rec.autos.simulators

> I agree.

> F1 is becoming a joke, When will BE realise that F1 won't survive on one TV
> station broadcasting to France, Germany and Italy only.
> It pisses me off that I couldnt watch the most 'Incidental' qualifying
> session this season. It was probably a big fix to get subscribers : Bernie
> forces many fans to miss out on exciting qualifying session in wet, people
> panic, afraid they'll miss something else and subscirbe to Bernie TV!

> I switched my TV on today expecting to see F1 cars, but I saw some woman
> called Sunny Davies or something being forced to marry someone from the
> Middle East - Or somethinhg! Wasn't paying attention, was glued to the
> Autosport site.

> Pathetic. F1 should be run by the fans, not some money hungry idiot.

> > Here in the UK, and according to www.autosport.com other European
> countries
> > too, F1 qualifying is no longer available unless you subscribe to Bernie's
> > digital TV network (not yet available in UK, I might add) and pay circa
> 10
> > per race (based on French prices).  The quality of coverage in the races
> has
> > also been compromised by big BE in order to encourage people to shell out.
> > With so many motorsports offering a better show, what's gonna happen?  Are
> > the sponsors who spend absolute fortunes at getting their brand names on
> the
> > sides of these machines going to be happy about the drastic audience
> > reduction?  I don't think so. I think BE has gone mad with his power. My
> hope
> > is that F1 in it's current guise dies (it's a soap opera, not a sport
> > anymore).  With -real- ovals being built in the UK and Germany, maybe CART
> > could become the premier motorsport division - sure it's not the technical
> > tour-de-force, but who gives a mokey's about that?  And those that claim
> full
> > course yellows make it a non sport - did you see Canada?  At least the
> cars
> > are still just that, cars.  F1 gets more like wipeout each year - less
> > contact with the road, more reliance on aero...

> > Mark, pissed off 'cause he couldn't watch Barrichello get pole,
> > Reading, UK

> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

> We think along similar lines. I posted this elsewhere earlier on.....

> Bernie has squeezed the necks of the tv companies even further.

> Today, I sat down to watch qualifying for the French GP. By all accounts,
it
> was a momentous session with Barrichello getting the first ever pole for
> Stewart. Needless to say, We were unable to see this marvel. Why?
> Because Bernie has decided on a whim that TV companies no longer have the
> right to televise qualifying. I bet the teams sponsors were highly
impressed
> with this sudden down turn in exposure. You now need to subscribe to his
15
> million a year cable roadshow in order to see it. Needless to say, there
are
> only officially 3 countries where this is possible at present.
> This comes as a final straw to me. The bastard has already made sure that
in
> car shots are almost exclusively his, along with many cameras that are no
> longer fed to the network stations.

> Mr Ecclestone was in hospital this week undergoing heart surgery. I think
> that they have removed it and replaced it with a bigger stone!

> We now have a circus run by an idiot who makes rules by way of misguided
> opinion and ignores the wishes of countless millions of people all over
the
> world. We now have a single person holding the main media outlet to the
> world, to ransom. This of course doesn't even touch on his other
monopolies.
> Eccleshite has his pockets lined from almost every aspect of the sport
from
> tv rights down to who gets the contract to supply mobile shithouses at
> Silverstone!!!!!

> Net result.
> We pay exorbitant prices for the cheapest tickets and have to queue from
> dawn to dusk to stake a half decent claim on a piece of banking. We sit
and
> watch boring cars skitter around an emasculated track in the knowledge
that
> unless we have a Corporate box in front of the pits, we have more chance
of
> seeing the Loch Ness monster than a passing manoeuvre on track. In our
> armchairs we now wonder how long it will be before Channel Ecclestone
> finally pulls the plug on terrestrial tv and calls the shots as to how
much
> he will charge to bore us silly on a Sunday afternoon. Why the hell do we
> put up with this?

> My feeling is that we all hope that F1 will one day climb from the ashes
and
> rise like a Phoenix. Maybe we are clinging to it from a sense of loyalty,
> trying to relive past glories. I'm sorry to say that from this day
onwards,
> I am officially declaring myself as an Ex F1 fan. These bastards will
never
> get another penny of mine to further line their corrupt pockets.I have a
> feeling that one or two other people are starting to think along the same
> lines. Shit happens, milk turns sour and F1 gets run by Bernie and Max.
> Sorry facts of life.....

> Mark

> > Here in the UK, and according to www.autosport.com other European
> countries
> > too, F1 qualifying is no longer available unless you subscribe to
Bernie's
> > digital TV network (not yet available in UK, I might add) and pay circa
> 10
> > per race (based on French prices).  The quality of coverage in the races
> has
> > also been compromised by big BE in order to encourage people to shell
out.
> > With so many motorsports offering a better show, what's gonna happen?
Are
> > the sponsors who spend absolute fortunes at getting their brand names on
> the
> > sides of these machines going to be happy about the drastic audience
> > reduction?  I don't think so. I think BE has gone mad with his power. My
> hope
> > is that F1 in it's current guise dies (it's a soap opera, not a sport
> > anymore).  With -real- ovals being built in the UK and Germany, maybe
CART
> > could become the premier motorsport division - sure it's not the
technical
> > tour-de-force, but who gives a mokey's about that?  And those that claim
> full
> > course yellows make it a non sport - did you see Canada?  At least the
> cars
> > are still just that, cars.  F1 gets more like wipeout each year - less
> > contact with the road, more reliance on aero...

> > Mark, pissed off 'cause he couldn't watch Barrichello get pole,
> > Reading, UK

> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

>Here in the UK, and according to www.autosport.com other European countries
>too, F1 qualifying is no longer available unless you subscribe to Bernie's
>digital TV network (not yet available in UK, I might add) and pay circa 10
>per race (based on French prices).  The quality of coverage in the races has
>also been compromised by big BE in order to encourage people to shell out.
>With so many motorsports offering a better show, what's gonna happen?  Are
>the sponsors who spend absolute fortunes at getting their brand names on the
>sides of these machines going to be happy about the drastic audience
>reduction?  I don't think so. I think BE has gone mad with his power. My hope
>is that F1 in it's current guise dies (it's a soap opera, not a sport
>anymore).  With -real- ovals being built in the UK and Germany, maybe CART
>could become the premier motorsport division - sure it's not the technical
>tour-de-force, but who gives a mokey's about that?  And those that claim full
>course yellows make it a non sport - did you see Canada?  At least the cars
>are still just that, cars.  F1 gets more like wipeout each year - less
>contact with the road, more reliance on aero...

>Mark, pissed off 'cause he couldn't watch Barrichello get pole,
>Reading, UK

>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

> Here in the UK, and according to www.autosport.com other European countries
> too, F1 qualifying is no longer available unless you subscribe to Bernie's
> digital TV network (not yet available in UK, I might add) and pay circa 10
> per race (based on French prices).  The quality of coverage in the races has
> also been compromised by big BE in order to encourage people to shell out.
> With so many motorsports offering a better show, what's gonna happen?  Are
> the sponsors who spend absolute fortunes at getting their brand names on the
> sides of these machines going to be happy about the drastic audience
> reduction?  I don't think so. I think BE has gone mad with his power. My hope
> is that F1 in it's current guise dies (it's a soap opera, not a sport
> anymore).  With -real- ovals being built in the UK and Germany, maybe CART
> could become the premier motorsport division - sure it's not the technical
> tour-de-force, but who gives a mokey's about that?  And those that claim full
> course yellows make it a non sport - did you see Canada?  At least the cars
> are still just that, cars.  F1 gets more like wipeout each year - less
> contact with the road, more reliance on aero...

> Mark, pissed off 'cause he couldn't watch Barrichello get pole,
> Reading, UK

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

>>Mr Ecclestone was in hospital this week undergoing heart surgery.
>Lets hope he suffers some *** complications.

> On Sat, 26 Jun 1999 22:57:20 +0100, "Robin Lord"

> >>Mr Ecclestone was in hospital this week undergoing heart surgery.
> >Lets hope he suffers some *** complications.

> That's a pretty shocking thing to say about anyone...

> Cheers!
> John