Wouldn’t it be cool if you could access highlights and full race videos for every Formula 1 Grand Prix since 1981? Yes, yes, yes!
Patience grasshoppers.
Formula One Management is the custodian of the F1 TV archive, from 1981 to the present day. They’ve started the process of digitising this footage, with the view to facilitating in-house browsing for post-production purposes, and online offerings of either short-form website clips, or complete race programs for Internet-based audio and video services.
They’re the opening words from Martin Brundle in a video, which you can see below, promoting the F1 Connectivity Innovation Prize being run by Tata Communications.
We’re not sure what form such digital footage will be made available, and there may well be a sting in the tail, but we can hold out hope that all that glorious racing footage will be easily accessible to F1 fans around the world.
[Source: reddit | Thanks to Wes for the tip]