MotoGP Coverage - WTF?
Sunday, July 16th, 2006 at 8:17 pm by angrybob
WTF? On the final lap of the MotoGP in Germany (Sachsenring), someone cuts to a commercial. I could see it if the race was a runaway, but the top four people finished within less than 0.4 seconds. It was hard to tell if they picked up coverage at exactly the same point.
What I don’t know is who made that call which is why I used the word “someone” above. Was it SPEED? Doubt it. Was it DORNA? That’s my guess because the announcers seemed pretty in tune to it. Totally unacceptable and terrible planning if you ask me.
What I do know is that I immediately focused on a close-by analog clock (that would be one with a second hand for you ‘mouth-breathers’). I had heard that a lap time was 1:23 and as the first thirty second commercial passed I was getting concerned. As the second went, I was getting pissed. As the third went, I was livid.
When the coverage came back, it didn’t seem to be in the same place unless the camera angle was the only thing that changed. Yeah we still got better than half a lap, but c’mon. What a way to break up the finish to an excellent race.
All that and no spoiler!
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Lol…. I had the same reaction! Couldn’t believe my eyes when they cut to a commercial. I totally expected them to come back starting in the the interviews (and *maybe* a replay of the finish line).
Remember that with the exception of the US GP, non of the broadcasts on SPEED are LIVE.