Comments on: How to follow a Grand Prix

By: Haggis

Haggis — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:08:10 +0000

Hi, been trying out Renault’s live site during Practice 1, and if you use the link below in your browser, the page isn’t maximised. (I’m using Firefox but I assume it will work for any browser)

http://www.ing-renaultf1.com/en/index2008.php?ad=&path_init_application=/en/init.xml#/season/calendar/

Just click on the “Live” button on the top right when the action’s on.

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:22:28 +0000

I use TVU on Friday Practice 2 to get around the fact that I am still waiting for ITV to work out that Derbyshire is in the UK (though touch wood, that problem may be resolved soon). I supplement this with F1 Fanatic and live timing – before switching over to standard ITV television for qualifying and the race…

Oh, and Renault not allowing resizing of the screen is against good Web accessibility principles, apart from anything else.

By: Ponzonha

Ponzonha — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:47:18 +0000

I’ll try the Renault thingy. Maybe I can force a window size in my system (Firefox+No Script+Ubuntu). It’s not the first time that I can override annoying web settings…

By: peterg

peterg — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:41:32 +0000

Thanks for the suggestions.

By: Haggis

Haggis — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:17:02 +0000

Not sure its as much as that – I’d stupidly rewound Sky+ during the build up to Malaysia and forgot that i’d done it, so thought TV was 20 odd seconds behind and had to hold up the radio commentary. I’m sure radio feed is within a few seconds normally.

To synchronise with the live radio generally involves pausing the TV for maybe 5-10 seconds or so. Live Timing is generally ahead of TV by a few seconds anyway.

Looking forward to next year when we’ll have no adverts and, hopefully, David Croft commentating.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:03:05 +0000

That’s a good tip Haggis. Although then you would be about a minute behind live timing, liveblog and so forth. I believe the online feeds of BBC Radio are roughly a minute behind ‘live’, is that right?

By: Haggis

Haggis — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:40:31 +0000

Thanks for the guide. I was going to give the Renault site a try, but if it wants the whole screen, I might leave it. Will probably give it a shot during Barcelona and see if I can find a workaround that lets me see the live timing too.

To synchronise the radio with the TV, I use the live radio feed on bbc.co.uk, together with the pause facility on Sky + til the radio commentary matches the pics.