I have to say everything looks great on the Sky channel F1. Truff i'm sure they said the races would be uninterrupted, not so for quali or practice sessions though, they have to be able to fund this wonderful, innovative tv stream

Good coverage this morning - F1 HD on the telly and Five Live Sports Extra on the kitchen radio! So far so good - I have F1 HD free for three months, but it'll cost after that.

I watched 2nd practice this morning and it looked brilliant There won't be adverts during the race.

The SKY HD coverage looks good but I wouldn't say it looks any better than last years HD coverage

I am though already getting sick of the adverts SKY SPORTS COVERAGE SPONSORED BT 123 CURRENT ACCOUNT FROM SANTANDER and then when the adverts have finished (Did you know LV give you upto 70% NCD?) you then have to endure a bloomin 30 second "WE ARE GREAT" Sky promotion

For me the future of SKY F1 would have to be, record everything and use the fast forward button to skip all the rubish....

That would be edited highlights then!

Just use live-pause when the ads are on, go for a nice cuppa/pee/walk and then ffwd through it, jobs a good un...

Agree with Proccy, can't remember the last program I watched live on commercial TV. Always wait 15 minutes or more so we can skip the adverts. Bob, what with your sudden liking for Volvos, Ithink you need a holiday

The issue for true geeks with skipping the adverts for F1 (and this clearly isn't an issue with the race itself), is that you can't then use the live timing screens.


I should get out more, shouldn't I?

I used the red button multi screen option during FP2 so that when the ads came on a quick scroll to the right to pick up the in-car camera & sound meant that I didn't have to listen to them at least, then I could switch back to the normal audio when it was back on. A screaming V8 is definitely preferable to ads!

Crofty & Anthony Davidson are superb together as the FP commentary team plus it's such a delight to not have to listen to Eddie Jordan talking cr@p

Good tip Jas

Anyone else up for FP3?

Morning Y'all.

First impressions. The Sky 'featurettes' are definatly more polished than the BBC ones.

Just a real pity about the adverts

Nah, they're toaster and toilet breaks for me

I'm not sold on the 'sky pod' yet but it's their first outing so I can forgive some wooden presenting.

Also, kinda off topic but, why have Sky never bought Top Gear off of the BBC? All they would have to do is buy out Jeremy Clarkson.

Morning all, I like it so far

OOh Raikonnen!

Anyone else notice he was on a go slow round the last couple of corners? He was trying to be cocky and get across the line with 1-2 secs to spare but his off earlier off messed up his timing.

If he had driven normally, he would have made it.

Fernando, oh dear

A bit angry, isn't he?

Not a happy bunny at all.

Neither will Ferrari be.....ouch!

Great to see a Williams in the top 10

Reckon we may see a Merc on pole!

Oh dear Raikennen. Not good when you're 18th and your team mate is 3rd!

Wow!!! No-one saw that coming!! Vettel in 6th

Well a Merc engine

And interestingly a similar time to Webber. Is that the pace of the Red Bull? (as opposed to a mistake by a particular driver)

It does make you wonder

I foresee complaints to the FIA about F-Duct style rear wings......

Sky was OK, as Stan said ads are a pain, but it all works - and best of all.....its free!

Nice to see Kimi returning to form

Although I must say that I think Hill may be filling the shoes left by Jordan and Allan!

Great quali session Good to see Jenson very close behind Lewis on the grid compared to some of last year's lacklustre quali attempts. Amazing effort from Grosjean, unless there was a problem with Kimi's car (other than the block driving it) he must be rather embarrassed to be 15 places behind his near-rookie and somewhat underated team-mate

Ferrari all at sea and I can see heads rolling in the not too distant future. Merc fairly competitive and must be on for a podium with canny Michael tomorrow. Good efforts from Hulkenberg & Maldonado too. Maybe we'll also get what a lot of people have been asking for since early 2010 tomorrow - Vettel back in the pack and having to prove his racing & overtaking credentials.

Thumbs up to the Sky coverage - very good so far. Did I mention how nice it is NOT to have to suffer Eddie Jordan anymore??

AAAAArgh!

I *very* carefully found a BBC page detailing when the quali is being screened, and there, on the right-hand side is an "other F1 news" panel with a nice little splash showing the bleedin result!

Anyone got an email address for the BBC complaints department?

Ha. Its their job to report news and then shoot themselves
in the foot.

Great quali - sooooo good to see finger-wagger only 6th and behind Webber. I was also pleased to see MSC up there. Race should be exciting