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So far as I know this year's MotoGP review hasn't been on telly, but it is available on DVD which is a bit pushy... unless we all blinked and missed it!

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Just noticed British Superbike Review of the Year is on ITV4 pm January 2 from 19.00 — for two hours

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The MotoGP season starts on April 8 with the night race from Quatar.

Nicky Haden is making life difficult for himself. After having his scaphoid bone broken in the pile-up at the last race in Valencia, he's now broken some ribs and a shoulder blade during a training run. Once they start, they just can't stop can they?

Suzuki are out of it this year thanks to money woes, which could put some privateers up the field. It'd be somewhat amusing if a privvy finished the season in the top five on a customer Suzuki!

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Okay, so most of the cars will look stupid this year. Not very F1, is it.

Ummmm... yep, I reckon this is the only way to make that stepped nose look reasonable and someone suggested it should be called the 'Caterham Caiman'

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What an horrendously ugly car.

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Maclaren's 2012 car launched, the MP4-27...





Interesting they've not got the "platipus" nose, I wonder how they got around that little problem? More sloping angle on the nose, perhaps?

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Yeah, compared it to the 2011 car the schnozz is much more droopy. The Ferrari might be a cross between the two, if the guessing game pictures are on target.

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Can anyone remember when a pig-ugly car has ever been any good? Usually if it looks right, it is right.

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Hmm, so Ferrari have launched their 2012 offering today and have gone down the stepped nose route...



Slightly better than the Caterham, but still don't like the look - let's see if it's fast though. If it's fast, then I'm sure the Tiffosi won't mind what the hell it looks like!

Force India have also launched their car, again with the stepped nose - bit more pronounced on theirs...



Interesting that the Force India has a little horizontal winglet protruding out the front of the nose, I wonder if that'll get banned? Have they found a grey area in the wording of the regulations perhaps?!

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Who knows. In terms of design freedom the entire car's footprint is divided up into boxes which allow some flexibility but twiddling room has been steadily decreasing since the 70s. That little nose wing may just fall within the confines of the 'nose box'. BMW tried something similar several years ago but it really buggered up the driveability. Now, with what looks like the ugliest 24 cars since forever, it might work.

I type "ugliest" but I note some of the press are being far too kind by calling them "dramatic".

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I really hope McLaren win the drivers and constructors championships as the other cars are just too ugly! Compare those abominations to these...

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Ferrari 641

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As I will probably be away in some remote cottage during some of the F1 races, does anyone know of a site where they can be watched live?

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The BBC will be streaming live from a link somewhere on their poorly redesigned F1 pages:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/

And on Sky, apparently "live and uninterrupted":
http://f1.sky.com/f1-coverage

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Just checked out the your BBC link Lazzo, and it doesn't seem very clear if all the races are covered live online. It seems to suggest that only the races the BBC are screening are available live online, and the rest have some sort of live test update coverage Either way I'm still not getting MurdochOvision

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Yep, the BBC will only be showing the races they've got permission for, that's why I included the Sky link. However, I hadn't thought about Sky finding some way of charging internet viewers; maybe it'll be tied to a reciever's PIN number.

Anyway, on Sky days, if you can avoid the sporting results - no doubt BBC news will gleefully give it away - you can watch the races later on the BBC wesbite.

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