BBC to axe F1 from 2013? Confirmed - F1 will be on Sky from 2012

[tooncheese]

1200 now.

Currently the only thing the Great British taxpayer wants more than free F1 coverage is the ban on the death penalty to continue.

 

[RasputinLives]

1,364 when I signed

 

[Dizzi]

4,572 when I signed.
Early mornings seem to be quiet, had no luck last night.

 

[RickD]

7,300ish now..

 

[Nothing but net]

If signing this petition goes for anything its to avoid this

http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,12870_7067060,00.html

Paul di Resta, the Rory McIlroy of F1!!!!!!!!!!! what a piss take

 

[mjo]

Did Jardine just say Fernandes?

 

[Galahad]

Virgin are the first team to express concerns/reservations with the deal:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/93642

Bernie's prize pot only really pays out big money to the top 10 teams in the championship, so for HRT and Virgin it's easy to see why a reduced audience could be extremely bad news. Kudos to Graeme Lowdon for (ironically through Autosport) not trying to tell the fans what they should think about it.

 

[Il_leone]

I wonder if Sky will screw the small teams in favour of the big teams in terms of TV money like they have done with Premiership football such that Man U, Chelsea, Arsenal etc get richer whilst clubs at the bottom get poorer and run into financial mess.... I can see teams like Ferrari and Mclaren angling towards this because after all the teams want more money from the TV revenue which they only get 50% shared based on where they finish in the constructors .

Bernie will not be around to do the next deal which basically opens the way for Sky to buy the rights to F1 exclusively and I can see Murdoch rubbing his hands with delight

the bBC are getting more useless and rubbish every year with their programmes barring a few sports events like Wimbledon for two weeks.

 

[The Artist.....]

10,325 signatures now!!!

 

[mjo]

Noooooooo!!!!!!
http://www.planet-f1.com/driver/3213/7075289/-Sky-want-Brundle-as-their-1m-man-

 

[Il_leone]

Noooooooo!!!!!!
http://www.planet-f1.com/driver/3213/7075289/-Sky-want-Brundle-as-their-1m-man-

Hardly surprising given he is out of a job potentially and SKy can offer him more money than BBC will

Then again the guy needs to make a living and this is what happens when the BBC screw up

 

[mjo]

@ 22:07 (BST) on 18/08/2011,
there have been 20,026 signatures. A fifth of the way there! At this rate, it will get enough signatures by Christmas!

 

[Brogan]

Considering the furore when it was announced, 20,000 signatures is pathetic!

 

[Greenlantern101]

I am now signed up. I guess the chances of this reaching 100,000 and being raised in parliament are some what slim.
Have people posted this on other message boards? How about someone who uses twitter and facebook setting up a page for this petition. That way more people may get to hear about it. I would do it myself but Im not on friendface or chatter.

 

[Bus Stop Chicane]

I would sign it if I thought it would make the slightest bit of difference but it won't.

 

[Brogan]

Ditto.

 

[RasputinLives]

Well if you don't sign it then it won't get the chance to make a slight bit of difference will it?

Its like people saying they don't vote because it won't make a difference. Def not gonna make a difference if you don't is it?

 

[mjo]

Well if you don't sign it then it won't get the chance to make a slight bit of difference will it?

Its like people saying they don't vote because it won't make a difference. Def not gonna make a difference if you don't is it?

And also, you can't really complain if you don't try and do something i.e. vote, or sign the petition

 

[FB]

Can I start a petition asking for the abolition of e-petitions on Government websites? Take it from me, their neither use nor ornament. I started one complaining about a certain financial institution which garnered enough signatures for the Government to investigate them, which they did. But then they refused to publish the details of their findings as it might "compromise their competitive situation". What was the point of that then?

Sorry if I sound a bit negative but Goverment is not going to step in to force Bernie to sell the rights of F1 to any free to air broadcaster. If our national sports, football, cricket and rugby, can all be snaffled up by Pay TV (despite the EU stepping in) a minority sport like F1 doesn't have a hope.

 

[mjo]

Sorry if I sound a bit negative but Goverment is not going to step in to force Bernie to sell the rights of F1 to any free to air broadcaster. If our national sports, football, cricket and rugby, can all be snaffled up by Pay TV (despite the EU stepping in) a minority sport like F1 doesn't have a hope.

However, they could put it on the 'crown jewels' free-to-air list.