MotoGP back on British Eurosport for 2009...

Shown "delayed live" just after the BBC transmission finishes...

"...British Eurosport has now completed a deal to show all Friday and
Saturday practice sessions, and the 125cc and 250cc races, live plus
slightly delayed coverage of all the MotoGP races. These will be
broadcast just after the BBC's live race coverage has finished."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73438


No confirmation of the commentary team however:

"...Meanwhile, for fans of Moody, Ryder and Mamola, presenters and
commentators are yet to be confirmed."

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26022009/23/eurosport-show-motogp.html

 

Toby confirms he is staying, probably with Julian, but no Randy as
they will not to broadcasting live from the circuit but back in studio
in UK.

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/s...by-moody-staying-with-eurosport/?R=EPI-106489

 

That is such a shame.

And Randy IS the man, as Murray Walker would proclaim (with the
emphasis firmly on the wrong syllable

I've got plenty of time for Stavros (for obvious reasons), Suzi Perry
anchors quite well <g>, and the BBC picture and track sound feed has
always been of considerably higher bandwidth and quality than the
"compressed to hell" Eurosport feed, but... I can't abide by Charlie
"crossing the stripe once again Rossi is putting the magnets on
Stoner" Cox's lack of real depth of knowledge of the sport (I am aware
of his tin-top race history).

 

You might want to ask Graeme Crosby's opinion on that.

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I suppose that means they won't even be at the venues then. A large
part of the value that team brought was the inside tidbits and
conversations they came across by being on the scene. If all they're
going to do is call the action and reminisce about better days while
watching it on TV at the same time we are, then I don't see any real
point in watching. Especially if we won't have Randy's insights to go
with them.

Then again, the SpeedTV F1 crew does it that way and it works for
them. They always seem to have the inside info as if they were there.
Of course, they do have Peter on the scene in much the same role that
Randy played. Perhaps Eurosport should just pay to ship Randy around
the world and leave Toby and Julian in the studio?

 

I'm sure Randy will still be hanging round the pitlane working for some
Spanish or Italian paper. He was always one of the very, very few people
with a "god" pass.

And yes, for Toby and Julian working from the UK has got to suck, even
though it's probably a pleasure not to have to do all that flying.

Saw the note on Superbikeplanet about Speed showing WSB partly on
Tuesday. I guess there'll be a lot of people watching it on the website
or grabbing a torrent. (http://www.racing-underground.com ??)

 

We'll have to disagree on that. I find her flirting with the racers quite
nauseating at times, but perhaps that's because I don't find her
attractive.

Having it in widescreen is one of the big pluses for the Beeb feed, but
you can't beat stateside-Randy keepin' it real.

 

And a double-thumbs-up for Eurosport showing WSB in widescreen. I hope
they do the same for MotoGP.

 

Obviously it will depend on the supplier of the source material. We know
Dorna punt out a widescreen feed, so fingers crossed. For now, I is
mostly happy. )