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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Lots of action but sparse on facts, 15 Jan 2008
2007 was one of the most interesting Formula 1 seasons in recent times. The championship went down to the final laps of the final race where 3 drivers all had chances to win the title. It was a controversial season featuring the spying saga between McLaren and Ferrari, and a season that welcomed Lewis Hamilton into the sport and saw Kimi Räikkönen finally crowned World Champion. For this I think it is worth buying the DVD because 2007 was a season of highs and lows, and was a season to remember.
However the review is not the best review ever as it seems to deviate from the successful style used in past years. Again the producers feel the need to add unnecessary music tracks to the action at some of the races, and they tend to not inform the viewer of the timing of events. The season preview at the beginning is terrible as it doesn't describe the rule changes, it hardly makes reference to the post Schumacher era, and the review seems to be focused more on action rather than telling the facts or contextualising them. This is highlighted by qualifying being very poorly covered in a style similar to the review in 2006 with drivers talking over their qualifying laps at some of the grands prix - whilst this can be interesting, the viewer is not informed of how the other drivers performed in the qualifying sessions, which means at the start of races one has no idea of which positions the main drivers started from making the races confusing. Further to this there are very few interviews with the drivers before and after the races, the focus seems to be on playing a clip of the podium before moving onto the next race! The review DVDs seem to have become more emotive over the years, and this means that this DVD may not fully reflect the story of the season factually. Little reference is made to the spy saga and its huge ramifications, and the fact that if McLaren had not lost their points in the saga they would have won the constructors championship. No mention is made to the fact that effectively the title was finally given to Räikkönen at court in November weeks after the final race. I think too much time was spent on the first races, leaving the crucial final races of the season rushed. However the exclusive onboard footage is fantastic as some of it did not appear on TV. The special features are not outstanding; the highlights of these are the interview with Sebastian Vettel and Gerhard Berger and the interview with Lewis Hamilton which are both good.
Overall this DVD has many shortcomings but the 2007 season was a classic and this is the only DVD on the market to review the 2007 season. This makes it worthwhile to buy.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Getting Better Each Year, 28 Dec 2007
It helps of course to have a good season as was the case in 2007 but the official reviews do seem to get better each year and this one has its attention focused firmly on the track and not on the politics, although 'spygate' is covered too. There are things i missed first time round - like how close Coulthard's flying Red Bull was to Wurz's head in Melbourne. Getting the drivers to talk through their pole position laps is a nice touch. There are some extras as well to make this good value for money package. Now hen is Ecclestone going to commission the conversion of the vhs years (pre-2003) to DVD?
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2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Who said F1 is boring???????????????, 10 Dec 2007
2007 is the reason why F1 is the most exciting sport.For a couple of years now its been threatening to over boil with young talented drivers coming through,this season its delivered. Obvioulsly lewis Hamilton was a major factor,but lets not forget some of the others, Nico Rosberg proved himself to be up among the best in the sport,Heikki Kovelinen was had some lows but some amazing highs,sebastian vettel becoming the youngest ever points scorer,the list goes on. Also some good action and spectacular crashes,remember Robert Kubica in Montreal,Lewis Hamilton in Nurburgring. Thanks to technology noone was hurt.This season had it all and i dont know how they re gonna cram it all into a 3 hour DVD. Anyone who even has an interest in F1 should buy this,its a season that ll go down in history for many things. If you dont like F1,buy and im sure you will after viewing this!!!!!
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