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[Denthúl]

Pity only the UK will get to hear from DC and EJ.
I think Coulthard will make a great pundit - he and Eddie will hopefully just take over the airtime and keep that Jake Humpy outta the picture.
As for Legard he has a hard task, but he can do it.
Brundle back will be awesome, and am i the only one who thinks Mckensie is hot? - as I mentioned earlier :p


Big surprise with Ted. AMAZING
THE KRAVITZ !!!!!!!!!! YEEE HAAA

You are not

[EwanM]

Pity only the UK will get to hear from DC and EJ.
I think Coulthard will make a great pundit - he and Eddie will hopefully just take over the airtime and keep that Jake Humpy outta the picture.
As for Legard he has a hard task, but he can do it.
Brundle back will be awesome, and am i the only one who thinks Mckensie is hot? - as I mentioned earlier :p


Big surprise with Ted. AMAZING
THE KRAVITZ !!!!!!!!!! YEEE HAAA

You are not

Indeed, hopefully they go for the overall look... tight overalls though... and more distant camera shots ... not with Ted tho.

[Denthúl]

Pity only the UK will get to hear from DC and EJ.
I think Coulthard will make a great pundit - he and Eddie will hopefully just take over the airtime and keep that Jake Humpy outta the picture.
As for Legard he has a hard task, but he can do it.
Brundle back will be awesome, and am i the only one who thinks Mckensie is hot? - as I mentioned earlier :p


Big surprise with Ted. AMAZING
THE KRAVITZ !!!!!!!!!! YEEE HAAA

You are not

Indeed, hopefully they go for the overall look... tight overalls though... and more distant camera shots ... not with Ted tho.

Ted will probably be too busy being assaulted by angry Brazilian fans out for revenge, so I wouldn't worry yourself too much.

[FJuan]

All looks good.
Best of all no James Allen.

[8-ball]

All looks good.
Best of all no James Allen.

[EwanM]

Some good news for those UK users:

BBC to show F1 practice live
19 February 2009 by Keith Collantine
An early schedule for BBC’s F1 coverage posted by Francois shows they will be broadcasting F1 practice sessions live this year.

However it is not yet clear whether the practice session on Saturday will be shown as well as the two on Friday. Last year ITV screened Friday practice live online, but not Saturday’s session before qualifying.

BBC will show practice via the ‘red button’, accessible on digital broadcasts. The schedule also suggests practices may be shown some other way. Here’s what we’ve seen of the schedule:

MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIA

Friday 27 March
Practice: TBC, Red Button and BBC Sport website

Saturday 28th March
Qualifying: 0500-0715, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Re-run: 1300-1415, BBC One

Sunday 29th March
Race: 0600-0900, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Interactive Forum: 0900-1000, BBC Red Button/online
Race re-run: 1300-1500, BBC One/BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online

SEPANG - MALAYSIA

Friday 3 April
Practice: TBC, Red Button and BBC Sport website

Saturday 4 April
Qualifying: 0900-1130, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online

Sunday 5 April
Race: 0900-1200, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Interactive Forum: 1200-1300, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online

CHINA

Friday 17 April
Practice: TBC, Red Button and BBC Sport website

Saturday 18 April
Qualifying: 0600-0815, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Re-run: 1300-1415, BBC One

Sunday 19 April
Race: 0700-1000, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Interactive Forum: 1000-1100, BBC Red Button/online
Race re-run: 1230-1430, BBC One/BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online

BAHRAIN

Friday 24 April
Practice: TBC, Red Button and BBC Sport website

Saturday 25 April
Qualifying: 1100-1315, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online

Sunday 26 April
Race: 1200-1500, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Interactive Forum: 1500-1600, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online

BARCELONA - SPAIN

Friday 8 May
Practice: TBC, Red Button and BBC Sport website

Saturday 9 May
Qualifying: 1210-1415, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online

Sunday 10 May
Race: 1210-1500, BBC One/BBC Red Button/Radio 5 Live/online
Interactive Forum: 1500-1600, BBC Red Button/online
Highlights: 1900-2000, BBC Three/BBC Red Button/online

I'm glad that I'll be able to watch Free practice live at my TV and not sitting and watching the unreliable ITV feed on the net. THe interactive Forum sounds really good too. What seems reassuring is that the amount of Pre race and post race coverage hasn't really decreased as much as what was once thought.

Good good.

[McLaren Fan]

Thanks for posting the times etc. I'm rather looking forward to the BBC's coverage.

[Hanwombat]

[EwanM]

Here's a better idea.

F1 on the BBC in 2009

Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 Drivers' Championship
The BBC will be providing comprehensive coverage of the 2009 Formula One season across all its platforms.

F1 returns to BBC television for the first time in 12 years and there will be extensive coverage on network TV, red button, radio, online and mobile.

BBC One will carry live coverage of all 17 Grands Prix and every qualifying session except that in Brazil, which will be shown on BBC Two.

And every single on-track session can be watched on the red button or online.

Jake Humphrey will present the TV coverage, joined by 13-time Grand Prix winner David Coulthard and former team boss Eddie Jordan as pundits.

Jonathan Legard will commentate alongside award-winning broadcaster and former F1 driver Martin Brundle.

The pit lane reporters will be Ted Kravitz and Lee McKenzie.

F1 fans will be able to customise their viewing experience through the BBC's multi-platform offering with options such as: split-screen action; a live leaderboard; in-car cameras; choice of commentary; live online streaming; live text; interactive forums; circuit guides; and blogs.


Full schedule of BBC TV F1 coverage

TELEVISION COVERAGE
Every race and qualifying session will be shown live on BBC One, with the exception of qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix on 17 October, which will be shown on BBC Two.

All races and qualifying sessions that finish before 1000 will have a full repeat on either BBC One or Two later that day.

There will be a one-hour evening highlights programme at 1900 UK time on BBC Three for all races except Brazil.

Full schedule of BBC TV F1 coverage.


RED BUTTON
The BBC's red button interactive TV service will broadcast live coverage of all on-track sessions - Friday and Saturday practice, qualifying and race.

There will be an additional interactive analysis programme following on from the end of the BBC One coverage of each race.

On race day, viewers will be able to choose from three different video streams.

These will be: the main network feed with a choice of commentary from BBC One and BBC Radio 5 Live; a split screen comprising the main network feed; an in-car camera feed and leaderboard; rolling highlights.


RADIO
Radio 5 Live will again be providing extensive coverage and live commentary of all on-track action - on 5 Live on 909 and 693MW and 5 Live Sports extra on digital radio.

David Croft will be the commentator, with former F1 driver Anthony Davidson as the expert analyst and Holly Samos as pit-lane reporter.

The station will continue with its half-hour 5 Live Formula One show on Friday evenings during race weekends.

It also has the Chequered Flag Podcast which is available after every race and features interviews with all the main players and in-depth analysis.


ONLINE
The BBC Sport website will carry live all BBC One, BBC Two and red button coverage of F1.

There will be multiple live video streaming, which will mirror what is available on the red button.

For the first time, video will be available in high quality, enabling viewers to watch on the internet near-television quality video.

In addition to the live text commentary and news and analysis which was already a feature of the website, there will be a number of new features for 2009.

These will include: extensive post-race video highlights; video race reviews by Murray Walker; interactive circuit guides; several blogs, including a diary-type F1 mole; columns; and comprehensive results and statistics.

The new-look BBC F1 website will be launched in the run-up to the season.

Mobile users will be able to access the latest news, insight and results.

Lewis Hamilton starts his defence of the drivers' title he won in dramatic style last year in Melbourne, Australia, on 29 March.

We will provide further details of our coverage plans closer to that date.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/7755219.stm

[Gaz]

i'm a stag weekend on the weekend of the oz gp anyone know what channel the f1 is on in spain.

i'll prob be still up at 6am so may aswel watch it.

[cap-dude]

If anything, the BBC seems to have more coverage. I always felt like we needed more of a follow-up after GP's. After the races on ITV we got the press conference if Lewis was there, and Brundle saying a few words. So it'll be fun to hear some follow-up opinions, especially with the final race.

[EwanM]

i'm a stag weekend on the weekend of the oz gp anyone know what channel the f1 is on in spain.

i'll prob be still up at 6am so may aswel watch it.

La Sexta is the channel it'll be on this year.

[EwanM]

BBC promises broad F1 coverage

By Edd Straw Tuesday, February 24th 2009, 17:21 GMT


The BBC is keen to build interest in all the drivers on the grid, not only reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton, when it broadcasts its first live Formula One race from Australia next month.

Mark Wilkin, producer of BBC's TV and online coverage, says that the build-up to both qualifying and the race will give them the opportunity to put the spotlight on the other drivers.

"During that hour of build-up time on the Saturday and Sundays, the last half-hour before the race is sacrosanct and it's going to be live, or very nearly live," said Wilkin. "We will be having all the build up you would expect and that will include some grid walks from Martin Brundle.

"We've also got and hour-and-a-half of feature material to do on Saturday before qualifying and before the pitlane opens on Sunday. It's into that period that we want to put the personality pieces.

"We want to personalise these guys because we don't know who they are. The British public knows who Lewis Hamilton is now, but there are 17 other drivers that we need to get to know as well."

Wilkin also believes that the coverage must strike the right note in informing the viewership about what is a highly complex and technical sport.

"We need to de-mystify F1 as well," he said. "There's a lot of jargon and we take a lot of assumed knowledge. If we don't watch out, we can switch people off. So there will be plenty of those stories, as well as track guides, some history and some perspective as well."

The BBC is also planning to integrate some 3D graphical devices during its extensive post-race analysis, which will be accessible through the "red button" on digital TV.

http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/73410

Well thank goodness for that. No more Lewis-Centic productions.

[7UpJordan]

Good call by the BBC, and now the presenters will be in a nice comfy studio there'll be no more loitering around outside Hamilton's garage.

[EwanM]

Good call by the BBC, and now the presenters will be in a nice comfy studio there'll be no more loitering around outside Hamilton's garage.

James Allen is claiming that the BBC will use The Chain. One can only hope.