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**JANALA** · 08-06-2010, 05:42 PM

From what I understand, the visuals you see from the moment the F1 whooshy logo plays is the FOM World Feed - BBC, ITV, RTE, SKY etc. simply rebroadcast that (after paying Bernie a substantial amount for the rights to do so). The graphics are added by the FOM World Feed team, so would naturally not be translated - why would Bernie spend any more money than he needs to.

I would imagine that there is some clause that says that the broadcaster cannot interfere with the on-screen visuals for advertising reasons, so they couldn't plaster over the FOM "Final Lap" flash or "Winner" with the local translation.

For the record, I watched the German GP in Germany (not at the circuit, I just happened to be on holiday there while it was on) and they also had all the text in English.

08-06-2010, 05:42 PM	#15
JANALA Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 437 Senior Member	From what I understand, the visuals you see from the moment the F1 whooshy logo plays is the FOM World Feed - BBC, ITV, RTE, SKY etc. simply rebroadcast that (after paying Bernie a substantial amount for the rights to do so). The graphics are added by the FOM World Feed team, so would naturally not be translated - why would Bernie spend any more money than he needs to. I would imagine that there is some clause that says that the broadcaster cannot interfere with the on-screen visuals for advertising reasons, so they couldn't plaster over the FOM "Final Lap" flash or "Winner" with the local translation. For the record, I watched the German GP in Germany (not at the circuit, I just happened to be on holiday there while it was on) and they also had all the text in English.
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