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    2018 Australian GP @ Melbourne

    Yaaa! Another F1 season officially begins.

    Looks like teams have performed well during the two weeks of testing. Hopefully, 2018 will turn out to be a good year.



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    Quote Originally Posted by auaq View Post
    Yaaa! Another F1 season officially begins.

    Looks like teams have performed well during the two weeks of testing. Hopefully, 2018 will turn out to be a good year.
    Hopefully McLaren fixed their glitches. Just waiting for friday night practice, but looking at the schedule is thru ESPN 3. I only got 1 and 2...

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    Waiting for F1TV like.....

    Anyway to catch AUS in the US this weekend here is the viewing schedule from ESPN.

    http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/?...&type=upcoming

    Thursday: Practice 1, 8PM CT ESPN 3

    Friday: Practice 2, 12AM CT ESPN 3
    Practice 3, 10PM CT ESPN NEWS

    Saturday: Qualifying, 1AM CT ESPN 2
    Formula 1: On The Grid, 11:30 PM CT, ESPN 2

    Sunday: Race, 12AM CT ESPN 2

    I think these are all central times as that is how they are showing up for me on the link above. Scroll through the days for your times.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yonkers320is View Post
    Hopefully McLaren fixed their glitches. Just waiting for friday night practice, but looking at the schedule is thru ESPN 3. I only got 1 and 2...

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    ESPN3 is through WatchESPN. Either on your desktop or mobile app, or any other streaming device you have should have the WatchESPN app.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RRocket View Post
    Waiting for F1TV like.....

    Anyway to catch AUS in the US this weekend here is the viewing schedule from ESPN.

    http://www.espn.com/watch/schedule/?...&type=upcoming

    Thursday: Practice 1, 8PM CT ESPN 3

    Friday: Practice 2, 12AM CT ESPN 3
    Practice 3, 10PM CT ESPN NEWS

    Saturday: Qualifying, 1AM CT ESPN 2
    Formula 1: On The Grid, 11:30 PM CT, ESPN 2

    Sunday: Race, 12AM CT ESPN 2

    I think these are all central times as that is how they are showing up for me on the link above. Scroll through the days for your times.

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    ESPN3 is through WatchESPN. Either on your desktop or mobile app, or any other streaming device you have should have the WatchESPN app.
    Cool, thanks

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    If Toro Rosso Honda wipes the floor with McLaren this year, I’m going to be really peeved.
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    That would be funny if Mclaren are still struggling while TR are ahead in the standings.



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    Seems like merc, redbull and ferrari have similar pace. mclaren being close will be cool as well. Hope the super thug Vettel has calmed down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vªmp View Post
    Seems like merc, redbull and ferrari have similar pace. mclaren being close will be cool as well. Hope the super thug Vettel has calmed down.
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    Lol. We meat again!



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    Quote Originally Posted by auaq View Post
    That would be funny if Mclaren are still struggling while TR are ahead in the standings.
    I’ll forgive the halos this season if Torro Honda finish ahead McLaren. Double down if Vandoorne finishes ahead of Alonso.

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    Quote Originally Posted by badmonkey View Post
    I’ll forgive the halos this season if Torro Honda finish ahead McLaren. Double down if Vandoorne finishes ahead of Alonso.
    Nnoooooooooooooo....

    I'm really pulling for a McLaren resurgence, F1 needs more Papaya...

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    Also, does F1 have any rules against adding sponsors mid-season? Hypothetically, if McLaren comes out swinging and ends up consistently fighting for 4/5th, are they allowed to take on a big name sponsor and splash it across the side of their car?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan M3 View Post
    Nnoooooooooooooo....

    I'm really pulling for a McLaren resurgence, F1 needs more Papaya...

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    Also, does F1 have any rules against adding sponsors mid-season? Hypothetically, if McLaren comes out swinging and ends up consistently fighting for 4/5th, are they allowed to take on a big name sponsor and splash it across the side of their car?

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    I love the new mclaren livery. Wish the blue was more visible at different angles though. I think BrawnGP added sponsors through the season in 2009. I would assume this is still allowed.

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    Meh ... I don't like it. Looks cheesy if you what I mean.



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    F1 taking NBC's Paddock Pass with Will Buxton in house this year. 30min show twice a race weekend. People on reddit are wasting their time bitching about TV graphics and Halos. If this is a sign of things to come from Liberty, I'm on board:


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    Oh good, F1 covering and reporting on F1. I expect much critical thinking and discussion on Liberty's stupid decisions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xxxxxxx View Post
    Oh good, F1 covering and reporting on F1. I expect much critical thinking and discussion on Liberty's stupid decisions.
    And you're exactly the type I'm talking about. Two practice sessions in and F1 is ruined!!!! F U Liberty!!!

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    The only thing didn't like was the two commentators, the fat and the dummy, Paul DiResta is OK. Case in point the display they put in the car in the garage, talkug about a snow plow and couldn't see the driver. Well how they expect to put a monitor in the monstrosity of the halo?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RRocket View Post
    And you're exactly the type I'm talking about. Two practice sessions in and F1 is ruined!!!! F U Liberty!!!
    Yay for me

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    Good grief the halos are hideous.

    Merc has definitely dialed up the Q3 party mode.

    Race prediction..

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    ESPN really pissed me off - wall to wall commercials between qualifying rounds, and no post-qualifying analysis/discussion. I hope they introduce some of those things as the season progresses.

    It’ll be interesting to see how they treat commercials tomorrow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by m3fuz View Post
    ESPN really pissed me off - wall to wall commercials between qualifying rounds, and no post-qualifying analysis/discussion. I hope they introduce some of those things as the season progresses.

    It’ll be interesting to see how they treat commercials tomorrow.
    Watch it on the app, less commercials than on tv. Or watch it on the Unimas channel, no commercials,
    And guess some heads will roll at Hass

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yonkers320is View Post
    Watch it on the app, less commercials than on tv. Or watch it on the Unimas channel, no commercials,
    And guess some heads will roll at Hass

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    Will have to do that for Bahrain. They did the same thing after the race today - interview over, 30 for 30 begins. I’ll give NBCSN credit for at least having a post-race analysis.

    If this is how Liberty wants to promote F1 in the US, an epic failboat will be arriving on their shores soon.
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    Holy Haas.

    ESPN race coverage was a nightmare. Hopefully they time the commercial breaks a little bit better next time. Right now I would pay $1000 for F1TV. I am so ready for it to be released.

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    Quote Originally Posted by m3fuz View Post
    Will have to do that for Bahrain. They did the same thing after the race today - interview over, 30 for 30 begins. I’ll give NBCSN credit for at least having a post-race analysis.

    If this is how Liberty wants to promote F1 in the US, an epic failboat will be arriving on their shores soon.
    Just be patient for F1TV.

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    Quote Originally Posted by m3fuz View Post
    Will have to do that for Bahrain. They did the same thing after the race today - interview over, 30 for 30 begins. I’ll give NBCSN credit for at least having a post-race analysis.

    If this is how Liberty wants to promote F1 in the US, an epic failboat will be arriving on their shores soon.
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    ESPN race coverage was a nightmare. Hopefully they time the commercial breaks a little bit better next time. Right now I would pay $1000 for F1TV. I am so ready for it to be released.
    Race was decent, but ESPN's TV coverage was the worst I've ever seen. The pre-race show started with a static shot of a corner of the track for the first 15 minutes before ESPN decided to shoehorn in some basketball analysis while we were waiting.

    Brundle's gridwalk was excruciating to watch. And no pre- or post-race analysis. What happened to Will Buxton?

    Looks like ESPN paid for the world feed and slapped some bumper graphics on it. Terrible.
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