There are many articles on this site as well as contributors to this site that agree that the coverage for the Monaco GP was not so stellar. The race itself was a good one; plenty of battles down the grid due to the safety car's appearances.
I, however, did not get the 'Hamiltonvision' that a few are complaining about because I watched on SPEED.
Their coverage was pretty decent mainly because as soon as Hamilton pulled away from the pack, they stopped talking about him as they usually do with the tremendous leads.
The thing that I am complaining about is that there was not enough coverage of the usual back marker teams. All the cars were packed together so tight that there were battles EVERYWHERE.
When I say there was poor coverage of the back of the grid teams, I am speaking of Force India, Adrian Sutil in particular. Even though Adrian qualified 19th on the grid, he started 18th with the help of Kovalainen.
Everyone was so focused on how Alonso was doing, how Ferrari and Mclaren were faring against each other, or what tires might go on the cars, no one noticed Sutil sneaking up the grid with amazing wet driving skills.
In general, it was pretty even coverage over the grid.
Throughout the race, the commentators would mention Sutil's position, and I would like to know how he went from 18th, to 14th, to 10th and his final resting place of fourth. Those were the only positions I heard Sutil in through out the race.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the only uneventful way that could happen is if cars magically disappeared off the grid, which would still be pretty amazing.
Sutil's race was the type of race one would see from a top level team who qualified badly. Instead, it was a 'bottom of the grid' team qualifying in their usual slot.
I want to see the Monaco GP again but less coverage about what could happen and more about what is happening. Sutil had an amazing drive and showed great skill.
It’s just too bad nobody saw him until he got rear ended by Raikkonen.
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Michael Griffin about 1 year ago
sorry but, i have no idea what you're on about mate. i spoke with a friend in florida who watched the race on SPEED and he said to me quite clearly that it nice to see the backmarkers getting a lot of coverage.
we all saw sutil tearing through the field, and saw the group of about 10 cars all separated by about 3 seconds. we all get the same footage around the world through one director, via different commentators and channels.
we all saw sutil slowly creeping past the toyota's and scraping past alonso without him claiming another victim. sorry mate, but we all saw more of the backmarkers in monaco than we ever will.
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bryan campbell about 1 year ago
im sorry but i REwatched the Monaco GP and i paid careful attention to Sutil. the only time they mentioned and/OR OUT OUT CAMERS on Sutil is when he was in 18th, 14th, 10th, then 4th. i didnt see anything other than that. it was a surprise to me everytime they mentioned his position.
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Ben Auty about 1 year ago
I watched on ITV and whilst they are renowned for LOVING Hamilton in more ways than you could ever imagine (Which I think is fine because lets face it as Brits we dont have much to shout about in the sporting world !) they still showed a lot of the midfield and back markers ... I am confident in saying that Sutils progress was tracked in a big way considering they where interviewing Sutils chief engineer every 10 / 20 mins or so ... I thought it was great to see the team getting some well deserved exposure on the day. Obviously I cant speak for SPEED, but in terms of your initial point that back markers need more air time ... Yes they do ... For sure ... There are 20 cars on that grid ... Lets know what they are all doing please ?
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bryan campbell about 1 year ago
FROM SPEED... in America we got no coverage if Sutils cheif engineer. but as i said above, i rewatched the Monaco GP and Sutil is not covered as much as u say
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