US F1 tv coverage sold to NBC for 2013. F1 on Speed RIP

[REDARMYSOJA]

NBC broadcasting F1? Stone the crows!

With Hobbsie doing the broadcasts, along with Matchett. I think Buxton is switching over too. We're going to have to listen to Leigh Diffey though. I'd rather hear Varsha than him.

[Tifoso]

SPEED has gotten ridiculous, anyway.

Despise NBC, but at least all the races will be on 1 channel.

[Tifoso]

Baseball is the most boring sport in the world. Speed...

American football says hi.

Go Yankees

[Tifoso]

What amazes me about this thread is that everyone seems to be worrying about watching the races. Don't get me wrong. I want to watch the races and I want to watch them live but we are missing the point. Next year we will have TWO U.S. Grands Prix and NO American drivers. Something is wrong in that we can't even get an American into a car.

Welcome aboard!

[Tifoso]

Well this is encouraging. At least we know we will still get practice and qualifying coverage:

"NBC will air four races – the Canadian Grand Prix in June, and the final three races of the season in November – while the remaining 16 races will air on NBC Sports Network. All practice and qualifying sessions will also be on the cable station.

Miller said the intent is to broadcast everything live, but the network is working through a small number of scheduling conflicts. All 20 races will be live streamed on NBC Sports Group's live-stream platform."

Awesome! Grazie!

[Brakefade]

American football says hi.

Go Yankees

I love football (American) actually. I used to play in high school. Only a few games are played every year, so it's high stakes. Plus you need large attachments to play, a lot like driving a race car. Baseball on the other hand, and to a lesser extent basketball, play so many games that every game is almost meaningless.

Anyways, do we know who the announcers will be? Also it would be cool if they get to travel to the actual race location, instead of watching a monitor in "South Carolina".

[Nova]

Just saw an ad for NBC Sports, among the sports splashing across the screen..tadaa...F1!!!!
1st time I saw it actually...
Tifoso..go yankees...I havent watched a whole baseball game in 25 years Fun to play though..
American football...Washington Redskins.

Does anyone know who the broadcasters are? I havent heard a thing.

[Liscia]

It might be selfish of me but I do wish NBC all the luck and hope they
deliver for us because it means I can give up the Comcast "Sports Package"
which costs me a lot monthly just to watch F1 on SPEED as I follow no other
sport that is part of that package.

[REDARMYSOJA]

Does anyone know who the broadcasters are? I havent heard a thing.

Leigh Diffey, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett.

There was talk that perhaps Will Buxton will also join them.

[impactX]

lol first world problem.

This would have been a big issue if we are living in 1990s, but with the Internet, you can watch everything live online.

[NickEice]

With Hobbsie doing the broadcasts, along with Matchett. I think Buxton is switching over too. We're going to have to listen to Leigh Diffey though. I'd rather hear Varsha than him.

+1

Bob Varsha is the man. I really can't stand Diffey. I hope Will gets a job there, but there are rumblings he may be going to Indy Car. That would be upsetting. enjoy following him on Twitter. He was very emotional at the last broadcast thanking SPEED for giving him the opportunity and how he would miss it greatly.

[Kiwi Nick]

Watching most of the Euro and Middle Eastern races live, at 8:00 AM, has been perfect for me. I watch F1 from 8-10, with Live Timing on my PC, and have the rest of the day free. If NBC delays the broadcast until the afternoon, I'll just watch it live on the internet and Live Timing.

[NickEice]

Is there rumors they will be on tape delay!??! I thought they were going to broadcast live on NBC Sports. I hope they don't do delay, it's such a pain because I have to consciously not open my ESPN F1 app on my phone or else I'll see the winner and then the race is not as fun knowing the outcome. I find it fun waking up at 2am when they have the Asian races to watch live. It is like a ritual, brew the coffee, makes some eggs and enjoy!

And I agree, having the live timing up on the PC is the way to go. So much more information than they can give on the broadcast.

I also hope they do something on the NBC Sports website like SPEED did with the Austin GP this year and have onboard cams for select cars streaming online. I know SKY has that option in Europe and I think it would be awesome to have Alonso and Massa's onboard streaming the whole time.

[wisepie]

I feel sorry for you guys who may now not be able to get live races, here in the UK I felt the same when BBC and Sky shared the coverage and we lost half of the live races unless subscribing to Sky, at a cost. But now I've just read a comment in a UK magazine suggesting that Luca/Ferrari sign a US driver in 2014, presumably by getting rid of Felipe, in order to raise the F1 profile in the US. I am so annoyed that this well-respected F1 correspondent implies that Felipe will be dumped for 2014, irrespective of his 2013 performance, before the season even starts. I also assume that there are many US-based Massa fans, so the suggestion of Marco Andretti as a 2014 Ferrari driver doesn't for the moment hold much water!:xmasfrown:

[NickEice]

I feel sorry for you guys who may now not be able to get live races, here in the UK I felt the same when BBC and Sky shared the coverage and we lost half of the live races unless subscribing to Sky, at a cost. But now I've just read a comment in a UK magazine suggesting that Luca/Ferrari sign a US driver in 2014, presumably by getting rid of Felipe, in order to raise the F1 profile in the US. I am so annoyed that this well-respected F1 correspondent implies that Felipe will be dumped for 2014, irrespective of his 2013 performance, before the season even starts. I also assume that there are many US-based Massa fans, so the suggestion of Marco Andretti as a 2014 Ferrari driver doesn't for the moment hold much water!:xmasfrown:

That is interesting. I don't think Marco will be of a high enough caliber but he did have quite a few strong performances in Indy Car this year. That being said, and despite appreciating what Massa has done in the past, I would much rather have a fellow Italian-American of the storied Andretti family driving for The Scuderia, if and only if he had the speed to do so competitively.

[Tifoso]

That is interesting. I don't think Marco will be of a high enough caliber but he did have quite a few strong performances in Indy Car this year. That being said, and despite appreciating what Massa has done in the past, I would much rather have a fellow Italian-American of the storied Andretti family driving for The Scuderia, if and only if he had the speed to do so competitively.

Genovese and Toscano.

You?

[REDARMYSOJA]

Is there rumors they will be on tape delay!??! I thought they were going to broadcast live on NBC Sports.

I've seen nothing about the races being delayed other than the 4 mid-season as usual, but that's only because Bernie wants them done that way.

NBC is promising coverage better than what we had at SPEED, they already have as far as I'm concerned because they are going to stream them live as well as the usual network broadcast.

[NickEice]

Genovese and Toscano.

You?

Napoletano and Romano and proud of it!

[wisepie]

That is interesting. I don't think Marco will be of a high enough caliber but he did have quite a few strong performances in Indy Car this year. That being said, and despite appreciating what Massa has done in the past, I would much rather have a fellow Italian-American of the storied Andretti family driving for The Scuderia, if and only if he had the speed to do so competitively.

I take your point as I'm all in favour of an Italian-connected driver in our team, I was just incensed that there was already talk of Felipe being the fall guy if a US driver was hired to manipulate the US interest in F1. I'm English but for some reason I feel as if I'm Italian (no connection whatsoever except that I spent 8 months there in the '70s), and I'd say I'm a Veneziano or Padovano!

[Brakefade]

I've seen nothing about the races being delayed other than the 4 mid-season as usual, but that's only because Bernie wants them done that way.

NBC is promising coverage better than what we had at SPEED, they already have as far as I'm concerned because they are going to stream them live as well as the usual network broadcast.

Why the need to show 4 races taped delayed? They could show the USGP, Canadian GP, and Brazilian GP live, and at a good time for main NBC network. Next year they could include the New Jersey GP too.

[Tifoso]

oh god.. i guess no more live coverages of the race anymore.. that is disappointing. I guess it bodes well to show the race when a majority of people are awake but the die hard sports fans that wake up at 6-7am loose out

Try 4:30AM

Anyone have the schedule?

What channel is it on DirecTV?

[Tifoso]

Here is the schedule (still would like to know the corresponding channels on DirecTV...and I guess DISH and COMCAST for those who have that).

http://scores.nbcsports.msnbc.com/na...p?series=FORM1

Oddly, this shows US times for the actual race, probably not the coverage. At least it does show the channel.

[NickEice]

I am really excited for F1 on NBC Sports network. I believe they will be showing most if not all races live. As well as all practice sessions. They are also live streaming all races on their website. Follow Will Buxton and Leight Diffey on Twitter. They give teasers now and then.

What is great is that I was watching a national broadcast of Penguins Flyers and they had an epic F1 commercial for the season and Melbourne. Link below. Bringing F1 to a mainstream network is awesome for F1 in the USA.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/228251...32894#50832894

[FrankAlfa]

I like this move! With Leigh Diffey, David Hobbs and Steve Matchett they have a very entertaining team of broadcasters. Now all they need to do is get the "Wee Scot" to joint their team. Then we would really entertained even more.

Ciao,

Forza Ferrari!!!!

[SleepySpaghetti]

Live online streams are the way to go to watch F1 anyways. I'm speaking for a minority here but the live Speed broadcast was blacked-out in Canada. So this doesn't make much difference for us. But overall IMO I think it's a positive for F1 as it will expose the sport to a larger fan-making audience. I say fan-making because the average american is more likely to tune in to NBC rather than SpeedTV. We'll know if it's working if they resign a future contract.

[DJMORIN]

hey everyone new to the forum. been going to this site for years. huge ferrari fan live in the north east ma.been going to montreal since 1982 so any questions feel free to ask.regarding nbc foxsports and f1. they told me channel 220 for direct tv viewers

[brembo man]

Baseball is the most boring sport in the world. Speed...

Ask a baseball fan what he thinks of F1 races!

[brembo man]

American football says hi.

Go Yankees

Dopo aver udito molti colleghi sostenere questi ultima opinione, "Baseball is Boring!" ho provato veramente un senso di sollievo que trovato A YANKEE FAN !! Mi fa un gran piacere sentirlo, Tifoso di Baseball & Ferrari F1 !

[DJMORIN]

SINCE FINDING OUT LAST WEEK THAT IT WOULD BE CHANNEL 220 IVE GONE TO IT A FEW TIMES SEEMS TO SHOW HOCKEY WORLD CUP SOCCER AND SKIING PLUS THEY SAID IT WILL ALL COME TO US LIVE PRACTICE QUALI RACE

[NickEice]

We all liked SPEEDS coverage. I have a feeling we will LOVE NBC.