RE: Monte Carlo Rally: behind the scenes

[GravelBen]

Rallycameraman said:

I witnessed Neuville's accident in the distance, and couldn't believe he'd binned it so early.

To be fair to Neuville, Ogier hit a wall on the first corner of the rally and was probably lucky not to do any damage.

[Rallycameraman]

GravelBen said:

To be fair to Neuville, Ogier hit a wall on the first corner of the rally and was probably lucky not to do any damage.

Ogier had so many moments, it's surprising he finished at all! He bounced off the Armco of one corner, hit 2 different walls, put it in the ditch infront of me and went off at the finish of SS8.

[GravelBen]

Rallycameraman said:

Ogier had so many moments, it's surprising he finished at all! He bounced off the Armco of one corner, hit 2 different walls, put it in the ditch infront of me and went off at the finish of SS8.

Just watched your vid, good stuff

I think it was more luck than skill that kept him in the rally on that occasion!

[Emeye]

woof said:

Thanks - I can indeed - I'll look out for it. The only issue with Motors is that broadcast in such low quality !

It is a bit of a shock after watching WRC ITV4 HD to then see it on Motors TV, but I am convinced Motors TV has a higher bandwidth than last year for WRC but I may be imagining it! - I believe the broadcasters can change the bandwidth depending on what they are showing.

Still I'd rather have plenty of coverage to choose from that nothing.

Is WRC in HD on BT Sport?

I love watching F1 in HD, especially on my 50" HD plasma - the bigger the screen the harder the poor quality channels are to watch.

[greeny12]

Rallycameraman said:

Having been in Monte Carlo for the rally, I can say that the i20 looks fantastic and sounds great on the stages. I witnessed Neuville's accident in the distance, and couldn't believe he'd binned it so early. The i20 definitely has potential, and I'd be very surprised if Neuville doesn't get his first win this year.

Here's my highlights video from the rally - http://youtu.be/Z9s0fWfqusg good few clips of the i20 WRC in action.

Five minutes of rally coverage that actually, you know, shows the rally, rather than talking heads... TV producers watch and learn!!!

Good work fella

[Rallycameraman]

Thanks for the comments on the video chaps.

And for the guy saying about the quality on motors TV. I believe they're looking to upgrade to HD later this year.

[Slippydiff]

GravelBen said:

To be fair to Neuville, Ogier hit a wall on the first corner of the rally and was probably lucky not to do any damage.

To be fair to Ogier, he's gone on record as saying he was lucky to finish the event the is year, let alone win it.

But he was what, 47 seconds ? down at the start of the second day ? To pull all that back takes some doing in the conditions the vent was run under, and includes a large element of risk too.
Neuville for all his massive talent, is still the young pretender

Great video footage rallycameraman