BBC to drop F1

[Dal]

Their official line is:

There will be no adverts during Sky Sports' live F1 race coverage.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12433_7066182,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

But before and after the actual racing coverage, I bet they'll be hundreds.

Sky have only bought F1 to get the advertising potential out of it to the maximum extent as that's where they make most of their money, not from subscribers.

 

[Dal]

As has just been pointed out on bbc inside F1, the teams need to agree the new deal due to the concorde agreement before it can happen.

So it's not set in stone. Yet.

 

[oilburner]

I think its a good thing after witnessing MotoGP being taken away from Eurosports excellent commentary team and being given to the BBC and their useless effort (WTF does Charlie Cox ex touring car racer know about bikes?)

 

[mix2000]

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