Didn't see a later repeat.
No, which is EXACTLY why we've decided to hate SpeedTV. It's the first GP of the year, and they still show their endless tape loop of inane Nascar-related shows. Be careful you don't blink--you just might miss their weekend's coverage of F1.
B4 ESPN we only got Monoco on ABC, then we got only the races. Now we get the 2nd practice, qualifying and the race on SpeedTV. We are lucky that NASCAR fan are asleep when F1 races are on or we wouldn't have anything. I live in rural Kansas and can't DSL or CABLE so I am greatfull for the coverage we get on SpeedTV. Got a call from a survey collecting concerning TV wathcing. The First question 'how many male 18 to 35 in the household?' answer NONE. CLICK! I am 1 of about 5 F1 fans in a population of 70,000 in notheast Kansas. stephen
...which I'm starting to think is probably one of the higher ratios in the country I gave up on expectations a long time ago. F1 will always be a niche sport in the States. Besides Nascar, auto racing is on life support as far as television appeal. If the Indy 500 has fallen into 2nd class status, then where does F1 rank?! Obviously SpeedTV is a NASCAR property, but even so, they've apparently crunched their numbers enough to know that it's more profitable to run "NB 24/7" a third time than to replay F1 practice.
Most of my friends that like F1 dont even have cable. They get all their info of the internet. That has to suck.
Hey, I got that one, too. Today I got another claiming to represent "a major television network". "Most households in your area have cable service from XXX. Is that your cable provider?" "Nope" "No?" "I've got satellite." "Thank you" CLICK. (I didn't even get to tell 'em that the only time I've ever watched the local channels was the ABC F1 coverage.) Back in Mass, I spent two years talking the condo association into permitting satellite dishes. No F1 coverage anywhere on cable. You could say that there's nothing worse than mostly NASCARP, but you could also say that Speed channel's F1 coverage is "better than nothing". Getting P2 and qualifying as well as the races is certainly better than the ESPN coverage circa 1989.
