So when is 3.45am actually 2.45am?

I hope Ch.10 plans on showing the first half of the race on RPM next week, since the telecast appeared to begin a little before the scheduled 3.45am start...

I hope Ch.10 plans on showing the first half of the race on RPM next week, since the telecast appeared to begin a little before the scheduled 3.45am start...

I'm not sure where you are, but here in QLD the race started at 3am..

They announced the changed time on RPM or in the V8 telecast I reckon. They must have buggered up the original schedule, which was incorrect.

Unfortunately, I don't watch RPM or the V8 telecast, so I didn't catch it. I'm usually busy doing other things.

My Dad began recording from 2.30am, and even that was too late.

Very poor, Network Ten.

i checked the online tv guide because i'm too lazy to check what time the gp is on until the last minute - seems being disorganised paid off for once! i tuned in at exactly 3am (scheduled telecast stated 2:45am online) and the cars were on the grid with mechanics about to go on their formation lap. this is in melbourne, not sure about other states...

Yeah nice work Ten.:rolleyes:

Canada and Indy are the only Gp's I normally tape and I always record to well past the advertised finish time to allow for safety cars and :censored: Big Brother. I also check two different TV guides. Even then I always have a bad feeling that I'm going to some how miss it. Then Ten find another way to screw me over by starting the telecast a hour earlier (missed the first 30 something laps) . Maybe they don't need the ratings. I might try a 4 hour tape on LP next year.

Has anyone thought of e-mailing Ten with a rant?

The race was started early to avoid a clash with the football, nothing to do with "The home of Motorsport"*



*Provided you follow one of a few selected catagories that they happen to think you will be intested in.

Well, I checked two published tv programs and an online one - they all said 3:45am.

Did not see any of yesterday's motorsport, so set the alarm for 3:45am - only to find about 30 laps to remain and half the field disappeared.

To say I was a little annoyed is an understatement.

Typical Ch10, they are so incompetant and unorganised, they were supposed to be different to Ch9 but year upon year they do the same thing and worse, at least Ch9 got their scheduling times close and not advertise false program times.

It's no wonder Ch7 won the V8 Supercar contract, Ch10 couldn't organise a root in a brothel with a pocket full of money let alone claim to be 'The Home of Motorsport', what a Joke.

Bernie, where are you, look at how this TV coverage in Australia is affecting loyal F1 followers, get stuck into em mate Ch10 is a sham.

Atleast the last 2 GP's have been televised live :)

yep, another one who missed the 1st 30 odd laps... I checked an online guide just before setting up my recording device, obviously the wrong guide!

This may not be a channel 10 fault here (could be someone with the guides) - as annoyed as I was, I'm not willing to lay into Ten without knowing the facts.

Typical Ch10, they are so incompetant and unorganised, they were supposed to be different to Ch9 but year upon year they do the same thing and worse, at least Ch9 got their scheduling times close and not advertise false program times.

completely the opposite. Being an avid follower in those days and trying to second guess channel 9 who were always way off and chose to show f1 as an after thought with the absolute minimal priority, and changes often at last minute or even without any notice. Channel 10 have been generally much better IMO, than the dark old days.... This has been a slip up, but a once off i think...

Not CH 10 fault this time. The schedule for the F1 was changed because of the World Cup, it came from Bernie, actual start time I think was 1pm (US time), normally 2pm start time. Ch10 had nothing to do with the change, but obviously brought it forward so it was live, well almosy live anyway. ( think it was about 10 mins behind). I always check the www.f1.com as they have a count down etc to actual race time.

So, you guys who are always blamming Ch 10 better think again, and yes, it was announced on RPM and advertised with the re-scheduled start time. When it's delayed you complain, when it's late you complain - get a life or get a DVD recorder, and you wont miss it in future.

Have a great day.......

How can you say it isn't Channel 10's fault? Who says they couldn't delay the telecast by an hour?

I too missed the first hour because of this.

It is absolutely Channel 10's fault.

I remember seeing channel 10 putting the gp time up at the end of the broadcast,but forgot about it,was watching one of my favourite sci fi program that i have a tape,stop it and saw Leigh and neil's ugly mugs on the screen and realise the f1 was on EARLY,i quickly got the dvd ready and starteed recording the race for my brother.

Yep same thing happened in New Zealand! Guide said race to start at 5:55 AM on Sky Sport 1 but obviously started at 4:55 because I missed the first 30 odd laps as well! :-(
So we must be hooked up to the same feed as you Aussies or something. Pretty pathetic really.

It was listed at the correct time on CH10s online tv guide. The guides in the papers have to be submitted about 2 weeks before printing so are always wrong.

FIA altered the time due to the world cup so not really CH10 fault.

Funny thing is, I misread my TV guide as 2.15am... lucky!

How is it not Channel 10's fault??
They could have shown the race as advertised so that their viewers could actualy see it but instead assumed that everybody watches RPM. What difference does it make if it's live at 2:45 or delayed at 3:45 - for most people their either taping it or getting up damn early to watch it - I just want it to be shown when they say it's going to be shown.

Must have been good for the ratings (the companys paying for the ad breaks must be happy).

Well they're damned if they do, damned if they don't in this situation. If they show it "live"* then people who taped it miss the start, if they delay it, people will whinge at it not being live! :Shrug:

*By "live" I mean "delayed by 10 minutes for some unknown goddamn reason". Some of us like to watch Live Timing with the live race Channel 10! :rolleyes: :banghead:

Exactly, no one is ever happy.

Do you all really rely on the TV guide??? Why not check the online guide...... you all obviously have computers.

Ch 10 always say, check your local guides........ but as someone pointed out earlier, they are often submitted weeks in advance, even the newspaper guides. I always check online, have never been let down yet!!!!

Back to the wingers.................:rofl:

Don't delay it, I use live timing when ever I have the chance, which is only about 6 races per year as all the Euro stuff is delayed

Regarding Guides
The key is Trust no one
(PS this actually made the back page of the Age Sport section, remarkable, they only cover AGP and Bathurst!)

Count me as another one who missed the first 20 laps. i was ****ed then i heard webber went in the first corner so it didn't really matter after that.

now, remind me again why f1 went from channel nine to channel ten?

Exactly, no one is ever happy.

Do you all really rely on the TV guide??? Why not check the online guide...... you all obviously have computers.

Ch 10 always say, check your local guides........ but as someone pointed out earlier, they are often submitted weeks in advance, even the newspaper guides. I always check online, have never been let down yet!!!!

Back to the wingers.................:rofl:

Good for you.

I have a life and don't want to spend my Sunday watching a second rate show about a second rate form of motorsport just on the off-chance they'll tell me the race time has been shifted. I don't spend a lot of time online these days and rely upon the local guides to be accurate. Network Ten has dropped the ball and the least they can do is re-screen the Grand Prix at some God-forsaken time so we can catch up with it.

I'm sure you're happy when Network Ten squeezes the Japanese Grand Prix in between the Bathurst telecast and Oz Idol and cuts a third of the laps out to fit it in, too.

I think 10 should have compromised and shown the race at the originally advertised time, the flak they would cop for not showing it live would surely be less than people missing the first 30 laps.

Good for you.

I have a life and don't want to spend my Sunday watching a second rate show about a second rate form of motorsport just on the off-chance they'll tell me the race time has been shifted. I don't spend a lot of time online these days and rely upon the local guides to be accurate. Network Ten has dropped the ball and the least they can do is re-screen the Grand Prix at some God-forsaken time so we can catch up with it.

I'm sure you're happy when Network Ten squeezes the Japanese Grand Prix in between the Bathurst telecast and Oz Idol and cuts a third of the laps out to fit it in, too.

Who said anything about spending Sunday watching a second rate show, what show are you actually talking about? I didn't watch anything on Sunday, recorded RPM and V8's and watched them the other night. I then did what I always do, checked the online guide, takes about 30 secs!!!!!!!!!! (not THAT much time online) just to be sure it hadn't changed, which it did.

So you don't spend much time online.....1276 posts isn't bad (24 times in the last month!?), 10 times more than me. LOL

Local guides aren't 'always' accurate as they are printed sometimes at least a week ahead of the scheduled prgramme, in this case, the time was changed by Bernie. CH10 always say, check your local guides, maybe they should say also check online guide!!:)

You say the Ch 10 has dropped the ball, it isn't the first time and wont be the last, at least they DID mention the time change, and it was advertised during the arvo & evening (which I saw whilst watching RPM etc the other night).

The other way around this not happening again is to buy yourself a DVD Recorder - you can pick them up fairly cheaply now for around $250 with a 80gig hard drive (maybe even cheaper). I begin recording when I go to bed and let it run during the night, when I want to watch it I delete everything before the race and after (takes about 90secs), I then haven't missed anything by the telecast starting early etc or even running over time.

Just my suggestion.

When Foxtel gets the rights to F1, you'll be more than happy then, they replay their motorsport events a number of times following the event.

Also, when Ch 10 drops Big Brother, we can then rely on our favourite shows starting on time and not starting late due to Big Brother running overtime, the term 'Big Brother rules' is true at Ch10. It takes precedents over everything.

Now off the soap box.......

Once again, good for you.

Thank you for your suggestions, but I'm not prepared to switch on a computer for five seconds to check an online guide.

You obviously have a different opinion than I about RPM as you're prepared to record it and watch it later.

I still maintain that Network Ten, in order to placate the majority of fans, should make the time to re-screen the Grand Prix.

Of course, they're probably not allowed to screen the GP under their contract with FOM.

As for spending money on things like a DVD recorder or Foxtel, well, the little girl on the avatar is the main reason why I don't buy things like that these days! :)

I was another one caught out, and not terribly impressed to see 30 laps and half the field gone when I tuned in.

As for checking online etc, why would we assume there had been a change? When was the last time an F1 race start time was brought forward? I can't think of an instance.

Besides, I did check a few online guides (still had 3.45 as of Friday before) and one other report that the Ch10 website still had 3.45 as of that morning. Oh well, what's done is done and I'll wait for the DVD Review to see what exactly happened to Webber.