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Not an F1 show as such, group B rallying, unfortunately just starting now on BBC4.. (12.00AM 14th December) Should be on iPlayer though for anyone interested :


From the producer of Grand Prix: The Killer Years and the Grierson-nominated Deadliest Crash: The 1955 Le Mans Disaster.

In the 1980s rallying was more popular than Formula 1. 'Group B' machines had taken the world by storm. De-regulation opened the way for the most exciting cars ever to hit the motorsport scene. Nothing like it has ever happened since.
'This is the fastest rallying there has ever been' - Peter Foubister.

For four wild and crazy years manufacturers scrambled to build ever more powerful cars to be driven by fearless mavericks who could handle the extreme power. The sport was heading out of control and the unregulated mayhem ended abruptly in 1986 after a series of horrific tragedies. This is the story of when fans, ambition, politics and cars collided.

'The fans were crazy. As the cars sped by the spectators ran into the road!' - Ari Vatanen

'They were playing with their lives'.

'To go rallying is madness. This was refined madness' - John Davenport

Featuring world champaions Ari Vatanen, Walter Rohrl, Stig Blomqvist, plus Michel Mouton, Cesar Fiorio, Jean Todt and many many more.


Edit, seems to be live here :

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... est_Years/

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On BBC 2 (UK) Racing Legends


20:00 GMT Thursday 27th December 2012. 1/3

Sir Stirling Moss and Sir Patrick Stewart travel to Florence in a classic Mercedes to retrace the route of the Mille Miglia.

20:00 GMT Friday 28th December 2012. 2/3

Sir Jackie Stewart and James Martin tell the story of one of Britain’s greatest ever motor racing drivers, the pair take to the Alps in a classic supercar to re-trace the life of the Seventies icon.

TBA. 3/3

Colin McRae MBE payed tribute to by Sir Chris Hoy travels to the Sahara along the route of the Dakar Rally.

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on tonight, racing legends BBC2 20:00 hrs

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Paul Di Resta on Question of Sport tonight

Just wondering if anyone knew whether sky f1 will be showing the official FIA 2012 season review? They showed the 2011 one last year.

Hey guys n gals the new series of Top Gear starts tonight finally seems like been waiting ages.

There is an interview of Hamilton (by Herbert) tommorow at 4pm on the sky channel. Sky will also be providing a 15 minute summary of each day of testing at Jerez at 9pm each evening.

Bit late now but DC was on Saturday kitchen today. Maybe on iPlayer for UK viewers

Sky F1 have their 15 min testing coverage followed by teds notebook on right now. Just had the Alonso interview and he looked very unhappy, and I'd go as far to say he looked pretty unwell.

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Not F1 but on the iPlayer is a documentary on the Paris to Dakar rally

Unfortunately we don't get BBC here. I'd love to see the Moss Stewart Mille Miglia show. I had Dennis Jenkinson's book from when Jenkinson, the writer, rode with Moss as co-pilot in the winning car.


Then I lent it to someone...???

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Driven to Extremes - Discovery HD - First airing Sun 19 March 9pm
Not exactly F1 but: Film star Tom Hardy and F1 Driver Mika Salo drive down the Road of Bones from Yakutsk, Earth's coldest city, to Oymyakon where temperatures have been recorded at -70.

http://tv.sky.com/showpage/driven-to-ex ... ToExtremes

2 programs were on after the race:


9:00am
GP Uncovered: 1967 - Nine Days in Summer
The story of the Lotus 49, the revolutionary car designed by Colin Chapman and Maurice Philippe, and driven with startling success by both Jim Clark and Graham Hill


10:00am
The Petrol Age
Season 1 Episode 1 of 4
Paul McGann presents a history of British motoring, profiling the cars and people that helped shaped the UK automotive industry's global reputation. He begins by delving into the history of motor racing, exploring drivers and manufacturers' obsession with speed throughout the decades, and discovers how Formula One racing became an internationally popular sport

Just seen this

http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/vsxgf/motor-racing-at-the-bbc-that-petrol-emotion--series-1---episode-1

First episode of five on BBC4, starting at 9.00pm tonight - though I think it's a repeat

Might be worth a look.

It's also probably available on iPlayer

'Driven: The Fastest Woman in the World' a documentary about Susie Wolff aired on BBC Two the other night, it is available on the BBC IPlayer now. Features Lewis Hamilton, Toto Wolff, David Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher.

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Not so keen on: Vettel, Di Resta, whoever decides to red flag when it rains in F1

Funny waa just about to post this.

Just finished it. Was very good. Love hescots/german accent

In america we got a new f1 show its called F1 36: they follow f1 drivers for 36 hours. The first episode was about Sebastian Vettel. Its a great show you can watch.

A season with Mclaren is pretty good.
1993 season

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuFZ3QybQSo

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Who I like to see do poorly: Maldonado, Vettel, Button, (used to be Ham but I felt bad for him after last year)
I think are true champions: Kimi, Alonso

there was a good commercial for the show about F1?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX-UYMRqejI