The race was great Bradley doing great until he binned it but at least he stayed on longer than Jorge. I really thought Cale was going to force mark into an off but the boy done good he held his nerve - I wonder if Sete Gibernau would hav eheld him off?
However, getting back to the coverage. Mel Sykes -WTF? was she doing there, she looked like a rabbit in the headlights, James Toelsand - Is he the man of no fixed hairstyle? - Qualifying he had a very strange high left hand parting and on Sunday a combed back boufant - he looked and talked like a wax work and as for the two clowns in the commentary booth, Jules some body and Keith Huewen, talking over each other and mainly talking bollo*ks - give me Chalie Cox and Steve Parrish any day.
Also some sort of break down of programmes would have been good - BT Sport Moto GP from 15.00 runs for 330 minutes. The actually main race did not start until around 6.30 but you wouldn't hav eknown unless you put up with three hours of inane babble from Mel and James and not everyone can spare 5 and a half hours to watch everything.
Your sincerely.
Grumpy of Ulting
There would appear to be a surfeit of prolixity and sesquipedalian content today please do not use a big word when a singularly un-loquacious and diminutive linguistic expression will satisfactorily accomplish the contemporary necessity
Really enjoyed the racing, and I agree about Mel Sykes, Toseland/Hodgsen, good racers but not the best presenters, but let's give em a chance to hone there game. I have always like Huewen and although Ryder does to on a bit he does know what he's talking about especially stats.
As for the solid coverage I just d/loaded this app to my phone and all the times are there easy!
I tend to record the races and skip through the guff. Toseland is new so I,ll give him some slack but Hodgson is, as he was on world superbikes on Eurosport very poor. Bring on James Whitham probably the best co-commentator, Mel Sykes....an attempt to bring a little glamour me thinks....up to yet not working.
The racing was great in all three classes, Bradley rode his best yet...a great pity about the drop but encouraging, Marquez was his normal sublime self, shame Lorenzo dropped it, could have been a classic, at least Vali looked more comfortable than last year. Keep this standard up and it should be a great season.
Give the presenters a chance to settle in IMO. I liked to hear james toseland's and Neil hodgson's input on things. I personally think Neil hodgson is the more easy to listen to because he doesn't seem to be trying to be something he's not.
The commentary box duo seemed to rub each other the wrong way a bit! Hopefully this will iron itself out.
The racing was great I thought. Off to a good start. In moto gp the cream came to the top in the end!
I enjoyed it, and knew when the races started (Moto2 and GP), so dropped in when I wanted. I'm looking forward to the next race weekend.
I quite liked Neil Hodgson's admission that when he'd done his best on a privateer bike he pushed to get on a factory bike, assuming he would go faster. But after only equalling his old times on the factory bike, he called his dad and told him he had learned something new "the factory bikes are ridden by factory riders". I thought it was a nice admission that he found out he needed to up his game to go faster on a factory bike.
I watched it on the internet using the wiziwig link from steve, enjoyed the racing and hope it is a sign that it could be good this year, but agree that Sykes and Toseland are not up to much, Hodgson is Hodgson, a bit bland! Ryder and Huewen are annoying, have to agree Ryder is top for stats, I muted the sound in the end, send for Whit, please.
All the Race times can be found on the Moto GP site, it will prob be local time so will need to know time difference, this is the same for WSBK.
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eyore wrote:Just watched ITV4 highlights, the racing was great, the commentary was atrocious, absolutely painful Never thought I'd say bring back Stavros.
Same here racing was top notch
not so sure about the commentary
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Ride like they are all out to kill you and you will live to ride another day............Ned 2008
Methinks big thumbs up to Bt, It`s for bikerclass not bloody Wimbledon, Mel Sykes offers the glamour and Toseland looks ok in front of Camera. Early days yet and they are appealing to a younger audience (not many of those around on this forum, cough) so out with wrinklies fatties and man boobs.
The moto gp race was as said a race and indeed eclipsed the F1 opener.
Cal Crutchlow, a PR nightmare.
Hodgson on Esparagus "He fell apart like a cheap watch"
Fiat Panda.
Fiat Scudo (with speedblock, pipe carrier, reversing sensors, reversing camera, tow bar, some new rust and Fake Plumber logo)
started out with nothing, still have most of it left.
Thought Neil did a good job. Mel and James were awful though. Mel knew nothing, obviously hasn't done enough research to present the subject matter, and James is just so wooden.
Whitham would have been good in the box, but I think Neil works well at the pit and will no doubt get some good comments from riders.
Cal is a good guy, but a complete PR disaster for any race team. Just see how Rossi handled himself on the Ducati for 2 years, always time for a comment, smile and wave to the fans - the only other rider of a similar vain seems to be Marquez, who is always cheerful and smiling - but then so would I be, if I was defending world champion winning the first race after such a great battle!
Don't know about BT, (Don't get it - Won't be getting it) but I've just watched the repeats on ITV & I can't say it grabbed me like watching live or even surfing through the recording on Eurosport. The race itself did have some good moments, though Qatar is somehow sterile?
I'm sure Julian Ryder & Keith Huewan used to do MotoGP on Eurosport years ago. They were great, if I remember right? Stories, stats, piss taking & talking utter bollocks. Just like a couple of mates down the pub.
Just caught the 45 min ITV highlights show - covering all 3 races! Just about enough to get a flavour of the Moto2 and 3 races but left me feeling short-changed. I too like Huewen and Ryder individually. First time I've heard them working together. Should work well: an ex-racer with enthusiasm and wit, and a walking encyclopaedia of the sport. Trouble is I miss Ryder chuntering on during the extended all-weekend coverage on Eurosport. The highlights format doesn't give him the chance to do his thing. Don't miss that pillock Moody though.
Never thought I'd say bring back Stavros.
