ForeverInLoveWithJus

Guess who doesnt agree.. I agree with a lot of what Murray says though..

PastyHusty

I know who doesn't agree but I like sports to be competed between a LOT of teams/drivers/players who actually have a chance of winning something, not ne team, or one player ........ it gets boring after a while and can easily kill a sport, especially for the neutral spectator.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Well, I have a great and varied interest in all kinds of motorsport from Carting to Rallying to Superbikes to F1, Some of the best drivers exist in lower forms of Motorsport.

PastyHusty

I'm also interested in other forms of racing too. I like racing that involves a lot of action, overtaking and contact. Racing is a contact sport, if you can't touch the other car then it can be boring. That's why I love to watch Touring Cars.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I agree, some people focus too much on Formula 1, they should take a look at other forms.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Istanbul will stage a Formula One race in 2005, Turkey's motor sports federation has announced.

Turkish officials say F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has chosen Istanbul over Izmir and Antalya as the venue for a Turkish Grand Prix.

And German architect Hermann Tilke, who designed the track at Sepang in Malaysia, is expected to complete his plans by March.

A contract for the race has yet to be signed and the FIA, Formula One's governing body, would not confirm that Istanbul had been selected.

But Ecclestone said in a letter to the Turkish federation this week: "I have decided upon Istanbul.

"Now we need to finalize the commercial issues and the TV rights."

Istanbul would be the latest city to enter F1 following the decision to award races to Shanghai and Bahrain in 2004.

The new venues could see traditional European races like the Austrian Grand Prix and the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola removed from the calendar.

Belgium has already been struck off next year's schedule, reducing the season to 16 events, although it could be reinstated for 2004.

Formula One, after a season in which television ratings slumped badly, is trying to spread from its traditional European base where restrictions on tobacco advertising harm revenue potential.

Ecclestone visited Istanbul, Izmir and Antalya in the summer and said at the time that Turkey had a 99.9% chance of staging a race.

Turkish officials believe a Grand Prix would boost tourism in the country, which is caught up in an economic crisis.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Jaguar's Mark Webber has targeted a regular points finish with his new team for the new Formula One season.


Webber, who impressed during his first season with Minardi, will be hoping to make a name for himself with his new team and despite the extra-pressure that will be on him, he is confident that he can rise to the challenge.


Webber, whose best ever finish was his fifth place in Australia, said: "It's a great opportunity for me, but I've still got a lot of stripes to put on my sleeve in terms of my reputation in Formula One. I would like to get points finishes - there's no question about that. We would like to move forward from what has happened this season."


"It's going to be very, very competitive in the mid-field of Formula One,
just inside the top 10 or around that area. The tyre war is going to be crucial - so we will really see in testing in February, obviously Melbourne and the first few races, how realistic and what sort of goals we can set. But I do want to be racing competitively with some strong guys, and that's the next stage of my career," he claimed.

PastyHusty

Another circuit to learn. Can't wait to see the layout of this other new one ......... and god luck to Webber.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Should be an interesting one!

Besnit

Sorry if this has been posted but i couldn't see it anywhere:

Juan-Pablo Must Watch His Mouth For New Qualifying Coverage
21/11/02
Not only will the Qualifying format be changed in 2003, so too will the TV coverage. If Bernie gets his way.


After last month's historic F1 commission meeting came up with changes to the qualifying format, now comes news that the way it will be televised is also due for a shake-up.

Last month the commission changed Saturday Qualifying to one flying lap, with drivers taking to the track one at a time, in an order set by a Friday 'shoot-out'.

Now F1 bosses want to change the way TV covers the Qualifying hour which could make it almost as popular as the race itself. In the past Qualifying has achieved almost 60% of the audience that the race achieves - though in some countries, including Australia and New Zealand, broadcasters do not show it live (Planet F1 TV Survey)

Bosses hope to persuade all the teams to open up their pit-to-car radio systems so that viewers can listen to the drivers while they build up to the big lap and get the news over the radio on how they've done.

F1 Digital viewers have listened to a lot of this traffic through practice, qualifying and races during the 2002 season but some teams have been reluctant to co-operate. Ferrari and McLaren have virtually ignored it, whereas teams like Renault, Williams, Jaguar and Toyota have given viewers a great insight.

Juan-Pablo Montoya actually turned the airwaves blue at Spa when one of his qualifying laps was ruined by Raikkonen who failed to see him as he approached the Bus Stop chicane at speed. "F****** Raikkonen! I don't believe it!" yelled Juan-Pablo over his radio.

Another proposal is to put the Qualifying hour on later in the day, so it doesn't coincide with a lot of Central European lunchtime news programmes. This would mean Qualifying starting at 1pm in the UK and at 2pm in France, Holland, Germany and Italy, if the plan was adopted.

Bernie has written to the teams asking if they will accept both measures.
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I think that would be cool coz I have always wondered what they say to each other over the radio during the race/qualifying.

I thought that the on board computer told them everything they needed to know during a race, so I assumed they must have been discussing dinner plans or something.