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ntv7 is the host broadcaster for the F1 World Championship 2010 in Malaysia! More info coming soon! #f1ntv7

2nd time in a row for ntv7... just saw the news on malaysiangp website...

most of the time they only change 2 years once....

Farking shit, I just read in newspaper as well, 7 race life, the rest delayed broadcast, FFFFUUUU !!!!!

Shame on Najib, can have own F1 team but cannot even have free live broadcast?

Seriously Media Prima is controlling all the private TV station in Malaysia, allocate one station to broadcast F1 life cannot ah? If advertisers run away to another local TV station, money still go to Media Prima wad...

1Malaysia

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Added on March 11, 2010, 6:40 pm

At least its widescreen, better isn't it

This post has been edited by karhoe: Mar 11 2010, 06:40 PM

Actually I rather blame the sponsors, not the TV station. It cost quite a bit for the TV station to adjust a program scheduing, especially for something that is not weekly, thus usually the cost will be burdened byt he sponsors

why not blame Bernie charging too much?

Well true that $$$ is the reason, but my guess is no matter it is a life or delayed life broadcast, the fees should be the same by FOM ? After all, advertisers also pay for advertisements along the delayed F1 broadcast at night. Obviously the TV station does not want to lose 'prime time' advertisements revenue.

learn how to appreciate bro, alot better than RTM host it, which not only delay, but cut the race. i pray very hard NTV7 can host it every year even it is delay broadcast.

This post has been edited by coolkwc: Mar 11 2010, 10:27 PM

those are the minor updates brought by mclaren to bahrain?

Yes. And guess what? Their rear wing is totally and absolutely LEGAL
The advantage was around 5Kph gained at the straights of Barcelona, thus even IF they qualify low on the grid, they have the car that not only have a good downforce for a corner, but faster on the straights.

And interesting to note, unlike the Double Decker diffuser last season of the Brawn, this was planned for 3 years. Thus we won't see teams immediately copying the design, as it will have a major knock on effects on the other parts of the car.

McLaren just found something innovative, and yet amazingly legal while it does not seem to at the same time

Autosport;
New movie set to hit screens in 2011

By Jonathan Noble Thursday, March 11th 2010, 18:15 GMT


An officially sanctioned Formula 1 movie is set to hit the cinema screens early next year after a landmark deal was reached with the sport's commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone.

Preparations are now well underway for the film, which will be an action documentary charting the history of the sport but focusing especially on the period between 1968 and 1982.

The film is being produced by Hollywood-based Michael Shevloff, and is being worked on by the partnership of Oscar winners Mark Monroe (writer) and Paul Crowder (director).

With the full support of Ecclestone, it is hoped production for the film will be completed this year with a release date scheduled for early in 2011.

Monroe, who won an Oscar with Crowder last week for his recent documentary film 'The Cove', said the plan was for the F1 movie to appeal to both casual fans and the hardcore enthusiast as it charted the sport's history and growth.

"My partners and I really believe that documentaries can be entertaining and engaging - not just reporting facts," he told AUTOSPORT during a visit to the Bahrain Grand Prix.

"We want to make a big action movie - do something that puts people in the car and makes them gasp at the speed of the thing. Then, tell the human stories all the while, so you can dip in and out of these human stories with these big action moments that are enhanced from archive footage.

"We will do it with music, flare and energy - and get people excited about it. It is a pretty tall task as we have to hit the right tone so the proper fans don't think it is a rubbish, but also make it broad enough so that someone who doesn't know anything about the sport can really enjoy it.

"That is the task and it is a tough one – but it can be done and that is what we have set out to do."

Although previous plans for F1-based movies have fallen through, with Sylvester Stallone abandoning his own efforts and making the widely-lambasted 'Driven' movie based on ChampCar instead, Shevloff believes that by having a documentary approach, rather than creating fiction, the idea had every chance of being successful.

"It is a tough order to make a dramatic film about a dramatic sport," he explained. "To make a film and say we will spend 100 million dollars or 200 million dollars on this movie – well Bernie would just reply and say the teams spend a billion dollars on the sport.

"So I don't know how you would make it bigger than it is. It is bigger in real life than you could ever make in a film, so a documentary is a much better form for this. The real thing is so huge that if you put it in a movie, the whole thing would seem contrived."

The film does not yet have an official name – but it has been decided the main focus will be on the period between Jim Clark's death at Hockenheim in 1968 and Gilles Villeneuve's fatal accident at Zolder in 1982.

"We don't have a title. We are still looking at titles – and it is the last thing on our plate at the moment," added Shevloff.

"We have had various working titles, from 'The Greatest Show on Earth', to 'The Untitled F1 Doc'. We need to find something that is a film rather than a documentary title – we are intent on making people see it as a film."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81996

This post has been edited by ckk125: Mar 12 2010, 09:15 AM

red bull will be the next coming up with an updates which similar to that as stated by Horner when he lodge the complain again mclaren..later we will see whether the additional straight line speed helps.. it seems that there is a control on the steering which the driver can control the wing
"It is believed McLaren's system involves an air inlet on the upper left monocoque top, which is opened and closed by a trigger activated by the drivers' knee. Germany's Auto Motor und Sport quoted an FIA official as describing it as a "simple but brilliant trick". " Quoted from ESPN F1..

btw, any fantasy this time around?

That is just a rumour from scarbsf1. And even in the original article, he stated that it's the most unlikeliest explanation. This other explanation makes more sense

guys, is there anyway to watch F1 online?

Webber envious of McLaren's ventilation system?

10:49
Button is now fastest with a 1:57.068

10:55
Kovalainen's car is bottoming out. He is probably running a very heavy fuel load.

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Added on March 12, 2010, 4:08 pm11:05
Still no sign from HRT. Senna's car remains up on jacks in the garage.

11:02
Kovalainen complains about his cockpit overheating and a burnt bottom. He's been brought into the pits for the problem to be addressed.

11:01
Force India has got off to a good start. Sutil is fourth fastest. They could be this weekend's surprise package.

11:01
Alonso is now fastest with a 1:56.909. He's ahead of Felipe Massa in second.



Ohps.. Kovalainen cook his gugu...


This post has been edited by BuFung: Mar 12 2010, 04:08 PM

Sutil fastest now with a 1:56.888

o.O omigot... force india is really a force now..

Heiki.. complaint bout burnt bottom~

lol I am tweeting the practice. Btw WTF Sutil. suddenly popping at #1