rec.autos.simulators

> Was there a change in the way Formula One is broadcast here in the
US? The
> last race in San Marino wasn't broadcast on the day of the race. It
was
> broadcast the week after (last Friday) after we knew who won. This
upcoming
> race in Spain isn't going to be broadcast this Sunday either. The
only thing
> they're going to show is qualifying. Anyone know what's going on? Why
has
> The Speed Channel begun delaying the broadcast until a week later?
It's
> stupid. It's like watching the Super Bowl the week after it happened.
It
> just can't and shouldn't be done.

>> Was there a change in the way Formula One is broadcast here in the US?
>> The last race in San Marino wasn't broadcast on the day of the race.
>> It was broadcast the week after (last Friday) after we knew who won.
>> This upcoming race in Spain isn't going to be broadcast this Sunday
>> either. The only thing they're going to show is qualifying. Anyone
>> know what's going on? Why has The Speed Channel begun delaying the
>> broadcast until a week later? It's stupid. It's like watching the
>> Super Bowl the week after it happened. It just can't and shouldn't be
>> done.

>   CBS has been poaching some of the races.  It will be the same for
> champcar, except I doubt we'll see a 2nd broadcast of CC.  They are only
> delaying the cast cuz they don't have first rights to it.
> Use tvguide.com and search for auto racing to verify the channel on any
> paticular weekend.  And also check the daily schedules on speedchanel's
> website.

> dh

> Four Formula One races are on CBS this year, shown on the day of the
> race but tape delayed (San Marino started at 10 a.m. here on the West
> Coast). The announcers at San Marino mentioned which the other three
> were going to be, but I can't recall offhand. Speed Channel then shows
> the race on the following Friday. I prefer the Speed Channel
> announcers, but the CBS crew was quite OK, too, I thought. The rest of
> the F1 races will be live on Speed, as before.

>> Was there a change in the way Formula One is broadcast here in the
> US? The
>> last race in San Marino wasn't broadcast on the day of the race. It
> was
>> broadcast the week after (last Friday) after we knew who won. This
> upcoming
>> race in Spain isn't going to be broadcast this Sunday either. The
> only thing
>> they're going to show is qualifying. Anyone know what's going on? Why
> has
>> The Speed Channel begun delaying the broadcast until a week later?
> It's
>> stupid. It's like watching the Super Bowl the week after it happened.
> It
>> just can't and shouldn't be done.