Tobias wrote:
jdh wrote:
Tobias wrote:
for me, I did like Mark Blundell because he provided a lot of insight in matters like digging deep and pulling it out of the bag.
No he didn't. They only thing he did was state the bloody obvious. He provided absolutely no insight and his 'analysis' consisted of him saying what he could see (which is exactly what we could see as well).
well, that's sort of what I meant with my comment
"Hamilton's crash will have an impact..." Yeah, the one where the car hit met the barrier mainly
"The weather will play a crucial role this weekend" It does every weekend Mark, it just changes between the heat being an issue for the tyres, the cold being an issue for the tyres, the wet being an issue for a different type of tyres...etc.
"The tyres will be an important factor for the drivers" Yes, without which they'd be skidding along on their chasis not going anywhere!
The thing that annoyed me about ITV was the constant dumbing down of the sport to attract the casual viewer. The whole show was pitched at the channel surfer who was bored of the Sunday film on BBC1 and the Friends re-run on channel 4 so was giving Formula One a try because there was nothing else on.
"Lets not get to complicated" thought ITV, "he might get confused or bored and switch over!!"
The trouble is even if their dumbing down to cater for this viewer worked and they impressed him, as soon as he watched more than two or three races in a row he stops being a casual viewer and becomes a fan. At that point ITV get bored of him and start talking down to the next casual viewer to switch over. The first casual viewer is left with questions like "why are they explaining understeer or tyre wear to me again? They did that last week?" and begins joining us moaning that the coverage is too simple.
It was ok if F1 digital would be still around, that way ITV could've courted the casual viewer, but as soon as they became fans they would want to pay for the more intellegent broadcast (though not at the prices sky charged!). But without that they're just courting 10% of their potential viewership at the risk of pissing off 90% of it.
The BBC won't have to try too hard to top that. All they have to do at the moment is live up to what they've promised and it's going to be a great breath of fresh air. Johnny Casual can watch the race as normal, but the dedicated fan can press red and watch everything from GP2 practice to more in-depth highlights etc...should work a treat.
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