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Dappa D

14-09-08 05:14 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

sorry...just clicked simesb's linky..

Dangerous Dave

14-09-08 05:18 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

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BBC Statement: A mistake in how BBC Sport dealt with a change in the race schedule meant we were unable to show this event as billed on BBC Two

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Originally Posted by Dappa D (Post 1624246)

race times changed? is it still 8pm race in our time?

Exactly, the race time never changed as every other broadcaster has stated.

fizzwheel

14-09-08 05:23 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

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Originally Posted by ThEGr33k (Post 1624244)

Man it looks like there is no one there!!! The stands are empty :(

Thing is compared with Nascar and the Indy 500, Moto GP isnt as popular, the circuit is built to hold a huge capacity and thats why it looks empty...

rigor

14-09-08 05:33 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

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Originally Posted by fizzwheel (Post 1624263)

Thing is compared with Nascar and the Indy 500, Moto GP isnt as popular, the circuit is built to hold a huge capacity and thats why it looks empty...

Yup, Indy Speedway has 250,000 permanent seats. Any MotoGP crowd would look small in that space :D

chakraist

14-09-08 05:36 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

Jesus, just watching the BBC now, the two guys who do the 125s + 250s were chatting away and then suddenly you hear charlie and steve talking over the top of them and chatting about the propellorheads, one of them says how he's like to push his wife into a propellorhead and then they talk about how exciting the race is, jokingly steve parrish goes 'AND ROSSI HAS GONE DOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR!' and then I guess the beeb realised what was happening and now there's no commentary at all.

Jesus, that was an assault to the senses.

fizzwheel

14-09-08 05:52 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

Race schedule re-arranged due to the rain...

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/S...polis+downpour

Dangerous Dave

14-09-08 06:01 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

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Originally Posted by fizzwheel (Post 1624295)

Race schedule re-arranged due to the rain...

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/S...polis+downpour

Different announcement, this one is due to the weather, and that the GP's will be shuffled around to suit the weather.

The one the BBC are on about never happened, they made their announcement before the rain announcement was ever thought of by Dorna. Euro-sport are running on the usual time, arranged by Dorna at the beginning of the year.

The BBC screwed up.

fizzwheel

14-09-08 06:05 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

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Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave (Post 1624302)

Different announcement, this one is due to the weather, and that the GP's will be shuffled around to suit the weather..

I know, I just posted it up so that if anybody like me is wandering whats going on and why Eurosport are showing Athletics they'd know why and what time it was due to start again ;):D

Dangerous Dave

14-09-08 06:08 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

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Originally Posted by fizzwheel (Post 1624310)

I know, I just posted it up so that if anybody like me is wandering whats going on and why Eurosport are showing Athletics they'd know why and what time it was due to start again ;):D

Apologies...

dizzyblonde

14-09-08 06:56 PM

Re: BBC mess up Indy coverage

woohoo, GP on eurosport now:-)

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