I’m seriously considering going with the MotoGP feed (which is cheaper if you buy it in euros btw). I am fed up with Huewen’s commentary, he takes an age to notice things that happen on track and how many times does he reference gambling in the course of a race? Yesterday someone mentioned something a team manager had said about Schrotter. So we had to listen to Huewen repeating it time after time during the race, like there was nothing else to mention. Suzi Perry is also well past her sell by date (was she ever any good?) giving out duff info, getting names wrong and for a lot of the time appearing pretty disinterested in what’s going on. ‘The Argentinian round in two week’s time’ when the graphic onscreen is showing 21 days till Argentina….
My biggest gripe however is why they mention in commentary what happened in the previous race. Why? What possible reason is there for doing it? Equally why do they constantly do the ‘ICYMI’ bit? If I am interested enough to watch the racing, perhaps I didn’t miss it, or perhaps I haven’t watched it yet? Does BT not realise that it’s possible to record their progs and then watch them out of sequence? They even run replays of the race on BT3 and then have the race result come up on screen during the same actual race!
I used to enjoy the banter, all round knowledge and expertise of Jules (sadly missed) and Hodgson has his moments (Marquez’s new girlfriend for example), but overall they really do need to sort their act out.
Right, I’m off for a lie down in a dark room, do my breathing exercises and wring out a wet flannel….
