F1 on TV in USA

Mal · 11 Jul 2003, 12:20 (Ref:658722)

I am off to Florida next week. Can any of our American members please let me know when and on what channel I can watch the British GP when I am there.

neilap · 11 Jul 2003, 12:57 (Ref:658765)

The Speed channel provides live timing of both qualifying sessions and the race. Therefore it will be on at approximately 0700 eastern time.

**Aysedasi** · 11 Jul 2003, 12:59 (Ref:658767)

You're going all the way to Florida and you want to watch F1 there?

zetta · 11 Jul 2003, 13:33 (Ref:658790)

Speed shows all of F1, but they are only in Digital cable and satellite. Most hotels in Florida have cable, but not all show the digital channels. It varies from city to city, so make sure to find out if the place you're going to stay carries digital cable.

Neil C · 11 Jul 2003, 14:20 (Ref:658818)

Speed TV usually replays the race at 9pm Eastern time on Sunday. If nothing else you can find a corner in a sports bar and ask the staff to put Speed Channel on one of the set's for you.

Florida in July...make sure the bar is air conditioned.

Lee Janotta · 11 Jul 2003, 14:26 (Ref:658825)

Actually, Speed Channel is carried on terrestrial cable feeds in quite a few markets. So it depends on where in Florida.

If you're in Miami, there might be a spanish-language channel carrying it.

Mal · 11 Jul 2003, 14:49 (Ref:658848)

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Originally posted by Aysedasi
You're going all the way to Florida and you want to watch F1 there?

Yes, as its on at 7.00am local time me and the kids can watch it while we are waiting for the wife to get up!

Mal · 11 Jul 2003, 14:54 (Ref:658856)

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Originally posted by Lee Janotta
Actually, Speed Channel is carried on terrestrial cable feeds in quite a few markets. So it depends on where in Florida.

If you're in Miami, there might be a spanish-language channel carrying it.

We will actually be over near Fort Myers

Lee Janotta · 11 Jul 2003, 15:00 (Ref:658860)

Ah. Well... Good luck, then, I suppose.

gttouring · 11 Jul 2003, 15:04 (Ref:658863)

AYSE-have you been to Florida?
its a hot swamp filled with mosquitos the size of magpies
and watching F1 in the morning is a great idea.-i can't think of anything better to do there

Neil C · 11 Jul 2003, 15:08 (Ref:658868)

Seriously, Mal, the Ft. Meyers area is beautiful...it's lush and tropical, not a swamp. Will you be on Sanibel or Captiva Island by any chance?

In fact, if you are staying at a hotel or resort, tell me which one. If it is one of those I work with as part of my job, I can find out right now if they carry Speed Channel.

Mal · 11 Jul 2003, 15:11 (Ref:658871)

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Originally posted by Neil C

Florida in July...make sure the bar is air conditioned.

I know but its the only time we could make this year, and as my wifes business is based there we need to visit.

Neil C · 11 Jul 2003, 15:34 (Ref:658898)

Mal, you may have missed my edit, but if you are staying at a hotel/resort, I may be able to find out for you if they have Speed.

If you don't want the stalkers and serial killers on this forum to know where you are staying, PM me. (Don't worry about me, I've paid my debt to society.)

Mal · 11 Jul 2003, 15:51 (Ref:658911)

Thanks for the help but I will be staying in a house on the river in Cape Coral

BMW V10 · 11 Jul 2003, 18:29 (Ref:659048)

I live in Georgia which is just north of Florida and the only channel it comes on for us is speed vision. Qualifying is televised on saturday mornings and the sunday race has a 30 minute race day on before it.

flatlander_48 · 15 Jul 2003, 02:50 (Ref:661342)

You can check the listing at:

www.speedtv.com

Mal · 8 Aug 2003, 07:17 (Ref:682559)

Have, just got back and watched the German GP on Speed channel. The coverage is really poor though. The knowledge and information from the commentary team is terrible, there are ad breaks every few minutes. No wonder F1 is not popular in the states if that is how it gets shown!

Oh, and do American audiences really want wall to wall NASCAR.

I did however enjoy seeing the Trois Rivieres ALMS race live on Sunday

shiny side up! · 8 Aug 2003, 11:46 (Ref:682766)

Well, in that part of the country I think it is probably fair to say that most Americans with any interest in motorsports would rather have wall-to-wall NASCAR... but it's not true for everyone everywhere!!!

neilap · 8 Aug 2003, 12:29 (Ref:682818)

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Originally posted by Mal
Have, just got back and watched the German GP on Speed channel. The coverage is really poor though. The knowledge and information from the commentary team is terrible, there are ad breaks every few minutes. No wonder F1 is not popular in the states if that is how it gets shown!

Oh, and do American audiences really want wall to wall NASCAR.

I did however enjoy seeing the Trois Rivieres ALMS race live on Sunday

Good now someone else feels my pain!! I remember when they announced they were going to become the nascar channel. There were many letters of protest. After all it was not nascar fans that made that channel a success. Anyway, now they seem to have forgotten all else. F1 is the only other motorsport that gets live and regularly scheduled races. Even the Speed World Challenge, which they are the main sponsor gets a week maybe longer delay. When they do air the race, one will be lucky to catch it. If you snooze, you lose. To consider that my cable bill has doubled just because I wanted this channel, its pretty upsetting.