WTCC on terrestrial TV

I felt the coverage of race 1 was a bit rubblish but racing was good! Especially Priaux in race 2.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by inimitablestoo

This may be a conspiracy theory...

---

More than that it's wrong.
Channel 4 showed the WTCC highlights in 2006.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by inimitablestoo

Hmm... I must admit to just putting the times in last night and not noticing it was only a half-hour programme, rather than the full hour we got back in 2005. Never mind, what was there was good, although the lack of a co-commentator is something I always find problematic. It's just nice to hear somebody else's voice every now and then.

One other oddity was Martin Haven giving a translation of the drivers' foreign language interviews. Fair enough, it's essentially a worldwide feed so they take what they're given, and at least it's better than when the World Motocross presenter does the same thing (translating idiomatic mistakes as well so that it comes across as something like "My bike very good is, it allow me to fight very much for title championship purple monkey dishwasher").

---

:laugh: Love it!

Let's face it, Eurosport's presentation is utterly amateurish compared to the BBC or ITV.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by BDunnell

:laugh: Love it!

Let's face it, Eurosport's presentation is utterly amateurish compared to the BBC or ITV.

---

Do they still do that stupid thing where a fake LG TV pops up somewhere at the side of the circuit and has a different shot in the screen?!

Don't think I've seen that for a while. They do have a stupid theme tune though, as mentioned previously. Martin Haven used to irritate me a bit, but I quite like him now having listened to him over the week at Le Mans. Especially the random chit chat that was going on around 2am when I was half asleep. :D

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by tintin

More than that it's wrong.
Channel 4 showed the WTCC highlights in 2006.

---

Really? When? I know it was on in 2005, I don't remember seeing it at all last year. And I scan the Radio Times closer than is healthy looking for motorsport programmes :s

IIRC it was on Tuesday (middle of the) nights.

Does anyone know when Brno was covered, because I am positive the series seemed to go from Pau to Porto.

And also does anyone know when the remaining rounds (Anderstorp, Oschersleben, Brands Hatch, Monza and Macau) are due to be screened?

I don't know when the rest of the rounds are being shown but on the official wtcc website http://www.fiawtcc.com you can watch the wtcc magazine which is shown on eurosport the day or so after the race it has all the highlights of both races and a bit behind the scenes the are also the press conferences, small highlights clips and various other videos.

Its all for free but you need broadband as you have to watch it there and then not download it

Good quailty and no adverts!!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by VXRDartford

Its all for free but you need broadband as you have to watch it there and then not download it

Good quailty and no adverts!!

---

I can do better. I not only have broadband, I have had it for ages, I switched about 2 weeks ago from a router to wireless. No real change in quality and speed but your guaranteed never to loose connection.

The reason why my BT Voyager 210 router was always losing connection is because of the area I live in. It is very bad for the signal.