Zoxxo

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Formula One - AUSTRALIA Schedule on NBC Sports Network
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1. THE TIMES AND DAYS FOR THIS RACE ARE DIFFERENT, SO PAY ATTENTION!

2. THERE ARE THREE SHOWINGS OF THE RACE THIS WEEKEND

3. THERE IS ONE SHOWING OF QUALIFYING THIS WEEKEND

4. THERE IS ONE SHOWING OF PRACTICE 1 THIS WEEKEND

5. THERE IS ONE SHOWING OF PRACTICE 2 THIS WEEKEND

6. ALL OF THE BROADCASTS ARE ON NBC SPORTSNET

If there are changes between now and race weekend I will make them here
AND add a message about it to this thread.

The post-race show "F1 Extra" is shown immediately after the race show
whatever time that may be. NBC schedules "F1 Extra" to start 2 hours after
the start of the race but, in reality, it's always shown immediately after the race
regardless of the time on the clock. The simplest way to make sure you record "F1 Extra"
is simply to add enough extra time to the race broadcast recording to get any
extra time that was needed to record the entire race including any delays, and to
get "F1 Extra". My standard is to add at least three hours (!) just to make
sure I cover most eventualities.

I pull this info from from my Tivo's schedule. I have no guarantee that
it is correct but it usually is. I also try to double check it with the NBC Sports
NET schedule.


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ALL TIMES PACIFIC DST TIME !!!!! (Eastern times in parens)
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Wednesday March 16, 2016
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• 8:30 PM - Haas F1: America's Return To The Grid (11:30 PM Eastern)

Thursday March 17, 2016
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• 5:30 PM - Haas F1: America's Return To The Grid (8:30 PM Eastern)
• 6:30 PM - Practice 1 [LIVE] (9:30 PM Eastern)
• 10:30 PM - Practice 2 [LIVE] (1:30 AM FRI. MORNING Eastern)

Friday March 18, 2016
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• 11:00 PM - Qualifying [LIVE] (2:00 AM SAT. MORNING Eastern)

Saturday March 19, 2016
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• 8:00 PM - Haas F1: America's Return To The Grid (11:00 PM Eastern)
• 9:00 PM - F1 Countdown (11:00 PM Eastern)
• 9:30 PM - RACE [LIVE] (12:30 AM SUN. MORNING Eastern)

Sunday March 20, 2016
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• 9:00 AM - RACE [RERUN] (NOON Eastern)

Monday March 21, 2016
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• 9:30 AM - RACE [RERUN] (12:30 PM Eastern)

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GZire

Yay!!!!

Subfixer

And so we begin another year!

Thanks Zoxxo!

Zoxxo

Surely, folks.

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Zoxxo

Note that the P1 and P2 session times appear to be correct. Their times on NBCSN match those on the local (Melbourne) race weekend schedule. So maybe for once NBCSN and the TIVO schedulers (zap2it.com) are actually in accord

And one more time - the practice sessions start on THURSDAY night here in the U.S.

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Deuce Man

Thanks Zoxxo! You continue to make my life easier!

BrianCunningham

Looking forward to seeing how they do

YYZ06

Indeed Thanks!

raff

that is so true.

VetteDrmr

As always a big TU for keeping us gerbils aligned through the TV maze!

Have a good one,
Mike

BrianCunningham

Renault sure has a strange way of getting there


http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/renaul...the-1765292697

Zoxxo

NBCSN has produced a one-hour show entitled:
This will be shown three times this week. Here are the times (the first of which is literally 5 minutes from right now.)

ALL TIMES PACIFIC!!!


March 16 8:30 PM (as I type this )
March 17 5:30 PM (1 hour before Practice 1)
March 19 8:00 PM (1.5 hours before the F1 race)

Also note that "F1 Countdown" is scheduled as a separate show for the half hour before the race (9:00 PM March 19)

I will add these shows and times to the schedule in Message #1

Sorry I didn't spot this earlier.

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Zoxxo

Don't kick yourself if you miss this. While it had a few, short, interesting glimpses into some stuff, they really didn't show or explain anything most of us don't already know. Precious few looks at the car, TONS of repeated bits of footage of the turning of screwdrivers, the placing the same body panel against another, and background music that got louder and louder over time to where, at the end, it was really hard to hear what the talking heads were saying (and what they were saying was all generic "we're a new team so s**t happens" and "look at how many truckloads of crap we have!" kind of stuff. All of the on-track footage was canned, Bernie-approved stuff that was seen on all the news outlets during/after Barcelona testing.

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NemesisC5

Thanks Z for keeping us posted regarding the most important televised event since F1 2015 ....at least for me

Moto GP will be starting soon as well and if all goes as planned will be at COTA this April to see the event.

froggy47

Watching practice on dvr. HAAS sponsor graphics? Any ?

Zoxxo

http://autoweek.com/article/formula-...gn-f1-sponsors

http://motorsports.nbcsports.com/201...ors-on-f1-car/

http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/G...pinestars.aspx

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froggy47

I do think the car looks sharp.

Zoxxo

The bike guys are nuts at another level. And then there is...

I suspect that few folks here will remember that back in the early days of the Long Beach F1 race one of the support races was the motorcycle SIDECAR guys. And this is when the track ran up and down a couple of *steep* hills at each end of the pit straight. That was a real eye-opener! "Nuts" doesn't begin to describe that.

The other series supporting the F1 races there was Formula Atlantic with some up-and-coming guys like Gilles Villeneuve & Bobby Rahal. The FA cars were perfect for that early Long Beach layout and made for some really great racing and spectating.

I was surprised to learn that the Aussie V8 Supercars are one of the support races for the F1 race this weekend. They are threatening to quit, though, because Bernie won't let their Melbourne race count for the championship. Clearly he's afraid that they'll show up his F1 gang.

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froggy47

Supercars = good racing

VetteDrmr

Well, qualifying was a lukewarm, smelly, mess.