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[What's Burning?]

BBC travels to the venues.

Then that would go a hell of a long way towards improving the quality of the commentary.

[patrickboyle]

With the world feed, do the networks get video from each of the cameras at the track and then do the cuts themselves, or is it just a single feed from the track that's already edited?

[What's Burning?]

With the world feed, do the networks get video from each of the cameras at the track and then do the cuts themselves, or is it just a single feed from the track that's already edited?

Just one, that's why sometimes it's absolutely frustrating when something is happening like an overtake and then they cut in the middle of it to someone coming out of the pits. It happened last race I forget who, but I was like WTF. The only thing they can do locally is take video they're gotten and replay it or freeze frames to illustrate things on.

[vaptin]

With the world feed, do the networks get video from each of the cameras at the track and then do the cuts themselves, or is it just a single feed from the track that's already edited?

Just one, that's why sometimes it's absolutely frustrating when something is happening like an overtake and then they cut in the middle of it to someone coming out of the pits. It happened last race I forget who, but I was like WTF. The only thing they can do locally is take video they're gotten and replay it or freeze frames to illustrate things on.

Yes, they've kept using pitstops as something standard to show, they haven't adapted to the idea that on track action is now sometimes more exciting than a pitstop.

I think the main problem is all these crappy slow motion shots we get, showing very little and just detracting from chaotic races.

[Stealthgate007]

It think we can all play armchair television race control producer, but it seems like it would be a really hard job. There is so much action and trying to figure out what to show at F1 speeds sometime would be difficult. They have to decided which battle to show.. Hamilton on Vettel of Alonso on Button... who's about to overtake and who is just getting warmed up.

Football Basketball, and soccer are different. One field can be in camera shot. Of course you have to get the angles when switching cameras, but it seems it would be easier to produce that type of show than an F1.

I think the world feed folks do an adequate job at the speed that F1 runs.

You wouldn't want to see my F1 production.. you'd miss everything.

[vaptin]

It think we can all play armchair television race control producer, but it seems like it would be a really hard job. There is so much action and trying to figure out what to show at F1 speeds sometime would be difficult. They have to decided which battle to show.. Hamilton on Vettel of Alonso on Button... who's about to overtake and who is just getting warmed up.

Football Basketball, and soccer are different. One field can be in camera shot. Of course you have to get the angles when switching cameras, but it seems it would be easier to produce that type of show than an F1.

I think the world feed folks do an adequate job at the speed that F1 runs.

You wouldn't want to see my F1 production.. you'd miss everything.

Yeah, cos you'd be asleep.

[Stealthgate007]

It think we can all play armchair television race control producer, but it seems like it would be a really hard job. There is so much action and trying to figure out what to show at F1 speeds sometime would be difficult. They have to decided which battle to show.. Hamilton on Vettel of Alonso on Button... who's about to overtake and who is just getting warmed up.

Football Basketball, and soccer are different. One field can be in camera shot. Of course you have to get the angles when switching cameras, but it seems it would be easier to produce that type of show than an F1.

I think the world feed folks do an adequate job at the speed that F1 runs.

You wouldn't want to see my F1 production.. you'd miss everything.

Yeah, cos you'd be asleep.

Im lucky I record the race because after the first pit-stop, I have to admit, I tend to doze off...

[smokin]

I agree, the BBC trio is the best by far. I can't comment on Speed, as I am one of the unfortunates who have to rely on Star Sports whenever BBC streaming is unavailable online. SS has 1 idiot who has no idea what he's talking about, and another older guy who has such a thick accent you can't make head or tails of what he's mumbling about.

Star Sports commentary team sounds remarkably like the Speed team. Maybe they use the same feed.

[What's Burning?]

It think we can all play armchair television race control producer, but it seems like it would be a really hard job. There is so much action and trying to figure out what to show at F1 speeds sometime would be difficult. They have to decided which battle to show.. Hamilton on Vettel of Alonso on Button... who's about to overtake and who is just getting warmed up.

Football Basketball, and soccer are different. One field can be in camera shot. Of course you have to get the angles when switching cameras, but it seems it would be easier to produce that type of show than an F1.

I think the world feed folks do an adequate job at the speed that F1 runs.

You wouldn't want to see my F1 production.. you'd miss everything.

If you were producing it, we'd be getting images of hot chicks in the stands?

[darwin dali]

BBC travels to the venues.

Then that would go a hell of a long way towards improving the quality of the commentary.

Speed does have pitlane reporter Will Buxton on location to chime in with the latest info from the paddock.

[What's Burning?]

BBC travels to the venues.

Then that would go a hell of a long way towards improving the quality of the commentary.

Speed does have pitlane reporter Will Buxton on location to chime in with the latest info from the paddock.

He doesn't chime in with commentary though, they have to cut over to him and the majority of his reporting is pre-recorded. During race he gets what he gets while on the grid and then once the race has begun we're left with audio only commentary from anyone he can get on the pits. In my opinion I don't think he's given the same level of access that we used to get when Peter Windsor was doing the job.

[darwin dali]

BBC travels to the venues.

Then that would go a hell of a long way towards improving the quality of the commentary.

Speed does have pitlane reporter Will Buxton on location to chime in with the latest info from the paddock.

He doesn't chime in with commentary though, they have to cut over to him and the majority of his reporting is pre-recorded. During race he gets what he gets while on the grid and then once the race has begun we're left with audio only commentary from anyone he can get on the pits. In my opinion I don't think he's given the same level of access that we used to get when Peter Windsor was doing the job.

I agree, Peter was better.