MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

Ramajama (SIC) it's obvious you hate Eurosport, but what you miss is that during that 1 hour show, it was THE COMMENTARY that made it interesting... The magnificent 3 brought us all up to date on what was going in with the MotoGP world, all the gossip, the facts, the enthusiasm, the build up to the season ahead... Shame you can't appreciate the subtleties, a lot of us can, hence the outcry. Posted by done I absolutely loved the Eurosport commentary team and as I said in my first post will miss them greatly.I agree with everything you said after your 1st sentence.Despite the great team commentating,they still couldn't raise my interest in what amounted to a Qualifying session. (cont)

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

Did any of you actually watch the pre season Jerez BMW (round 0) shootout? Great as it was to get a fix of our favourite sport, it was like watching paint dry!!!

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

Gary M, Sorry. the fanboy comment was aimed clearly at the 'well I'm gonna stop watching when Rossi retires' crowd. You do more to support the sport than 90% of posters here (me included) and by being willing to pay £70+ NOT to watch the BBC shows your enthusiasm. Apologies for any offence caused.

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

DC, KH and JR commentated on MotoGP before going to SS,not after, in 1990/1,

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

And I've seen concern from people regarding F1 and MotoGP being on at the same time. 1. Formula 1 is going to be shown on BBC1, MotoGP on BBC2 2. The MotoGP races are started earlier or later so that they CAN'T clash with the F1 races, and have been for the past couple of seasons. I am worried, however what'll happen when Wimbledon or The Open golf's on.....

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

The main idea of taking Moto GP away from Eurosport was to give it to a free to air channel and if you have to use the red button to access some of the coverage, this will still be denied to viewers without digital tuners. As for over 7 hours of Moto GP coverage during the weekend - Eurosport provided more than that just for race day! Posted by Paul Stygal But Paul, IF YOU WATCHED EUROSPORT YOU ALREADY HAVE DIGITAL TV, SO YOU CAN GET THE RED BUTTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

After Sky Sports stopped showing WSBK we had to go from Keith Huewen and Julian Ryder (A great double act I'd watched since the 1990 Grand Prix season) to Jack Burnicle and Niall McKenzie. For a start I disliked it, because it was different to what I was used to. OK, they took some getting used to, but I did and now even miss JB when he does Eurosport's BSB coverage instead of their WSBK coverage.

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

True, but i think the bbc are now taking over that job of destroying moto gp, i would of prefered to watch it on bbc with toby, jules and randy as commentators Posted by Alan This is exactly the sort of post I despise! MotoGP will still be MotoGP,whoever commentates. I too would have preferred Ryder,Moody and Malmola as the BBC's chioce, but I don't think the BBC is 'destroying' MotoGP just because they didn't. I'm also going to miss the Friday free practice session, but not enough to stop me watching the sport I love most.

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

People who say they'll stop watching now it's on the BBC or those who said they'll stop when Rossi retires will aren't fans at all.Good riddance to you,you'll not be missed.I watch Motorcycle racing because I'm a fan,not a fanboy. Some people are complaining about not being able to get the red button,but as Belinda says,if you watched it on Eurosport,you can get the red button feed too.

MOTOGP » BBC responds to MotoGP fans.

Firstly,let me say I've been watching MotoGP almost entirely on Eurosport since I first got satellite TV in May 1989.I will miss the excellent coverage that they have provided me for nearly 20 years. One thing that gets me annoyed about what people are going on about here are the fact they are going on about either not being able to record the red button service.The way they are going to loop the footage for a week means you won't need to.OK, you'll not be able to fast forward the bits you don't want to see,but so what?I can record the red button channel and know how to program my PVR, it's just like programming your video in the old days!! (cont)