02:18 PM ET  10.12 | A heavy blow has been dealt to Formula One fans throughout America. The announcement that SPEED Channel will no longer broadcast F1 races to the huge US market is extremely disturbing, at least to me. ............................................................................................... If it means the loss, and it probably does, of the highly respected trio of broadcasters - Bob Varsha, Steve Matchett and David Hobbs, everyone looses. For me, those three guys make the race. They're in touch; they know what's going on and present it with a style that is not match able. ................................................................................................................. In my opinion, and I've been involved in racing for over 40 years; as a driver, as an Editor/Publisher of a racing monthly magazine and a fan, NBC will be challenged to do the sport of Formula 1 the level of justice it deserves. The whole thing is an issue of MONEY with little regard for quality. A sad day, to say the least. ......................................................................................................................................... As a side note on David Hobbs: I witnessed his team make an engine change on his F5000 Lola at Laguna Seca in less than an hour. That was a long time ago.