Quote Originally Posted by WRCStan View Post
I've always found it awkward that the stage end reporter can't converse naturally with the commentary team. "Let's hope Molly asks him about a potential issue", she asks about conditions, then 3 minutes later, "Whatsapp from Molly, says she could smell oil".

Is that down to delay? They can't say "Hey Molly, looks like an engine issue", "Yes let's find out, and I can smell oil" ?
Naturally there is a delay. What you have seen on All live in reality happened many, many seconds ago. Delay is because of transmission and also live is delayed to allow director to switch in time to correct camera or cut the stream from camera in case something bad happen (like Suninen in Portugal). So in fact what you can see happened +- 30 seconds ago...