Dear Pedro,..............

[Wizzo]

Hi Guys,

I've returned from sunny Spain and Mrs Wiz and I now look even more like bronzed Greek Gods! 

I'm sorry I wasn't around for the Chinese GP, I managed to use my blackberry to log onto the site everyday to get my 'fix' but despite my valiant (desperate) efforts I couldn't get the chat room working! Grrrrrr!

See you all in Brazil.
 

 

[cosworth151]

Welcome back from the Land of Alonso!

[Ian]

Certainly will see you in Brazil Wiz, my guvnor gave me the day off, welcome back again mate. 

[Wizzo]

Cheers guys, I watched the Chinese GP with great interest on Spanish TV and noticed two main differences to watching it in the UK.

1. Alonso was giving interviews to Spanish reporters left, right and centre whereas he rarely talks to UK reporters.

2. The race was interrupted with the usual annoying adverts, but the TV screen split into 'picture in picture' mode so you watched the race and the advert at the same time. What a great idea! Why don't we have this very simple facility??

[Ian]

Brilliant. Wake up ITV, lets have it, soon.

[Dare]

Glad your back Wiz :good:china was'ntthe
same with you and Toby absent.Brazil's
gonna be a goodun

[romephius]

Glad you and Mrs. Wiz had a good time.......welcome back mate, so far i think I am the only MAYBE for Brazil, only because the race is on at 2am on a Monday morning.  But I am going to try and "tough it out" by getting up for the race.

Rom

[Dare]

Glad you and Mrs. Wiz had a good time.......welcome back mate, so far i think I am the only MAYBE for Brazil, only because the race is on at 2am on a Monday morning.  But I am going to try and "tough it out" by getting up for the race.

Rom

10 point penality if you don't make it.

[romephius]

Dare, that's just nasty mate........ I am all upset now....... WIZARD..... PLEASE HELP!!!


   Rom

[Wizzo]

Ha ha nice one Dare, I'm sure Ian would agree with those rules. 

Sorry Rom, can't help mate - we are all at the mercy of our Lord Dare. 

Another good thing about Spain was the weather (girl)  

Wiz

[Scott]

Cheers guys, I watched the Chinese GP with great interest on Spanish TV and noticed two main differences to watching it in the UK.

1. Alonso was giving interviews to Spanish reporters left, right and centre whereas he rarely talks to UK reporters.

2. The race was interrupted with the usual annoying adverts, but the TV screen split into 'picture in picture' mode so you watched the race and the advert at the same time. What a great idea! Why don't we have this very simple facility??

RTL does the same thing (although not during EVERY commercial).  They have the best pre and post race shows, so if I'm taping it, like I often am, I put it on RTL, but if I'm around when it's on, I switch it to Swiss TV because they only have ads before and after the race (yeah, that's right kids - 2hrs of uninterupted racing - very cool).

[Alianora La Canta]

Glad to hear you enjoyed your well-earned break, GPWizard.

As to the breaks, there's an OFCOM rule against doing "picture-in-picture" adverts, unless the ad break is only one advert long. ITV could probably lobby to have the rule changed, but I don't think they'll ever be bothered...

[cosworth151]

IndyCar has been doing the split screen adverts for some time. The only exception is the local station cut-aways.

One problem with the Spanish weather girl. When she started to talk about Salt Lake City, she turned to her left and the whole state of Utah disappeared!

[Steven Roy]

You mean there is sound on the clip.  I didn't notice.

[Wizzo]

If you look carefully Steven, theres a weather map too!