Eurosport Loses MotoGP

I suppose that means we have to put up with that Australian dickhead and Parrish.

Oh joy....

Bollocks, there goes any chance of watching any of the 125's & 250's, including qualifying, guess we will also lose Ryder, Moody & Mamola, and get Parrish and Cox,

BBC have also got the F1 rights from 2009 wonder which event will get the priority... what a load of cnuts

Just makes my crap day worse, bet I get a puncture on the way home, or get taken out by the fire engine rushing to my blazing house. Bollocks.

rant over. 

How the hell is this meant to help Dorna? In the UK they will be getting a fraction of the coverage (not all the practice, qualifying, warm-up etc), no 125s or 250s. How is this good? For who?

Then we'll have to suffer the fucking awful BBC commentary - not to mention the fact that they're so ill-informed it astonishes me. How is this meant to compare to the knowledge and intimate personal knowledge that Mamola/Ryder/Moody have of the teams and personnel?

I knew that this was going to happen one day, but not so soon.

I'm certainly not watching (or listening to, more to the point) the wanky BBC presentation

Orb the Impaler wrote (see)

How the hell is this meant to help Dorna? In the UK they will be getting a fraction of the coverage (not all the practice, qualifying, warm-up etc), no 125s or 250s.

zz-rrrr wrote (see)

The MotoGP class is the only 'product' that really matters to Dorna in terms of revenue. Their ambition is to grow MotoGP's audience along the lines of F1, and packaging the premier event along with a couple of races that don't mean much to the casual, non-enthusiast viewer (which would ultimaely make up the majority of the viewing audience, as it does in F1) doesn't help sell that product.

Fair point - but they'll still almost undoubtedly lose the qualifying and will lose the race too if F1, snooker or crown green bowling is on.

I'm waiting for some saddo to spark up with "yebbut they've got Suzi Perry" - to which I reply "get a fucking life! Have you not seen a girl before!"

I'm well pissed off! Watching the Eurosport coverage was almost like having a couple of mates round the house watching with you.

I havent got a life and I think suzi is fkn sexy

that is utter bollocks, why do these people never think about the viewing public.

first of all whitham is taken from wsb, now this

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I'm well pissed off! Watching the Eurosport coverage was almost like having a couple of mates round the house watching with you.

A perfect description.

Its the way the BBC commentary is aimed at the un-educated that pisses me off, Parish & Cox twice referred to MotoGP bikes on Sunday as Superbikes.  FFS , I know its only a small detail but it matters, you cannot top the Eurosport team, informative, witty, and truthful even if it hurts.

The BBC should realise that the majority of motorcyclists actually have a depth of knowledge about their sport, as oppose to car drivers and F1, and it won't only be F1 that will get priority you can count on Darts, Football, Rugby, Snooker and Athletics, will all get the popular vote over bikes.

Right, let's do something about it.
Here's an email template

"Sir
I am saddened and dismayed to see that MotoGP is being withdrawn from Eurosport after 2008.

Eurosport have the finest coverage of this great sport going,
The commentary team of Toby Moody, Julian Ryder & Randy Mamola are absolutely second to none and along with the cracking coverage of practice & qualifying across all motorcycle classes add up to a show and surely coverage for Dorna that is unparalleled?

Please would you re-consider this move?

Yours and kind regards

Your name"

I've sent it to:
tvproduction@dorna.com

from this page
http://www.dorna.com/eng/contacts.html

Let's bombard them but please, keep it polite and well behaved - there's no other way of doing this.

cheers

N

 Belinda Rogerson (I think) who puts together the Moto GP coverage for the BBC regularly posts on MotoGPnews forums, as does Julian Ryder, we could try persuade her to take on the eurosport commentary team or ask her what coverage there will be next year, (but the site seems to be down at the moment)

Nige, thanks for the link.

Email sent.

Everyone please do the same

Another petition, keep signing

http://www.petitiononline.com/motogp09/

Wow, What a shocker!! 

 When do you ever see adverts for their Moto GP coverage? It's still a secret, or it seems it is. Imagine what the F1 coverage is going to be like, all over the place - TV, Radio, Internet, i;e the full works. Seeing as Eurosport will no longer cover Moto GP, then the BBC are going to have to up the ante, Big Time!! Maybe they could sign Toby, Julian and Randy. Wishful thinking!!<!-- / message -->

Only got SKY to watch motorbike racing on Eurosport.

We now get BSB on Eurosport, but will lose Moto GP next year to the BBC?.

I suppose one consolation it's not on ITV.

They really did Fuck up BSB with their coverage

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