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[...] a good few years since I’ve paid for a TV service, but a combination of MotoGP moving to BT Sport and BT TV not being terribly expensive convinced me to dip my toe back in those waters. I wasn& [...]

[...] We’re a couple of rounds into the season, so it seems like a good time to consider how BT Sport are getting on with MotoGP. On the ground Most importantly, the commentary team of Julian Ryder [...]

[...] last season, that continues into 2014, along with an additional deal for extended coverage on BT Sport. That will take in live coverage as well as daily highlights, even if the BT Sport website is no [...]

[...] With MotoGP moving to BT Sport from 2014, the BBC will be left with half the Formula 1 season and nothing else in terms of live [...]

[...] to have a look at the viewing figures. For this sort of thing, we must consult The Guardian. Live coverage on Sky averaged 0.7 million viewers. At teatime, the BBC highlights grabbed an average of 3.6 [...]

[...] ;t feel like I’d missed anything significant. The BBC hadn’t forgotten how to do live coverage by the time the Chinese Grand Prix came around; the 195 minutes didn’t strike me as [...]

[...] , and the first half of the race went by in a haze of disgruntled tweets about the 5 Live coverage being passed from pillar to post. After that it died down a bit – as it did on TV [...]

[...] into 2014, along with an additional deal for extended coverage on BT Sport. That will take in live coverage as well as daily highlights, even if the BT Sport website is no help in finding out when it& [...]

[...] actually competed. But there’s more mileage in this. By scraping data from Wikipedia lists of F1 drivers and countries by population, it’s easy to compare the two. First, the top ten countries by [...]

[...] In my recent post about the nationality of F1 drivers and national populations, I briefly mentioned the problem facing the Formula 1 race calendar: [...]

[...] full list of bike numbers in MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3, World Superbikes, World Supersport and British Superbikes, scraped from those websites this week. Even from that tiny thumbnail, you can see that [...]

[...] until KTM’s winning streak comes to an end. Domination: cracked 5. Shane Byrne – British Superbikes Shane Byrne has won three of the first four races in British Superbikes this year, [...]

[...] , if the end of the season is going to count for more, then do it properly. British Superbikes introduced the ‘Showdown’ a few years ago, which was basically a copy of the [...]

[...] . Albeit a bonus you’re paying for. Entire days dedicated to World Superbikes and British Superbikes, full WTCC coverage, European Rally Championship – and plenty more besides. Though I [...]

[...] of Valentino Rossi, he’s not as fond of jumping into lakes with his leathers on as Jorge Lorenzo, and he lacks the ever-present dry wit of Cal Crutchlow. He might be more prone than [...]

[...] , and not dead behind the eyes already. Riders do inevitably calm down, though. Like Jorge Lorenzo. He wouldn’t jump in the water at Jerez with his leathers and helmet on these days, as [...]

[...] about how the number is displayed on the bike. One of my favourites from recent years was Jorge Lorenzo’s 2011 number 1 plate, which he adopted after winning the championship in 2010. The [...]

[...] taking victory by 1.5 seconds. And in Italy, someone finally made it hard for Marquez. Jorge Lorenzo – hopefully a now resurgent Jorge Lorenzo – challenged him race-long in a superb battle for [...]

[...] it had to do the same, for example. So on Friday, an hour before Sky launched its F1 channel, Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard appeared on The One Show. Probably not a particularly effective counter [...]

[...] and the shadow it casts over the BBC’s Formula 1 coverage. But now, with the news that Jake Humphrey is to leave the corporation at the end of the year to front BT Vision’s football [...]

[...] Jake Humphrey’s approach to anchoring the BBC’s Formula 1 coverage, whatever your opinion of his evolving [...]

[...] I’ve got five copies of Jake Humphrey’s new book about Formula 1, The Inside Track, to give away. If you want to be in with a chance [...]

[...] ;d certainly make Will Buxton’s day. Er… The Queen? Always good to rekindle a rumour: Valentino Rossi. Or how about Casey Stoner? It’s one of the few things that would be an even bigger [...]

[...] television personality in the MotoGP paddock. He doesn’t have the boyish charm of Valentino Rossi, he’s not as fond of jumping into lakes with his leathers on as Jorge Lorenzo, and he [...]

[...] For many riders, their bike number is a big part of their brand – Valentino Rossi and 46, for example. But there are only so many one and two digit numbers to go round – [...]

[...] won all of the first six races of 2014, to collect a perfect 150 points. His closest rival is Valentino Rossi, on 97. The first four races of the year were pretty straightforward for the ludicrously [...]

[...] Though strangely it’s not in line with the calendar – so for example, after the British Grand Prix, it’s the Hockenheim level that’s unlocked. Kovalainen is far from the first [...]

[...] that spectators at Silverstone wouldn’t see much on track action in practice for the British Grand Prix on Friday, due to the apocalyptic rain that we’re being treated to in this most [...]

[...] Paul Di Resta will be making a public appearance in Milton Keynes this week ahead of the British Grand Prix, and the chosen venue is a branch of ASDA. That got me thinking: if Force India consider [...]

I don’t have a problem with the MotoGP coverage on the BBC – I actively enjoy it, most of the time. But trying to nail down exactly what i [...]

[...] races into the 2012 Formula 1 season, we’ve now seen each of the three forms that the BBC coverage will take this year. That’s live, and the two types of highlights – which were [...]

The departure of Jake Humphrey means that Formula 1 on the BBC in 2013 looks a little bit different. Not as different as 2012, when Sky pinched half t [...]

For a while now, I’ve been meaning to write a post about banter, and the shadow it casts over the BBC’s Formula 1 coverage. But now, with the news [...]