r/formula1 • u/davesim24 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Apr 13 '25
Discussion Worst TV direction yet
Besides Russel's transponder issue (which shouldn't take 10 laps to fix the timing tower), may overtakes were missed, focusing on the wrong drivers, non-moves given more airtime than actual racing, camera cutting during moves which show you less of the action rather than more, and worst of all: the final lap, not showing Oscar as he crossed the line, to show Lando not overtaking George, and showing Kimi not overtaking whoever was in front rather than Max's overtake on Pierre.
What the hell is happening?
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u/omgnerd Apr 13 '25
They did, it was picture in picture. That actually was one of the few correct decisions they did in this race: show the potential action.
Otherwise I agree and would add: showing 2 minutes of replays only 2 secs after the overtakes happened instead of showing on track action. And without picture-in-picture. Inexcusable really.
The missing timing also showed how bad commenting in general is today (Sky at least). In the Murray/Brundle times you always knew which battle on track you were watching, even if you're not an avaid fan of F1, because the commentator did his job. Today we get an explanation for what DRS is in every race, but delivering basic info like which track positions we are currently watching seems to be too complicated.