After months of build up, it is finally here. Tens of thousands of fans (red shirts) will descend on Bahrain (Bangkok) for the first (latest) round of the world championship (ongoing battle against the government). Everyone is hoping that the event will be free of accidents (violence), and it is very unclear who will emerge the winner.
OK, enough of the double talk. Bangkok is going to be inundated with protesters this weekend. It’s not my country and I have no opinion on who is right; especially as it is all politics and politicians worldwide are, almost without exception, scum. I just hope that the country comes out of whatever happens without too much damage. The Thai people deserve a stable future, although I doubt they are going to get it.
Meanwhile, Bahrain is the venue for the first round of the 2010 F1 world championship. Schumacher is back, Alonso is in a Ferrari, Button and Hamilton in McLarens, the return of Lotus; so much to look forward to, but will the actual racing be any more exciting? Formula One fans deserve more than just another boring procession, although I doubt they are going to get it.
With my True TV service discontinued, I plan to watch the races at Nanotrax, where Qon, even though he is American and knows nothing of these strange European based machines, has scheduled the Sunday RC car races to dovetail with the F1 event on TV. Sadly, a photo assignment on Sunday means I will miss this and will have to revert to my backup plan of downloading the BBC coverage and watching the race on Monday morning. Keep the beer cold Qon; next time….
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2010-03-12| todd saysFP1 is on in just over 1hr…
I have a UK VPN connection so i can watch the BBC live online coverage of the practice sessions etc.
Can’t get FP1&2 on tv here.
Well you can on supersports, but supersports is apparently going to be dropped in april or around then (the whole SA dstv wont be available in thailand) apparently…
2010-03-12| Billy saysTodd, UK VPN connection - how u do dat? … thx, Billy
2010-03-12| genuinej saysSome shirts are yellow Others are red “politicians are scum” Very well said! And may I add That to my mind Political journos Aren’t far behind.
2010-03-12| todd saysi use https://unblockvpn.com/ $5 a month, cheap and works fine.
there’s instructions on there somwhere on how to set it up, pretty easy. just set up the connection to their UK vpn and connect when you need it.
after that just goto the bbc iplayer f1 stream… as far as the interwebs are concerned you’ll be in the UK. so it’ll let you watch it.
2010-03-12| bart saysIt’s a rerun. Don’t lose your time. Schumacher wins at the end. And Senna…
2010-03-12| Billy says:-) many thanks … though I shall not be using it to watch live F1 ;-)
2010-03-13| Qon saysno worries bro, you’ll make it for race day soon i’m sure. FYI, your mazda 787b is getting lonely and seems to long for your efforts to wreck it beyond repair ;) go HURT LOCKER! :P