V8 Supercars 2014

[Mostro]

Watching race 3 now.

Anyone else think the Jaguar XF would look superb in this formula? Made for it.

[AMD87]

Allyc85 said:

You lucky git

Jason Bright is also very lucky too after this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04tN01yF2Bc

I think the technical term is that it's fked


2 weeks to completely build a new car

[Mostro]

Looks worse than it was. Relatively gentle roll, slide and bump up in the air off the tyre wall

[AMD87]

Mostro said:

Looks worse than it was. Relatively gentle roll, slide and bump up in the air off the tyre wall

It is worse than it looks they are scrapping it.

[jtopps]

That thing's FUBAR. I got to watch part of race 1 and all of race 2 but unfortunately MOTORS TV seemed to cut off before playing race 3 (I was watching the replay, not live). Need to check the calendar and make sure I set the Sky+ on the race weekends if it's being shown. I too think the Volvo looks fantastic and was smiling crazy watching the last lap of race 2.

[samvia]

Some battle at the end of race 2, hard and fair as JW said. That Volvo is a good looking race car

[Quhet]

That last lap was fking brilliant, just popped up on my FB feed. Superb racing!

[chevronb37]

Just catching up on the races now. Last lap of race two was incredible! Wish I could've been there...

[AMD87]

Looks like the marketing has started

[cheddar]

8 days until Melbourne V8's:

All local times.


Thursday:
13:30 Practice 1
16:10 Practice 2
18:00 Qualifying

Friday:
11:00 Race 1
14:25 Race 2

Saturday:
15:20 Race 3

Sunday:
13:15 Race 4

Note: There is a small, unexciting support race being run in Melbourne the same weekend featuring 1600cc/battery powered open wheel cars.

[Norbury90]

rs990 said:

How is the V8 SuperView streaming quality?

Absolutely spot-on on my computer, if you have a good connection it's fine. I wish it had the full build-up and post-race analysis though.

[y2blade]

Just watching Round 1 replay as we speak....great to see/hear these again

[Mostro]

AMD87 said:

Mostro said:

Looks worse than it was. Relatively gentle roll, slide and bump up in the air off the tyre wall

It is worse than it looks they are scrapping it.

I meant the impact (for the driver) wasn't as bad as it might look from just seeing the wreckage.

On Motors TV again this afternoon @ 16:50 and tomorrow morning @ 11:35

[Occam's Razor]

Watched the first two races on YouTube this afternoon. Great noises, interesting commentary, but above all some great racing - this is now my new favourite series

I like the level at which the TV presentation is pitched - it's much more fun to watch than the BTCC, the cars seem to move around more (and obviously have a lot more power), but the commentary/graphics/interviews aren't too American - I love NASCAR but I find it hard watching an entire race in one go, whereas I was hooked on the V8s for over 3 hours today.

[DC2 Mark]

Well the opening three rounds of the V8s from Adelaide were pretty incredible!

Like many others I'm struggling to find consistent UK viewing however. Shame Premier Sports have stopped covering.

Does anyone know when Motors TV are due to cover the Melborne V8 weekend (live 13th to 16th March)?

Even my wife wants to know!

I'm considering subscribing to this:

https://www.v8supercars.com.au/v8live/schedule

if Motors TV coverage ends up being sporadic or significantly delayed.

Cheers.

[cupofbeans]

DC2 Mark said:

Well the opening three rounds of the V8s from Adelaide were pretty incredible!

Like many others I'm struggling to find consistent UK viewing however. Shame Premier Sports have stopped covering.

Does anyone know when Motors TV are due to cover the Melborne V8 weekend (live 13th to 16th March)?

Even my wife wants to know!

I'm considering subscribing to this:

https://www.v8supercars.com.au/v8live/schedule

if Motors TV coverage ends up being sporadic or significantly delayed.

Cheers.

Motors TV is more consistent this year. Same-day delayed coverage and quite possibly live coverage of more events too. The Melbourne V8s are non-championship and aren't shown on Motors. It's covered by a different TV company in Australia and doesn't have the same broadcast rights. But you will find it on Youtube.

[cheddar]

cupofbeans said:

Motors TV is more consistent this year. Same-day delayed coverage and quite possibly live coverage of more events too. The Melbourne V8s are non-championship and aren't shown on Motors. It's covered by a different TV company in Australia and doesn't have the same broadcast rights. But you will find it on Youtube.

Bernie's got Melbourne well sewn up and won't allow outside broadcast of V8 racing this weekend in case F1 viewers discover motor racing that makes F1 look incredibly boring, the Sky TV providers keep quiet about it and just don't advertise V8 Melbourne coverage at all.

Very hard to find a way to watch it this weekend, as long as you're not in NZ try Foxtel Go/Foxtel Play.

https://www.foxtel.com.au/discover/foxtelgo/defaul...

ETA:

Free 14 day trial for Foxtel here - http://www.foxtel.com.au/foxtelplay/home/default.h...

Edited by cheddar on Tuesday 11th March 21:50

[Norbury90]

The races are being uploaded to youtube atm, V8 Supercars have shut them down in the past so i'm not sure how long they will last, but they are still up for now.

I have got the superview subscription and it's very good if you are happy to stump up the cash.

[cupofbeans]

Nice touch on Scotty's car from GRM for the Grand Prix weekend.

[AMD87]

At it again