shouldn't.

[joeyz_f1]

I just watch all the races live. If they're not televised live, I just use the live timing on the F1 website to follow the race. Problem solved.

[N. Jones]

Yeah but I like watching it. I tried live timing once, and while it was nice to get a real time "feel", seeing it with my own eyes.