• F1 Launch 2025

    From Geoff@geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 11:07:27
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    "Formula 1 is excited to reveal F1 75 Live's headline performers, with
    the historic launch event taking place on Tuesday, February 18.

    The show will be hosted by comedian and actor Jack Whitehall, and will
    feature US country sensation Kane Brown, award-winning multi-platinum recording artist mgk, composer Brian Tyler’s Are We Dreaming, and the
    iconic British band Take That."

    Well that looks to be very cheesy.
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    geoff

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  • From Yazoo@yazoo@myself.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 11:48:04
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:07:27 +1300, Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org>
    wrote:

    "Formula 1 is excited to reveal F1 75 Live's headline performers, with
    the historic launch event taking place on Tuesday, February 18.

    The show will be hosted by comedian and actor Jack Whitehall, and will >feature US country sensation Kane Brown, award-winning multi-platinum >recording artist mgk, composer Brian Tyler’s Are We Dreaming, and the >iconic British band Take That."

    Well that looks to be very cheesy.

    You've put this politely :)
    F1 should be global, so performers should be known globally as well,
    isn't it?
    Who TF are Kane Brown, mgk, Brian Tyler? Take That was a kind of
    popular among teenagers many years ago.

    WTF F1?!
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  • From Mark@mpconmy@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 11:15:32
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    Yazoo <yazoo@myself.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:07:27 +1300, Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org>
    wrote:

    "Formula 1 is excited to reveal F1 75 Live's headline performers, with
    the historic launch event taking place on Tuesday, February 18.

    The show will be hosted by comedian and actor Jack Whitehall, and will >>feature US country sensation Kane Brown, award-winning multi-platinum >>recording artist mgk, composer Brian Tyler’s Are We Dreaming, and the >>iconic British band Take That."

    Well that looks to be very cheesy.

    You've put this politely :)
    F1 should be global, so performers should be known globally as well,
    isn't it?
    Who TF are Kane Brown, mgk, Brian Tyler? Take That was a kind of
    popular among teenagers many years ago.

    WTF F1?!

    So, I had to look up some of these...

    * Jack Whitehall is quite well known, and has made something of an
    international breakthrough with his Comedy Central show. Not very
    well known outside the UK, but not unknown.
    * Kane Brown is clearly an attempt to play to the US audience, but has a
    wide following with younger audiences worldwide (never heard of him).
    * Brian Tyler is quite a successful composer, mainly film, TV and
    video games. The link to F1 is that he wrote the F1 theme (no, not The
    Chain - the one from the official intros) as well as for Esports. Yes,
    I had to look all that up.
    * Take That...well, they are very popular in Europe and Asia still, even
    though they never really made it in the US.

    So, it's not a terrible line-up for an international launch...but it's
    not exactly exciting. I *hope* they're just minor bits of filler with
    the focus on the teams, cars and drivers.
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  • From Yazoo@yazoo@myself.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 12:48:47
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:15:32 -0000 (UTC), Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Yazoo <yazoo@myself.com> wrote:
    On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:07:27 +1300, Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org>
    wrote:



    So, I had to look up some of these...

    Thank you for the effort!


    * Jack Whitehall is quite well known, and has made something of an
    international breakthrough with his Comedy Central show. Not very
    well known outside the UK, but not unknown.

    Never heard of him.

    * Kane Brown is clearly an attempt to play to the US audience, but has a
    wide following with younger audiences worldwide (never heard of him).

    Ditto.

    * Brian Tyler is quite a successful composer, mainly film, TV and
    video games. The link to F1 is that he wrote the F1 theme (no, not The
    Chain - the one from the official intros) as well as for Esports. Yes,
    I had to look all that up.

    I didn't know this. OK.

    * Take That...well, they are very popular in Europe and Asia still, even
    though they never really made it in the US.


    I know that they were popular, but didn't know they are STILL popular.
    Not my cup of tea. :)

    So, it's not a terrible line-up for an international launch...but it's
    not exactly exciting. I *hope* they're just minor bits of filler with
    the focus on the teams, cars and drivers.

    It is obvious that F1 want to adjust to American market.

    Since I am almost 60, my music preferences are different (more jazz,
    rock and blues). But, obviously I'm not in the main target group.

    At least there is no hip-hop, rap and similar on the list. :)
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    It's better to be judged by twelwe than carried by six.
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  • From Mark@mpconmy@gmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 12:14:58
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    Yazoo <yazoo@myself.com> wrote:

    So, it's not a terrible line-up for an international launch...but it's
    not exactly exciting. I *hope* they're just minor bits of filler with
    the focus on the teams, cars and drivers.

    It is obvious that F1 want to adjust to American market.

    Since I am almost 60, my music preferences are different (more jazz,
    rock and blues). But, obviously I'm not in the main target group.

    At least there is no hip-hop, rap and similar on the list. :)

    It feels like an odd mix. If it's just a bit of background, it makes
    sense. A bit for existing audience but a push towards the US market.
    That said, the timing isn't ideal for the US or Asia, just Europe,
    really.
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  • From Yazoo@yazoo@myself.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 14:20:22
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:14:58 -0000 (UTC), Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    Yazoo <yazoo@myself.com> wrote:

    So, it's not a terrible line-up for an international launch...but it's >>>not exactly exciting. I *hope* they're just minor bits of filler with
    the focus on the teams, cars and drivers.

    It is obvious that F1 want to adjust to American market.

    Since I am almost 60, my music preferences are different (more jazz,
    rock and blues). But, obviously I'm not in the main target group.

    At least there is no hip-hop, rap and similar on the list. :)

    It feels like an odd mix. If it's just a bit of background, it makes
    sense. A bit for existing audience but a push towards the US market.
    That said, the timing isn't ideal for the US or Asia, just Europe,
    really.

    Yes, it is an odd mix. But nevermind.

    I'm in Europe, so timing is fine by me.
    But, frankly, I'm not interested in the music show itself. :)
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  • From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 15:05:46
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 2/17/25 14:07, Geoff wrote:
    "Formula 1 is excited to reveal F1 75 Live's headline performers, with
    the historic launch event taking place on Tuesday, February 18.

    here is a shortcut to a story of it,
    with the new graphics of all the 2025 cars

    https://www.espn.com/racing/f1/story/_/id/43911430/f1-livery-power-rankings-grids-best-paint-schemes-2025



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  • From Dumas.Walker@Dumas.Walker@f10.n1.z17984.fidonet.org (Dumas Walker) to a425couple on Thursday, February 20, 2025 09:05:00
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    a425couple wrote to Geoff <=-

    here is a shortcut to a story of it,
    with the new graphics of all the 2025 cars

    Thanks for sharing that!




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  • From a425couple@a425couple@hotmail.com to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Friday, February 21, 2025 09:24:38
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 2/19/25 12:05, Dumas Walker wrote:
    a425couple wrote to Geoff <=-

    a4> here is a shortcut to a story of it,
    a4> with the new graphics of all the 2025 cars

    Thanks for sharing that!

    I'm glad to hear it helped someone.





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  • From Eric@nawww@afraidnot.org to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Friday, February 21, 2025 16:05:59
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 2025-02-17 15:07, Geoff wrote:
    "Formula 1 is excited to reveal F1 75 Live's headline performers, with
    the historic launch event taking place on Tuesday, February 18.

    The show will be hosted by comedian and actor Jack Whitehall, and will feature US country sensation Kane Brown, award-winning multi-platinum recording artist mgk, composer Brian Tyler’s Are We Dreaming, and the iconic British band Take That."

    Well that looks to be very cheesy.


    We're going to watch it this evening. I'm sure that there will be plenty
    of moments that'll make me cringe but at least I'll be able to skip
    through the musical acts.

    I cannot wait for testing to start!


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  • From Eric@nawww@afraidnot.org to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Saturday, February 22, 2025 06:32:06
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 2025-02-21 16:05, Eric wrote:

    We're going to watch it this evening. I'm sure that there will be plenty
    of moments that'll make me cringe but at least I'll be able to skip
    through the musical acts.

    I cannot wait for testing to start!



    Well that was... something. Mixed feelings on it. Some of the
    presentations were definitely for a different age group but I thought
    that the Williams, Ferrari, Mclaren, and Mercedes ones were well done.
    The main presenter did a good job too, I felt.

    Potential "spoilers" below, if anyone is intending to watch and hasn't yet:
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    Sure felt like the Red Bull presentation ended early?? I wonder why they didn't have any of the presenters interacting with them.

    I got a kick out of the crowd booing the FIA but I didn't think it was
    very classy that they booed Horner (and I say that as someone who isn't
    a Horner fan).
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  • From Geoff@geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Monday, February 24, 2025 12:14:26
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 23/02/2025 2:32 am, Eric wrote:

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    Sure felt like the Red Bull presentation ended early?? I wonder why they didn't have any of the presenters interacting with them.

    I got a kick out of the crowd booing the FIA but I didn't think it was
    very classy that they booed Horner (and I say that as someone who isn't
    a Horner fan).

    Thought that was more for VER.
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    geoff
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  • From Carl Keehn@carlkeehn@bellsouth.net to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Monday, February 24, 2025 08:30:44
    From Newsgroup: rec.autos.sport.f1

    On 2/23/2025 6:14 PM, Geoff wrote:
    On 23/02/2025 2:32 am, Eric wrote:

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    Sure felt like the Red Bull presentation ended early?? I wonder why
    they didn't have any of the presenters interacting with them.

    I got a kick out of the crowd booing the FIA but I didn't think it was
    very classy that they booed Horner (and I say that as someone who
    isn't a Horner fan).

    Thought that was more for VER.

    The boos started when Christian Horner walked out. I wasn't aware that
    they were also booing Verstappen, although I will admit I don't like him.
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