Pay-per-view F1 next year?

This article from the BBC says they're cutting costs and can only televise "free-to-air" half of the 2012 season.  The rest will be PPV on Sky (Fox).  (The BBC is who provides "the world feed" (in the immortal words of Greg Cramer) that Speed uses to do their voice-over F1 broadcasts.)

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93497

Not sure what the broadcast arrangement is for the U.S.  Guess I'll pony up the bucks for my F1 fix but I damn well hope PPV means no commercials.

no sir, I don't like it

Quote from: Cher on July 29, 2011, 06:40:47 PM
Guess I'll pony up the bucks for my F1 fix but I damn well hope PPV means no commercials.

Oo-oo-wee, not me!! Last time I tried to use my charge card, it blew all my hair off........I guess I'm just too damn poor to watch F1 anymore....

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/01/fia-confirms-2012-formula-1-calendar-united-states-gp-set-for-n/


ROAD TRIP!   In November  (beats the heck out of that June date they were talking about) 

 

In!

Now, I could probably do a road trip to Austin in the middle of November. Probably will have cooled down to the low 90s by then....

Quote from: Cher on September 01, 2011, 03:24:54 PM

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/01/fia-confirms-2012-formula-1-calendar-united-states-gp-set-for-n/


ROAD TRIP!   In November  (beats the heck out of that June date they were talking about) 

i am so in!

I signed up for notifications about tickets/packages...  I'm hoping I won't have to sell one of my kids to pay for it.   

Quote from: CajunR on September 02, 2011, 07:52:52 AM
I signed up for notifications about tickets/packages...  I'm hoping I won't have to sell one of my kids to pay for it.   

thats funny but you will have to sell off one. so i would start running them through a battery of tests to see which would help your retirement fund. then sell the other.

Just checked out http://grandprix-tickets.com/index.asp...

I might have to sell BOTH of the kids!!!   

Maybe I can barter my worthless dog.  And a chicken.

why do you think they will be so expensive, the couple of F1 races i've been to at indy, wasnt bad at all.

Great race watch weekend! The only triple banger of the 2011 racing season. Get those DVRs warmed up and set to record!

AMA SBK finals at New Jersey Motorsport Park, WSBK at Nurburgring and MotoGP at Misano in Italy.

F1 Austin fans, enjoy!   

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/21/red-bull-and-david-coulthard-off-road-circuit-of-the-americas-a/