F1 - 2011

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    Very nice, Giddy Up!
     
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    Lets hope Speed steps up to the plate and offers us the HD version.
     
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    SPEED's website is covering this news now, and guess what? NO mention of whether SPEED will make the HD available to viewers...

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    Speed does broadcast in HD. I can't see why they wouldn't. Funny, my buddy and I have been bitching about the lack of HD for F1 for a while now.
     
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    'bout damn time....
     
  6. Steve

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    Lotus Renault GP 2011 livery (on the 2010 car). There's a lot of open black space at this point but I don't imagine it'll stay that way.

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    And today SPEED confirms that they will be transmitting F1 in HD for the 2011 season!

    Huzzah! Whoop.

    'Bout time...

    _Dave_

    PS: Saw a comment somewhere from an enlightened SPEED TV viewer who thought F1 was already in HD on SPEED... After all, he was watching it on his HD TV so it must have been HD...
     
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    Guess you gonna need to update that VCR after all?
     
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    In order:

    1) Yep, 'bout time.

    2) Wow, epic fail.
     
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    Ditched the VCR when we got FIOS - came with a really dumb STB that still has the VCR all beat.

    Now just need an HDTV... Still running the old 27" CRT monster...

    Wife sez something about waiting for the LED technology to mature...

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    When it does, it will be close to Plasma. Which you can get really good deals on for some really big screens. Every one who owns the latest LED and stops by our house does a double take when they see our Pana Plasma. :Thumbsup:
     
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    Steve, do you have an actual link?
     
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    The 2011 Pre-Season Schedule (planetf1.com)
    Contrary to the launch sched -- and according to other articles -- McLaren will unveil their new car on the first day of testing, 1 Feb, but won't test it at Valencia. They'll participate in the Valencia test using a 2010 car with a few updates and concentrating on tires, then take the 2011 car to Jerez.
     
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    Are they just posturing or are they really doing something unique? Here's hoping it's the latter.....though now I'm picturing Williams' walrus nose.....

    Renault says R31 design 'brave' (itv-f1.com)
    Full story here.
     
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    Marlboro is set to stay as Ferrari’s title sponsor until at least 2014, according to a report on Thursday.

    The German-language Motorsport-Total.com said it learned about the likely contract extension at the team’s recent ‘Wrooom’ media event in the Italian Dolomites.

    An official announcement could be made on January 28, when the famous team launches its 2011 car at its Maranello base.
    Philip Morris brand Marlboro has remained in F1 long after the sport’s total ban on cigarette advertising.

    The team’s so-called ‘barcode’ logo and livery was controversial in 2010, leading to the launch of a new logo for this year, which will be incorporated into the design of the 2011 car’s livery.

    “We see no obstacles to an extension,” the report quotes a spokesman for Philip Morris International as saying.
     
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    Their 2010 livery was controversial but Lotus Renault's 2011 livery may be illegal in Canada -- maybe -- because it apparently looks sort of like a pack of cigarettes.
     
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    "... enough to make a Frenchman weep into his cognac ..."

    The name is Lotus Renault GP but they're doing their best to change the emphasis to Lotus vice Renault.

    Renault F1 prepare to fly British flag as Lotus takes over French Formula One team (telegraph.co.uk)
     
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    Any further info on the progress of the Texas track ?

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    I know they're moving dirt now....so that's something!
     

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