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[FerrariFan63]

You'd think that whoever owns the rights to past F1 races or coverage could make quite a bit of money by offering them on the internet. You could deliver the footage through a flash player like the BBC iplayer, and charge per race, say £1 or so. With so many hundreds of past races, and the qualifying sessions as well, you'd think you'd sell large numbers of races over time.

[bud]

not a bad idea! im sure it would be something to look at in all sports as well.

[McLaren Fan]

It's not a bad idea. Would Ecclestone have any say in the matter, though? If so, he would use it as another chance to make as much money as possible.

[FerrariFan63]

It's not a bad idea. Would Ecclestone have any say in the matter, though? If so, he would use it as another chance to make as much money as possible.

At a pound a go, with a small proportion of that being costs, surely he would make a lot of money out of it. Of course, Ecclestone may decide he could make ten times as much by charging £10 a race, meaning that he makes a loss coz nobody downloads anything, and then he scraps it.

[Jensonb]

It's not a bad idea. Would Ecclestone have any say in the matter, though? If so, he would use it as another chance to make as much money as possible.

At a pound a go, with a small proportion of that being costs, surely he would make a lot of money out of it. Of course, Ecclestone may decide he could make ten times as much by charging £10 a race, meaning that he makes a loss coz nobody downloads anything, and then he scraps it.

£1 a go is optimistic, it wouldn't be enough to cover all the bandwidth and any licensing etc. More likely to be somewhere in the £3-5 for rentals and £7-11 for buy-to-keep.

That assumes we're talking about downloads, theoretically £1 could probably cover a Flash Player Stream, but historically, flash player streaming has been free. So a Premium one is unlikely to get significant market share, even if it has exclusive rights.