Festival Of speed live

[freedman]

I see Roberto Moreno has changed his name to Roberto Merino, You would think Good wood would get that right

[John D.]

freedman said:

I see Roberto Moreno has changed his name to Roberto Merino, You would think Good wood would get that right

Goodwood

[moffspeed]

I couldn't believe it was JL until I heard "around the corner and up the hill he goes", oh how we've missed you Jonathan.

Brilliant insight into Porsche type numbers and engine configurations also, a true giant of broadcasting.......

[eastlmark]

Have to admit the Motors commentator was obviously not briefed on who was driving what and the Goodwood feed he was reading was often wrong (was he even there or in some studio elsewhere?) But for heavens sake... started off calling Bobby Labonte Bobby Labont and by the end he had morphed into Harry Labonte!
As for "twin peakes Pike" don't get me started....

[ajprice]

They're back, and he's just added about 300mph to the Napier Railton speed record car

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier-Railton

[Eric Mc]

Crofty to talk a bit more about the cars as well as the drivers.

[The Hypno-Toad]

Suzy Perry embarrassing her herself once again, this time by frothing over Valentino Rossi. Wouldn't surprise me if she's named her electric toothbrush after him.

[Riley Blue]

Did I really just hear, "...that red thing is the rear view mirror that you look in to see how many cars are behind you. In Derek Bell's career, not many were..."

[freedman]

Nice to know a 917 won the 1000k at the ring in 71, must be news to Porsche I imagine

No understanding or knowledge of the Barbour 935 either

Agree about Perry and Rossi, her fawning was utterly cringeworthy

[Eric Mc]

The Beast of Turin is really impressive.

[fatboy69]

In comparison to the utter ste this is being broadcast by Sky at the moment, as in nothing going up the hill, MotorsTV coverage & commentary was professional!!!!!

[eastlmark]

fatboy69 said:

In comparison to the utter ste this is being broadcast by Sky at the moment, as in nothing going up the hill, MotorsTV coverage & commentary was professional!!!!!

Very true, much rather see the cars rather than interviews with glimpses of cars in the background.

[Dinoboy]

eastlmark said:

fatboy69 said:

In comparison to the utter ste this is being broadcast by Sky at the moment, as in nothing going up the hill, MotorsTV coverage & commentary was professional!!!!!

Very true, much rather see the cars rather than interviews with glimpses of cars in the background.

Couldn't agree more, what utter rubbish!

[Civpilot]

Ok so watching the live stream on YouTube. The commentator said 'lets go up to the top of the hill for the interviews'

Then just before the mic switched over you could clearly hear him whisper "oh shut up you cock" to someone else in the room

[Eric Mc]

I've just stuck with Goodwood's own live streaming. Much better than the pathetic coverage you normally get on TV.

[princealbert23]

The Hypno-Toad said:

Suzy Perry embarrassing her herself once again, this time by frothing over Valentino Rossi. Wouldn't surprise me if she's named her electric toothbrush after him.

the personality cult of Rossi struck me as a little weird

[ecsrobin]

princealbert23 said:

The Hypno-Toad said:

Suzy Perry embarrassing her herself once again, this time by frothing over Valentino Rossi. Wouldn't surprise me if she's named her electric toothbrush after him.

the personality cult of Rossi struck me as a little weird

So I'm not the only one who found all the worshipping a bit odd? However after seeing him in the lancia S4 I'm very impressed of his 4 wheeled ability.

[papahet]

I love that the coverage was available online and for free but the content was not great and they kept cutting to the adverts just as something good was going to happen. Airshows do not work well on screen so I think they should have cut between that and cars.

WTF were the commentators on though?! Jean Ragnotti is doing his signature 360 spins in the Renault 5 and the commentator is yelling about him spinning 1000 degrees?!

[Eric Mc]

Even though I love aircraft I do find their inclusion in car related events can be a bit distracting and often uncoordinated with the track action.
It is compounded at the FOS by the presence of lots of trees which obscure much of the flying.

The absolute BEST way to see the FOS on TV is to wait for the official DVD to come out in a few months time. It is much more "nerdy" in its content and really goes into the technical aspects of the cars and their histories - which is what I like best about the whole event.

I couldn't give a jot about celebrities and even yakking on about the drivers and riders I find less interesting than the cars - although at least they are relevant.