MOTOGP - Race 2

[pritch]

Some hereabout seem unhappy with the commentators. Interestingly some on the Brit boards I watch don't much like some of the commentaries available to them either.

In Whitham's book "What A Good Do!" there is a photo of him and his co-commentator on the job for Eurosport. They haven't got a 40 or 50 inch screen TV such as we have at home. They are crammed in a booth that's bugger-all bigger than my shit house, there's very little window space, and their two monitors look to have about a 12" screen.

On that basis we should be seeing things they miss.

The visiting athletes at the LA Olympics were frustrated by the American coverage which consisted of an never-ending stream of medal ceremonies with USA winning gold.

The Pacific Islands that take our TV coverage of the Olympics and Commonwealth Games complain about the endless pictures of people in black singlets.

The excessive interest in Bradley Smith then is pretty much situation normal. Their comments about Scott Redding were of interest because they contained a positive mention of Pete Benson his crew chief who is a Kiwi.

I guess we can't lose them all?

[racerhead]

A few years ago when I was at home I was able to watch all qualifing sessions and races on eurosport with a very good team that could talk sh*t when needed and really knew their stuff once the racing started. The best coverage possible really. Then last year I started watching it here on sky sports which was good but not really the same level of coverage. And this year I decided to front up the euros and pay for the coverage on motogp.com and so far i cant fault it. Full coverage of practice, qualifing and races of all classes. The best part is no commentary for the practice so you can hear the motors and where they shut off and get back on.

[denill]

can anyone explain why lorenzo would be able to catch up such a big gap.....it seems incredible that he was so far back....did he save his tyres?....did pedrosa lose his??...

Do You REALLY Wanna Know??

[Crasherfromwayback]

And if that's correct...even more of a reason to quit all of the fucking electronics! Leave them to the Superbikes man!!!

[wharfy]

A few years ago when I was at home I was able to watch all qualifing sessions and races on eurosport with a very good team that could talk sh*t when needed and really knew their stuff once the racing started. The best coverage possible really. Then last year I started watching it here on sky sports which was good but not really the same level of coverage. And this year I decided to front up the euros and pay for the coverage on motogp.com and so far i cant fault it. Full coverage of practice, qualifing and races of all classes. The best part is no commentary for the practice so you can hear the motors and where they shut off and get back on.

Me too - and it was a LOT of Euro's - but F%&K sky I say
and you can replay any and all of it

[karla]

Me too - and it was a LOT of Euro's - but F%&K sky I say
and you can replay any and all of it

I'm thinking about taking the plunge, but I'm not sure if my broadband will make the grade, can you download the clips and then play them, or is it only streamed live? I'd hate to fork out that dosh and find that the clips break up or stop and start all the way thru'. No point in me getting Sky 'cos this is the only thing I'd be watching.

[imdying]

And if that's correct...even more of a reason to quit all of the fucking electronics! Leave them to the Superbikes man!!!

What cause one broke once? Sounds like a better reason to be rid of pistons or tyres... those break more often... or exhausts, didn't two of those fall of at round 2? That's double the failure rate, burn them!

[Crasherfromwayback]

I personally think the electronics have fucked GP racing. If the factories want to use racing to develop them...fine. But do it in Superbikes. After all...they're the bikes you and I will get to ride eventually.

[imdying]

Totally agree, and for that exact reason too, not cause it breaks down though man... shit breaks!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah I know only too well it does mate. Lost a few races because of it myself. BUT...having electronics that are that advanced that they lean your engine out...so you loose power is crap! Mind you...part of that problem is the silly fuel capacity rule. Fuck...carry 30 litres if you have to!

[onearmedbandit]

I believe the fuel tank restrictions are in place as a means of power control. Limit the fuel they've got, and you can limit the power without fitting restrictors/electronics/etc.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I believe the fuel tank restrictions are in place as a means of power control. Limit the fuel they've got, and you can limit the power without fitting restrictors/electronics/etc.

That's correct. But now they have systems that cut the fuel usage back when they're getting low...and that's shithouse! Having a bike running out of fuel is actually dangerous...and a bad idea.

[onearmedbandit]

Isn't the idea though by leaning the bike out it won't run out of fuel? The teams are always going to gamble on how much power they can get out of a set amount of fuel, and may actually use that in their tatics.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Correct. But who the hell wants to see a race fucked by bike 'a' not having enough and dropping power? Bike 'b' has more left and wins what could've/should've been a hell of a race? I sure as fuck don't want to see such things happening.

[onearmedbandit]

Oh I agree with you Pete. But who hasn't witnessed a race (be it 4 wheels or 2) where without electronics (other than monitoring systems) the rider/driver has backed off themselves to conserve fuel. Now, because the rules allow for it, they control that automatically.

Bring back the 500's from the late eighties to mid nineties I say. They were the best years of racing*. Angry snarling beasts of bikes with no wheelie control, launch control, traction control. It all came down to 'balls' control.

* - My opinion, I was too young to watch anything earlier pretty much