F1 on Channel 4

[spitfire-ian]

They are altogether different after all so why let something like the clocks going back get in the way??!!

[Milkyway]

Stayed up to watch the sprint highlights... which for first time was actually worth watching.

An Hour programme... & don’t forget the adverts,

Filler from Alice Powell playing in the RB fitness studio... with Steve sounding rather bored / miffed.

Chat with the team over how their strategies are worked out.

Racing... oh, a quick bit about Fridays ‘quali’ , blinked... race over.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 13th November 17:00

[pquinn]

Milkyway said:

Stayed up to watch the sprint highlights... which for first time was actually worth watching.

An Hour programme... & don’t forget the adverts,

Filler from Alice Powell playing in the RB fitness studio... with Steve sounding rather bored / miffed.

Chat with the team over how their strategies are worked out.

Racing... oh, a quick bit about Fridays ‘quali’ , blinked... race over.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 13th November 17:00

It was comically short - something like 3 minutes for qualifying and 10 or 15 for the sprint. The other 45 minutes was padding.

It was a short programme anyway and still managed to be full of everything but the highlights.

[hot metal]

C4 have got their noses firmly up Red Bull`s bums now Sky have shat on their copybook

[Milkyway]

C4... please provide Alice with a hairbrush.

Steve, a bit less of the overacting & fawning... getting a little ‘cringey’ now.
( grovel, grovel, lick, lick).

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 14th November 08:12

[iandc]

Are Channel4 going to rebrand as RB Racing channel? Don't bother with a studio just use RB facilities.

[KaraK]

hot metal said:

C4 have got their noses firmly up Red Bull`s bums now Sky have shat on their copybook

Nothing new there. I do confess to a bit of schadenfreude at Webber having to oh-so-grudgingly admit that maybe the one true messiah Max was to blame for the clash with Lewis. You could hear his teeth clenching and his wincing knowing that he was going to have a standup meeting no coffee, no biscuits and explain himself to Horner later.

[Milkyway]

iandc said:

Are Channel4 going to rebrand as RB Racing channel? Don't bother with a studio just use RB facilities.

RBRC... has a certain ring to it.

[hot metal]

Milkyway said:

RBRC... has a certain ring to it.

Reminds me of RBS, now there`s a bunch of wkers.

[cuprabob]

It's not the first time they've done a show from Red Bull HQ and if my memory serves me right they've also did similar from McLaren and Mercedes in the past.

[LucyP]

cuprabob said:

It's not the first time they've done a show from Red Bull HQ and if my memory serves me right they've also did similar from McLaren and Mercedes in the past.

That was in Covid times when the FIA were very restrictive about who and how many could attend the circuits, what they could do, and where they could go.

Whether they are doing it now because they are still worried about Covid in certain countries and splitting the broadcasting team, whether it's about splitting the team to give them a rest from attending every race, or whether it's about saving money where the programme is short and is seemingly so unimportant to C4, that it is on late at night, scheduled amongst programmes that are more suited to daytime TV during the week, is hard to know.

As others have said, it was poor offering. More padding than racing. Great if you recorded it, just skip past it all and straight to the racing. Too much fawning from Jones, and what does Powell add? Maybe next time they could pad it by showing someone taking all her clothes to the charity shop, where they would probably be rejected and buying her something decent to wear! What was the point of her in the gym with the team. Sports people go to the gym? Really? And Jones asking the strategist about the strategy, as if she was going to say anything meaningful.

[cuprabob]

LucyP said:

cuprabob said:

It's not the first time they've done a show from Red Bull HQ and if my memory serves me right they've also did similar from McLaren and Mercedes in the past.

That was in Covid times when the FIA were very restrictive about who and how many could attend the circuits, what they could do, and where they could go.

Whether they are doing it now because they are still worried about Covid in certain countries and splitting the broadcasting team, whether it's about splitting the team to give them a rest from attending every race, or whether it's about saving money where the programme is short and is seemingly so unimportant to C4, that it is on late at night, scheduled amongst programmes that are more suited to daytime TV during the week, is hard to know.

As others have said, it was poor offering. More padding than racing. Great if you recorded it, just skip past it all and straight to the racing. Too much fawning from Jones, and what does Powell add? Maybe next time they could pad it by showing someone taking all her clothes to the charity shop, where they would probably be rejected and buying her something decent to wear! What was the point of her in the gym with the team. Sports people go to the gym? Really? And Jones asking the strategist about the strategy, as if she was going to say anything meaningful.

As far as I'm led to believe Sky dictate what highlights they can show therefore maybe why that's why they needed as much padding to fill the time. As you say, it doesn't make much sense to have the team on location for races like Brazil, hence the commentary team in a studio somewhere and the presenting team in a team HQ. I believe Sky also dictate how long after the race when the highlights can be aired therefore that's why they are on late at night, early morning for American races.

[Blink982]

I went to watch channel 4 highlights and as soon as I saw it was being broadcast from RB HQ, I turned it off and watched clips on youtube. No way was I going to listen any more bias drivel.

[anonymous-user]

Blink982 said:

I went to watch channel 4 highlights and as soon as I saw it was being broadcast from RB HQ, I turned it off and watched clips on youtube. No way was I going to listen any more bias drivel.

You should have watched, it was an absolute masterclass in being an arse licking sycophant.

[blueST]

RB bias or not, Webber is hands down the most entertaining pundit. Knows his stuff and is very funny. I skip all the before and after punditry and just watch the on track stuff. Given it’s edited highlights I don’t C4 do a bad job on the whole.

[Milkyway]

blueST said:

RB bias or not, Webber is hands down the most entertaining pundit. Knows his stuff and is very funny. I skip all the before and after punditry and just watch the on track stuff. Given it’s edited highlights I don’t C4 do a bad job on the whole.

Even a lap of the track was done on a simulator... very realistic, but not quite the same as the real thing.
( Especially the drivers eye view).

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 14th November 18:25

[anonymous-user]

blueST said:

RB bias or not, Webber is hands down the most entertaining pundit. Knows his stuff and is very funny. I skip all the before and after punditry and just watch the on track stuff. Given it’s edited highlights I don’t C4 do a bad job on the whole.

I don’t think MW is the problem.

[Milkyway]

Alice in the RB fitness centre...

AP on the reaction tests: “What is a good score”
Trainer: “ Forty”
( AP achieves thirty seven)

I was really waiting for a comparison table to appear.
( In a Top Gear sort of way)

Edited by Milkyway on Monday 14th November 21:12

[Zarco]

blueST said:

RB bias or not, Webber is hands down the most entertaining pundit. Knows his stuff and is very funny. I skip all the before and after punditry and just watch the on track stuff. Given it’s edited highlights I don’t C4 do a bad job on the whole.

His grid walks are absolutely rubbish though.

Billy monger adds nothing to it for me. Commentary is dire when he covers for DC.

[blueST]

Zarco said:

blueST said:

RB bias or not, Webber is hands down the most entertaining pundit. Knows his stuff and is very funny. I skip all the before and after punditry and just watch the on track stuff. Given it’s edited highlights I don’t C4 do a bad job on the whole.

His grid walks are absolutely rubbish though.

Billy monger adds nothing to it for me. Commentary is dire when he covers for DC.

I think Billy is quite good at analysing strategy and spotting some of the less obvious things happening in a race, he’s picked stuff up a few times that the others miss, but he’s just not that engaging to listen to unfortunately.