kthutchinson
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It's really too bad beIN Sports lost the broadcast rights. Otherwise you would have seen American Joe Roberts win pole in Moto2 qualifying.
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MotoGP, World Superbike TV Coverage
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yeehastephen
Member
The top class, GP is cancelled. The Moto2 and Moto3 races are still on. Good racing, keep your recorder set.
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The Moto1 boys were in another country (Italy?) doing testing on their rides but the MOto2 and 3 were already in Qatar for two weeks. They were cleared but the big boys were not.
I thought NBC got the rights to broadcast MotoGP this year? I can’t find it on their App. Any got additional info?
I thought NBC got the rights to broadcast MotoGP this year? I can’t find it on their App. Any got additional info?
akbeemer
SURVIVOR
The coverage of the Moto2 race was good. Used some of the same announcers that were on BeIn sports and they know the sport and the riders. As for the rest....meh. I like Leigh Diffey and thought he was good on F1, but he and Bostrom just didn't click. Their coverage of MotoGP was sophomoric at best, and would it have killed them to mention the Moto3 race, or even show a summary of the race?
Woodbutcher
New member
But where was the moto3 coverage? Wasn't impressed with the WSBK coverage either. No first race or superpole for the big bikes and no supersport coverage. Hope they start carrying all the racing like Bein did. I don't really want to get the streaming plans.
NBC & NBCSN aren't going to cover MotoGP like BeIn or other streaming sources are. No practice sessions, no other extras. They are simply 1 hour delayed coverage of the final races away from the usual Sunday soccer after wasting the first half-hour with the announcers reviewing rider and team stats. The reason they didn't cover the "big bikes" is because they didn't run at Qatar, and they aren't going to run in Thailand on 3/27 either. Why? The COVID-19 virus and the riders from Italy. First scheduled MotoGP race MAY be at COTA on 4/5. The only reason you saw ANY racing last Sunday is because the Moto2 & Moto3 riders were already in Qatar the week before that race day. If you want to see more, then subscribe to one of the full coverage sources - like BeIn.
yeehastephen
Member
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FIM President Jorge Viegas admits the coronavirus outbreak could force more MotoGP races to be cancelled.
In an interview with Catalunya Radio, Viegas admitted the FIM and Dorna were already looking at new dates for the Austin race as the chances of it going ahead on its planned date of April 5 are now “very low”.
"We are already working to find alternative dates for the race in Austin," said Viegas. “But at this moment things are evolving so fast that we cannot say more.”
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lkchris
Active member
Yeah, I watched the horrible NBC coverage ... after having first watched both 3 and 2 live with Video Pass from the MotoGP app. With an Apple TV and WiFi, it’s on my big screen from iPhone in a heartbeat. Video Pass is still the only way to go ... plus I can watch all previous races back many years, the Thu press conference, FP1, FP2, FP3, FP4, Q1, Q2, warmups, post race press conference for all classes if I want to be awake early enough. There was never any way I was paying for BeIn with one motorcycle channel and 19 soccer channels, and I avoid Leigh Diffey like the plague.
Since this is a BMW forum, with Video Pass I can also watch the Simon Crafar GoPro lap on the S1000RR, too.
Since this is a BMW forum, with Video Pass I can also watch the Simon Crafar GoPro lap on the S1000RR, too.
Well, judging by the roughly 200 people who have been attending the MotoGP race in Qatar for the past 10 years, I tend to agree with you.
Nice to hear his opinion but its Dorna who is calling the shots. I'd count on more than one getting cancelled but what do I know.
pglaves
#13338
We gave up TV in general 14 years ago. We get a subscription service (Netflix, Prime, etc) from time to time but mostly rely on the internet, or local events for both news and entertainment. While mc races can be exciting I can more or less follow them with brief clips and newscasts.
It is nothing like NASCAR, the demolition derby or WWE of racing. When fans gathered hoping more to see wrecks than success I gave up thinking it was worthwhile. As usual, I am sure YMMV.
It is nothing like NASCAR, the demolition derby or WWE of racing. When fans gathered hoping more to see wrecks than success I gave up thinking it was worthwhile. As usual, I am sure YMMV.
kthutchinson
Member
The FIM, IRTA and Dorna have just announced that the MotoGP round scheduled for Circuit of the Americas April 3 - 5 has been rescheduled for November 13 - 15. The Valencia round originally scheduled for that time period has been pushed back a week.
No work yet from MotoAmerica, who had their Superbike class scheduled to run in conjunction with MotoGP in Austin.
No work yet from MotoAmerica, who had their Superbike class scheduled to run in conjunction with MotoGP in Austin.
For those of who haven't seen it, its a hellova a race.
Thanks for being sensitive! I haven't seen it!!
