F1 2012 korea full#
F1 2012 korea plus#

The lack of development is quite poor I have to admitвЂ¦but I was puzzled (and still am frankly) as to why they built the circuit in Mokpo and not near Seoul which was the logical choice in my eyes. By building the circuit next to a major airport, it also bypasses noise issues which I thought was quite clever. ThatвЂ™s just perfect for hosting international events and I could genuinely feel a degree of motorsports passion from the general public. I was very impressed with Kuala LumpurвЂ™s solution to build their Sepang circuit adjacent to the KL International airport. If this is a pain for a car owner, imagine the problems young students face just to visit as a spectator.

It takes enormous patience to nurse a sports car over the distance to participate in track day events then drive back the next morning. But no, itвЂ™s located 5 hours away by car and accommodation options are frankly embarrassingly poor. So it would be logical to build the track near Seoul to take advantage of what little exists of it. Korea doesnвЂ™t have a thriving automotive or motorsports culture. My biggest criticism lies on the trackвЂ™s location.

To be honest, IвЂ™ll be surprised to see this race continue on like this. ItвЂ™s like bringing the Cricket WC to the United States or the NFL Super Bowl to Europe. Before F1 arrived in Korea, motorsports was a fringe sport for the wealthy and passionate petrol heads, but certainly not for the general public. Not that they havenвЂ™t tried, I just donвЂ™t think Korea was well groomed for such a high profile event. I then pointed out a misspelling вЂ“ Perimmon Tree : Beatiful Resting Place вЂ“ on a BIG promotional banner behind us, and he just looked down, shook his head, turned around and walked away.ДЄs a Korean F1 fan I am a little disappointed how the sport isnвЂ™t being very successful to reach out to the general public. My wife then jokingly вЂњyelledвЂќ at him for not fixing it because she has had to listen to me b*#ch about it since last yearвЂ™s race! He dropped his head in embarrassment (in an unusually contrite manner) and replied in Korean, вЂњWeвЂ™ve been meaning to get that fixed all year.вЂќ I asked why the English housing link still doesnвЂ™t work. I also had the вЂluckвЂ™ of meeting the head of the website and promotion materials for the Korean F1 at the campground.

Met a higher-up in event management at the campsite. (look at my posts from the previous Korea races) 20 years from now it may be better because they are doing a lot of infrastructure work, but itвЂ™s still going to be a shipyard town.ДЇor a Korean event it was VERY well organized, but that ainвЂ™t saying much. I expected some form of hot food at least. The facilities/food service is normal for a public event in Korea, but it surprised me that they went so low rent on everything. The BBC Sport website and red button will broadcast live coverage of every second of on-track action for all the races that are live on BBC One and will have highlights of the others.Finally went to the race because I thought it would be the last one.

F1 2012 korea full#

The full narrative of the weekend, including live text and audio commentary, news, interviews, pictures and highlights of all sessions on track, will also be available on the BBC Sport website and there will be live coverage of both qualifying and the race on radio.ДЄll 20 grands prix will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 Live or 5 Live Sports Extra. Full details of the team will be revealed at a later date.ДЇor those races in the Far East time zone which take place early in the morning in the UK, two hours of highlights will be shown at 1400.ДЇor races which are run at a time that is early afternoon in the UK, 90 minutes of highlights will be shown at 1730. The presentation team will be at all the races, including those that are not being broadcast live on BBC television. The F1 Forum will continue on the red button for about an hour of comment and analysis after the programme.

F1 2012 korea plus#

There will be full live coverage of both qualifying and race on BBC One, BBC One HD and the BBC Sport website, plus a one-hour evening highlights programme on BBC Three and BBC HD.ДЇor these races, all three practice sessions will be shown live on the red button and the website.