Maybe they will show the race.

They're supposedly showing the race live for us, but only time will tell if some college sport has preempted it...Blake wrote: Maybe they will show the race.
Race??? No way, the cheer leading championship is priority .....Exediron wrote:They're supposedly showing the race live for us, but only time will tell if some college sport has preempted it...Blake wrote: Maybe they will show the race.
Yeah, just about to post that. They must be reading this forum. lolpc27b wrote:someone at liberty at espn2 listened, at least this week. no commercials totally screwing up our broadcast because the broadcasters don't know we went to commercial.
i said they ought to run a mothers banner along the bottom at times. the mothers banner in the corner was fine.
now get some post race coverage
We had pre-race "On the Grid" coverage here on ESPN2, nothing after the winners circle.ptr250 wrote:No pre-race or post race coverage. Boring commentary and no interviews from the pits. Also, how come we hear so much from Hamilton's radio and so little from everyone else. This type of coverage is certainly not going to increase F1's popularity in the USA.
Yes, no commercial breaks at all within the race broadcast that I can recall. ESPN must have listened to complaints last time, because my perception was certainly that it was much better this time!F1 MERCENARY wrote:The broadcast today was stellar. I don’t recal many breaks and every bit of action was well cover dmwith the exception of the race director cutting away to replays while the battle up front was at its peak.
Just a quick point about the radio, that is out of ESPN/SKY's hands. It's what the director decides to put on the world feed, not just the UK coverage.Mort Canard wrote:We had pre-race "On the Grid" coverage here on ESPN2, nothing after the winners circle.ptr250 wrote:No pre-race or post race coverage. Boring commentary and no interviews from the pits. Also, how come we hear so much from Hamilton's radio and so little from everyone else. This type of coverage is certainly not going to increase F1's popularity in the USA.
I find Crofty a bit annoying but not as much as Leigh Diffey.
Could have used a bit more from Vettel and Bottas' radios. Don't know how hard it is to capture that for broadcast though. Would have been interesting to hear from Gasly, Magnussen, Hulkenberg, or Alonso.
Indeed. I might have to buy some of their stuff so they keep it up!ETM3 wrote:Kudos to Mothers Car Care Products for picking up the ball and sponsoring the entire race commercial free. Let’s encourage them to keep it up.
Inconel 718 wrote:This weekends coverage was a massive improvement, thank you ESPN for addressing the situation. I will not complain about what we've lost if this format remains.
Suspect it is 'permanent' for 2018 - following years ???????????F1 MERCENARY wrote:Awesome Blossom!
Finally PROPER race coverage for a racing series in the U.S. Not even the darling [COUGHBoring] Series NASCAR is commercial free.
This is a HUGE deal because it means that Liberty took notice of what the rest of the word enjoys and likely met with ESPN and suggested a commercial free broadcast
to retain the attention of the fans. Hoping this is permanent because it kept me excited and glued to the action with extreme focus.
I'd guess that all depends on the numbers. If they are strong, they'll likely not want to change a thing.. Perhaps do a scrolling type banner at the top or bottom of the screen during the telecast promoting sponsors for 30-45 seconds and then disappear.mmi16 wrote:Suspect it is 'permanent' for 2018 - following years ???????????F1 MERCENARY wrote:Awesome Blossom!
Finally PROPER race coverage for a racing series in the U.S. Not even the darling [COUGHBoring] Series NASCAR is commercial free.
This is a HUGE deal because it means that Liberty took notice of what the rest of the word enjoys and likely met with ESPN and suggested a commercial free broadcast
to retain the attention of the fans. Hoping this is permanent because it kept me excited and glued to the action with extreme focus.
YES!!pc27b wrote:http://www.racer.com/f1/item/148593-esp ... ason-s-end
here is a link to the article about no commercials. they "intend" to run no commercials throughout the rest of this season. great news, and long overdue. i imagine it means f1 streaming isn't happening this year either
The time gained from not showing commercials = post race show. Which is a much welcomed showing.bourbon19 wrote:After-race wrap up!!!!! Stoked!! Finally.
And the no commercials is amazeballs.
They are listening...good stuff
Your theory is possible but limited / no commercials breaks are done with other sports on espn. Also when f1 is broadcasted on the spanish network it has been commercial free for years. I think it has to do with the time slot window and how much content they are trying to crame onto 1 network without overlapping / running long into another show.Flash2k11 wrote:Purely theorising on my part, but the sudden sea change on the attitude towards adverts on the ESPN coverage kinda smells like Liberty paying for you guys to taste that sweet, sweet ad free honey for a season before it all disappears behind their OTT coverage paywall, enticing you in with the knowledge of how it could be. Of course, the OTT coverage still looks like a godsend compared to years of ad riddled half assed attempts at showing the races so people (more people, perhaps? Ad free racing must be something of a draw over there) are a lot more willing to stump up a few dollars a month for the superior product.
Guess its a win/win for you guys this season either way, enjoy it!
I am still not finding the past race coverage, I watched this race live on TV, not on demand. The TV coverage cut out before the podium interview started, and I could not find it anywhere on ESPN's App. Can anyone guide me to where they are getting the post race coverage.bourbon19 wrote:After-race wrap up!!!!! Stoked!! Finally.
And the no commercials is amazeballs.
They are listening...good stuff
Actually, if you pay attention, Martin clearly doesn't like Lewis. Crofty is the only one that's truly biased in Hamilton's favor. It's just irrational fans that claim bias every time someone has something positive to say about a driver they hate.RaggedMan wrote:I'll say that the Hamilton bias isn't as bad as I thought/feared it'd be though. I haven't been put off by it at all so far, but that can be down to Lewis not factoring in the races as much as he normally would be so there's a chance it could get worse.
I can't say that I see the huge difference in competent commentary that I was lead to believe there would be either though. The biggest difference I see in that respect is that they're better at not talking over radio transmissions.
Whos your provider? (Someone with a similar provider might be able to assist)ShaneM wrote:I am still not finding the past race coverage, I watched this race live on TV, not on demand. The TV coverage cut out before the podium interview started, and I could not find it anywhere on ESPN's App. Can anyone guide me to where they are getting the post race coverage.bourbon19 wrote:After-race wrap up!!!!! Stoked!! Finally.
And the no commercials is amazeballs.
They are listening...good stuff
^ +1F1 MERCENARY wrote:I watched it on ESPN 2 via DirecTV and I had all the pre and post race coverage too.
The sheer amount they were talking about Lewis throughout the entire China race, highlighting the gap from Hamilton to Vettel even when Vettel was leading and Hamilton was totally out of contention, etc. shows that the program is centered around Hamilton. I wouldn't say that it's necessarily pro-Hamilton all the time, but it always focuses on Hamilton.sandman1347 wrote:Actually, if you pay attention, Martin clearly doesn't like Lewis. Crofty is the only one that's truly biased in Hamilton's favor. It's just irrational fans that claim bias every time someone has something positive to say about a driver they hate.
I agree, as exediron stated from the chinese gp it was lewis this and lewis that. Vettel was leading the race and lewis was nowhere to be found. I remember thinking when they showed the gap between lewis & vettel whats the point of this stat when bottas is the one going for the undercut!!! I honestly thought i missed something and lewis was now in a position to attack.Exediron wrote:The sheer amount they were talking about Lewis throughout the entire China race, highlighting the gap from Hamilton to Vettel even when Vettel was leading and Hamilton was totally out of contention, etc. shows that the program is centered around Hamilton. I wouldn't say that it's necessarily pro-Hamilton all the time, but it always focuses on Hamilton.sandman1347 wrote:Actually, if you pay attention, Martin clearly doesn't like Lewis. Crofty is the only one that's truly biased in Hamilton's favor. It's just irrational fans that claim bias every time someone has something positive to say about a driver they hate.