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Kimchi Cowboy
Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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 Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: Watching F1 in Seoul |
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| Do any of the pubs in Itaewon show F1 races, or are they only about footie, basketball, and wrestling? |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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There isn't a Korean broadcaster as far as I know. You used to be able to watch it on Star Sports, but they've gotten rid of it. I have to watch the live timing on Formula1.com and then download the race from torrents.
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on_me_head_son
Joined: 26 May 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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| kprrok wrote: |
There isn't a Korean broadcaster as far as I know. You used to be able to watch it on Star Sports, but they've gotten rid of it. I have to watch the live timing on Formula1.com and then download the race from torrents.
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Nope. Star Sports are still showing F1. Just watched the qualifying hightlights and the race is on live later this evening, at 6.30 I think.
I don't know of any pubs that show it though. Your best bet is to find a place that's not too busy and just ask them to turn it on. If you have a group with you it shouldn't be a big deal. |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:09 am Post subject: |
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What surprises me is, that F1 not popular at all in Korea (pretty anonomous really, like cricket or bowls) yet Korea has petitioned for, and won the rights to hold a F1 grand prix from 2010 (or is it 2009?).
Not to mention they will be building the racetrack from scratch at a pretty high cost and it will be somewhere in Jeollanam-do...which makes even less sense really...Unless that is where the F1 fanatics are and we are missing all the action up in Seoul/Gyeonggi. |
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darkcity
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: SF, CA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:01 am Post subject: |
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| somewhat related news, i'm sure you guys read about bernie ecclestone's wild orgy video? with one of the five prostitutes dressed like a german soldier? |
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Kimchi Cowboy
Joined: 17 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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That was Max Mosley (head of FIA), not Bernie. (Although they're both pretty slimy, IMHO.)
The video is on YouTube. |
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darkcity
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: SF, CA
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| oh right, my mistake...Mosley...sorry for the misinformation... |
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Otherside
Joined: 06 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: |
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| Ye, Max got caught with his pants down. Doesn't help matters that his father was the leader of the British Fascist Party. |
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SeoulFinn
Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Location: 1h from Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Years ago, I used to go to Nashville Sports Bar just to watch Formula 1. Not sure these days, but "Star Sports" channel used to broadcast F1.
SeoulFinn
PS. Kimi "Ice Man" R�ikk�nen and Heikki Kovalainen FTW!
EDIT: After reading all posts, someone had mentioned Star Sports already. My bad. |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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It's not on the Star Sports I have. I checked. I checked every one of my 20 sports channels. They all had crap on like 5 year old Asian 9-ball tour instead of the race.
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| TVU player has the 'right' star sports. That's where I get my F1 fix. |
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on_me_head_son
Joined: 26 May 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| kprrok wrote: |
It's not on the Star Sports I have. I checked. I checked every one of my 20 sports channels. They all had crap on like 5 year old Asian 9-ball tour instead of the race.
KPRROK |
Do you get your Star through a cable company? I get mine from Skylife and they always show the F1. You'd better change!
ps. Long time no see statto!! |
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kprrok
Joined: 06 Apr 2004
Location: KC
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| Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:28 am Post subject: |
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Yes, long time it has been...so long in fact that my Wanderers are looking to be relegated instead of fighting for Europe.
I get Star Sports through Jeju cable, but my father in law has SkyLife. I guess I'll just have to go out there to see the races live!
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yeremy
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: Anywhere's there's a good bookstore.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: F1 in Korea |
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| I'm not in Seoul but I have watched F1 on the Wheels channel on TVU via my computer and last weekend I caught the last few laps of the Bahrain race on Star Sports. I get Star Sports through Skylife (sat dish). A couple of weeks ago, I wanted to watch the second race but the free TVU player I usually used, had taken the Wheels channel off. Wheels mysteriously reappeared a few days later. One of the Korean cable sports channels does show F1 but it's delayed either a day or so. My wife has told me that she saw it while folding the laundry one Monday while I was at work. Good luck. |
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