Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
I have to say, the televising of the Suzuka race wasn't great. The producer did not give the full spread of the grid an even coverage. We missed a lot of relevant actions, like Kimi getting into 4th, Hulkenberg reaching 6th or the Lotus pair securing top ten possitions for example. The coverage spent a lot of time on the actions outside the top ten and missed a lot of the action within the top ten. The top ten teams missed out on air time for their sponsors as a result.
The race appeared boring because the coverage was too narrow, thus made it appear boring.
Martin Brundle suggested that Mercedes weren't getting any TV coverage as punishment for refusing to supply engines to Red Bull. He was joking - I think...