>Well, those in the USA are probably going to hate us in the UK, but we're
>spoiled for choice - then again, F1 is much more popular here I believe, as
>it isn't competing with CHAMP cars.
>
>We have live coverage that is on one of the 4 main free TV channels that
>everyone can pick up. However, starting this year, there is also a Digital
>Satellite channel entirely devoted to F1! There is full coverage of all
>the
>practice, warm-ups, qualification and the race. You can use the
>interactive
>features to switch between something like 6 screens - one general coverage
>(similar to normal coverage), one following the leader, one following a
>mid-field battle, one carrying on-board footage from any of the cars
>(although the director chooses which car at what time), one from the pits,
>one showing a table of positions, and soon apparently one will show a track
>map with the position of every car around the track.
>
>The catch - it costs #12 ($18) a race. Which sounds high-ish, but if you
>are a keen fan and want to watch every race in the season, you are talking
>about over #200 ($300), and I've got better things to spend that sort of
>money on. Half that price and I'd probably watch the whole season that way
>(I'd pay that much simply not to have adverts interrupting the coverage),
>but at that price I will watch maybe 1 or 2 (Monaco and Britain most
>likely), and the TV channel ends up with less of my money.
>
>As for yesterdays race, well, it was pretty interesting - for the first 45
>seconds or so. The on-board footage from Ralf Schumachers Williams as it
>flew through the air was worth repeating over and over again! As for the
>rest, Montoya overtook Schumacher and Schumacher overtook him back again,
>and that was pretty much all the excitement - although the look on Mark
>Webbers face as he came 5th at his first ever GP, in front of his home
>crowd, in a Minardi, was quite a treat!
>
>Williams really need to get a bit more speed. If Schumacher remains that
>much faster than Montoya for the rest of the season, it'll get quite dull
>quite quickly.
>
>Richard & Daffy
Thanks for the update-those of us who are F1 fans in the US and cabless
appreciate it!
Laura G.
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