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F1TV now blocking VPN access
(feddit.uk)
You will no longer be able to watch F1TV Pro from countered where it is unavailable, using a VPN. For example, the UK. You will instead see an error about your geographical location.
I was never able to watch the races live, I just wanted to watch the full race replay after the kids had gone to bed. I did it for one season with f1tv and a VPN, and then aborted and started picking up the Torrents of the race about 15mins of the race finishing, ready for when I wanted to watch on my Plex instance.
I got the cheaper F1 subscription for exactly this purpose as well.
However, they put a 48h delay on replay availability in my location, so I was forced to upgrade.
Now that they're hosting more events in countries with very questionable human and social rights (many nations in the Middle East and one in the Americas), I've decided to stop supporting F1 directly and I'm spending the money on tickets to my local GP and pirating the rest of the season.
I've always wondering how long it would be before the replays are watchable after the race, I hardly ever watch the races live so was tempted by the lower tier F1TV subscription. But 48 hours? Fuck that, I'll remain a pirate.
In some areas it's immediately after the race, but not for me.
Assume the UK is not one of those areas.
UK doesn’t have access to F1TV
You can't get the live stuff but you can buy the tier with access to all the race replays.
Yeah, but that is usually loads of hours after the race?
I don't know, but I assume so.
Exactly what I'm doing. The only way I watch F1 is through torrents and whatever they post on their youtube channel. I don't have the money for the subscription, and god knows they have enough billionaires involved in the sport that they don't need my money too.
Someone else posted this link in another thread. Looks good for watching after the event. https://overtakefans.com/
What's the best place to source those torrents or are they on private trackers?
Some galaxy on the high seas can help, I'm pretty sure I can't post a link. Otherwise, r/motorsportsreplays usually post magnet links
https://torrentgalaxy.to/rss.php?cat=7
pop that in a torrent client with an RSS reader like qbittorrent. set up rules as you please, enjoy automatic F1 downloads.